Free Tire Disposal Ruins a Perfectly Good Winlock Tradition
LEWIS COUNTY — Lewis County residents were given a rare opportunity this week to legally dispose of unwanted tires at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds, temporarily eliminating the traditional local disposal method of driving them to the end of a dead-end road and making them somebody else's problem.
The three-day recycling event allowed county residents to bring in unwanted passenger and light-truck tires, prompting confusion among several rural residents who had previously believed proper tire disposal involved waiting until dark, borrowing a pickup and finding a road with very few houses.
Officials reminded residents that the fairgrounds option is considerably easier than hauling six bald tires into the woods, unloading them next to an abandoned washing machine and then spending the next decade complaining about people dumping garbage in Lewis County.
Winlock and Vader residents were reportedly especially relieved to learn the county had established a disposal location that did not involve Cope Road, a gravel turnout or the phrase, "Nobody ever comes down here anyway."
At press time, county crews were cautiously optimistic, though officials acknowledged the program still provides no solution for the couch, mattress and mysterious boat hull already sitting at the end of the road.
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