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Giving real Vandals a bad name

Written August 8th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
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On a bike ride Monday, I came across this scene at the entrance to Albany’s Simpson Park and Talking Water Gardens, and it leads to this conclusion: People who overturn portable toilets or commit other acts of vandalism are telling the world that, unlike the historical Vandals, they are really, really dumb.

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On the trail: Seen this girl?

Written September 27th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
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It’s rare that you meet another person on the narrow, winding wooded trail between Albany’s Simpson and Bowman parks. Today, though, I ran into a man who was tacking a missing-person poster to a tree. Here, listen to him explain:

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Hey, this is NOT a dump!

Written April 18th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
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This is not what you want to see from any of Albany’s riverside trails. But whether you want to or not, it’s what you had to look at the last few days on a vacant lot off the Willamette river trail from Simpson Park to Bowman Park.

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