(Tiny) Free houses available at the Whitley County Engineer's Office
(Talk of the Town photo by Meredith Hoffman) Above, a pyramid of free Ronald McDonald houses are waiting to be claimed in the Whitley County Engineer's office to help collect aluminum pop tabs. The pyramid, above, was expertly constructed by Dan Weigold.
By Meredith Hoffman
Free houses are available at the Whitley County Engineer’s office according to Marilyn Hively, drainage finance coordinator.
No, you can move into these homes -- the little houses are used to house aluminum pop tabs!
“We have 50 houses for people; each house can hold about 700 tabs,” Hively said. "We also have labels for people who collect tabs in boxes, plastic jugs, baggies or other containers."
County employees began collecting tabs on April 13 and at the first weigh-in they had collected 97 pounds, the second weigh in brought the total to 147 pounds and there are more tabs to weigh.
"We need about 730 pounds to make a million tabs,” according to DeVon Schuman, drain supervisor.
“We want to let people know they can come on in and pick up a box or drop off tabs during normal operating hours, Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,” said GIS director Dan Weigold.