Grand Junction names a mile of trail Hershey's Loop
Dave Lord and his shelter dog Hershey spent years hauling glass, tires, and trash off about 50 acres at Matchett Park. The city has named a new one-mile path Hershey's Loop.
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Dave Lord and his shelter dog Hershey put years into Matchett Park, KJCT 8 News reported. They cleared glass, tires, and other trash from about 50 acres. Grand Junction has named a new one-mile trail Hershey's Loop for the dog who worked that ground with him.
The name sits on a path people can walk, not only on a plaque. The reporting is about that long cleanup and the city's decision to put Hershey's name on the loop. It does not say the whole park is finished, or that one pair of hands did every acre alone.
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In Grand Junction, Colorado, Dave Lord and his dog Hershey spent years cleaning up Matchett Park. Hershey came from a shelter. Together they picked up glass, tires, and other trash across about 50 acres, a piece of land about the size of many city blocks. The city has now named a new one-mile walking path Hershey's Loop, after the dog. A loop is a trail that brings you back to where you started. People can walk that mile and know a person and a dog did the slow work of making it safer to be there.
- What kinds of trash would make a park trail unsafe for a dog or a person?
- Why might a city name a path after a dog?
- What is one small cleanup a class could do near school?
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