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 | | Photo By Charissa Bernard | | Greg Allen (far left) from “The Magic of Recycling” gets some help during his April 21 show from Nellie Muir students. (From left to right) First-grade students Cole Krieske and Aneli Garcia, along with third-grade students Taylor Mann, Sonya Ramirez, Isaias Martinez and fifth-grade student Izael Ambriz took part in this skit, which featured a family, a fairy, a garbage man and a landfill. |
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By Charissa Bernard
Recycling doesn't have to be boring, according to magician Greg Allen.
Allen is a performer for "The Magic of Recycling," a company that tours the U.S. teaching students how to recycle through an entertaining magic show.
Sponsored by local county waste management companies, Allen said that this show has been in existence for 12 years, ever since the recycling era began. They have done 12 performances throughout Marion County. On April 21, Allen made a stop in Woodburn at Nellie Muir Elementary.
During the show, students got the chance to get up and act out skits corresponding with multiple tricks and lessons about recycling.
"We are hoping that this will help parents recycle more, and when the kids grow up, they will recycle without even thinking twice about it," said Allen.
"Our landfills are filling up and they have to build more and more and no one wants that in their backyard."
Students learned what to recycle, where it goes and the consequences of not recycling - all the while laughing at Allen's antics.
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