That is not a misprint.
And for those of you who participated in the Spring Dump Day this
Saturday past know exactly what I am talking about. I got to be my own “blog reporter,” and here
are my impressions.
The McCracken County Emergency Management crew of Robert and
Tom were holding down the fort at the corner of 8th and
Burnett. Directing traffic to join the
line on 10th. Fortunately no
emergencies when I arrived late in the morning.
The line was in the queue at the Republic Transfer
Facility. After “checking in” with Pam
and Chris tallying marks, cars filed into the transfer yard. If the cars were primarily not metal items
they turned left by the city garbage trucks.
Those rear loading hydraulic cylinders made quick work in crushing up all
that Justin and his cohorts could feed into them. It did a spectacular job on an old BBQ
grille. Very impressive.
If you had lots of tires, then you made your way to the power
hook of Liberty Tire of Marion, KY. Lots
and lots of tires being loaded into 53 foot open top trailers. I must say that there was this trailer that
suspiciously had a lot, I mean a lot of tires.
No markings of a company, just probably more tires than one household
could accumulate in a lifetime.
The County Road Department handled the people with mostly
metal to recycle. Jesse, one of the
County Road guys, told me about the person who brought in a nearly new riding
tractor with seized bearings. Several of
the guys did find tires and a battery that served the county very well. Guess that tractor was recycled twice. Best part for the road crew according to
Jesse was with all this recycling, it made their life easier not finding
junk piled in the out of the way places all over our county.
Though offered lunch by the Republic people, I was back out
to the line of vehicles and more often than not their trailers. As for numbers, we, the City and County, had
twice the volume as last year. Hundreds
and hundreds of citizens making their community look better.
So there you have it, pretty day, happy County and City
folks making our neighbors pleased.
Makes a person happy.
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