Jackson Free Press

This year's Loose Leaf Collection Program will begin Monday, November 15, 2004. The Loose Leaf Collection Program allows homeowners to dispose of leaves and pine straw by simply raking them to the curb, where vacuum trucks will come along and remove the leaves, alleviating the need for bagging. The Loose Leaf Collection Schedule is as follows: Residents who receive garbage pickup on Tuesdays and Fridays will have their leaves collected during the following periods:

· November 15 - 17
· December 15-17
· January 17-19

Residents who receive garbage pickup on Wednesdays and Saturdays will have their leaves collected during the following periods:

· November 18-24
· December 20-27
· January 20- February 4

Residents who receive garbage pickup on Mondays and Thursdays will have their leaves collected during the following periods:

· November 25 — December 14
· December 28 — January 14

· February 7 — 25

Residents should begin raking leaves and pine straw a day or two before the trucks are scheduled to be in their area.

The following rules must be adhered to in order to get loose leaves and pine straw picked up.

· Leaves and pine straw must be free of limbs, tree clippings, cans, trash or other debris.

· Leaves and pine straw should be no more than five feet from the curb.

· Leaves and pine straw must not be placed in the gutter or street where they can become a traffic hazard or clog storm drains.

· Leaves and pine straw must not be placed in or over storm water inlets, because that could lead to flash flooding.

Residents are not required to participate in the Loose Leaf Collection Program. Residents can still place their leaves and straw in garbage bags to have them picked up along with regular household garbage. After the Loose Leaf Collection Program ends, all leaves and pine straw will have to be containerized in order to be collected.
For more information, residents can call the Solid Waste Division at 960-1193.

Take In A Show At Jackson's Russell C. Davis Planetarium Or See A Live Performance At Thalia Mara Hall

Looking for some place to take the kids, where they can have a great time and learn something at the same time? Russell C. Davis Planetarium offers both! In the planetarium's hemispheric theatre, you can catch Sky Shows, Laser Light Concerts, Large-Format Films and so much more. If you haven't been, you and your children are missing quite an experience.
You can call 960-1550 for more information.

If live concerts, ballet, the symphony, Broadway musicals and other live performances are more what you're looking for, then Thalia Mara Hall is the place to be. They have an exciting line-up of shows presented by the Mississippi Opera, Ballet Mississippi, the Mississippi Symphony, Trinity Ministries, W. Kessler, Ltd. and others. Check out their schedule by clicking here:

You can also call 960-1537 for more information.