BEAVER BANK: The ditches along Beaver Bank Road were a haven for used tires being thrown about. And one nine-year-old girl has the proof.
Salara Woodworth, who calls Beaver Bank and Mount Uniacke home, along with dad Jonathan collected approximately 105 tires as of April 5 along a nine kilometre stretch of road. This included north bound on Beaver Bank Road/Hwy 354 from Chesapeake to Bull Meadow Ridge, and a kilometre up the hill and back starting on East Uniacke Road.
“I wanted to clean up the tires so we can try and save the earth,” Salara said in an interview over Facebook with her dad present. “I felt like it would look so much better without tires in the ditches where we drive and where we live.”
She explained how they found the tires.
“I looked out the window really closely to find them each time and we would stop each time I saw a tire,” the student at Uniacke District School said. “My Dad was driving and helping.”
Dad Jonathan has contacted Divert N.S. who has agreed to come and pick them up over the next few weeks.
Salara hopes to return to collecting tires soon, but for now COVID19 has put that to the curb.
She said when they found one tire and she picked it up, there were many others under it in the same spot. That was surprising for her.
The nice gesture has received rave review from fellow residents non the Beaver Bank Community Watch Facebook page.
“I feel really thankful for everyone’s nice comments because it’s really hard work to clean up a whole bunch of tires,” said Salara. “I hope that people stop throwing garbage out on the road, keep it in their car, and put it in the garbage can when they get home.
She had a message for those with old tires to get rid off—don’t put them in the ditch.
“If you’re going to throw away tires or anything please put them with your garbage or recycle to save the earth,” she said.
That’s a pretty darn good message from someone who is just nine-years-old.
