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Show OPINION SUMMIT COUNTY NEWS PAGE A2 Just a Thought JANUARY 7, 2011 LOCAL NEWS NOTES BY CHERYL OVARD Attention Summit County gardeners Another New Year... and the clock keeps ticking! It's not too early to start thinking about this year's gardening season. Utah State University Extension Service will be starting a 10 session Master Gardener class beginning Jan. 27. This class will cover all aspects of gardening. Topics include vegetable gardening, weed control, insect problems, plant diseases, plant propagation, turf grass management, tree and shrub selection and care, greenhouse basics, fruit tree selection and care, small berries, ornamental selection and care, starting transplants, high tunnel production management and more... Classes will be held once a week and alternate between Park City and Heber City. A minimum of 15 people to begin the program. Enrollment deadline is Monday, January 24th, 2011. For further information concerning scheduled time, cost and location contact the Summit County /USU Extension Service at (435) 336-3217; 615-3217 or 783-4351, ext. 3217. Summit County News office hours The Summit County News office hours will be the same each day - Open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for copies and other items of business. Please make a note of this change - The phone number for the office and fax remains the same: Office - (435) 336-5501; Fax - (435) 336-5502. You can reach Cheryl, Summit County News Editor, at (801) 898-0900. Office email is: summitconews@gmail.com; Cheryl's email is cheryl.ovard@gmail.com ; (can handle several photos at one time) or: clog@allwest.net (if not too many photos are being sent at one time) Pictures at The Summit County News Office There are many pictures at the Summit County News Office which have not yet been picked up. If you have left a picture, please stop in the Coalville Office, or if you have left them at Kamas, please stop in the Uinta Auto for pictures there. Thank you. The New Year started only five days ago - as this was being written on the 5th of January. Five days that have passed so quickly that if the rest of the year goes that fast, we may wonder how that happened! 2011 will be an adventure once again, and the adventure can be whatever we choose to make it, or however what we do falls into place, even if we don't choose to have it happen that way. Some may say it "had better be an improvement over last year" or maybe - it couldn't be better! Whatever the thought that may come into your mind is is probably what it WILL be. Starting this month, make a little pact with yourself that it will be a better year, and "wa-la" - it can be! Let's say the family needs to do more together, how about taking advantage of the "greatest snow on earth" and go sleigh riding or tubing...costs are cheaper than skiing, but there is nothing wrong with doing that activity either! So - beginning with January, chose an activity everyone at home can do or invite your friends to participate with you, and have even more fun. Ending the day with hot chocolate with marshmallows for a treat that would be fun, too! Perhaps the better idea for you would be to chose a good movie, gather the family, and make a "big bowl of popcorn"! That would be an easy treat, could be a little messy but - what is "fun" about the idea is throwing popcorn at each other is yet another activity! The choice is up to you! Share the thought, get together with family and friends, and the rest will fall into place...so just have fun, be with the family, and winter will soon turn to spring, and here we go again - choices as the clock keeps ticking! Subscribe To The Summit County News! 336-5501 The Summit County News Has New Fax Number (435) 336-5502. Deacfline 1s 7uesclay for afar/icles Summit County News Advertising Rates Summit County News: $7.10 per column inch Wasatch Wave 7 News: $12.10 per column inch Wave, News and Extra: $14.57 per column inch Recycling Tip For The Week... Classifieds: $8 Display Classifieds: $12.75 Birthday Announcement: $10 Wedding Announcement: $15 Did The holidays bring Missionary Announcement: $10 Birth Announcements: $10 new gadgets? Here's how to recycle your old ones: So you got your new iPad or Kindle or big screen TV this holiday season. But what happens to the older one that you don't want anymore? And what about all those other electronic gadgets you've replaced? If you are thinking of throwing them in the garbage, here's a New Year's resolution that makes more sense. Recycle it - responsibly. It's easy, thanks to Recycle Utah and Park City Sunrise Rotary Club. On Saturday, Jan. 15, from 9 a.m. until noon, they will be hosting a FREE Electronic Waste Collection in the Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District Parking Lot at 2800 Homestead Road in Jeramy Ranch. Mike Luers, General Manager of the Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District, believes recycling electronics properly is one of the most crucial steps to protecting our environment. "The reason we must take responsibility for our electronic waste is primarily to prevent toxic metals from entering our local streams. It's the best way to preserve our mountain environment." Each month, Recycle Utah sends all of their collected electronic waste to Metech, a Salt Lake based e-Steward certified electronics recycling company. By safely recovering and reusing the components within the US, they help keep our local landfills free of toxic chemicals. Summit County residents can be assured that none of their electronic waste will end up in other countries. It will be properly recycled. Over 1,000 materials, including chlorinated solvents, brominated flame retardant, plastics and gases are used to make electronic products and their components. A CRT monitor can contain between four and eight pounds of lead alone. Big screen TVs contain even more than that. Flat panel TVs and monitors contain less lead, but use mercury lamps. About 40% of the heavy metals, including lead, mercury and cadmium, in landfills come from electronic equipment discards. These toxicants are released during the production, use and disposal of electronic products, with the greatest impact at end-of-life. Every year, members from the Park City Sunrise Rotary Club tackle different commu- nity projects. They chose Recycle Utah's electronic waste collection project because of their concern for a clean and safe environment. "The best part of being a member of Sunrise Rotary is community service projects. We're thrilled to partner with Recycle Utah to keep E-waste out of our landfills." Said Rotarian Katie Wright. As a New Year's resolution, take time to collect all of your old and unwanted electronics - like cell phones, printers, computers and laptops - and bring them to the FREE E-waste collection event on Saturday January 15th between 9 a.m. and noon at Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District. More information regarding this event can be found at www.recycleutah.org . Recycle Utah is Park City's only non-profit community drop off recycling center providing resource re-allocation for more than 40 different items and a variety of conservation and educational programs for Summit and Wasatch Counties. E-Waste is accepted daily. Fees might apply. Recycle Utah is located at 1951 Woodbine Way in Park City and can be reached at (435) 649-9698. Go Classifieds! It Pays! 336-5501 Letters To The Editor Policy The Summit County News welcomes Letters To The Editor on any subject. They must adhere to the following guidelines: They must be received to the Coalville Office, P.O. Box 7, Coalville, UT 84017 no later than Monday noon to be considered for that week's issue of the paper coming out on Friday. The letters must be hand signed with full address and telephone number of the person writing the letter. No letter will be published under an assumed name. Name may be withheld on request at the discretion of the managing editor or publisher of The Summit County News. They must not contain libelous or slandering material. Writers are limited to one letter in two weeks. Please try to hold the length of Letters to the Editor to approximately 300 words. The editor's of the Summit County News reserve the right to edit and/or condense Letters to the Editor. Preference will be given to short, typewritten (double spaced) letters permitting the use of the writer's name. All letters subject to condensation if they are too long for the space available. No political endorsement letters will be published as Letters To The Editor. The views expressed in guest editorials or Letters To The Editor do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editors or publisher or express the viewpoint of this newspaper. The Summit County News Staff PUBLISHERS General Manager Managing Editor Editor Columnist News Office Business Manager Pagination/Layout Heber Office Dick & Sue Buys Paul McFee Laurie Wynn Cheryl Ovard Jan Patterson Kelsey Allen Joe Wynn June Muir Terry Rider Karen Davis Circulation June Muir Advertising Manager Kari McFee Advertising Sales Tricia Carlson Jennifer Johnson Graphic Design Elizabeth Hendricksen Kenny Bristow Classified Advertising Annette Motley Production & Press Jay Provost Dan Carlile Randi Carlile Jennie Ferreria Donna Harrison Daren North Ken Hastings Justin Lucking Stuffing Crew Printer's Devils Shop Cats Karen North Samantha Royall Tyson Royall Kyle Horrocks Jason Horrocks Kayden Giles Ryann Wynn Shannon McFee Connor McFee Pica and Offset The Summit County News (UPSP 525-640) is published weekly for $20 per year in Summit County, Senior Citizen Discount, $15 in county; $30 out-of-county by Wave Publishing Inc., 17 S. Main St., Coalville, UT 84017. 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