(KAIR)--Atchison County's first county-wide cleanup, including weekend-long extended services and hours to assist residents with cleaning up the County, has concluded successfully, but with areas needing to be assessed for future events.
The goal was to gain community involvement in working towards a cleaned up County, and that involvement was shown. However, one aspect of the effort, collecting unwanted tires in Atchison, came to an end early, with 3, 53-foot semi-trailers filled up by Friday afternoon.

That's according to Atchison County's Wes Lanter, who says, in a release, that the Atchison tire collection was assisted through the efforts of the Benedictine College Football Team and coaches.

Area students, including those from Atchison- USD 409 and Atchison- County- USD 377, also assisted with the Atchison County-hosted cleanup, which is now set to be reviewed, with an eye on what Atchison County Commission Chair Casey Quinn calls “the tire challenges that have been experienced.”

In a post to social media, Quinn said that challenge will help planners “somewhat gauge the need” for future cleanups that involve the collection of tires.
In the post, Quinn stated that “it [has] been very eye opening to hear the generations and decades of tire needs that face [Atchison] County that need resources to assist in getting them cleaned up.”