Helpers of all ages chip in as county cleans up after storm

  • Charley Boss, Wyatt Boss and Everett Boss use their pocket knives to help clear a tree on Cherry Street in Maxeys on Sunday morning. Strong storms and winds blew over trees and knocked out power throughout the county. ADAM NATION/FOR THE OGLETHORPE ECHO
    Charley Boss, Wyatt Boss and Everett Boss use their pocket knives to help clear a tree on Cherry Street in Maxeys on Sunday morning. Strong storms and winds blew over trees and knocked out power throughout the county. ADAM NATION/FOR THE OGLETHORPE ECHO

    Help for Sunday’s storm cleanup in Oglethorpe County came from unexpected places.

     

    “I saw (a few boys) just sawing away with their little pocket knives, so I stopped and talked to them briefly, an…