Get Ready For Estes Recycles Day, This Saturday, August 12, 9-Noon

The League of Women Voters invites Estes Valley residents to gather their hardto-recycle items and join us on Saturday, August 12, from 9 am to noon at the Events Center Main Parking on Manford Avenue.

We do expect a lot of people, so consider arriving after 9:45 am if you’d like to avoid a long line. The shredding truck will be operating until 11:45 am.

What will be accepted at Estes Recycles Day, August 12?

SCRAP METAL & MICROWAVES (no fee)

BIKE TIRES & TUBES (no fee)

DOCUMENTS TO BE SHREDDED ONSITE: Limit 3 banker’s boxes; no fee but Rotary scholarship donations encouraged and appreciated

ELECTRONICS: BIG reduction in fees this year (computers $5; TVs $10-$20; smoke detectors $5; most other small electronics accepted free of charge)

COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHTS (CFLs only) (no fee)

HOUSEHOLD BATTERIES: New this year, in partnership with the Town of Estes Park and the Larimer County Household Hazardous Waste Program (HHW) (no fee)

BATTERIES ACCEPTED:

• Alkaline (includes magnesium, mercury, silver oxide, and carbon zinc) – This is the most common household battery. Examples include the various sized batteries used in flashlights, hearing aids, radios, and toys.

• Rechargeable (includes lithium-ion, nickel-cadmium, and nickel-metal hydride) – These batteries are labeled as rechargeable. Examples include batteries used in cameras, cell phones, and cordless power tools, and those embedded in tablet computers.

• Lithium (includes AA and AAA marked as lithium or CR, and coin cell) – These batteries are labeled as primary/metal or lithium. Examples include batteries used in calculators, watches, and small electronics.

PLEASE NOTE: We CANNOT accept:

• automotive/lead acid batteries used in cars and boats

• large output lithium-ion batteries used in e-bikes, hoverboards, and electric vehicle batteries

• damaged, defective, or recalled (DDR) batteries

• THC vape devices

• batteries generated from business operations.

A complete list of accepted items and fees is online at estesrecycles.org.

Grateful thanks to our financial sponsors and all our collaborative partners and volunteers for helping us all recycle responsibly.

Prepárese

La Liga de Mujeres Votantes invita a los residentes de Estes Valley a juntar sus artículos difíciles de reciclar y unirse a nosotros el sábado 12 de agosto, 9 a.m. a las 12:00 de mediodía en el estacionamiento principal del Centro de Eventos, entrando por la Avenida Manford.

Esperamos a mucha gente, así que piense en llegar después de las 9:45 a.m. si desea evitar una larga fila. El camión triturador estará operando hasta las 11:45 a.m.

¿Qué se aceptará en el Estes Recycles Day, el 12 de agosto?

CHATARRA METÁLICA Y MICROONDAS (sin cargo)

DOCUMENTOS

A TRITURAR EN

EL SITIO: Un límite de 3 cajas bancarias sin cargo; pero se alientan y aprecian las donaciones a las becas del Club Rotario.

ELECTRÓNICOS: GRAN reducción en las tarifas en este año (computadoras $5; televisores $10-$20; detectores de humo $5; la mayoría de los demás dispositivos electrónicos pequeños se aceptan sin cargo).

BOMBILLAS FLUORESCENTES

COMPACTAS (CFL) (sin cargo)

NEUMÁTICOS Y TUBOS DE BICICLETA (sin cargo)

BATERÍAS DOMÉSTICAS (nuevas en este año, en asociación con el municipio de Estes Park y el Programa de Desechos Domésticos Peligrosos (HHW) del Condado de Larimer) (sin cargo).

BATERÍAS ACEPTADAS:

• Alcalina (incluye magnesio, mercurio, óxido de plata y zinc carbón): esta es la batería doméstica más común. Los ejem- plos incluyen las baterías de varios tamaños que se usan en linternas, audífonos, radios y juguetes.

• Recargables (incluye iones de litio, níquel-cadmio e hidruro de níquelmetal): estas baterías están etiquetadas como recargables. Los ejemplos incluyen las baterías que se usan en las cámaras, los teléfonos celulares y las herramientas eléctricas inalámbricas, y las integradas en las tabletas.

• Litio (incluye AA y AAA marcadas como litio o CR, y de tipo botón): estas baterías están etiquetadas como primarias/metal o litio. Los ejemplos incluyen baterías utilizadas en calculadoras, relojes y pequeños dispositivos electrónicos.

TENGA EN CUENTA: NO

PODEMOS ACEPTAR:

• baterías automotrices/de plomo ácido utilizadas en automóviles o embarcaciones

• baterías de iones de litio de gran potencia utilizadas en bicicletas eléctricas, hoverboards y baterías de vehículos eléctricos

• baterías dañadas, defectuosas o retiradas del mercado (DDR)

• dispositivos de vapeo de THC

• baterías generadas por operaciones comerciales.

Una lista completa de artículos aceptados y tarifas está en línea en estesrecycles.org.

Agradecemos a todos nuestros patrocinadores financieros y socios colaboradores por ayudarnos a reciclar de manera responsable.

Estes Park Archives Program This Saturday

An August 1873 ship passenger list including “J.L. Bird” [sic] almost certainly represents another 1873 Isabella Bird sighting. Photo

One hundred and fifty summers ago, Isabella Bird sent a letter to her sister from the Kingdom of Hawai’i dated August 1, 1873, and a subsequent letter from the state of California dated September 1, 1873. Where letters survive, either as handwritten originals or as incorporated into her travel books, they generally recount daily activities and locations as a kind of diary or journaling exercise.

So what happened to Isabella Bird during the month of August 1873? Where was she, and what kept her occupied and out of contact for 30 days?

The obvious answer is that, at least during a portion of this month, she was en route from Hawai’i to the California coast. The only available mode of ocean travel during this era (ignoring hot-air balloons and submarines) was by sailboat or steamship, both slower than the typical five-day journey on a cruise liner today.

In the 1870s, however, the trip between Hawai’i and the west coast of the United States via a problem-free steamship was not a 30-day voyage. The average travel time between Honolulu and San Francisco in 1873, for example, was just under ten days, and commercial steamship companies routinely advertised monthly round-trips (departing Honolulu on January 5, February 5, March 5, etc.) for any particular “milk run” vessel plying between these two ports.

So either Isabella Bird found herself on a steamship that encountered problems traveling between Hawai’i and California in August 1873, Isabella Bird had an uneventful trip but spent more time than she documented in writing at one or both ports, or Isabella Bird had an uneventful trip and documented her daily August 1873 activities in one or more letters that no longer exist, with all of August 1873 consigned to the gap between the two books she ultimately published covering her entire year of 1873 exploits.

The Estes Park Archives will examine all of these possibilities this Saturday, August 12, relying on ship passenger lists, surviving newspaper mentions, and any other primary source material (like hotel guest registers) held by relevant museums to untangle and potentially fill the August 1873 hole in Miss Bird’s life.

The search for Isabella’s whereabouts is more than just an academic exercise, as an undated photograph of Miss Bird with a San Francisco business logo is assigned a date of August 1873 by numerous authors and researchers, despite the fact that she revisited San Francisco in May 1878, and could have just as easily posed for a self-portrait at that time.

For Estes Park purposes, a presumed September 1873 California departure kicked off her Colorado adventure and her book “A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains”, so it would be helpful to know what she did to prepare for this journey, and how long she lingered in San Francisco or elsewhere before boarding a Cheyenne-bound train.

The one-hour program “Where Was Is?” begins promptly at 9:00 a.m. outside the “Ten Letters” meeting room on 240 Moraine Avenue, when nearby parking is still available and free. The program will be repeated at 1:00 p.m. that same Saturday, at the same location, for folks who, (like Isabella Bird) are not necessarily early risers.

No reservations are required, and you do not need to be an Estes Park Archives member to attend. All are cordially invited, including summer residents and first-time visitors to Estes Park Please phone 586-4889 for directions or further information.