SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016
This year’s Community-
Wide Garage Sale is Sept. 9
through 11.
Now in its fourth year, this
annual event attracts garage
sale aficionados and yard sale
addicts from all over the
Willamette Valley to the
Florence area for a weekend of
browsing and bargain-hunting
worthy of an episode of
“American Pickers.”
The sponsors for this three-
day event, the Florence Area
Chamber of Commerce and
Siuslaw News, have made it
easy to participate and insure
that each sale is a success.
For $20, each garage sale
will receive a classified ad in
the Siuslaw News and featured
placement on the official
Community-Wide Garage Sale
map, which will be published
in the Sept. 7 and 10 editions of
the newspaper.
In addition, the event will be
promoted on Craigslist and
social media sites.
Participants will also receive
two official Community-Wide
Garage Sale signs and a tip-
sheet full of handy hints on
how to have a successful sale.
Sign-up forms are available
for pick-up at the Visitor’s
Information
Center,
the
Siuslaw News or online at
www.florencechamber.com/wp
-content/uploads/2016/07/
Garage-Sale-Poster-R.pdf.
Local estate liquidator and
garage sale guru Cindy Wobbe
is this year’s committee chair
and offers these helpful sugges-
tions when planning your sale.
1. Make sure your merchan-
dise is clean before you price it.
Dust, dirt and greasy grime are
turn-offs to would-be buyers.
2. Put price tags on every-
thing. Make sure your price
tags are on the top, not the bot-
tom, of an item and that they’re
easy to read. If you don’t have
time to price everything indi-
vidually, signs are helpful such
as “all paperbacks 25 cents
each” or “all clothing $1 each.”
You can also offer a package
deal (i.e. “paperbacks 25 cents
each or 5 for $1). Buyers will
appreciate your efforts and
you’ll sell more merchandise.
3. Price to sell. You may very
well have spent $50 on that
toaster 10 years ago, but you
haven’t used it in eight, and its
taking up room in your cup-
boards. Make the price attrac-
tive to your buyers and every-
body wins.
4. Before putting out cloth-
ing, especially jackets and
coats, check the pocket for
cash, credit cards and other
long-forgotten items. You
might be surprised at what you
find.
5. Have plenty of change on
hand, including small bills and
coins. Also, stock up on shop-
ping bags and newspaper to
wrap breakable items.
6. Make sure you use good
signage to help buyers find
your sale. Small signs with lit-
tle letters just don’t cut it.
Keep the information simple
and straight to the point:
address, days and time of sale,
and an arrow pointing in the
right direction in large, easy to
read letters will do the trick.
After your signs are up, drive
past and see if you can read
them easily, because if you
can’t, neither can anyone else.
When your sale is over, don’t
forget to take down your
signs.
On the subject of signs,
Wobbe adds, “Please remember
that posting signs on utility
poles, street or signal light
poles and median strips is in
violation of Florence City
Code.”
She also recommends using
wooden stakes or plastic or
metal sign holders to hold your
signs.
Deadline for signup and
inclusion in this year’s
Community-Wide Garage is
Tuesday, Aug. 30, at 5 p.m.
Deadlines for press
releases are Mondays
and Thursdays by
noon. Email them to:
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Heceta Water PUD seeks
board member applicants
The Board of Directors of
Heceta Water PUD is seeking
to fill two seats during the
Nov. 8 General Election.
Heceta Water is split into
five subdivisions. The open
positions are in districts No. 3
and 4.
To qualify, applicants need
to be a registered voter living
in those subdivisions who has
resided in the water district
for the two years preceding
the date of the election.
Completed forms are due
Tuesday, Aug. 30.
Forms are available at
Heceta
Water,
87845
Highway 101, during the
work week.
For more information, call
541-997-2446.
City holds free household
recycling event Saturday
The City of Florence
Environmental Management
Advisory Committee (EMAC)
is offering Florence residential
households free recycling of
tires, appliances and propane
tanks at Siuslaw High School,
2975 Oak St., on Saturday,
Aug. 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
at the annual Black and White
Recycling Day.
People can recycle: tires of
22 inches or less, at a maxi-
mum of 10 per household;
small and large appliances of
all kinds; and propane tanks of
5 gallons or less.
The Black and White event
will not accept commercial
waste such as vehicle tires,
commercial appliances or hot
water tanks.
The event partners with
Central Coast Disposal, County
Transfer and Recycling, Lane
County, Les Schwab Tires and
Potters Tire and Automotive.
For more information, visit
the City of Florence Planning
and Building Department at
www.ci.florence.or.us/planning
or call 541-997-8237.
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