{"id":31615,"date":"2016-09-15T09:15:27","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T13:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=31615"},"modified":"2016-09-15T09:15:28","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T13:15:28","slug":"barrar-to-host-shredding-drug-take-back-event-oct-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=31615","title":{"rendered":"Barrar to host shredding\/ drug take back event, Oct. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1745\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1745\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1745\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Barrar-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"State Rep. Stephen Barrar (R-160)\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Rep. Stephen Barrar (R-160)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">CHADDS FORD \u2014 Rep. Steve Barrar (R-Chester\/Delaware) is hosting a shredding and drug take-back event on Saturday, Oct. 1, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at his district office, One Beaver Valley Road, Chadds Ford. The office is located at the intersection of Route 202 and Naamans Creek Road.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThis is the perfect time to visit the office for anyone who might have difficulty coming during normal business hours,\u201d Barrar said. \u201cDuring this time, my staff will also be able to assist with state-related issues, and I look forward to discussing the topics that interest residents.\u201d<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The event, which will feature an onsite industrial paper shredder, will provide the opportunity for households of the 160<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> District to shred up to three packing boxes of materials. The boxes will be returned to residents.<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Only paper, not cardboard, will be accepted. Staples and paper clips need not be removed. All shredding takes place onsite, and the event will be held rain or shine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Residents are also invited to drop off their prescriptions, over-the-counter drugs and medicines for safe disposal. By law, needles and epi-pens will not be accepted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAs the Commonwealth continues to battle the heroin epidemic, it is imperative that unused medications are not accessible. Addiction commonly begins with prescription drugs and transitions to heroin, so this drug take-back day could prevent another life lost,\u201d Barrar said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For more information about the event, please call Barrar\u2019s district office at (610) 358-5925<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHADDS FORD \u2014 Rep. Steve Barrar (R-Chester\/Delaware) is hosting a shredding and drug take-back event on Saturday, Oct. 1, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at his district office, One Beaver Valley Road, Chadds Ford. The office is located at the intersection of Route 202 and Naamans Creek Road. \u201cThis is the perfect time to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[39,8866,8865,4018],"class_list":["post-31615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-chadds-ford","tag-durg-take-back","tag-shredding-event","tag-stephen-barrar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31616,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31615\/revisions\/31616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}