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🌱 How the Brooks incinerator shutdown is reshaping garbage plans for our region
Brooks, Oregon Patch AM: a 3 min readGreetings Brooks! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How the Brooks incinerator shutdown is reshaping garbage plans for our region
Today's riddle: What kind of shoes do frogs wear? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Mostly cloudy and not as warm, with a high of 75 and low of 59 degrees.
- Sunday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 78, low: 55.
- Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 82 and low of 59 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Solid waste task force biased toward landfills, critics say (statesmanjournal.com) — With the Brooks Reworld incinerator closed, state leaders are scrambling to redesign how Marion County and neighboring areas handle trash, recycling, and composting. A legislative task force shaping that future is under fire from environmental advocates, who argue it’s tilted toward landfills even as it considers funding new public waste and recycling infrastructure across the Willamette Valley. 
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🗓 Events Nearby
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13th Annual Walk-n-Wag
Salem Area Chamber of Commerce 2200 Minto Island Rd SE Salem, OR 97302
9:00 am -
Lacey Lady's Birthday BASH
Salem Area Chamber of Commerce B-17 Alliance Museum & Restoration Hangar 3278 SE 25th Street | Hangar "C", Salem, OR 98302
10:00 am -
Heat Awareness & Resource Fair
Salem Area Chamber of Commerce Cherriots Transit Center, Salem 3170 Del Webb Ave NE, Northgate, OR
10:00 am -
Keizer Rapids Summer Sounds Concert Series - Five Guys Named Moe
Keizer Chamber of Commerce Keizer Rapids Park Amphitheater 1900 Chemawa Rd N Keizer, OR 97303
6:00 pm -
Keizer Rapids Summer Sounds →
Keizer Rapids Park, 1900 Chemawa Rd N, Keizer
6:00 pm -
Brian James and the Revival at Hudak House →
Hudak House - Winery & Vineyard, 5737 Orchard Heights Rd NW, Salem
7:00 pm -
Yoga + Mimosas at Eola Hills Legacy Estate Vineyard →
Eola Hills Legacy Estate Vineyard, 1600 Oak Grove Rd, Salem
10:00 am -
Pearls and Perlage →
Björnson Vineyard, 3635 Bethel Heights Rd NW, Salem
2:00 pm -
Sapphire Groove Concert →
Ankeny Vineyard, 2565 Riverside Dr S, Salem
3:00 pm -
DIY Time Crunch Mini Workshop →
Board & Brush Creative Studio - Salem, 1855 25th St SE, Salem
3:30 pm -
7/26 Game 1 Senators vs Mavericks & Game 2 Campesinos vs Volcanoes →
Volcanoes Stadium, 6700 Field Of Dreams Way Northeast Suite 101, Keizer
5:00 pm -
Summer School
Mt Angel SD 91 Mount Angel, OR 97362
8:00 am
Saturday July 25
Sunday July 26
Monday July 27
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🗞 Nearby News
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Open-toad (Thank you Harold W. for sending it in!)
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