WEEDS COULD BECOME ROSES

The contractor for the Walker Branch flood-control project explains that weeds that have grown so lush this summer along completed portions of the project will become mulch for fall seeding. It is good to know that something will be done with the unsightly vegetation.

But what about next summer? The flood-control project parallels a major portion of one of the busiest city thoroughfares, and what grows along there is about as unsightly as the trash that tend to collect.

Some civic-minded groups might see this as an opportunity to turn lemons into lemonade. Portions of the project are so highly visible that they would make good areas for the City of Roses to show off its namesake blossoms.

Other areas of the project border businesses that might want to get involved in maintaining or even landscaping portions of concrete-lined channel.

There are countless possibilities. By next summer the most visible portions of the project could be a showcase for all to enjoy.