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Army of volunteers sweeps Lake Lanier's shores
More than 1,000 pitch in to clean around lake in annual event
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Jan Pappanduros looks for trash wedged between rocks during the Lake Lanier Association’s 27th annual Shore Sweep at Big Creek Park on Saturday. The Lake Lanier Association used the “TrashOut” app to gather information to help dispatch volunteers in the most effective manner. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Does sauntering along the shores of Lake Lanier sound nice? How about hiking for miles in sneakers caked with red mud, as September winds cut across cold waters, while you pick up jagged spikes of beer-bottle glass and collect old cigarette butts? Still sound like a nice lakeside stroll?