Springfield residents haul storm debris from properties
Ozarks First
[{'start': '0.080', 'end': '4.080', 'text': 'It has been a very busy day at the Yard'}, {'start': '1.760', 'end': '5.680', 'text': 'Waste Recycling Center in Southwest'}, {'start': '4.080', 'end': '7.520', 'text': 'Springfield. That being one of the few'}, {'start': '5.680', 'end': '9.519', 'text': "options for folks to haul debris that's"}, {'start': '7.520', 'end': '11.440', 'text': 'fall on their property because of storms'}, {'start': '9.519', 'end': '13.599', 'text': "earlier this week. Ozark's first Jared"}, {'start': '11.440', 'end': '14.960', 'text': 'Henry is live in Springfield where'}, {'start': '13.599', 'end': '19.160', 'text': "there's some debris blocking some of the"}, {'start': '14.960', 'end': '19.160', 'text': 'roadways from those trees. Jared'}, {'start': '20.000', 'end': '23.279', 'text': "and Mike, I'm standing on Sherman Avenue"}, {'start': '21.920', 'end': '24.800', 'text': 'just south of Division Street. You can'}, {'start': '23.279', 'end': '26.160', 'text': "see behind me there's a large tree"}, {'start': '24.800', 'end': '27.920', 'text': 'blocking the road. And this is a similar'}, {'start': '26.160', 'end': '30.160', 'text': "scene to ones you've seen around town"}, {'start': '27.920', 'end': '31.840', 'text': 'today with a large tree or other debris'}, {'start': '30.160', 'end': '33.520', 'text': "blocking roadways. And sometimes we've"}, {'start': '31.840', 'end': '35.200', 'text': 'seen people chopping them up into'}, {'start': '33.520', 'end': '36.960', 'text': 'pieces, getting ready to take them away.'}, {'start': '35.200', 'end': '38.480', 'text': 'And today, Springfield Environmental'}, {'start': '36.960', 'end': '40.640', 'text': 'Services announced that in an effort to'}, {'start': '38.480', 'end': '43.360', 'text': 'help with the cleanup, brush disposal'}, {'start': '40.640', 'end': '45.280', 'text': 'fees will be waved through the weekend.'}, {'start': '43.360', 'end': '47.120', 'text': 'Our normal hours are Tuesday through'}, {'start': '45.280', 'end': '49.360', 'text': "Saturday, but we're going to be open on"}, {'start': '47.120', 'end': '51.920', 'text': 'Sunday and Monday. Uh we are going to'}, {'start': '49.360', 'end': '53.680', 'text': 'wave all fees for brush. Thursday,'}, {'start': '51.920', 'end': '55.440', 'text': 'Springfield public service organizations'}, {'start': '53.680', 'end': '57.360', 'text': 'met at the Green County Public Safety'}, {'start': '55.440', 'end': '58.879', 'text': 'Center to update the public on recovery'}, {'start': '57.360', 'end': '61.039', 'text': 'efforts after severe weather came'}, {'start': '58.879', 'end': '62.320', 'text': 'through the area Tuesday, April 29th.'}, {'start': '61.039', 'end': '63.920', 'text': 'During the briefing, Springfield'}, {'start': '62.320', 'end': '65.680', 'text': 'Environmental Services announced all'}, {'start': '63.920', 'end': '67.600', 'text': 'brush disposal fees will be lifted at'}, {'start': '65.680', 'end': '69.280', 'text': 'the Yard Waste Disposal Center as well'}, {'start': '67.600', 'end': '71.040', 'text': 'as the Noble Hill Landfill where'}, {'start': '69.280', 'end': '72.799', 'text': 'residents are being urged to drop off'}, {'start': '71.040', 'end': '74.240', 'text': "larger debris. We'll be ready to accept"}, {'start': '72.799', 'end': '76.320', 'text': "it there free of charge, and we'll try"}, {'start': '74.240', 'end': '77.840', 'text': 'to keep the lines moving as best we can.'}, {'start': '76.320', 'end': '79.840', 'text': "Um, if you're more of a commercial"}, {'start': '77.840', 'end': '82.080', 'text': 'operator with a large truck, we ask that'}, {'start': '79.840', 'end': '86.000', 'text': 'you take it to the Noble Hill sanitary'}, {'start': '82.080', 'end': '88.159', 'text': 'landfill north on Highway 13. Um, and so'}, {'start': '86.000', 'end': '89.840', 'text': 'there we will also accept it free of'}, {'start': '88.159', 'end': '91.360', 'text': 'charge. Residents have been working to'}, {'start': '89.840', 'end': '93.040', 'text': 'clear the debris from their homes and'}, {'start': '91.360', 'end': '94.720', 'text': 'properties all week, including in the'}, {'start': '93.040', 'end': '96.400', 'text': 'Grant Beach Park neighborhood in North'}, {'start': '94.720', 'end': '98.079', 'text': 'Central Springfield. One man I spoke'}, {'start': '96.400', 'end': '99.759', 'text': 'with was loading his truck bed up with'}, {'start': '98.079', 'end': '101.520', 'text': 'tree branches. He says he will take it'}, {'start': '99.759', 'end': '103.119', 'text': 'out to land he owns, but he is glad to'}, {'start': '101.520', 'end': '104.479', 'text': 'hear disposal fees are being lifted for'}, {'start': '103.119', 'end': '108.320', 'text': 'those that need it. A lot of people'}, {'start': '104.479', 'end': '109.759', 'text': "don't have a place to take it. And uh,"}, {'start': '108.320', 'end': '112.119', 'text': "of course, a lot of people don't have a"}, {'start': '109.759', 'end': '115.840', 'text': "way to haul it either, so that's kind of"}, {'start': '112.119', 'end': '117.759', 'text': "bad. But, you know, I'm sure it it uh"}, {'start': '115.840', 'end': '119.280', 'text': 'affects some people a lot worse than me.'}, {'start': '117.759', 'end': '120.799', 'text': 'I spoke with another man whose mother'}, {'start': '119.280', 'end': '122.719', 'text': 'lives in the same neighborhood. He says'}, {'start': '120.799', 'end': '124.320', 'text': 'a large tree fell in her front yard, and'}, {'start': '122.719', 'end': '126.399', 'text': 'when he and his brothers began the long'}, {'start': '124.320', 'end': '128.560', 'text': 'task of breaking it down, Convoy of Hope'}, {'start': '126.399', 'end': '129.920', 'text': 'showed up to help. Absolutely thankful'}, {'start': '128.560', 'end': '133.440', 'text': 'there. a whole bunch of men and a whole'}, {'start': '129.920', 'end': '135.599', 'text': 'bunch of of uh of uh young men and and'}, {'start': '133.440', 'end': '137.760', 'text': 'chainsaws and wedges and they knew what'}, {'start': '135.599', 'end': '139.440', 'text': 'they were doing. They obviously have had'}, {'start': '137.760', 'end': '141.120', 'text': 'some practice the past few days.'}, {'start': '139.440', 'end': '142.800', 'text': 'Councilman Brandon Jensen is part of'}, {'start': '141.120', 'end': '144.080', 'text': 'United Way of the Ozarks, a local'}, {'start': '142.800', 'end': '145.520', 'text': 'nonprofit that is teaming with'}, {'start': '144.080', 'end': '147.360', 'text': 'neighborhood associations to help'}, {'start': '145.520', 'end': '148.879', 'text': 'coordinate volunteer cleanup efforts in'}, {'start': '147.360', 'end': '151.280', 'text': 'neighborhoods around Springfield. Idea'}, {'start': '148.879', 'end': '153.120', 'text': "is we're going to have um lots of people"}, {'start': '151.280', 'end': '155.440', 'text': "doing this over the weekend. So, it'll"}, {'start': '153.120', 'end': '157.120', 'text': 'be a lot of activity um but really'}, {'start': '155.440', 'end': '160.000', 'text': 'trying to make a dent in helping people'}, {'start': '157.120', 'end': '160.000', 'text': 'recover.'}, {'start': '161.519', 'end': '165.040', 'text': 'The city also telling residents that the'}, {'start': '163.280', 'end': '167.200', 'text': 'public information call center is still'}, {'start': '165.040', 'end': '168.480', 'text': 'operational from 8 a.m. to 8:00 pm.'}, {'start': '167.200', 'end': '169.920', 'text': 'There you can call to get information'}, {'start': '168.480', 'end': '171.599', 'text': 'about the storm damage. You can find'}, {'start': '169.920', 'end': '173.680', 'text': 'that phone number in this story on our'}, {'start': '171.599', 'end': '176.959', 'text': 'website ozarksfirst.com. Reporting live'}, {'start': '173.680', 'end': '176.959', 'text': "in Springfield, I'm Jared Henry."}]