Alameda Sun www.alamedasun.com Sept. 27, 2018 11 Control: Plastic waste, people, please Local Deaths Continued from page 6 estimated to constitute 79,000 a detached Barbie limb for an Tupperware picnic set, your poly- tons of plastic waste floating in anchovy, or a porpoise attempting He was one the first teachers in ester chest wig and your Frisbee tight formation, will be returned to to mate with your castaway plastic Alexander P. Reisbord Los Angeles to become a national out through the Golden Gate. Did dry land for recycling. Barcalounger. Perhaps intergalac- board-certified teacher. you report it? I think not. Laurent Lebreton, an oceanog- tic visitors were going to land Alexander “Alex” and his brother were During his life he ran three mar- In the presence of UV light, rapher and lead author of a cur- here; who knows what gifts or P. Reisbord passed active members athons and successfully completed big stuff will crumble down to rent GPGP study reported that knowledge they could have shared away peacefully on of the track team. two jaunts with the California Aids- environmentally hazardous micro- “Pollution is problematic for the with us from their highly advanced Sept. 10 in Alameda. He also attended Life Cycle from San Francisco to plastics over the next few decades environment and humans, but civilization. He is survived the University of Los Angeles, the last while he was if not retrieved. While urgent, the especially troubling for marine They might possibly have pro- by his wife Dotti, Washington for one in his late 60s. situation is not hopeless; help is life.” vided us with a cure for male pat- his brother David year. The love of travel took Alex presently en route. All of us have guzzled or tern baldness, Bakers’ itch, milk (Lizzy) Reisbord of Alex joined the and Dotti to 38 different countries. The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit chugged a drink and accidentally maids’ knee, prematurely gray Santa Monica, his Peace Corps and He became quite accomplished in headquartered in the Netherlands swallowed the straw, the hair or an effective substitute for sister Susan Martin served as a trainer the art of stained glass at Mastick is approaching the mess with plastic sword skewering the olive, exercise and dieting. But instead, of Abiquiu, N.M., of mathematics Senior Center, producing some a floating berm attached to an the cutesy drink umbrella or the when Captain Quirk looked down two daughters, teachers at Kenyatta stunning pieces. underwater screen which will swizzle stick, we expect that: it and saw the GPGP he might have Coriander (William) Reisbord and College in Nairobi, Kenya, for two Alex’s infectious smile and kind concentrate and collected plastic comes with power drinking. said to all on board, “No sign Jessica (Jim) Grove, a son John years. Alex earned his Masters manner endeared him to so many debris. On the other hand, imagine of intelligent life here; let’s keep and two stepchildren Teresa (Dean) Degree in mathematics from Brown friends and acquaintances. He will The company has launched an innocent opah fish mistaking looking.” Milligan and Kevin (Tracey) Hattori, University in 1968. be long remembered. its first expedition from Seaplane your discarded bowling ball bag While teaching math at Encinal as well as five grandchildren. Alex taught secondary math- “Rest in peace, you sweet man.” Lagoon at the former Alameda for a jellyfish or the humuhu- High School, Jeffrey Smith is keeping Alex attended Occidental ematics for the Los Angeles Unified Naval Air Station. The trash island, munukunukuapua mistaking an eye on the GPGP for Alameda. College in Los Angeles where he School District his entire career. b LOCAL: Page 12 What’s Happening on the West End? Grocery Outlet Now Open Near Webster Street Sun Staff Reports organic choices. They also offer For more information ast Thursday, Sept. and , health and beau- about West Alameda, 20,Grocery Outlet Bargain ty, as well as seasonal items. visit www.westalameda LMarket, an “extreme- Grocery Outlet offers the value” grocery retailer, opened same brands as traditional gro- business.com. its newest location at 730 cery stores, but at prices 40 to Buena Vista Ave., creating 35 70 percent less. Its buyers scour For more information new jobs in the community. the country to find the top man- about Grocery Outlet, a third- At its grand opening ufacturers with excess inven- generation, family-led com- celebration the grocery tory and seasonal closeouts so pany founded in 1946, see store donated $2,487.13 Grocery Outlet can offer savings. GroceryOutlet.com. to the Alameda Food Bank, presented by independent owner-operators, Rita and Elie Zgheib. 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