Sixteen members and four guests of the Abingdon Ruritan Club donned their Guinea boots on June 2 to pick up trash at the public boat landing at Brown’s Bay as part of Clean the Bay Day. This community service project was organized and coordinated by Allen Scales and Julie Woolley, co-chairs of the club’s Environment Committee. The group collected 4,100 pounds of trash which was hauled away by B&S Refuse. The truck was contributed by club member Jim Stevens. Shown here assembled at the river’s edge are, front row from left: Rupert Thomas, Mike Ekdahl, guest Billy Wayne Hogge, Mary Lou Shepherd, Walter Priest, Andrea Crawford, Julie Woolley, Rose Taylor; back row, Roger Dick, guest Thomas Brown (B&S Refuse), Al LaRoche, Allen Scales, Jimmy Leiffer, Dianne Woolley, Rick Taylor, Gloucester Clean Community Coordinator Leslie Bowie, Pete Shepherd, Glen Aycock, guest Michelle Turlington. Helping out but not pictured was Yvonne Scales. ...