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Community / A.C.E. August 1, 2016 Anita Menon, Anita Yap selected as new members of RACC board Oregon Bottle Bill redemption value to increase to 10 cents The redemption value of returnable containers in Oregon will increase to 10 cents in 2017. At a recent monthly meeting, the commissioners of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) reviewed statewide beverage container redemption data from the past two calendar years, as directed by the Oregon legislature through House Bill 3145. The law states that if the return rate for beverage containers fell below 80 percent for two consecutive years, then the redemption value would increase from five cents to 10 cents per container within a designated timeframe. After reviewing the data provided by the industry, the commissioners determined that the rates of redemption for the last two years were 64.45 percent in 2015 and 68.26 percent in 2014, which are significantly less than the 80 percent threshold set by the legislature. In compliance with HB 3145, the bottle bill redemption value will increase to 10 cents per beverage container beginning April 1, 2017. “We have many partners in the beverage, retail, and recycling industries,” says Steve Marks, OLCC executive director. “We will be working with our partners over the next eight months to make this transition as smooth as possible for consumers and industry employees.” In anticipation of the commission’s determination, the OLCC has already reached out to product manufacturers, beverage distributors, and retail outlets to discuss labelling changes, product sell-through issues, signage at stores, and information resources for clerks to support customer awareness and education. To facilitate the regulatory issues, the OLCC is likely to pursue formal rulemaking to ensure clarity for both industry and consumers. Oregon’s Bottle Bill was introduced in 1971 as the very first bottle bill in the United States. It currently covers beverage containers under three liters that contain water/ flavored water, soda water/mineral water, carbonated soft drinks, and beer/malt beverages. The bill helps ensure materials used to manufacture beverage containers are recycled, thus reducing the energy required to produce the containers and reducing greenhouse gasses. In 2009, more than one billion beverage containers were recycled under the Bottle Bill. Recycling those beverage containers saved three trillion BTUs of energy, the equivalent to the amount of energy in 24 million gallons of gasoline. That recycling also reduced greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 200,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalents — equal to the amount of carbon dioxide produced by 40,000 cars. To learn more about the Oregon Bottle Bill, visit <www.oregon.gov/OLCC/pages/bottle_bill.aspx>. 8 2 4 7 1 1 4 5 2 6 7 7 5 Difficulty HARD 9 3 8 1 level: Hard #82492 # 18 Instructions: Fill in the grid so that the digits 1 through 9 appear one time each in every row, col- umn, and 3x3 box. Solution to last issue’s puzzle Puzzle #48537 (Medium) All solutions available at <www.sudoku.com>. NEWLY ELECTED. Earlier this summer, the board of directors of the Regional Arts & Culture Council announced its board members and officers for the fiscal year that began July 1, 2016, in- cluding four new members. Two of the newly elected board members include Anita Menon (left), the founder and artistic director of the Anjali School of Dance, and Anita Yap, the founding partner of the MultiCultural Collaborative. (Photos courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council) Yap, is the founding partner of the Milwaukie, Oregon. MultiCultural Collaborative, a Members who are continuing to partnership of professionals of color serve on the board are Nik Blosser, providing consulting services for Verlea G. Briggs, Katy A. Brooks, equity, inclusion, and diversity Robert Bucker, Raymond C. Cheung, Lew Frederick, services for nonprofits and representative governments. Her team focuses on Debbie Glaze, Osvaldo “Ozzie” authentic community engagement Gonzalez, Angela Hult, Dana with culturally specific communities, Ingram, Susheela Jayapal, David R. urban design, equity policy, Lofland, Jr., Linda McGeady, Brenda facilitation, strategic planning, and L. Meltebeke, Joanna Priestley, and organizational development. Shyla M. Spicer. The final two first-time board Board officers include Mike Golub members are Parker Lee, president of (board chair), Phillip T. Hillaire (vice the design consultancy Compass52 chair), Eileen L. Day (treasurer), and and co-author of The Art of Steve Rosenbaum (secretary). Opportunity, and Mitchell Nieman, To learn more, visit <www.racc. assistant to the city manager in org>. 8 3 7 Earlier this summer, the board of directors of the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) announced its board members and officers for the fiscal year that began July 1, 2016, including four new members. RACC provides grants for artists, nonprofit organizations, and schools in Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties; manages an internationally acclaimed public art program; raises money and aware- ness for the arts through Work for Art; convenes forums, networking events, and other community gather- ings; provides workshops and other forms of technical assistance for artists; and oversees a program to integrate arts and culture into the standard curriculum in public schools through The Right Brain Initiative. One of the newly elected board members is Anita Menon, the founder and artistic director of the Anjali School of Dance. Menon is recognized as one of the leading exponents of Bharatanatyam, a classical dance form originating in Southern India. She has also directed theatrical pro- ductions in Oregon that are Indian adaptations of classical western plays by Shakespeare and Agatha Christie. Another new board member, Anita 9 2 4 1 2 5 THE ASIAN REPORTER n Page 11 4 1 8 3 6 2 9 5 7 3 6 9 8 5 7 1 2 4 2 5 7 4 1 9 8 6 3 5 8 1 6 9 4 3 7 2 9 3 2 5 7 8 6 4 1 7 4 6 1 2 3 5 9 8 6 7 5 2 3 1 4 8 9 1 2 4 9 8 6 7 3 5 8 9 3 7 4 5 2 1 6 Become an online reader! Visit <www.asianreporter.com> and click on the “Online Paper (PDF)” link to download our last two issues.