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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016
Downtown trash collection goes artistic in Seaside
New garbage
receptacles
to include
decorated doors
By KATHERINE
LACAZE
EO Media Group
SEASIDE — These trash
cans almost look too good
for trash.
Artistically
decorated
receptacles are the newest
effort by the Seaside Public
Works Department to make
downtown cleaner and more
attractive.
The project should wind
up in the spring, when 43
new receptacles are installed
on Broadway and those cur-
rently on the street get ro-
tated elsewhere downtown,
bringing the total to about
250 receptacles, Public
Works Director Dale Mc-
Dowell said.
McDowell is gathering
ideas for how to make the
garbage receptacles more
visually appealing. At the
weekly Seaside Downtown
Development Association
meeting last week, Execu-
tive Director Tita Montero
shared photos of examples
for the style of art that could
be used.
The downtown associ-
ation is partnering on the
project and donated $1,500
to purchase additional col-
lection cans for the inside of
the receptacles so the cans
can be removed and washed
more frequently, Montero
said.
Each new receptacle will
cost about $650 apiece, or
closer to $800 apiece includ-
ing shipping and handling,
McDowell said. Adjacent
ash urns, under consider-
ation, would cost an addi-
tional $129.
The downtown associa-
tion has discussed the need
for more garbage receptacles
on several occasions during
the past few years.
“We all know that regular
trash removal and keeping
the containers as clean as
possible are also major fac-
tors influencing the opinion
that residents and visitors
have about our downtown,”
Montero said.
McDowell said City
Manager Mark Winstanley,
who personally picks up
trash downtown, also recog-
nized the need and approved
the project.
Especially on busy days
during the summer, the
downtown trash cans tend
to fill — and overflow —
quicker than they are emp-
tied by the Public Works De-
partment.
“We get so busy in the
‘For a
garbage
can, they
look really
doggone
good.’
Dale McDowell
Seaside Public Works director
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The Seaside Public Works Department provided the Seaside Downtown Development
Association with a few samples of potential artwork styles to be used for the new gar-
bage receptacles to be placed on Broadway in the spring.
summertime,”
McDowell
said. “The crew has a hard
time keeping up because
there are so many people.”
It has been several years
since the downtown area got
more trash cans. McDowell
hopes, by adding more re-
ceptacles, they will not fill
as quickly and people will be
more inclined to throw away
their garbage rather than lit-
tering.
While researching a good
model, McDowell consid-
ered a few important aspects
of the receptacles: they need
to have side doors for remov-
ing trash, to prevent injuries
from city employees pulling
full, heavy trash bags out
vertically; the doors must be
lockable and have a finish
for a long life; and the exter-
nal parts of the receptacles
must be made of cement so
they can be power-washed.
The model selected, man-
ufactured by Gilmore-Kram-
er, has a life expectancy of
about 10 years and the finish
should last about three years.
The artwork could be
painted on the doors by
students or other commu-
nity members or it could
be vinyl decals, which are
easy to clean and can be re-
placed.
“No two have to be the
same,” McDowell said.
He still is taking input on
the art aspect, but the depart-
ment will not use advertise-
ments. The new receptacles
will be put along Broadway,
“because we want the art-
work there,” McDowell said,
and the others will be moved
to different locations down-
town.
“We’ll kind of rotate our
stock a little bit,” he said.
Once the department
gauges the public response
to the new look, McDow-
ell can decide if they will
continue the trend of using
artwork to spruce up down-
town.
“We’re just trying to step
it up a little bit,” he said. He
likes the samples he has re-
searched so far. “For a gar-
bage can, they look really
doggone good.”
He wants everyone on the
same page before ordering
the receptacles, but he plans
to get them installed before
spring break.
Montero said the associ-
ation looks forward “to the
culmination of this goal.”
The Healthy Hub to lead community in Sugar Detox Challenge
Business
owner spurs
wellness effort
By KATHERINE
LACAZE
EO Media Group
SEASIDE — Jenn Viss-
er, owner of The Healthy
Hub, is inviting the commu-
nity to join her in the second
annual 10-day Sugar Detox
Challenge to kick off the
year by stabilizing blood
sugar levels and augment-
ing health consciousness.
The 10-day challenge
will start Monday, and it
is not too late to sign up to
take part in the free commu-
nity event.
The Healthy Hub, a
wellness and massage cen-
ter, opened last January
and Visser organized the
first community detox that
month. More than 250 peo-
ple participated.
“Sugar is a hot topic
right now, and our commu-
nity is reaching and yearn-
ing for more information
on the subject,” Visser
said.
The detox will start with
a kick-off community din-
ner from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
at the Bob Chisholm Com-
munity Center. The cost
is $10 per person and it is
open to all participants.
Sharing the first dinner is a
fun way to create camara-
derie and solidarity, Visser
said.
“It’s really inspiring to
see the community striving
to get healthier together,”
she said.
Daily encouragement
The closer the partic-
ipants follow the detox
guide, the sooner their bod-
ies will respond. Through-
out the 10-day challenge,
Visser will send daily emails
with encouragement, reci-
pes, tips and links to studies
and online information.
“I think everyone gets
something from the detox,”
Visser said.
After the challenge is
over, she hopes people
stick to the guidelines for
about 80 percent of their
diet, allowing for roughly
20 percent of indulgence.
However, it depends on the
individual and what their
personal level of health and
sugar addiction is.
Visser started changing
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Jennifer Visser, owner and founder of The Healthy Hub in Seaside, is leading the second her eating habits about four
years ago as a response to
annual 10-day Community Sugar Detox Challenge.
chronic back pain. She con-
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several detoxes, and led cause a cascade of health oatmeal, pasta and popcorn; the average American diet,
starchy vegetables, such as and “when you’re talking
them for others accompa- benefits,” Visser said.
She has produced a list potatoes, yams, beets and about the American diet,
nied by cooking and nutri-
tion classes through The of what foods and in what corn; fruits such as banan- going with the flow gets
Healthy Hub. She sees a amounts fall within the as, mangoes, pineapples and you in trouble,” she said.
sugar detox as a chance for guidelines of the sugar detox. dried fruits; sweeteners, such She started sticking to a diet
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customed to consuming lots eggs, and vegetables, ex- and legumes; certain fats and fruit, or items presumed to
of processed sugars, over- cept starchy vegetables, in oils, such as margarine, pea- have been eaten by humans
stimulating their taste buds, unlimited amounts; limited nuts and peanut butter and in earlier centuries.
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felt a different physically
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ness of carrots or snap peas. limes; beverages such as
Besides stabilizing blood water, herbal teas and lim-
sugar levels, the detox also ited amounts of black coffee
will help people pay more and espresso; and fats and
attention to what they’re oils from “clean sources,”
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and cognitively.
“I was hooked right then
and there,” she said. “The
more I learned, the more I
felt a responsibility to share
this information.”
Next level
Not everyone may expe-
rience results so swiftly, but
Visser believes many are
accustomed to their current
level of “feeling well,” ac-
cepting that as the pinnacle
and not knowing what their
next level could be if they
made changes to their diet
or other aspects of wellness.
“There are so many other
layers of feeling better,” she
said.
Visser selected 10 days
as the length of the chal-
lenge because she believes
that “is enough time for
(people) to understand
who they are and how they
function.” Participants can
personally decide what to
with the information from
there.
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