ALBANY CLEAN TEAM SEEKS FIFTH-GRADERS.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: ERIN DUGGAN Staff writer

Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings is calling on city fifth-graders to help him clean up Albany during Keep Albany Beautiful Earth Week.

The mayor's office said the preteens are at the right stage for the anti-litter, pro-recycling message: they're mature enough to handle responsibility and impressionable enough to turn this week's lessons into lifelong habits.

``I need them to be part of my team to keep this city clean,'' Jennings said Monday.

The city's public and Catholic schools are participating in the week, which began with Monday's Earth Day celebration and concludes on Friday, Arbor Day. The students will …