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AUTHOR PAUL HANNEMAN, flanked by his wife Sandy, signs a copy of his just released book, “The Inside Story: Oregon’s Beach and Bottle Bills,” during a book signing event on Saturday, Dec. 3 at Pacific Coast Bible Church.
A History Worth Defending By TIM HIRSCH of the Sun
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roomful of supporters, readers and history buffs filled the sanctuary of Pacific Coast Bible Church on Saturday, Dec. 3 to purchase signed copies of Paul Hanneman’s new book on the creation of both Oregon’s bottle bill and beach bill, as well as hear the longtime resident, doryman and former Oregon State Representative and Tillamook County Commissioner tell about his book, which was four years in the making. Hanneman’s book, entitled “The Inside Story: Oregon’s Beach and Bottle Bills,” is a 199-page, history-filled book that the author says includes the stories of those unsung heroes of the two efforts, who, prior to this book, haven’t been mentioned in other tales of the two bills. He told the crowd that he wrote the book in large part to correct the history books already out there on the subject and to give credit where credit is due, “The credits for both the beach bill and the bottle bill — especially the beach bill — went elsewhere due to tremendous public relations campaigns and the media and Portland authors and web sites,” he said “Over the years, the credits have all gone (elsewhere) and none of (the credit has) gone to
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PAUL HANNEMAN shares his reasons for writing the book with attendees. the coastal people who worked so hard from 1967 to 1971 when the bottle bill passed.” He said part of the problem revolved around the desires of the politicians at the time, who wanted a legacy. “There’s nothing wrong with a politician’s legacy if you’re bringing along with you the people that supported your philosophy and your thoughts, and you work together,” he added. “There are others who tend to destroy the opposition and vilify those who do not support their view and climbing over the opposition. It’s something that did happen, and it made me more and
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more unhappy as I want through these four years (researching and writing the book). There was (also) damage to the state legislature that, in my opinion, was never cured up to 1971.” Hanneman then turned to the positive and encouraged those in attendance with words of thanks for their past efforts and that of their friends and relatives. “You all should be very, very proud whether you were here all those years or not — or whether your family was,” he said. “Your friends were — people that lived here were all part of the bottle bill, which became America’s standard for recycling.” He also noted that the book has importance in the here and now. For the recycling effort begun by the bottle bill, he said the current concern is bottled water. “Water bottles are a big problem” he said. “We live in a place where you can fill your water bottle out of the tap, (but) a lot of people don’t want to do it. The number of bottles that are thrown away or discarded or recycled (are) in the billions each year.” “The Inside Story: Oregon’s Beach and Bottle Bills” is available for purchase at Oregon Coast Bank, Pacific City branch, and the Oregon State Capitol. It will also soon be available on amazon. com.
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