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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 2017
I just remembered I’m replacing my memory with Post-Its
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Broker, CSA
541 999-7875
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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
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If you make a quilt from old clothing you are……
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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.*
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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.
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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.
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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
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humiliation, dug the Post-Its
back out of the trash, opened
it and made myself a note.
“Get more Post-Its.”
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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
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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
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to wear.
Later, I got into the van
Ned
and was gently reminded by
Hickson