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Adopters are not to pick up anything that could be hazardous. If adopters have any doubt about whether or not they should touch anything, they are to call DOT's Adopt-A-Highway contact person immediately. All to year-old adopters must be supervised; there must be at least one supervisor for every six to year-olds.

There will be no activity of any kind by adopters on the roadway surface or shoulders. Adopters may not engage in horseplay or other such activity that might jeopardize the adopters' safety or distract motorists.

Adopters should have a first aid kit with them and transportation should be available at all times. At least one adopter at each cleanup should know CPR in case there is an emergency.

Adopters should avoid over exertion; make arrangements to provide drinking water in hot weather. If adopters operate or are near someone who is operating power equipment, they must wear eye protection as well as ear protection. Adopters who are not using power equipment themselves are to stay well clear of mowing and trimming operations. Adopters should clear debris debris such as rocks and glass from areas to be mowed.

Adopter are advised to wear work gloves whenever they are doing highway work. Adopt-A-Highway Program Across the country, thousands of communities have signaled their commitment to keeping America beautiful by adopting stretches of highway and pledging to keep them litter-free. Participation is simple: You adopt a two-mile stretch of highway for a minimum of two years. Note: Interstate highways are not eligible for adoption.

You agree to pickup litter four times per year more in some areas due to heavy traffic. Adopt-a-Highway will provide your volunteers with safety vests, litterbags and safety training.

You bask in the glory of claiming a piece of Texas pride. Who Should Adopt? Memorial Adoptions Individuals and groups can adopt sections of roadway to memorialize individuals who have died as a result of a collision on the state highway system.

Finding Ella is the turning point in this gentle story, and it's a pretty top-heavy plot maneuver, out of a very different kind of movie. Russell does not call the police. He takes Ella "home" with him and tries to take care of her. She's been abandoned, her future wiped out by what was done to her. It's not hard to see the connections Russell may feel. Russell, a child-man, who won awards as a teenager for his participation in an "Adopt a Highway" campaign, also has no past and a limited future.

The scenes with Ella have a real intimacy, and even charm, but it's a swerve from the haunting opening sequences, where Russell walks around, squinting at a world that seems so big, a world he no longer recognizes.

He rides a roller coaster, just for the hell of it, agog at the blinking lights, at the sheer heady freedom of it. There are a couple of other incidents along the way, things that happen to Russell, but "Adopt a Highway" never coalesces into a whole.

It jump-starts itself from "bit" to "bit", more like an old television episodic. Holding it all together is Hawke's performance, weighted down with the heaviness of injustice, a shyness about authority figures in general, a passivity which makes people look twice at him and then back away. His hair is stringy, his salt-and-pepper beard thick, and pain and confusion practically shimmer around him like a migraine aura.

There's a really fun sequence in an internet cafe, where a helpful employee shows Russell what email is, and then asks to take a picture with him, this rare creature who has never been on the internet before. Controlling vegetation. Adopt-A-Highway Links. Adopt-A-Highway Applications. Statewide Campaigns caloes.