Saturday, April 10, 2010

Something that you and I can do

Once upon a time when I was a child, the Leoti landfill or junkyard as we referred to it back then, was never locked up. At that time, it was located between Mark Berning's house and the railroad tracks. Many a weekend, Daddy hauled our junk out there. My sisters and I were only TOO happy to accompany him on these jaunts.

Once there, we saw everything that others had dumped. Some was junk, for sure. Other things were still really kool! I can remember finding a bunch of toys that Al Droste had just deposited there. At other times, we found perfectly good furniture. We scooped those treasures up and brought them home!

Not too long ago, I heard of some homeowners who had just purchased a home in Leoti and didn't care for the new kitchen cabinets that had just been put into the home a year earlier. The style was not what the new homeowners appreciated. When the carpentars arrived to begin the demolition of the kitchen which had to be done before the new cabinets could be installed, they were instructed to load the so-called "old" ones up and haul them to the landfill. Things like that really upset me. You and I both know that there were plenty of people in Wichita County who would have loved to have had them!!!

Anyway, I want to get something started on my blog that would benefit MANY of us. If you have something, ANYTHING, that you no longer want or need, could you please let me know? Then, I will post that information on my blog for others to read. I really think that we can avoid filling our landfill with items that are thrown away prematurely.

Many of us are doing our Spring Cleaning in our homes and in our yards at this time of the year. Things that we want to get rid of now could definitely help someone else out.

If you have ANY items that you want me to post, please leave a comment after this posting

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email your information at slblaus@gmail.com

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Call me at 375-4584

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call me at 376-8922

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call Stan at 874-0698

And as always, I will notify everyone here of anything that we need to get rid of. When you send in your information, please include whether or not you want to give it away or to sell it.

Together, we can make a great difference...

Thank you!!!

VLE-B

2 comments:

  1. LOVE YOUR BLOG...
    I THINK YOUR BUY SALE AND TRADE IS A GREAT WONDERFUL IDEA!!!!!!!
    CRAIGS LIST FOR SOUTHWEST KS IS GETTING SOME LEOTI
    ACTION BUT A PLACE FOR LEOTI AREA WOULD BE GREAT

    ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A RIDE SHARE AREA..
    IF SOMEONE IS GOING SOMEWHERE AND THEY HAVE
    ROOM FOR A EXTRA PERSON TO RIDE ALONG TO BE LEFT
    OFF ALONG THE WAY, WOULD BE NEAT...THE RIDER COULD
    HELP WITH GAS..DRIVING..ETC..

    I HAVE A VISION PROBLEM AND CANT DRIVE AND I WOULD LOVE TO HITCH A RIDE TO KANSAS CITY TO SEE MY SON.
    I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP WITH GAS $$..

    A SEREPATE BLOG JUST FOR BUY SELL OR TRADE WOULD BE NICE..

    HOPE YOUR IDEA CATCHES ON...KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

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  2. Thank you so very much for all of the very kind words!!! I LOVE your ideas about carpooling!!! We have some great friends who actually live in Olathe which is just outside of Kansas City. The last that I knew, they were planning a trip to Leoti soon. (They also own a home here in town.) I will pass this information on to them and see if they would have enough room for an extra person. If you don't mind, could you please send me an email at slblaus@gmail.com . Let me know how our friends or I can get in touch with you to set something up.

    Thank you so very much!!!

    VLE-B

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