HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

On Sunday afternoon, encounter in the rain

Written June 2nd, 2024 by Hasso Hering

What do you do if you find a couple of ducks hanging out behind your car in the parking lot of the Albany Fred Meyer? Ask them to hold still for a quick photo, of course.


All those containers: Why they are there

Written May 24th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

So what’s the story behind all those shipping containers sitting in a cordoned-off section of the Albany Fred Meyer parking lot?


Stealing shopping carts: This may stop it

Written February 1st, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Maybe this is the solution to the shopping cart problem that has plagued Albany and presumably other towns as well.


N95 masks: A challenge for big heads

Written February 4th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

As you may have heard, the government has started distributing free N95 masks, some 400 million of them, through pharmacies and supermarkets. On Wednesday, a kind employee at Albany Fred Meyer asked if I had gotten mine, and when I said no, she handed me three.


Paying for bags: The honor system at work

Written January 1st, 2020 by Hasso Hering
grocery sacks

On the first day of Oregon’s new law on grocery carry-out bags, the answer is that yes, as I had supposed on Monday, part of it will rely on the honor system.


Oregon’s great bag switch is at hand

Written December 30th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

You have to admit there’s a certain amount of suspense over how Albany retailers will handle the legislature’s ban on plastic carry-out bags, which takes effect Wednesday.


Plastic bags: A few weeks left to stock up

Written November 12th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Only about six weeks are left before single-use plastic checkout bags are banned in Oregon. Better stock up while you can. Because soon you’re going to have to buy substitutes for all the uses for which you now get plastic bags free.


 
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