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Hannibal KC Cleans Highway

• Years ago, the Hannibal High School Key Club and Hannibal High School Humane Society co-adopted a stretch of Highway 61. Since then, both clubs have taken responsibility for keeping our highway clean. Hannibal Key Clubbers get together around 3 times a year for this clean-up, splitting up to tackle the littering problem. They strap on their florescent orange vests, grab a few trash bags, and in no time have the stretch cleaned up. The project is extremely effective in making our community look nicer. Although the job is not glamorous it is still one of the largest projects of the Hannibal Key Club.

Duchesne KC Helps Environment

• Every year the Duchesne Key Club is auctioned off to do work for the highest bidder.   This past year, the club was purchased by Dave West.   

  Mr. West owns a large part of the woods behind his house.    He learned of an invasive plant called the Asian Honeysuckle, or the Japanese Honeysuckle that was growing in the woods behind his business in Creve Coeur.  He identified that this same bush was infesting his woods as well.

  West had attempted to eradicate the bush by himself, but it quickly grew back.  He said, I finally had a good plan when the Key Club arrived.

   The Key Club members worked for over four hours in order to rid the woods of this suffocating plant.  Mr. West described, They split into teams, with some being cutters, some being haulers, some handling the concentrated Roundup (they used a paintbrush to put the Roundup on the cut trunks of the cut bushes), and some handling the fire duty (to burn the cut bushes). 

  Honeysuckle can grow so densely it shades out everything on the forest floor...this means a great reduction in food and cover available for birds and other animals.  Thanks to the efforts of the Duchesne Key Club, the woods have been clear of honeysuckle for over four months and new plant life is beginning to form.