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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2017
S USY L ACER , M ASTER R ECYCLER
A MONTHLY COLUMN OF RECYCLING
INFORMATION PROVIDED BY F LORENCE
M ASTER R ECYCLERS
For the Siuslaw News
(A monthly column of recycling
information provided by Florence
Master Recyclers)
Q. Can I still join the Master
Recycler class to be held in Florence?
A. Yes, just barely! The class
begins this Friday, Jan. 13, at the
Florence
campus
of
Lane
Community College.
Classes are from 12:30 to 3:30
p.m. each Friday through March 10,
plus two Saturday field trips.
The Master Recycler class is free
in exchange for volunteer service.
Pick up an application at the Florence
transfer station, or online at
LaneCounty.org/MasterRecyclers, or
just show up at the first class.
Q. What is the most important
information local recycle companies
want to share with customers about
residential recycling?
A. This question was posed recent-
ly by Kelly Bell, Lane County Master
Recycler Coordinator. The number
one answer is: keep it clean.
This means avoid contamination
— primarily food, but also debris
such as oil or dirt, that can send oth-
erwise recyclable materials into the
trash.
Recycling is a commodity and to
be usable in manufacturing new
products, it must be clean.
Another form of contamination is
placing incorrect items in a curbside
bin. It’s not that plastic bags, house
paint and clothing, for example, are
not reusable and recyclable — they
are.
However, they won’t get to the
right place if they are added to the
customer’s commingle bin.
Recycling options exist for many
items that don’t belong in the curb-
side bin, for instance:
• Plastic grocery-type bags can be
dropped in recycle bins near the
doors of Safeway and Fred Meyer;
• Electronics recycling is available
free at the Florence Transfer Station,
as well as at nonprofits like NextStep
in Eugene;
• Block Styrofoam can be recycled
at St. Vincent de Paul;
• House paint is recyclable at
Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore;
• Fluorescent lamps (under 4 feet)
are collected for recycling at True
Value Hardware;
• Clothing, household goods,
kitchenware, furniture, etc., can all be
donated to local thrift stores for
reuse, repurposing, or recycling.
Bell notes that recycling options
exist for more items every year, but
these options are outside of the mixed
curbside recycling system. Imagine:
it would be disastrous to try to collect
spent compact fluorescent light
bulbs, or unused paint, mixed in with
your commingled recycling.
However, both of those materials
can be recycled, if they are taken to
the proper location.
In order for recycling to be effec-
tive, material must be delivered to the
correct place — the place that is set
up to handle that particular material.
For many household items like
empty plastic bottles, metal cans,
clean paper and cardboard, the cor-
rect place can be the recycling cart
we push to the curb in front of our
house. For many other items, such as
clothing, bedding or small appli-
ances, effective recycling means we
need to deliver the items to the cor-
rect collection location.
Sending them to an incorrect col-
lection often results in these other-
wise recyclable materials ending up
in the trash.
Q. My friend told me I can save
money by recycling more. How?
A. Your friend is correct. Recycling
saves money on the cost of garbage
service, whether you have curbside
service or haul your own garbage to
the Transfer Station.
For instance, by sorting out recy-
clable items, rather than tossing them
in the trash, you can reduce the size
of your trash container and/or the fre-
quency with which that container is
emptied.
Both of these actions save you
money. Going from weekly to every
other week curbside service can save
up to $10 per month, depending on
the size of the trash container.
If you’re filling up the recycle bin
with accepted materials, you’ll have
room in the garbage can to hold two
weeks’ worth of trash. Reducing the
size of the trash container that you
pay for can save up to $9 per month.
Remember, fees for garbage serv-
ice are based on the size of the trash
container, not the recycle bin.
If you self-haul your garbage, you
receive a $1 discount on garbage fees
if you also recycled that trip. And
again, by sorting out recyclable mate-
rials instead of putting them in the
trash, you may be able to reduce the
size of your trash load from a $20
load to a $12 load.
The more you recycle, the less you
pay to throw in the trash.
Finally, by choosing durable prod-
ucts over single-use, such as cloth
versus paper towels, and ceramic
mugs over paper cups; by avoiding
unnecessary packaging; and by delib-
erately practicing waste prevention,
including decreasing the amount of
food you throw away, you can reduce
the amount of trash you have to dis-
pose of — thereby reducing your
cost.
You will also save money by pur-
chasing fewer items at the store ini-
tially.
Recycling is not only environmen-
tally beneficial, it can also benefit
your financial situation.
Florence Master Recyclers (MR)
are part of the Lane County Master
Recycler Program, a service of the
county’s Public Works Waste
Management Division since 2002.
The mission of the MR program is
to bridge the gap between awareness
and action by motivating people to
reduce solid waste at home, work and
play.
This monthly column, written for
The Siuslaw News, answers common-
ly asked recycling questions.
For more recycling information,
visitwww.ci.florence.or.us/building/
recycling or www.lanecounty.org/
Departments/PW/WMD/Recycle or
follow Master Recyclers of Florence
on Facebook.
C AR C HRONICLES —
‘It ran when they parked it...’
B Y C AL A PPLEBEE
Special to the Siuslaw News
H
ow many times have
we heard that line
when talking about a
vehicle we were contemplating
purchasing?
I did recently when I found
a 1986 F-150 that was just too
good of a deal to pass up.
And that was from my own
father-in-law!
This truck is the 17th pickup
I’ve owned in my years of
auto-ownership. Some were
new, some were used and a
few were just projects —
which this one is.
Though I knew it had sat for
several years and had some
issues, its overall condition
was good and I just couldn’t
see it sit any longer.
In a prior edition, I covered
a couple of my earlier acquisi-
tions, the 1948 Chevy 3100
and the 1950 GMC FC101,
both early in my years of auto-
mania. My next pick-up was
already 36 years old when I
acquired it in 1977 — a 1941
PT 125 Plymouth (Yes,
Plymouth pickup.)
Similar in design to its
Dodge brethren, it carried a lit-
tle more refined nose treatment
than the Dodge, (actually simi-
lar to the 1939 Dodge truck
nose) and shared a lot of sheet
metal treatment, but obviously
had a Plymouth badge on the
hood.
It had the 87 horsepower
flat head six, with a three-
speed top load transmission.
What it didn’t have was a
floor in the box. I drove it
around Woodland, Calif.,
where I resided at the time, for
a few months before it rolled
away to someone more capa-
ble of restoring it.
The very first brand new
vehicle I purchased didn’t hap-
pen until 1979 — another
Mopar — a Dodge D-150 half-
ton pickup.
With the legendary 318 V-8
and four-speed (with “granny
gear” — remember that?) it
was a great truck with cinna-
mon brown exterior and sad-
dle-tan interior.
Although it was my first
experience purchasing new, I
obviously didn’t pay attention
at the orientation and, the next
morning, flooded it to the
point that the dealer sent the
mechanic to straighten me out
and get the truck running.
I had traded in my ex-wife’s
Karman Ghia while she was at
work one day (that might have
had something to do with the
eventual ex-status…)
Eventually, I found Ford
trucks and have enjoyed own-
ing several ranging from little
half-ton F100s to three-quarter
ton duallys. I’ve had several
with the 300 straight-six and
5-speed manual, which is a
great combination, and some,
including Class C motor
homes, with the Triton V-10
and automatic, which is a phe-
nomenal power package.
My wife’s current daily
driver is the popular F-150
four-door which we purchased
new in 2009 and is the only
vehicle we’ve owned for that
long — and she still won’t part
with it!
One of my favorites over
the years was a 1965 F-100 I
stumbled across just a few
years ago — an actual US
Army truck.
It had the 240 straight six
with a three-on-the-tree
(remember those?) with the
short step-side bed. It had been
surplused out of military serv-
ice to a school district in the
valley, which eventually
retired it.
I drove it and enjoyed it a
lot locally for both work and
pleasure, and eventually sold it
to another military vehicle
club member, so I still get to
see it on the road from time to
time when Ken drives by
wearing a big grin.
As to the ‘86 F-150 that ran
when they parked it?
It does now run after we’ve
replaced battery, fuel pump
and radiator. But I still haven’t
solved all the issues yet.
Watch for it soon on a
craigslist near you.
This will end our journey
back through time re-visiting
some of the follies of my
youth — at least with automo-
biles. I hope you have enjoyed
this road trip as much as I
have recalling some of the
vehicles. We will soon start
running the Military Heritage
Chronicles again in the pages
of Siuslaw News.
Travel Safe!
Annual Winter Music Festival kicks off Saturday at FEC
This year’s Winter Music
Festival will bring nine bands
and headliner Danny O’Keefe,
best known for his hit single
“Good Time Charlie’s Got the
Blues.”
Among the bands perform-
ing at the two-day music festi-
val, Jan. 14 and 15, will be
Cabin Fever Northwest, RJ
Ballard, Ian McFeron, Halie
and the Moon, Pretty Gritty,
Midnight Darlins, Castletown,
The Colin Trio, as well as
Haley Johnsen, who will open
for O’Keefe.
The festival will take place
Saturday, Jan. 14, from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
In 1968, O’Keefe was a
member of a four-man heavy
psychedelic rock band named
Calliope. The group recorded
one album, “Steamed,” for
Buddah Records before dis-
banding.
O’Keefe received national
aclaim for “Good Time
Charlie’s Got the Blues” in
September 1972, and reached
number 9 on the U.S. Billboard
Hot 100 chart.
It stayed on the Billboard
chart for 14 weeks and sold a
million copies.
The gramophone record’s
sales culminated in a gold disc
issued by the RIAA in June
1973.
O’Keefe’s unique lyrical
melodies earned him a reputa-
tion as an important songwriter
of his genre.
With Bob Dylan, O’Keefe
co-wrote the environmental
movement anthem “Well Well
Well.”
In concert with his music and
through his organization, The
Songbird Foundation, O’Keefe
has been active in the environ-
Let me Showcase your property.
Danny O’Keefe will
headline this year’s
Winter Music Festival
and perform Saturday
from 8:20 to 9:20 p.m.
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mental field, helping to
develop public awareness of
the effect that indiscriminate
coffee-growing techniques
have on the songbird popula-
tion.
O’Keefe’s songs have been
covered by numerous musi-
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Judy Collins, Leon Russell,
Willie
Nelson,
Waylon
Jennings, Jimmy Buffett and
Alison Krauss.
O’Keefe
will
perform
Saturday, Jan. 14, from 8:20 to
9:20 p.m.
Tickets to this year’s Winter
Music Festival are now avail-
able by visiting the FEC box
office, calling 541-997-1994 or
visiting www.eventscenter.org.
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