Tarrytown - October 2021 by Peel, Inc.

TARRYTOWN

OCTOBER 2021

VOLUME 9 ISSUE 10

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IMPORTANT NUMBERS EMERGENCY NUMBERS EMERGENCY.................................................................... 911 Fire....................................................................................... 911 Ambulance........................................................................... 911 Police Department...............................................512-975-5000 Sheriff – Non-Emergency.....................................512-974-0845 Animal Services Office......................................................... 311 SCHOOLS Austin ISD...........................................................512-533-6000 Casis Elementary School......................................512-414-2062 O. Henry Middle School......................................512-414-3229 Austin High School..............................................512-414-2505 UTILITIES City of Austin......................................................512-494-9400 Texas Gas Service Custom Service..............................................1-800-700-2443 Emergencies......................................................512-370-8609 Call Before You Dig..........................................512-472-2822 Grande Communications.....................................512-220-4600 AT&T New Service...................................................1-800-464-7928 Repair............................................................1-800-246-8464 Billing............................................................1-800-858-7928 Time Warner Cable Customer Service..............................................512-485-5555 Repairs.............................................................512-485-5080 Austin/Travis County Hazardous Waste...............512-974-4343 OTHER NUMBERS Ausitn City Hall...................................................512-974-7849 Ausitn City Manager............................................512-974-2200 Austin Police Dept (Non Emergency)...................512-974-5000 Austin Fire Dept (Non Emergency)......................512-974-0130 Austin Parks and Recreation Dept........................512-974-6700 Austin Resources Recoovery.................................512-494-9400 Austin Transportation Dept..................................512-974-1150 Municipal Court..................................................512-974-4800 Post Office..........................................................512-2478-7043 City of Austin...........................................www.AustinTexas.gov

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By Cheryl Conley

With temperatures still soaring in our area, it’s hard to think about fall but birds know it’s time for their fall migration. So, exactly how do they know? There are a number of factors. One way is the angle of the sun. Days are growing shorter and we have fewer hours of daylight. Summer crops are becoming scarce and less food is available. In the fall, baby birds are now mature enough to be on their own so Mom no longer has to tend to the youngsters. The location of the birds is important as well. Arctic birds may begin migrating as early as July while those closer to the equator start migrating in late September. Although rare in the Greater Houston area, it is not unheard of to see a Broadwinged hawk (Buteo platypterus) in the Houston area. These raptors have chunky bodies and a small reddish-brown head. Their tales are black and white striped similar to a raccoon’s tail. The undersides of the wings are bordered in dark brown. These hawks live in forests and spend the majority of their time under the canopy of the trees. Here they look for small animals to hunt. The female typically lays 2 or 3 eggs and the incubation is almost exclusively taken care of by Mom. The male will bring food to her while she’s tending to the eggs. Mom takes care of the young for the first 1 to 2 weeks after hatching and the male continues to deliver food for her and the young. Mom gets a break once the babies are a little older when Dad pitches in. At 5 to 6 weeks, the young are able to fly. Almost all Broad-winged hawks migrate in the fall to Central and South America. A great place to see these raptors as they make their way south is at Smith Point on Galveston Bay’s eastern shore. Smith Point features a land form that funnels the birds into a migration corridor. At peak migration periods, thousands of birds can be seen in one day. Broad-winged hawks make up approximately 70% of the birds traveling this route. Beginning on August 15th and running through November 30th, the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory keeps a daily raptor count at Smith Point called the Smith Point Hawk Watch. A watch tower has been constructed for this purpose and is open to the public from 8am to 4pm. Staff and volunteers are at the watch tower to talk with visitors and answer questions. There are scopes and binoculars so visitors can get a better view of the birds. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the raptor counting and a celebration is planned for October 2nd from 10am to 1pm. For more information, you can visit the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory website or call 979-480-0999 for more information. 4

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TARRYTOWN by Dena Houston

Austin has often been on the forefront of recycling in Texas and in the nation. Below is a history of Austin’s recycling programs. • 1982 – Curbside recycling pilot program began in one Austin neighborhood. • 1989 –The Dillo Dirt program (composted wastewater sludge) was created. This was the first of its kind in Texas and one of the oldest programs in the nation. • 1989 – Curbside recycling began citywide with the small blue bins. Items accepted were newspapers, corrugated cardboard, glass containers, and metal cans. • 1991 – The Hazardous Waste Facility (now the Recycle & Reuse Drop-Off Center) opened. This was the first permanent facility for household hazardous waste in Texas. • 1997 – The City began offering multiple trash cart sizes to all customers. • 2008 – The City launched Single Stream Recycling citywide, accepting paper, cardboard, paperboard, plastics (#1-7), metal cans, and glass, with no sorting required. • 2009 – The City Council adopted a Zero Waste goal to reduce the amount of trash sent to landfills by 90% by the year 2040. • 2013 – Curbside compost collection pilot program began. • 2016 – Curbside compost collection became available to 52,000 homes. • 2018 – Curbside compost collection expanded to an additional 38,000 homes. • 2021 – All households in Austin have curbside compost collection. HISTORICAL RECYCLING EVENTS • 1031 – In Japan, all documents and paper were recycled and re-pulped into new paper and sold in local shops across the country. • 1690 – The Rittenhouse Mill near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, began making paper from recycled cotton and linen rags. • 1776 – American rebels turned to recycling to provide material to fight the War of Independence.

• 1865 – The Salvation Army was founded in London and began collecting and recycling unwanted goods. • 1904 – The first American aluminum can recycling plants opened in Chicago and Cleveland. • 1916 to 1918 – During WWI, the Federal Government created the Waste Reclamation Service to deal with the shortage of raw materials. The motto was “Don’t Waste Waste – Save It.” • 1940 to 1945 – During WWII, recycling was an important weapon, both militarily and psychologically. The Office of Civil Defense called on every American family to become a “fighting unit on the home front” by collecting scrap metal for making weapons and ammunition. Twenty-two million pounds of scrap metal were collected and recycled. Children were the most enthusiastic collectors.

After WWII, Americans were tired of rationing and recycling and turned against the practice. This anti-recycling movement lasted until the late 60s, when “Baby Boomers” revived the culture of recycling. In the 60s and 70s the focus of recycling changed from getting the most out of materials to dealing with the increased amount of waste being produced. Today, we recycle both to reuse existing materials and to reduce the amount of material going to landfills. Here is a very informative City of Austin recycling website: www. austintexas.gov/what-do-i-do Stay tuned for future tips that will include creative ways to recycle or reuse. If you have any questions or recycling ideas, please send them to: recycling@hpwbana.org.

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