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Tillamook County has somefine thrift stores, such asCARTM in Manzanita;

Habitat for Humanity’s ReStorein Bay City; the Wild Flower,Goodwill, New2Used, Kit & Ka-boodle and Teen Challenge inTillamook.

There also is a lesser knownbut equally important thrift storethat has been operating in a roomat the back of the TillamookHigh School cafeteria for as longas many at the school can re-member.

Closet Space, a thrift shopspecializing in used clothing andrelated items for THS students, isoperated by staff memberRachelle Metcalfe, who runs theyouth transition program at theschool. Proceeds from items soldin the shop benefit the special ed-ucation students.

“Everything here costs $1,”Metcalfe said, “except for formaldresses, which sell for $10.”

The store deals only in do-nated clothes and other items thathigh school students need, Met-calfe said. That includes casualdress items, clothes a studentmight need for an after-schooljob, as well as shirts and ties thatathletic coaches sometimes re-quire team members to wearwhile traveling to away games.

Formal dresses also are avail-able for school special events,such as the prom.

“Some girls just can’t affordto buy new dresses for theseevents and we’re fortunate that anumber of girls from well-to-dofamilies have donated them tous,” Metcalfe said. “In somecases, we’ll even lend a dress to

a girl in need.”Metcalfe told the story of a

young woman who wanted to at-tend one of the big dances.

“She had a weight issue andcouldn’t afford to buy a dress.But a dress donated by anothergirl fit her perfectly. She workedsome jobs at the store to coverthe cost and she went to thedance in a really pretty dress.”

The store offers coats forhomeless students at no cost andwill provide clothes for studentsto wear in emergency situationswhen their own clothes get dam-aged or excessively soiled, ac-cording to Metcalfe. In addition,school supplies such as back-packs and notebooks are avail-able, as well as some toiletries.

One of the more popular fea-tures of Closet Space, Metcalfeadded, are items students canwear to classes during Home-coming Week on theme dayssuch as “Nerd Day’ or “Super-heroes Day.” Those items alsosell for $1.

Closet Space has no regular

operating hours, Metcalfe said,but it’s usually open duringschool lunch periods. The inven-tory comes from donations –which can be dropped off at the

school’s main office any timeduring regular school hours – aswell as other sources. Underwearand socks, Metcalfe noted, aredonated by the organizers of

Tillamook’s annual Undie Sun-day event.

Proceeds from sales help sup-port activities for THS specialeducation students, she said.

THS staff member Rachelle Metcalfe operates the school’s Closet Space thrift shop.

Tillamook High has ‘Closet Space’ for local teensSchool thrift shop benefits special ed kids

‘Something has to changehere,” said TillamookCounty Solid Waste

Program Manager David McCallwhen he saw how many aerosolcans residents were bringing into household hazardous wastecollection events.

After monitoring the costs ofaerosol can disposal at theTillamook Transfer Station for acouple of months, McCall saidhe convinced the county’s SolidWaste Advisory Committee tomake an unscheduled investmentin an aerosol puncturing device.

The specialty device, he ex-plained, is mounted on a 55-gal-lon steel drum that is designed tocontain paints. Three aerosolcans are placed into the device,which first hermetically closesthe space around the cans, thenpunctures them using a Teflon-tipped spike. Pushed by pressurefrom gases inside the puncturedcans, the fluids drain into theclosed drum. The fumes arevented from the drum through a

carbon filter mounted on anotherhole in the drum. The emptycans may then be recycled asmetal, and only the contents ofthe drum need to be treated.

“The savings on transportingnearly-empty cans with a littleremaining paint in them paid forthe investment in just threemonths,” said McCall. “The de-

vice cannot be used on corro-sive or foaming products,which are still shipped awayfor treatment. But nonetheless,the savings are impressive.Savings such as these add up,and enable us to continue pro-viding a valuable service tocounty residents without inter-ruption.”

New machine kicks the spray can

A hazardous waste specialist operates the aerosol puncturing deviceat a recent collection event.

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The recent departure byShawn Reiersgaard fromthe county leaves the

Tillamook County Solid WasteAdvisory Committee (SWAC)with two vacancies.

Reiersgaard represented thedairy and farming industry andhis position will be filled when areplacement is hired by the Tillamook County Creamery Association.

“I hope that the second spot,representing the construction in-dustry, will be filled soon,” saidCounty Solid Waste ProgramManager David McCall. Inter-ested applicants should contactthe Board of Commissioners of-fice for more information, Mc-Call said.

The advisory committee ismade up of citizens from variouswalks of life, representing differ-ent views and interests, McCallsaid.

All are committed to protect-ing the health, safety and welfareof the people and natural andscenic resources of TillamookCounty and its coordinated solidwaste program, he said. Theylook at not only the present situa-tion, but also potential future im-pacts.

The SWAC is composed ofnine members, each appointed bythe county commissioners for athree-year term.

“The Tillamook CountySWAC is perhaps one of themost energetic groups of individ-uals you can imagine,” McCallsaid, “and our monthly meetingsare always memorable.”

The diversity of board mem-bers allows us to hear the viewsand opinions of people workingin the waste management indus-try, other industries important tothe county, as well as individuals

from all parts of the county, bothcities and rural, he added.

“Thanks to these people andtheir active participation, we candevelop policies and programs toensure the most benefit to countyresidents,” he said.

Members of the board in-

clude:Clyde Zeller, chairman, who

lives in Netarts. Zeller is em-ployed by the Oregon Depart-ment of Forestry. He’s an avidrecycler and wants to see thecounty’s recycling efforts grow.

Jon Wehage, vice chairman,

who lives in Tillamook. Wehagebrings valuable insight to thecommittee as a member outsideof the Solid Waste Industry, ac-cording to McCall. He is activein the community in severalareas, including working closelywith Tillamook Bay Community

College. Sandy Carbaugh of Hebo.

Carbaugh is a second generationgarbage hauler; her parentsbought the business in the 1950sand she and her husband Paulcurrently run the operation. Pre-viously, she was SWAC chairper-son and is intensely involved inthe meeting discussions.

Robert Poppe of Tillamook.Poppe has been employed byTillamook City Sanitary Serviceand is the son of one of the own-ers. He is knowledgeable in boththe recycling and hauling por-tions of the industry. He enjoysspending time on the softballfield.

Tom Jayred of Tillamook. “Asa member outside of the solidwaste industry, Jayred’s engi-neering experience on variousprojects provides us with uniqueinsight, both inside and outsideour meetings,” McCall said.

Linda Kozlowski of Man-zanita. Kozlowski is a city coun-cilor in Manzanita and has beendeeply involved in CARTM.“She has an ever-replenishingsource of energy and commit-ment to improving our communi-ties, including the growth ofrecycling,” according to McCall.She is also involved with emer-gency response coordination inthe Nehalem Bay area.

Susan Walsh, of Nehalem.Walsh is a new SWAC memberand has been deeply involved inCARTM. McCall said she bringsa deep commitment to recycling,as well as the energy and com-mitment of an artist.

The SWAC meetings are opento the public and public input iswelcomed. For a meeting sched-ule, go to http://www.co.-tillamook.or.us/gov/solidwaste/-SWAC.htm

Shawn Reiersgaard’s de-parture from his job at theTillamook County Cream-

ery Association means thecounty is losing one of its mostactive environmentalists and in-volved citizens.

Reiersgaard, TCCA’s direc-tor of environmental and politi-cal affairs, worked for theco-op for 28 years. He resignedin January to take a positionwith Darigold, a Seattle-baseddairy cooperative, as its waste-water systems manager. In hisnew job, Reiersgaard is respon-sible for waste water processingat Darigold’s 13 facilities inWashington, Oregon, Idaho,Montana and Utah.

Reiersgaard, 52, has livedand worked in TillamookCounty ever since graduatingfrom Oregon State University.

“I was hired to run TCCA’swaste water treatment plant andconduct various tests in themanufacturing area of theplant,” he said.

He has been a member of thecounty’s Solid Waste AdvisoryCommittee for some 20 years.He served in that position pri-marily as a representative of thedairy industry dealing withsolid waste issues.

“We helped develop thesolid waste plan for the

county,” Reiersgaard said of thecommittee’s work during histenure. “That included design-ing transfer station operations,reviewing contracts with vari-ous franchisers who haulgarbage in the county, develop-ing recycling goals for thecounty, reviewing related ordi-nances and giving direction tocounty officials on enforcementmeasures.”

His many other volunteercivic activities included serv-ices as:• president, vice president and

board member of the Tillamook County UnitedWay;

• member of the Tillamook

Family YMCA board of di-rectors;

• member of Tillamook BayWatershed Council;

• president of the TillamookEstuaries Partnership board;

• chairman and member of theKilchis Regional Water Dis-trict board;

• vice chairman of the Tillamook County FuturesCouncil and chairman of theTillamook County FuturesFoundation;

• member of the NorthwestOregon Area Commissionon Transportation and

• member of the EconomicDevelopment Loan AdvisoryBoard.Reiersgaard also was elected

to serve on the TillamookCounty Democratic CentralCommittee and the TillamookCounty Soil and Water Conser-vation District board of direc-tors.

“My wife, Amy, and I arelooking forward to living inSeattle,” Reiersgaard said. “ButI will miss my friends and col-leagues here. I’m grateful to theTCCA for giving me the oppor-tunity to do important thingshere and to represent them inthe community. I know thereare great things in TCCA’s fu-ture.”

Shawn Reiersgaard

For more than a month, re-cyclers visiting theCARTM facility in Man-

zanita have been dealing with anew way of sorting the variouspaper products they bring in.

New categories – cardboard,high-value paper, low-valuepaper and newspaper/maga-zines – have replaced the old ti-tles on the facility’s paperrecycling bins. What do thesecategories include?Cardboard

In the bin marked “card-board,” users are asked to placecardboard, brown paper bags,

paper towel and bathroom tissuerolls and any packaging that“tears” brown, such as cerealboxes and six-pack carriers.Nothing with wax or plastic coat-ings or wet, soggy paper shouldgo in this bin, officials said.High-value Paper

High-value paper includeswhite or colored copier paper,envelopes with or without win-dows, junk mail, bound reports,brochures, wrapping paper,Manila folders, hanging folders,index cards and paper packagingthat “tears” white, such as butterboxes or cigarette cartons.

Items that may not be placedin this bin include asceptic orplastic-coated paper, dark yellowmailing envelopes, foil wrappingpaper, neon or astrobrites, rib-bons or bows or anything thatonce held liquid.Low-value Paper

The low-value paper bin ac-cepts asceptic containers, such asmilk cartons and juice boxes; eggcartons and berry boxes; plastic-coated paper; clean tissue paper;neon colored paper; photographs;paper cups and plates and darkyellow mailing envelopes.

Officials said no waxed or foil

wrapping paper, ribbons or bowsand nothing that contains foodresidue should go into this bin.

To make things easier for cus-tomers, however, officials saidit’s okay to place paper clips, sta-ples, plastic tabs and metal andplastic bindings in either thehigh-value or low-value paperbins.Newspapers/Magazines

The bin marked for newspa-pers/magazines acceptsnewsprint, magazines, cata-logues, phone books, paperbackbooks and shredded office paper.Officials said no bags, wet or

soggy paper or paper that “tears”brown, hardbound book coversor dark yellow mailing envelopesshould go into this bin.

CARTM Executive DirectorJan Hamilton said the changeswere the result of a recent wasteaudit conducted at the facilityand changes that have takenplace in the paper recycling in-dustry.

“There have been a lot oftechnology changes in terms ofwhat combinations of paperproducts can be combined andthe end markets for recycledpaper are different now,” she ex-plained.

New CARTM sorting bins: What does it all mean?

Changes at County Solid Waste Advisory CommitteeReiersgaard departs for Darigold job

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Fourth, fifth and sixth graders at Nestucca Elementary School inCloverdale are fired up about recycling.To mark America Recycles Day on Nov. 15, the students ac-

cepted a challenge from Tillamook County Solid Waste ProgramManager David McCall to see how many plastic milk jugs they couldcollect for recycling. They were competing with students at their owngrade level throughout the county.

Nestucca Elementary won the contest hands down by rounding upmore than 1,500 plastic jugs, which were then loaded onto a truck andshipped to county-franchised recyclers.

For their efforts, the students were awarded a brand new benchmade entirely of recycled plastic milk jugs, which nowsits in the entry way to the school.

The bench was delivered to the school Jan. 23 duringa presentation on recycling in the school gym by Mc-Call and Sue Owens, the Solid Waste Department’s ed-

ucation outreach specialist.Benches were also presented to East

Elementary School in Tillamook andGaribaldi Grade School, whose studentsalso participated in the collections.

When it comes to keep-ing sea gulls at bay,fish line may work

just as well as falcons. Whoknew?

Although the birds of preythat used to patrol the TransferStation on Ekloff Road are gone– for the time being at least –the pesky gulls they’ve beenchasing away for the past twoyears have not returned.

Falcons have been used atthe facility since May of 2011in a highly successful effort toeliminate the gulls and thehealth hazards associated withthem. As many as 2,000 gullshad been infesting the facilityfor years, contaminating runoffwater with E-coli bacteria as

well as other pollutants and put-ting Tillamook County in viola-tion of Oregon Department ofEnvironmental Quality regula-tions, which carry hefty fines.

But, when the falconer wascalled out of state on a tempo-rary job, Tillamook Solid WasteProgram Manager David Mc-Call decided to seize the oppor-tunity and try a differentapproach.

“I don’t know if this willsolve the problem,” McCallsaid. “But we’ll see.”

The new system, installed re-cently, consists of a grid workof monofilament fish line strungover portions of the transfer sta-tion where the gulls used tocongregate.

Nary a seagull could be

found at the facility on a recentafternoon.

“Seagulls live in wide openspaces and are primarily glid-ers,” said Barry Fast, owner ofSeagull Control Systems, LLC,of the Bronx, New York, whichdesigned the system and sup-plied the materials. “They’revery uncomfortable in confinedareas. The grid makes them feeluncomfortable; it’s a constantreminder that their takeoffs arerestricted.”

Gulls, Fast explained, havevision well into the ultra-violetlight range, far beyond what hu-mans can see.

“Monofilament lines, nearlyinvisible to us, appear as brightblue to seagulls,” he said. “Weuse a monofilament that is

highly UV reflective so that thegulls see and avoid the area itcovers. Land birds used to liv-ing in restricted areas such asforests will fly right through thegrids, but not seagulls.”

Fast said netting is “an age-old remedy and has been usedfor many years around water-front areas where seagulls are aproblem.”

He added that various aca-demic studies have shown thatmonofilament lines deter gullsfrom landing and roosting. And,he noted, the U.S. Departmentof Agriculture recommendsthem as the most effective non-aggressive method to deterseagulls.

Used cooking oil may now berecycled at the Tillamook andManzanita Transfer Stations.

Vegetable oil is an essential elementin our kitchens. But what should wedo with it after it is used?

“Pouring it down the drains causesclogs and problems in the sewagetreatment system and attracts un-wanted pests,” said Tillamook CountySolid Waste Program Manager DavidMcCall. “It should never go in thegarbage.”

McCall said the solution is to bringused cooking oil to either the Man-zanita facility, operated by CARTMRecycling, or the one in Tillamook,operated by Don G. Averill Recy-cling, which are now equipped to ac-cept it.

McCall noted that used oil shouldfirst be strained.

“We accept oil, not leftover fries orpaper towels. Bring your used veg-etable oil to the transfer stations anytime during operating hours, and dropit off free of charge.”

Both transfer stations also acceptmotor oil. But McCall cautioned resi-dents not to mix motor and vegetableoils. They are both recyclable, butseparately, he said.

“Vegetable oil is recycled andprocessed into biodiesel fuel,” hesaid. “Motor oil is used in otherways.”

See the listing on the back page forlocations and opening hours.

You can now recycle usedcooking oil

New system drops the net on seagullsFishline ‘net’ has replaced falcons at Transfer Station to keep gulls away.

County Solid Waste Program ManagerDavid McCall unveils a bench made entirely from recycled plastic milk jugs.

Student Council members (back row from left) Tessa Atkinson, Elias Sifford,MacKenzi Schiewe, Olivia Leslie, and Isaiah Ingram and (front row from left) Ken-neth Blackburn, Bayleigh Harrison, Mayline Pena-Tovar, Madison Johnson, KerrinHigdon, Bronson Gaine and Isaac Bruce gather with the school’s new prize bench.

Nestucca kids win bench in milk jug recycling contest

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Food waste and yard debris are the largest single component of house-hold waste. Start your backyard composting today! Reduce waste andenjoy the benefits of a fertile soil amendment for seasons to come.

$4500To buy your

Earth Machine Composter contact the County Public Works Dept.

(503) 815-3975

Composting Made Easy

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Refrigerator � �Washer/Dryer � � � �Dishwasher � � � �TV/Computer � �

CANS

PAPER

PLASTIC

HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE

MISCELLANEOUS

APPLIANCES

City Sanitary(Operated by City Sanitary Service)2303 11th Street, Tillamook

(503) 842-6262Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Manzanita Transfer Station (Operated by CARTM Recycling)34995 Necarney Rd., Manzanita

(503) 368-7764Thurs.-Sun, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Tillamook Transfer Station (Operated by Averill Recycling)1315 Ekloff Rd., Tillamook

(503) 842-2431Open daily, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Pacific City Transfer Station (Operated by Nestucca Valley Sanitary)38255 Brooten Rd., Pacific City

(503) 965-6898Fri.-Sat., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

ORGANICS

For additional information on recycling in Tillamook County, please visit our website at www.co.tillamook.or.us/gov/solidwaste.

Tillamook Manzanita Pacific City City Sanitary

LesSchwab Bay City Garibaldi Rockaway

Beach

Transfer Stations Recycle Shacks

Newspaper � � � � � � � �Cardboard � � � �Magazines � � � � � � � �Mixed Paper � � �

Propane Tanks � �Medical Sharps �Motor Oil � �Batteries � � � �

Metal � � � � � � � �Aluminum � � � � �

Bottles � � � �Other Plastics �

Wood � �Yard Debris � �

Tires � � � �Scrap Metal � � � �Glass � � � � � � � �

Materials Collected by Drop-Off Sites in Tillamook County

Following is the 2013 scheduleof remaining dates for collec-tion of household hazardous

waste at the Tillamook Transfer Sta-tion, 1315 Ekloff Road in Tillamook:

May 4 Sept. 7June 1 Oct. 5July 6 Nov. 2Aug. 3

Collections are held on the speci-fied Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Residents are asked to separatehousehold hazardous waste itemsfrom other items to be recycled priorto arriving at the site.

Common household hazardouswaste items accepted at the facilityinclude: • Paints, stains, thinners and sol-

vents• Pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers

and poisons• Motor oil, antifreeze and other au-

tomotive fluids• Cleaners and disinfectants, plus art

and hobby chemicals• Aerosol spray products and batter-

ies• Fluorescent light bulbs, tubes and

ballasts• Items containing mercury, such as

thermometers and thermostats• Propane tanks or bottles and fire

extinguishers.

Small businesses will also havethe opportunity to dispose of theirhazardous waste on three dates thisyear: May 3, Aug. 2, and Nov. 1. Pre-registration is necessary. Please con-tact the Solid Waste Department formore details.

The facility does not accept am-munition, explosives or medicalwastes such as sharps, syringes orprescription medications.

For more information check theTillamook County Solid Waste De-partment website at www.co.tillamook.or.us/gov/solidwasteor telephone (503) 815-3975.

2013 hazardouswaste dates setat transfer station

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