The U. S. Center Foundation, Inc. sponsored the 3rd Annual City-wide Cleanup on Saturday, September 12, 2009. Several of the 28 rural and city volunteers arrived early at the Lebanon Alumni Grade School lunchroom for a continental breakfast. By 8:15 a.m., the Foundation’s president, Lonnie Whitten, had given instructions and the clean up started at the north end of town. Two tractors with loaders, 4 trucks and several pickups and trailers were all donated for the morning’s work. Old furniture, household hazardous waste, metal, appliances, tree limbs and other items not allowed in normal trash pickup were loaded and hauled away, free of charge. Volunteers are what make small communities work and Lebanon has the very best for its many community projects.