Interview with Melanie Mays, January 24, 2007

Project: Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment Oral History Project

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Interview Summary

This interview with 4-H agent Melanie Mays begins with a discussion of Mays' childhood. She talks about her childhood home and what her friends did for recreation. She also talks about what her parents did for a living and how the family obtained water and disposed of trash.
Mays then makes suggestions for a cleaner and safer environment, including mandatory trash pick up. She then talks about the ways in which she recycles, as well as the recycling programs available in Bell County (Ky.). Mays talks about the quality of water available when she was growing up, as well as the family?s straight pipe which emptied directly into a nearby creek. She also talks about the solid waste disposal methods available in Eastern Kentucky.
Finally, Mays talks about her involvement with Kentucky 4-H and the organization's collaboration with Eastern Kentucky Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment (PRIDE).

Interview Accession

2008oh085_pride130

Interviewee Name

Melanie Mays

Interviewer Name

Dale W. Johnson

Interview Date

2007-01-24

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Mays, Melanie Interview by Dale W. Johnson. 24 Jan. 2007. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Mays, M. (2007, January 24). Interview by D. W. Johnson. Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Mays, Melanie, interview by Dale W. Johnson. January 24, 2007, Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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