MOUNT PLEASANT — Rosemary Palonis' troubles all started when she picked up the nozzle to refuel her car Monday afternoon.It was the start of a nightmare for the Chicago resident, who came here to visit her sister, Patricia Palonis, for Super Bowl weekend. Monday Rosemary was ready to head home with her two daughters and two grandchildren.But when she paid for her gasoline at MJ Petroleum, 2325 Racine St., and tried to start her car, Palonis said, “It went about 20 feet, and the whole car shut off, and it wouldn't start."“My daughter said, ‘Mom, it has to be the gas.'" .

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Recycling at First Alternative Co-op's south store never really stopped in the past two months, but that didn't stop the co-op from having a grand re-opening on Tuesday.In October, the store moved its recycle bins closer to Southeast Third Street and got to work building a new enclosure for the bins and bags meant to hold packaging refuse."We're able to keep the overwhelmingness of the recycling under control now," said Scott Boyajian, First Alternative custodial manager and recycling coordinator.On Tuesday, the Corvallis co-op unveiled a new space for collecting all manner of recyclable items, including the only place for expanded polystyrene collection in the mid-valley.Michelle Adams, First Alternative general manager, said many of the co-op's recyclers come from cities outside Benton County that don't offer easy curbside recycling, especially for commingled items including foil, paper, plastics and cans."It's continual now that we get people from Brownsville, Sweet Home and Lebanon," she said.

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