Sign will credit Hobart Jaycees’ cleanup work

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Updated: March 19, 2012 8:05AM

HOBART — The Board of Public Works and Safety has approved installation of an Adopt-A-River sign near the Old Ridge Road bridge by Festival Park as requested by the Hobart Jaycees.

The sign indicates the Jaycees have adopted the area for clean-up purposes.

James Anderson, vice president of the Hobart Jaycees, said the organization has been cleaning up the area from the railroad tracks to the dam for a couple of years and wanted the sign installed to show people what they’re doing.

City Planner A.J. Bytnar felt the two signs that would be included — a 4-foot by 3-foot Department of Natural Resources sign and a 1-foot by 4-foot Jaycees sign underneath — was a little large for informational purposes.

Anderson said the sign was sent to them by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.