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Como, longtime City Hall
clerk in Gearhart, set to retire
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
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For 17 years, Gail Como has been the fi rst
person residents meet at Gearhart City Hall.
At a City Council meeting this month,
City Administrator Chad Sweet announced
Como’s decision to retire May 1.
“Everything goes through Gail,” Sweet
R.J. Marx
said. “She’s integral to us. She’s going to be
hard to replace, but I’m looking forward to Gail Como in her offi ce at Gearhart City Hall.
her being retired. We’re happy for her.”
Como serves full-time as treasurer, water to Gearhart in 2004. She and her husband,
clerk and administrative assistant. A job Randy, will remain in Gearhart. Their daugh-
description posted by the city advertises ter, Jill, lives in Vancouver, Washington. She
“a little adventure every day,” with tasks has three stepsons, Tony, Randy and Josh.
that include accounting, bookkeeping, elk
Como plans on pursuing hobbies, includ-
management, short-term rentals and parks ing refi nishing an old treadle Singer sewing
planning.
machine dating to 1889.
“Gail took me in when I became city
“I’ve met so many great people here in
administrator,” Sweet said. “She showed me town and I’ll miss interacting with them on
the ropes. She’s an extremely strong woman. the phone and in person,” she said. “It always
Even though the city’s daily work is incred- brought joy to my heart to hang out with
ible sometimes, she was always calm, cool some of these folks that are going through
and collected. She just took it all in stride.”
tough times or good times.
Como, raised in Ridgefi eld, Washington,
“I’ll sure miss all the people I work with
worked in offi ces in Portland before coming too,” she added.
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Contaminant
Plastic bags
Diapers
Plastic baskets
Snack bags &
wrappers
Plastic utensils &
straws
Food Residue
Napkins & Paper
Towels
Why not at the curb?
Diapers cannot be
recycled or compost-
ed in our programs.
Dirty diapers cause
serious health risks
to workers at sorting
facilities.
Plastic bags clog the
machinery at the
sorting facility and
contaminate the
paper stream.
No market for this
low-grade plastic.
Clogs machinery at
sorting facility.
Food residue inside
containers leads to
mold and germs.
Always rinse or wipe
out containers
before placing in
the cart.
Paper fibers get
shorter each time
they are recycled.
By the time they
become a towel or
tissue, the fibers
are too short to be
recycled again.
Place in your trash
Place in your trash or Rinse or wipe to
cart. Consider using consider reusable
remove food residue
reusable snack bags. utensils & straws to before recycling.
cut down on plastic
waste.
Put in your home
compost system or
in your trash cart.
Reduce by using
cloth towels.
Made with a mixture
of material - such
as plastic and alumi-
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difficult to recycle.
No market for this
low-grade plastic.
These items can also
contaminate other
recyclable items.
Where should it go?
Place these items in
your trash cart.
Consider using cloth
diapers where possi-
ble and practical.
Take to a partici-
pating retail store.
Consider using
canvas or other
reusable bags.
Place in your trash
cart. Consider less
prepackaged foods
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waste.
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