Keeping stretch of Back Road litter free is Ronan man's personal mission
Larry Ruffatto, 89, of Ronan, picks up litter along an 8-mile stretch of Back Road south of Polson every spring. (Carolyn Hidy/Lake County Leader)
“If people want to walk for exercise, this is something they could do," Larry Ruffatto said as he was picking up litter recently along Back Road. (Carolyn Hidy/Lake County Leader)
Larry Ruffatto of Ronan makes it hard for the rest of us to come up with excuses.
At 89, with a replaced knee and hip, and several old broken bones from a lifetime of action, including horses rolling on him, Ruffatto probably cleans up more miles of road each spring than some of us do in a lifetime...
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