Rose Johnson
Rose Johnson
decided took
I decided I had to do something about it, ... It took from 1999 to 2003 to get that eyesore removed.
stand
They should be able to stand on their own after that.
absorb call explain filter natural
I had to explain what wetlands are, ... We call them swamps. But wetlands are natural sponges, and we need them to absorb water, to filter pollutants.
fell kept
Someone kept me from drowning, when I fell into the water.
goes hundred percent
One hundred percent of that goes right back out. We're all volunteers.
beaches cane churches creek crowd inside knew oftentimes people pick poles pools turkey until waited walked walking
When I was a girl, all we knew was this neighborhood, ... The beaches were ?whites only.? So Turkey Creek is where we went to fish, pick blackberries, recreate. Oftentimes you could see old people walking down to Turkey Creek with their cane poles in their hands. Churches had no pools inside for baptisms then?we all walked down to the creek and waited until the crowd got there.