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SIUSLAW NEWS | WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2018 | 3A G ENERAL N EWS Habitat welcomes next family home Sunday In Honor of Jose Florence Habi- tat for Humanity is pleased to an- nounce the com- pletion of another Habitat Home. As a result, a Florence family will have a home of their The Cobbs Family own, with an af- Office and ReStore, and partici- fordable mortgage. Volunteers have worked with pation in structured finance and Kristy Cobbs and her family homeownership classes. The Florence community is to paint refresh and repair the three-bedroom home on Nopal invited to attend the dedication ceremony and celebration on Street. Habitat Homeownership fol- Sunday, July 22, at 1 p.m. at 1348 lows an extensive selection pro- Nopal St. For more information, visit cess, “sweat equity” hours at the site and/or hours in the Habitat www.florencehabitat.org. The best kept secret in Florence, also has the best view of the Bay and Siuslaw River in town. PHOTOS BY MARK BRENNAN/SIUSLAW NEWS Florence residents gathered at the East Woahink Day Use Area Sunday with family members of Jose Dela Mora, a Florence teen who drowned at the lake in June 2015. On Sunday, a special life jacket loaner station, located at the lake's edge, was dedicated in Dela Mora's memory with a special plaque. Dela Mora would have graduated from Siuslaw High School in June 2016. Located in the Best Western Pier Point Inn 85625 Highway 101, Florence • 541-997-7191 BETTER HEARING. BETTER COMMUNICATION. BETTER RELATIONSHIPS. HEARING Call today to schedule your appointment! ASSOCIATES of Florence 541.991.4475 FLORENCE • 1525 12th St, Ste 2 HearingAssociatesofFlorence.com Doctors of Audiology Precious Plastics provides first plastic answer In response to recent chang- es in local recycling practices, a group of concerned citizens have joined in the effort to es- tablish a small-scale plastics re- cycling center here in Florence. Please welcome Precious Plas- tics Florence. Earlier this year, the an- nouncement was made by Central Coast Disposal that the majority of plastic waste previously allowed for pick-up Overwhelmed with the thought of moving? “The Man with the Plan” Direct (541) 991-0607 Email Mr.Listit@gmail.com in Lane County curbside recy- cling bins would no longer be accepted, nor would people be able to drop many plastics off at the County Transfer Station. When looking into alternatives, none were identified, and many area residents were dismayed to learn that our plastic waste had not been processed here in the U.S., but was shipped to China for recycling and subsequent manufacture into other prod- ucts — often sold right back to us. This, apparently, had been the procedure for the entire Pa- cific Northwest, but China has decided that this is no longer profitable for them and ceased the practice. Some people have responded by stock-piling plastic waste in their garages, hoping for a solu- tion to materialize. Others are depositing it into their garbage cans, destined for the landfill — as residents have been di- rected to do. Many have exam- ined their purchasing habits, attempting to minimize items in plastic packaging. However, this can be quite challenging, as so much of what we buy is encased in plastic — often multiple lay- ers. However, inspiration was found in a YouTube video por- traying a young man in the Netherlands, who demonstrates a design for a small plastics re- cycling facility that can be as- WEDNESDAY THURSDAY JULY 18 JULY 19 Partly Sunny/Wind Cloudy/Windy 69°F 55°F 73°F 55°F sembled for under $10,000, with a minimum of technical expertise (www.youtube.com/ watch?v=I7UiXCBnTE4). The blueprints and instructions for creating such a facility are avail- able at no cost. Indeed, these home-grown recycling units are being established all over the world — though not so much in the U.S. at present. Initially an off-shoot of ac- tivist group Florence ORganiz- es (FOR), a plastic alternative group has been meeting for several months. It has secured sponsorship from New Choices Oregon, an organization that as- sists in creating new non-prof- it corporations by providing funds and guidance to projects that will benefit the community. As such, Precious Plastics Flor- ence (PPF) is now an established 501(c)(3) corporation, and is currently seeking support from the community. Its mission statement is: “To reduce the amount of plastic entering the Florence waste sys- tem and environment through reduction, re-use, repurposing, and transformation of plastic waste.” In addition to obtaining 501(c)(3) status, the group has identified an available shipping container to house the project, assembled a machine to grind plastic items into small, usable pieces, established an online presence, and garnered the support of Florence Mayor Joe Henry — who has generously donated the first $100 to the ef- fort. There is also a viable pledge for matching donations up to $5,000. The group’s next big challenge is to locate a site for the facility. Although there is a strong motive to care for our envi- ronment, PPF also represents a unique opportunity for busi- ness, as well. Clearly, profit could be realized in the manu- facture of new plastic products, but in creating a grass-roots plastic recycling center, and demonstrating the process, this endeavor has potential as an eco-tourism destination. Why not, when Florence is already a favored vacation destination for many? PPF will have a booth at the Power of Florence this Saturday to provide information to the public and generate support. Please join us on July 21 be- tween 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Grocery Outlet parking lot. For more information, visit PPF’s website at: www.ppflor- ence.org or email info@ppflor- enceorg. There is also informa- tion regarding the project on FOR’s Facebook page. Donations may be mailed to Precious Plastics Florence, 2006 Hwy. 101, Box #319, Florence, OR 97439. FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY JULY 20 JULY 21 JULY 22 JULY 23 JULY 24 Sunny/Wind Sunny Sunny Sunny Partly Cloudy 72°F 53°F 70°F 53°F 70°F 54°F 68°F 55°F 68°F 54°F Receive $5 off when you spend $100! 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