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    August 24, 2018 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com • 7A
Local recycling rates to go up
Increase driven
by China’s new
standards
By Brenna Visser
Cannon Beach Gazette
New regulations imposed
by China on imported recy-
clable materials are driving a
3.5 percent rate increase for
waste collection services in
Cannon Beach.
The change will increase the
average customer’s bill by $1 a
month starting in January, Carl
Peters, general manager for
Recology Western Oregon, told
the City Council on Aug. 14.
Other cities in Clatsop County
are facing similar increases.
Until recently, China’s
standard allowed a contami-
nation level of 5 percent while
processing recycling. Now, the
contamination level must be
COLIN MURPHEY
A Recology employee moves recyclable paper products to
a conveyor for processing at the Astoria Transfer Station.
0.5 percent — a standard that
is almost unattainable at most
facilities, and beyond what
available technology can pro-
vide.
“There’s just too much
wishful recycling,” Peters said.
Between the new standard,
and new tariffs set by China on
imported scrap materials in re-
taliation to tariffs imposed by
President Donald Trump, costs
of recycling could continue to
climb, Peters said.
Public Works Director
Karen La Bonte asked for
the rate increase to happen in
conjunction with the schedule
Recology has set to replace
Cannon Beach’s garbage bins
with receptacles that have
proper latches.
In the past, residents have
used bungee cords to secure
trash cans to prevent trash from
spilling on exceptionally windy
days, La Bonte said. Recology
has a policy, however, not to
pick up these cans as snapping
cords have caused safety issues.
Timing the rate increase
with replacing the cans makes
the billing process simpler and
makes it so people “feel they are
getting something in exchange
for that increase,” La Bonte said.
The city also negotiated to
have Recology use 1 percent of
the 3.5 percent increase to fund
a seasonal position at Cannon
Beach’s recycling center. In
the height of summer, the cen-
ter, which offers free recycling
drop-off services to residents, is
often overloaded by recyclables
from out-of-town users taking
advantage of the free service or
by the influx of visitors.
Parking lot closures set
for repairs in September
low.
City Councilor George
Vetter raised his concerns
at a City Council work ses-
sion last week, fearing the
closures would impact local
businesses.
“This is just the week af-
ter Labor Day. There are a
lot of people still out travel-
ing,” Vetter said. “I hope we
can push back the dates for
our merchants.”
La Bonte said while she
understands the concern,
she said there is no “good
time” for these kind of proj-
ects. If the repairs are made
now, the city can use a slurry
seal that is less expensive to
fix cracks and other wear-
and-tear issues in the lots.
Pushing off the repairs could
result in forcing the city to
do more time-extensive and
costly repairs in the future,
she said.
Two downtown
lots need repairs
By Brenna Visser
Cannon Beach Gazette
This September, watch
out for parking lot closures
in downtown Cannon Beach
for repairs and resurfacing.
The downtown parking
lot off Spruce Street be-
hind the post office will be
closed Sept. 10-14, with the
parking lot at Spruce and
Second streets across from
the Chamber of Commerce
closing shortly after on Sept.
17-21.
Public Works Director
Karen La Bonte recogniz-
es September is still a busy
month for visitors, but said
it is critical for the work to
happen while temperatures
are still warm and rainfall is
Cottage tour provides 20 percent of the history center’s income
Cottage from Page 1A
Although the homes on the
tour are kept secret until the
tour day, Johnson did reveal
one home, which, she said, has
had a “lot of love put into it.”
Homeowners Karen and
Krista Tye agree. Although
their home on Hemlock Street
and Elliot Way started out as
a small cottage built by local
lumberyard owner Harvey
Willis, it became an adult fos-
ter home for several years. It
was enlarged to include four
bedrooms and four bathrooms
– all on one level. Eventually
it became a single family home
again.
“So many people have
stopped and had parents live
here and tell us wonderful sto-
ries,” said Karen. “The house
is just full of good juju.”
“There was a lot of joy as
an adult foster home,” Krista
said. “Over the past years, we
have had five people stop by
and become very emotional
with joy because their (rela-
tives) lived here.”
“The (home) should be
called ‘love,’” Karen added.
Before its foster care days,
the home was purchased in
1963 by Marie Marshall, a
Cannon Beach postmaster for
25 years. She lived in the cot-
tage until her death in 1993.
‘Lot of light’
Karen and daughter Kris-
ta bought the home in 2014.
“This house has a lot of light,”
Krista said.
They put their own touch-
es on the home by removing
a wall between the kitchen
and living room, creating open
shelving in the kitchen, enlarg-
ing the bookshelves that flank
the fireplace and adding a deck
and fence outside. However,
they kept the chicken “condo”
in the yard that the previous
owner built, and they tend two
chickens.
IF YOU GO
WHAT: Cannon Beach Cottage and Gar-
den Tour
WHEN: Friday, Sept. 7 through Sunday,
Sept. 9; the tour runs from noon to 5
p.m. Saturday
TICKET LOCATION: Cannon Beach History
Center & Museum, 1387 S. Spruce St.;
Call (503) 436-930 or go online at info@
cbhistory.org for tickets in advance or
buy tickets on tour day at the museum.
ACTIVITIES AND COST:
• Friday night concert, photo booth and
reception with the R.J. Marx Quartet: $15
• Saturday lecture and luncheon with
A giant hedge surrounding
the house keeps the home and
yard peaceful even though the
home sits on a busy street. A
“Buddha garden” in front of
the house invites relaxing mo-
ments of meditation.
keynote speaker Bill Sullivan, an Oregon
writer, adventurer, hiker and historian:
$25
• Saturday tour and evening jazz concert
with the Honeyville Rascals: $35
• Sunday English style garden tea with
keynote speaker and Portland area gar-
den designer Lucy Hardiman: $20
MORE DETAILS: Check the history center’s
website, cbhistory.org/events-exhibits/
cottage-tour/
ANNUAL FUNDRAISER: The cottage tour pro-
vides 20 percent of the history center’s
annual income and allows the museum
to offer free admission.
Many visitors arrive at
the house unexpectedly, the
women said. Marshall’s grand-
son once walked through the
home, recalling the time he
spent as a child there.
“There’s an archway in the
hedge on Elliot, and two little
girls came peeking through,”
Karen recalled. “They asked,
‘Is this where the fairies live?’”
They don’t mind being
surrounded by visiting beach-
goers.
“There’s a lot of parking
around our house, and we love
it, because people work so
hard to come to the beach for
a day,” Krista said. “To hear
those happy voices when they
get out of the car and they’re
unloading sand pails and dogs
and coolers and they’re so ex-
cited about going to the beach
– it’s absolute joy.”
“I think it’s really import-
ant that we share this town,”
Krista added. “We’re very
lucky to live here, and I think
it’s important to remember
that we get it all the time, and
these people get it for one
day.”
Although their home will
be on the tour, the women
won’t be there. Instead, they
will be looking at the other
tour homes. But Karen admit-
ted she will be curious about
what visitors will say about
their home.
“I wish I could be a spot on
the wall,” she said.
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