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Tupperware picnic set, your poly-ester chest wig and your Frisbee out through the Golden Gate. Did you report it? I think not.

In the presence of UV light, big stuff will crumble down to environmentally hazardous micro-plastics over the next few decades if not retrieved. While urgent, the situation is not hopeless; help is presently en route.

The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit headquartered in the Netherlands is approaching the mess with a floating berm attached to an underwater screen which will concentrate and collected plastic debris.

The company has launched its first expedition from Seaplane Lagoon at the former Alameda Naval Air Station. The trash island,

estimated to constitute 79,000 tons of plastic waste floating in tight formation, will be returned to dry land for recycling.

Laurent Lebreton, an oceanog-rapher and lead author of a cur-rent GPGP study reported that “Pollution is problematic for the environment and humans, but especially troubling for marine life.”

All of us have guzzled or chugged a drink and accidentally swallowed the cocktail straw, the plastic sword skewering the olive, the cutesy drink umbrella or the swizzle stick, we expect that: it comes with power drinking.

On the other hand, imagine an innocent opah fish mistaking your discarded bowling ball bag for a jellyfish or the humuhu-munukunukuapua mistaking

a detached Barbie limb for an anchovy, or a porpoise attempting to mate with your castaway plastic Barcalounger. Perhaps intergalac-tic visitors were going to land here; who knows what gifts or knowledge they could have shared with us from their highly advanced civilization.

They might possibly have pro-vided us with a cure for male pat-tern baldness, Bakers’ itch, milk maids’ knee, prematurely gray hair or an effective substitute for exercise and dieting. But instead, when Captain Quirk looked down and saw the GPGP he might have said to all on board, “No sign of intelligent life here; let’s keep looking.”

While teaching math at Encinal High School, Jeffrey Smith is keeping an eye on the GPGP for Alameda.

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Alexander “Alex” P. Reisbord passed away peacefully on Sept. 10 in Alameda.

He is survived by his wife Dotti, his brother David (Lizzy) Reisbord of Santa Monica, his sister Susan Martin of Abiquiu, N.M., two daughters, Coriander (William) Reisbord and Jessica (Jim) Grove, a son John and two stepchildren Teresa (Dean) Milligan and Kevin (Tracey) Hattori, as well as five grandchildren.

Alex attended Occidental College in Los Angeles where he

and his brother were active members of the track team. He also attended the University of Washington for one year.

Alex joined the Peace Corps and served as a trainer of mathematics teachers at Kenyatta

College in Nairobi, Kenya, for two years. Alex earned his Masters Degree in mathematics from Brown University in 1968.

Alex taught secondary math-ematics for the Los Angeles Unified School District his entire career.

He was one the first teachers in Los Angeles to become a national board-certified teacher.

During his life he ran three mar-athons and successfully completed two jaunts with the California Aids-Life Cycle from San Francisco to Los Angeles, the last while he was in his late 60s.

The love of travel took Alex and Dotti to 38 different countries. He became quite accomplished in the art of stained glass at Mastick Senior Center, producing some stunning pieces.

Alex’s infectious smile and kind manner endeared him to so many friends and acquaintances. He will be long remembered.

“Rest in peace, you sweet man.”

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Last Thursday, Sept. 20,Grocery Outlet Bargain Market, an “extreme-

value” grocery retailer, opened its newest location at 730 Buena Vista Ave., creating 35 new jobs in the community.

At its grand opening celebration the grocery store donated $2,487.13 to the Alameda Food Bank, presented by independent owner-operators, Rita and Elie Zgheib. The amount that shoppers saved on their grocery purchases during the new store’s first hour of operation determined the total donation amount.

Grocery Outlet stores are independently owned and operated by local families committed to supporting their communities.

“We are thrilled to open a Grocery Outlet here in Alameda and bring our com-munity a simple way to save money on their groceries,” said Rita. “The partnership with Grocery Outlet allows us to be true entrepreneurs, create new jobs and have a positive impact on the neigh-borhood.”

Rita and Elie also gave their first 200 customers in line Grocery Outlet Bargain Bucks in mystery amounts ranging from $5 to $200. Some shoppers also received a free reusable bag.

Through Thursday, Oct. 18, customers may enter for a chance to win a grand prize of free groceries for a year. ($100 per month for one year,

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The West End’s new Grocery Outlet’s staff has opened the doors to the public led by independent operators Rita and Elie Zgheib.

a $1,200 value). The grand prize drawing will take place at the end of the day on Oct. 18 at the Alameda Grocery Outlet.

(Must be 18 years of age or older. One entry per person, per day. No purchase necessary. Winner need not be present to win but must claim the prize within three days of notifica-tion or another winner will be chosen. No cash value and no substitutions.)

Last Sunday, Rita and Elie hosted a community event that

included family-friendly give-aways and activities including an obstacle course, mechanical bull and surfboard rides.

The new Grocery Outlet is open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

Grocery Outlet is based in

Emeryville and has more than 300 locations in California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington. Grocery Outlet carries produce, meat, deli and dairy with a wide assortment of natural and

organic choices. They also offer beer and wine, health and beau-ty, as well as seasonal items.

Grocery Outlet offers the same brands as traditional gro-cery stores, but at prices 40 to 70 percent less. Its buyers scour the country to find the top man-ufacturers with excess inven-tory and seasonal closeouts so Grocery Outlet can offer savings.

For more information about Grocery Outlet, a third-generation, family-led com-pany founded in 1946, see GroceryOutlet.com.

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