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12 A SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 2017 I just remembered I’m replacing my memory with Post-Its T ip Amy Johnson Broker, CSA 541 999-7875 89406 Levage Drive – Wonderful .50 acre North Lakes lot. Septic in, water and power available. Home will be removed in spring, and It will be ready for your new build. Close to town, shopping, and hospital. Walking distance to Sutton Lake. Don’t miss this opportunity! $75,000. #2537-15099844 Don’t undo all your hard work by putting your recycling in a plastic bag. You can’t recycle plastic bags and as workers sort waste by hand it is potentially dangerous. Sharp objects or dirty diapers may be inside so when plastic bags are found at recycling plants, they are removed, even though they may be full of recyclables. 1749 Highway 101 • 541-997-1200 Q uiz Answer to Previous Quiz: C Recycling If you make a quilt from old clothing you are…… A) reducing. B) reusing. C) recycling. D id you Know? Independent Owner/Operator Florence Grocery Outlet 1SPEVDFt%BJSZ%FMJ )FBMUI#FBVUZ 'SP[FO'PPETt'SFTI.FBU )PVTFXBSFTt#FFS8JOF 0SHBOJD/BUVSBM'PPETBOENVDINPSF We have ample RV parking! IC 02-7 1) 9 55 IL E Woody Woodbury 2066 Highway 101, Florence 541-997-0343 People in the U.S. make up 5% of the world’s population but use 25% of the world’s resources and generate 30% of its garbage.* COAST DIS AL E W I TH A S CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK Don’t put your recycling in a plastic bag RV www.TheSiuslawNews.com Most people have heard of the 3Rs of environmentally friendly behavior- REDUCE is to use less of something. Use less water, turn off lights, use both sides of a paper. REUSE is to use an item again. Refi ll a water bottle, reuse a container and buy reusable bags. RECYCLE is to make new items from old ones; recycle bottles, glass, paper, cans, plastic, cardboard & more. SE Want Breaking News? More Photos? R E-CORNER Dave’s 4 multi-grade environment. The school offers individu- alized instruction, strong aca- demics, relevant Bible lessons, meaningful community serv- ice, interactive partnerships with other children in the com- munity and educational field trips. Those seeking more infor- mation on the school and its programs can contact Nelson at 541-997-5909. The school is at 4445 Highway 101 in Florence, at the Florence Seventh-day Adventist Church, next to Potter’s Tire and Automotive. Ned is a syndicated colum- nist with News Media Corporation. Write to him at nedhickson@icloud.com. L SA PO Shoreline Christian School will host two open house events for the community to learn more about their pro- grams. The first will be on Sunday, Jan. 15, at 4 p.m. and the second on Monday, Jan. 16, at 5 p.m. Enrollment is now open for the term which begins Jan. 16 for grades one through eight. The school is also accepting applications for kindergarten through grade eight for next school year. Students are welcome to sign up for a free day of class- es so they can experience the Let me Showcase your property. humiliation, dug the Post-Its back out of the trash, opened it and made myself a note. “Get more Post-Its.” M Shoreline school hosts open houses Jan. 15-16 laced with “stick-um.” “Excuse me, sir,” the gas attendant said, interrupting my moment of triumph. “You got another gas card? This one’s expired.” Confused, I thumbed through my wallet as the attendant handed me a yellow slip of paper. “By the way, this fell off the back of your card.” I took it from him and stared at my handwritten reminder: “Call about gas card.” After handing the atten- dant my cash, I reluctantly stepped from the truck and, with no small amount of CEN TR When my wife called to remind me about letting the dog out at noon, I instinc- tively retrieved a Post-It from the desk drawer and scrawled “Dogs at noon,” then stuck it to the computer monitor. This required shuffling a series of other yellow Post- Its into order of importance, with things like “Call about hair cut,” “Go to dry clean- ers” and “Clean out van” written on them. That one, of course, was moved to the very end of the line. Sadly, they’re all things I should be able to remember on my own and usually do; like when I’m staring into the closet for a pair of pants a shocking-yellow piece of paper to “get gas.” It was while sitting at the pump a short time later that the notion of Post-It depend- ency hit me. In the beginning, I was only an occasional user, jot- ting down out-of-the-ordi- nary reminders. You know, things like a doctor’s appointment, or that it was time to change the oil. Then, “Change cat box” and “Take out trash” began appearing on the bathroom mirror, or stuck to the alarm clock — painfully obvious things that were reminders in and of themselves. My life was becoming sort of a dot-to-dot, or in this instance pad-to-pad, exis- tence, moving from one reminder to the next. What was next? “Breathe?” “Swallow?” “Don’t drink soda with Alka-Seltzer?” So, I decided enough was enough. It was time to end the addiction. For those of you who followed my attempt to give up coffee, you probably know where this is going. Still, I reached into my shirt pocket, snatched my last, still-cellophaned package of pads and tossed them out the window and into the trash. This was my moment, something I would long remember without a scrap of yellow paper conveniently (54 to wear. Later, I got into the van Ned and was gently reminded by Hickson
