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SOLERA DIAMOND VALLEY | MAY 2022 11 By Clare Mendez, Resident Before we humans communicated with words, we used very basic sign language. Charades is much like that because we can't use words to get our message across. The fun of the game is to try and guess what is being acted out. I'll guess you've seen it on TV or perhaps acted some scenes out yourself. It's a barrel of laughs, but not for the meek. It takes a bit of courage to do stand-up comedy. Of course, you are not telling jokes, but the participants playing Charades do get a good laugh. There are seven specific categories we use: movies, plays, songs, celebrities, books, TV, and short quotes. When it is your turn to "act out" what is on the slip of paper you've chosen, it's not uncommon to gasp and wonder how the heck you'll get your team to guess what you are trying to convey. With a little thought and some common clues, such as how many words in the answer, or tugging on your ear means "sounds like" and a few other commonly used signals, the team can usually guess correctly within a minute or two. No one is left hanging. We'd love to see you on the first and third Wednesday evening each month for some laughs and we hope you to give it a try. You may be surprised how good you are at communicating without words. Charades By Kathy Caraher, Resident I have always been into recycling. In the 50s my family moved to Vashon Island in Puget Sound. We had to take a ferry boat every time we needed something not provided by the small businesses on the Island. We had to get creative in our approach to providing hobby projects, garden furniture, tree forts and anything else that didn't fall into the category of sustenance. Beachcombing was our form of 'shopping.' You never knew what you were going to find or what project you'd create with what you found. Fast forward to 2022: now everyone is having to find out how to 'get rid of ' stuff. Our landfills are full, plastic is everywhere, and we've all contributed to the need for a system to dispose of stuff we no longer want. Fortunately, we live in an area where our local disposal company has created a leading-edge business of recycling. It takes our organic waste and turns it into both high-grade, sanitary garden compost and the biogas used to fuel the trucks that they use to pick up this waste! That is quite an accomplishment! In order to comply with the new Recycling Law (SB 1383), CR&R and Hemet are providing a perfect container… it's apple green and creamy white… you can set it on the kitchen counter or in the laundry room. When preparing meals or snacks just put the waste into the container. You can put the following in the bin: fruits/ vegetables, meats/fish/dairy (no bones please), breads/grains and fats/oils/grease and food soiled paper. Then, on trash pick-up day, dump the contents into your garden waste can. Rinse it out and start over. If you haven't gotten yours yet, just stop by the Hemet City Yard at 3777 Industrial Ave. It's less than two miles/four minutes away, near the Fire Station off Stetson. Give them your address and they'll give you the pail! If you need the large garden waste bin it's just a call away: CR&R (951) 833-1024. What's Growing Up On An Island Got To Do With Recycling?

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