Folks, this is what James Carnahan aka Opa Runs looks like after a morning of checking and cleaning out booms in the river! HA!
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There was no report to the public from them, local politicos, OEPA, ODNR or anyone for that mater. That is until George Wright ventured down to the creek on Sept 10th (4 days after the event) for some fishing only to find all the fish dead. He contacted the local fire department along with OEPA…
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PLEASE DO NOT TELL SHERRY!
I told her this morning’s cleanup on mud run took me 2 hours! 😇🤣.
I could smell it before I saw it…
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