Happy Labor Day!
Whatever could I write about to commemorate this day?
I know. It’s something that I can do best….recycle.
I’ve been doing it for quite a few years now and feel I am contributing to the environment.
Thank goodness Ansonia has Rumpke Dumpsters in town for us who like to make the environment a better place to live.
Yes, I started recycling quite a number of years ago. Jamie and I lived in a mobile home which at the time had one little pantry in which to hold our “treasures,” which included, at the time, aluminum, glass and cans.
Since then, I have been known to gather up all of the paper, newspapers, magazines and cardboard we go through and take them to the local bins as well.
For several years, I’ve been attending the paper shred events at the Darke County Fairgrounds so that we can get rid of old paper-ish items that have personal information on them which we don’t want anybody else to get ahold of.
I have also taken things that we no longer wear or use to various places including consignment shops. Just this past weekend, I donated some of the shirts and belts that Jamie no longer wears and took them to a place for a veterans organization. My, did that feel good doing something for veterans who have done so much for this country.
I also save all of our bottle caps and take them to the Darke County Solid Waste District office, where I recently found out that they also accept aerosol cans.
I have been known to donate gallon plastic jugs to the local park district, and a neighbor lady is currently getting our used egg cartons.
There are signs up at the Dumpster area in town that let people know what is recyclable and what is not. I hope people abide by those rules so we don’t lose this recycling service.
Besides, I feel really good after doing my part in making this a better place to live.
It was Krista Fourman (now Unger) who got me interested in recycling when she presented one of her programs at a farming event for youth in the Youth Building at the Darke County Fairgrounds quite a few years back.
It opened my eyes to what could happen to our earth and communities if we didn’t do this sort of thing.
I plan on doing it for as long as I can.
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Jamie and I extend our condolences to the families and friends of Roberta Warner, David Lee Miller, Dennis Mayo and David Townsend.
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Seeking prayers for these people: Roan Brubaker, George Kenworthy, Mike Doyle, GraceLynn Harter, Chester Bryant, Linda Johnston, Terri Hunt, Amy Brewer, Jené Riffell, Patricia Maier, Ken Wombold, Delores Beisner, Mike Hopkins, Jodi Gilpin Snyder, Charlie Bulcher, Ron Moody, Charlyee Severance, Justin Fritz, Jeremy “Jerm” Burke, DeWayne Yohey, Katrina Hoening, Kent Snyder, (cousin) Carol Byrd, Gladys Neff, Kara Didier, Carl Francis, Craig “Cheese” Thompson, Bridget Brown, Don DeBord, Otis Stewart, Chris Clark, Slug Midlam, Bob Peters, Phyllis Brumbaugh, Judy Collins, Linda Gasper, Carol Hemmerich, Stephanie Klingshirn, Brenda Schlechty, Betty Burnfield, Dan Lockhart, Roberta Hall, Pam Norman-Penticuff, Kelly Kelch, Mike Mayse, Steve Waymire, Nikole Baldridge, Lester Beisner, Mark Lovejoy.
Also, Judy York, Donald Booker, Dennis Leeper, Connie Stachler, Randy Heck, Ronnie Norton, Gary Eichler, David Pretzman, Clinton Randall, Ralph Byrd, Sonja and Dan Coppess, Bruce Kaiser, Amanda Mote, Paul Gigandet, Doug Whittington, Tracy Pratt, John Rimmer, Joan Keen, Larry P. Fitzwater, Jim Thomas, Neal Gray, Judie Hathaway, Randy Garrison, Kathy Gragorace, Donna Bixler, Cathy Melling, Scott Clark, and all others who are suffering from other life-altering illnesses.
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Happy birthday:
Sept. 8 to Keith Green, Myron “Bud” Caupp, Mark Miller, Duke Gibbs, James Sommer, Eric Elliott, Roxann Barnes and Craig “Cheese” Thompson.
Sept. 9 to Scott Labig, Diane Young, Dave Staver, Bob Mayo, Curry Setser, John Middleton and Jess Garwood.
Sept. 10 to Gerald Rhoades, Diane Hall, Stacey Reed, Cory Meadows, Lesley Wentworth, Josh Hiestand, Teri Barga, Jennifer Lovejoy and Cory Meadows.
Sept. 11 to Denea Butts, Carolyn Kruckeberg, Jeanie Appleman, Becky Shumaker and Angela Johnson.
Sept. 12 to Shaun Phillippi, Jeff Walters, Terry Benge, Ryan Snyder, Carla Surber, Pam Lyons Shepherd, Noah Heck and Terry Benge.
Sept. 13 to Carol Byrd, Cassie Brumbaugh Hernandez, Dennis Dickey, Pam Brown, Sara Menzie, Toni Profitt and Brandy Van Hoose.
Sept. 14 to Steve Birt, Twila Williams, Mary Riffle, Mark Gates, Rick Rehmert, Coy Boroff, Becky Moore, Gladys Neff, Brenda Wallace and Darla Cross.
Happy anniversary to: John and Roberta Westfall on Sept. 8; Daniel and Patty Nease on Sept. 11; Deb and John Hathaway on Sept. 13; and Ted and Wilma Strait on Sept. 14.
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Think about it: “You can’t go back and change the beginning but you can start where you are and change the ending.”–Author Unknown
