Make New Friends and Learn About History
CHS Docents support and carry out the educational mission of the Corrales Historical Society by their organization and participation in events for the Corrales community and by providing tours of the Old San Ysidro Church. Docents do not need a background in history only an interest in learning about the history of the area. Meetings are held monthly except for January and the summer months and usually include an outside speaker or can sometimes will be replaced by a tour of a local place of interest.
CHS Docents are required to:
CHS Docents are required to:
- Be a member of the Corrales Historical Society
- Welcome visitors to the Old Church one Saturday per year during the summer months (times to be determined)
- Participate in CHS activities, as needed
- Heritage Day in the Spring
- Harvest Festival-Heart of Corrales Fiesta in the Fall
- Attend monthly meetings
From our partners at Casa San Ysidro
Possible Docents El Paso Field Trip
June 2- 4th
Contact info: simon2amigo@gmail.com
The palatial El Paso Museum of Art and El Paso Museum of History offer great collections exhibits and current shows. Some examples we'll visit:
Mata Ortiz (Chihuahua)—Representing a spectacular movement of Contemporary Ceramics flourishing since the 1970’s in a ranching/farming village in the Chihuahuadesert
Luces y Sombras—Images of México by 20th century and contemporary artists
Rebecca Mendez, El Norte—A former migrant and her camera heads into the true El Norte, the North Pole!
Neighborhoods and Shared Memories--exploring the historic neighborhoods of El Paso
Historias (Series): El Paso's Black History—a good counterpart to Facing the Sun, New Mexico’s African American Homesteaders exhibit
>>>lodging at grand, railroad-era hotel El Paso del Norte--recently renovated and next door to museums
We will carpool, so let us know if you will offer to drive. Let us know by Noon, Friday May 27th if you want to go so we can plan!
Doug Simon
“ don Simón”
Casa San Ysidro Docent/Tours Coordinator
505.898.3915 office
Possible Docents El Paso Field Trip
June 2- 4th
Contact info: simon2amigo@gmail.com
The palatial El Paso Museum of Art and El Paso Museum of History offer great collections exhibits and current shows. Some examples we'll visit:
Mata Ortiz (Chihuahua)—Representing a spectacular movement of Contemporary Ceramics flourishing since the 1970’s in a ranching/farming village in the Chihuahuadesert
Luces y Sombras—Images of México by 20th century and contemporary artists
Rebecca Mendez, El Norte—A former migrant and her camera heads into the true El Norte, the North Pole!
Neighborhoods and Shared Memories--exploring the historic neighborhoods of El Paso
Historias (Series): El Paso's Black History—a good counterpart to Facing the Sun, New Mexico’s African American Homesteaders exhibit
>>>lodging at grand, railroad-era hotel El Paso del Norte--recently renovated and next door to museums
We will carpool, so let us know if you will offer to drive. Let us know by Noon, Friday May 27th if you want to go so we can plan!
Doug Simon
“ don Simón”
Casa San Ysidro Docent/Tours Coordinator
505.898.3915 office
Docents Have Fun!
Docents Learn About Recycling
Report by JoAnn Vance
Photos by Debbie Clemente
Photos by Debbie Clemente
On January 9, the Corrales Docents took a trip to Friedman Recycling. Our guide was Jennifer Walton. After some introductory remarks, and some questions and answers, we put on fluorescent vests and hard hats, and walked to the recycling building. Joseph Chavez, joined us there and was also one of our guides. His family owns the company.
Bundles of recyclables were stacked and ready for transport by truck outside, and trucks were being loaded. We walked inside, up and down stairs and along ramps, watching people sort along the conveyor belts, pulling out various things and throwing them down chutes. There is a big mountain of plastic bags that can't be recycled, and will end up in the landfill. The ONLY plastic bags that can be accepted are CLEAR bags that contain shredded paper.
It was interesting to see how various materials are bounced onto different conveyor belts, and end up in bundles of like materials. At the end were separate bundles of cans, paper, cardboard, and plastic bottles. We were told to put the lids ON the bottles before putting them in recycling, as they fall off the belt and end up in the landfill otherwise.
As far as plastic bags are concerned, because they have a contract with Walmart and some other large bag recyclers, they did recycle the bags from them and are hand-sorted. So it is best to recycle your bags at a large company such as Walmart to ensure they don’t end up in the landfill. We walked through the finished bundles at the end, and back to the education building, where Jennifer showed us examples of materials that could and couldn't be recycled, and we received refrigerator magnets.
Bundles of recyclables were stacked and ready for transport by truck outside, and trucks were being loaded. We walked inside, up and down stairs and along ramps, watching people sort along the conveyor belts, pulling out various things and throwing them down chutes. There is a big mountain of plastic bags that can't be recycled, and will end up in the landfill. The ONLY plastic bags that can be accepted are CLEAR bags that contain shredded paper.
It was interesting to see how various materials are bounced onto different conveyor belts, and end up in bundles of like materials. At the end were separate bundles of cans, paper, cardboard, and plastic bottles. We were told to put the lids ON the bottles before putting them in recycling, as they fall off the belt and end up in the landfill otherwise.
As far as plastic bags are concerned, because they have a contract with Walmart and some other large bag recyclers, they did recycle the bags from them and are hand-sorted. So it is best to recycle your bags at a large company such as Walmart to ensure they don’t end up in the landfill. We walked through the finished bundles at the end, and back to the education building, where Jennifer showed us examples of materials that could and couldn't be recycled, and we received refrigerator magnets.