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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1998)
September 1, 1998 Community Extra garden produce can feed hungry Fresh produce is one of the most needed and hardest-to-provide items for the one in eight Oregonians who last year needed emergency food through the Oregon Food Bank. This year, the Master Gardener As sociation, whose members volunteer their expertise through the Oregon State University (OSU) Extension Service, has teamed with the Oregon Food Bank to launch the first state wide "Grow an Extra Row" program. Home gardeners who have a little extra fresh produce in their gardens can contact their local county exten sion agent for the name of the near est emergency food distributor, food kitchen or other outlet for feeding the hungry. In Oregon, Jackson and Josephine counties have had a similar program for a number of years, with great suc cess. Now organizers would like to transplant that success to other areas. The Food Bank is the hub of a net work of agencies in Oregon that dis tribute the food to those who need it. Last year the non-profit, community based organization collected and dis tributed emergency foodstuff to 385,000 Oregonians and served 2.7 million meals. This year, the OSU Extension of fices will help gardeners who would like to provide produce for food boxes and soup kitchens with the number and location of the nearest emergency food outlet or soup kitchen. Donations will be much ap preciated. Fresh produce is a rarity in the emergency food system. And don't worry if you have too many zucchinis or tomatoes and fig ure the agency will be inundated with such items. Even too much zucchini is a treat, Stork said. "Fresh is al ways better than canned." For more information please con tact your local Oregon Master Gar deners Association or the Oregon Food Bank at 1-800-777-7427 or (503) 282-0555. Friday, September 15 1 to 4:30 p.ia Grand Ronde Elementary School Family services provided Learning techniques and self awareness Free Immunizations for kids 3 & 4 yr. old screenings (vision, hearing, language) Fingerprint IDs for kids Life Flight Fire Truck Medic Unit Sheriff Museum K-9 unit (police dog) Dental screening DARE Tobacco awareness Street safety " Disability challenges Blind demonstrations Car seat demonstrations Teenage pregnancy prevention Baby care info for new moms WIC eligibility Blood pressure checks Insurance information FREE child care. FREE dinner served from 4:45 to 5:50 p-m. Raffle prizes. Co-sponsored by the Tribal Community Resources program. p Clip and Save Grand Ronde Recycling Depot A community drop-off recycling depot is located behind the Public Works building at 25500 Grand Ronde Road. You can recycle used newspaper, magazines, corrugated cardboard, glass, tin cans, aluminum cans, plastic bottles, and milk jugs - AND NOW PLASTIC BOTTLES REGARDLESS OF COLOR! Signs at the depot clearly label the various bins. All contributions to the depot are voluntary. No deposit will be paid and no fee will be charged. The hours of operation for the depot are 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The area will be patrolled by tribal security to ensure that this community service is not being abused. If garbage dumping occurs on site, the depot will have to be closed. City Recycling of McMinnville will collect the materials and sani tize the containers weekly. You may already be familiar with City Recycling's drop-off program. If not, the guide below explains the requirements. NEWSPAPER: Slick ads may be recycled with the paper. Please do not mix with cardboard, paper bags or magazines. MAGAZINES: Must be slick, shiny, coated paper only. Catalogs are O.K. Don't mix with newspaper. CORRUGATED CARDBOARD: No wire or plastic. Waxed cardboard cannot be recycled. (No cereal boxes, milk cartons or shoe boxes.) Recycle brown paper bags with cardboard. GLASS BOTTLES & JARS: Food and beverage bottles and jars only. Caps must be removed. Labels can be left on. Sort by color (clear, green, brown) into separate bins. No broken glass, window glass, light bulbs, pyrex, ceramics or dishes. TIN CANS: Remove labels, top and bottom. Rinse clean and flatten. Household cans only. No appliances or scrap metal. PLASTIC BOTTLES & MILK JUGS: No more recycling num bers to worry about. Simply "check the neck." Most plastic bottles, regard less of color, with either necks or screw-on tops can now be recycled at the Grand Ronde Depot. If your plastic bottle has a neck smaller than its body discard lid, rinse and flatten. Remove all caps, lids, spray pumps, and metal parts. You do not need to remove labels. YES (plastic that CAN be recycled ) KITCHEN Soap and detergent bottles Spray cleaner bottles Coffee and mayonnaise Peanut butter bottles Cooking oil bottles Ketchup and BBQ sauce Water and juice bottles LAUNDRY Bleach bottles Liquid detergent bottles Fabric softener bottles BATHROOM Shampoo and conditioner bottles Mouthwash bottles Hand and face cream bottles Drain cleaner bottles MISCELLANEOUS Other bottles with necks or screw-on tops regardless of color. NO (plastic that CANNOT be recycled ) KITCHEN Yogurt and cottage cheese Margarine and butter tubs Foam cups Foam meat trays and egg cartons Microwave food trays Bags and stretch wrap Clear, brittle containers Bubble wrap BATHROOM Toothpaste tubes GARAGE Motor oil bottles Pesticide bottles MISCELLANEOUS Toys and buckets Foam packing materials Other containers without necks or screw-on tops. IF IN DOUBT, THROW IT OUT. NO lids, caps, spray pumps. NO bags or wrap. NO ice cream pails. NO jars and tubs. NO food storagefreezer containers. NO bottles larger than 5 gallons. NO flower pots and garden plastic. NO motor oil bottles. NO toys. NO medical waste. NO hazardous water (pesticides, herbicides, solvents, paints or adhesives). Please, do not put these items in the recycling bins, even a small amount of contaminants can ruin an entire shipment of recyclable plastic.
