The city of Shawano would like to thank Cellcom and Resource Solutions Corporation/RecycleThatStuff.com for hosting a recycling event Saturday, Sept. 12, at Shawano Community High School, 220 County Road B, in Shawano. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Cellcom is paying all recycling fees for this community event, which means permitted items will be disposed of at no cost to the public. Electronics that will be recycled include CPUs, printers, speakers, scanners, LCD screens, fax machines, vacuum cleaners, phones, laptops, record players, tape players, CD players, iPods, VCRs, DVD players, Beta tape players, electrical saws, drills, calculators, UPS’s, paper shredders, coffee machines, heaters, portable game systems and most household electronics.
Due to space limitations, only three of the following items will be accepted per household: CRT monitors, televisions, mini fridges, small AC units, stoves, washers, dryers, dishwashers, microwaves and copy machines.
Large refrigerators will not be accepted.
This is a wonderful community service effort, and we are grateful to Cellcom and Resource Solutions Corporation for providing this service free of charge to the community.
On another subject, this week I received an email from a resident who is very unhappy with dog owners who fail to clean up after their dogs. He said feces are on the sidewalks and city streets, and even on people’s lawns. He commented, “It even gets on our car tires and is then brought into our garage.”
He continued, “We have lived here in Shawano for five years now and are planning on relocating where we won’t have to walk around dog crap everywhere.”
He concluded by asking, “Is there anything that can be done?”
Certainly his is not the only complaint we have heard about this issue. It is disheartening that many adults, and most dog walkers I have observed are adults, do not have the common courtesy or ambition to clean up after their dogs. Although I have often observed owners carrying bags and cleaning up, I have also witnessed others who simply don’t seem to care.
In answer to the resident’s question, “Is there anything that can be done?” I talked with Police Chief Mark Kohl. We agreed that it is likely most dog owners already know it is their responsibility and are simply ignoring the ordinance. Our police officers and community service officers will be issuing citations (not warnings) to those who they observe violating the ordinance.
For those of you unfamiliar with the city’s ordinance regarding cleaning up after animals, I have included it for your review:
7.13 Regulation and licensing of animals (15) Controlling and cleaning up after animals (b) The owner or person having immediate care, custody or control of any animal shall promptly remove and dispose of, in a sanitary manner, any excreta left or deposited by the animal upon any public or private property. (c) It is unlawful for any person to permit an animal to be on public property or private property not owned or possessed by such person unless such person has, in his or her immediate possession, an appropriate means of removing animal excreta.
The fine for the first offense of failure to control or clean up after a dog or cat is $187, and the second offense within one year is $313.
I think we all know our law enforcement officers are busy and often have more important things to do than watching to see if dog owners are being responsible. However, it is a growing concern, and our officers will do their best to try to control the problem. We hope pet owners will take this seriously.
On a more pleasant note, thanks to our public works department for watering and maintaining the beautiful hanging baskets on Main Street. We’ve heard so many wonderful comments about them.
Kudos also to the Shawano Farmers Market located on Washington Street (Franklin Park). What a wonderful array of homegrown produce, flowers, maple syrup, desserts, soda, cheese, crafts and so much more. It is great seeing so many people in downtown Shawano every Saturday morning.
Enjoy your weekend. See you at the fair!
The answer to last week’s question — Who was the Shawano-Gresham District No. 8 School Board president in 1989? — is Kathryn (Cassy) Cantwell.
This week’s question is: Can you name the two partners of Muehl’s Inc-Furniture in 1970?
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