Leaf pickup time here again.Byline: The Register-Guard Citizenry cit·i·zen·ry n. pl. cit·i·zen·ries Citizens considered as a group. citizenry Noun citizens collectively Noun 1. of Leaf Raker rake 1 n. 1. A long-handled implement with a row of projecting teeth at its head, used especially to gather leaves or to loosen or smooth earth. 2. A device that resembles such an implement. v. Nation, you have been called to duty. Put aside your neighborhood, city and county boundaries and pick up your rakes and brooms to help keep sewer SEWER. Properly a trench artificially made for the purpose of carrying water into the sea, river, or some other place of reception. Public sewers are, in general, made at the public expense. Crabb, R. P. Sec. 113. drains and gutters clear of leaves. Our public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. crews have had enough street flooding to contend with, and residents can do their part to pitch in and help. If drains and gutters are clogged in your neighborhood, move leaves to allow water to drain. Rain in varying degrees is forecast through at least the early part of the week. Also, if leaves are scheduled to be picked up in your neighborhood this week, place piles piles: see hemorrhoids. at least a foot away from the curb and well away from drains. People whose leaves aren't slated to be picked up this week should not put them in the street until the weekend before their scheduled pickup. As for whose leaves are being collected this week, county crews will continue their collection in the River Road/Santa Clara area on Monday on the east side of River Road. They will start at Beacon Beacon, city (1990 pop. 13,243), Dutchess co., SE N.Y., on the E bank of the Hudson River; settled 1663, inc. in 1913 when Fishkill Landing and Matteawan villages were united. Drive East and work south to Division Avenue. The county will also begin collecting leaves in unincorporated areas In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality. To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, i.e., a city or town with its own government. of the Springfield area on Tuesday. Crews will begin in the Game Farm Road area, move to the Hayden Bridge Road area, continue to the Jasper Road/42nd Street area, move to the Centennial Boulevard/Aspen Road neighborhood and conclude in the South Second Street/Harbor Street area. In Eugene, public works crews will pick up leaves in the north Eugene area. To request leaf delivery, call 682-4800. Forms are also available at community centers, the library, or on the Web at www.eugene-or.gov/PW Two local companies accept leaves and other yard debris for a nominal fee in the Eugene and Springfield area: Rexius Forest By-Products, 342-1835; and Lane Forest Products, 345-9085. Leaf pick up for Springfield residents begins Nov. 27. |
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