HIGHLIGHTS
August 2014 Newsletter
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POWERED BY FOOD
Taking Recycling
To a Higher Level
P
FROM THE
PRESIDENT’S DESK
E
ach August I am inspired to send
a shout out to an enterprise with
which Highbridge has been associated From Day One: The Chamber
Music Festival of Lexington.
Literally, from the first day.
Approached by a longtime
friend from Lexington who had the
idea of introducing chamber music
to the larger community of
Lexington and Central Kentucky,
the idea seemed a good one indeed.
But as with most good ideas, turning them into a reality generally
requires, among other things, financial support.
So I took the bait.
This was in 2007, and
Highbridge was pleased to be listed
as a Founding Partner. We still are
pleased to be a part of this wonderful event as it comes to season eight
this August.
Part of what sets this apart is
the quality of the musicians which
come to town and take the stage.
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roving that there’s life beyond the dumpster for wasted food, a popular
English retail food market chain store has become the first in the country to be totally powered by leftovers. The store, Sainsbury’s, is set to leave
the national power grid in favor of food power created through the anaerobic digestion of food scraps – via a partnership with a waste recycling company.
Sainsbury’s is already the country’s largest user of food energy and anaerobic digestion – it produces enough power to light up 2,500 homes each
year. Now they have a store that will be 100 percent powered by food.
Leftover food from one of Sainsbury’s supermarkets gets trucked to a nearby recycling plant where it’s turned into bio-methane gas that’s then used
to generate electricity which is sent back to the store via a 1.5-kilometerlong transmission line.
They emphasize that food banks and charity partners need not worry:
they still get first dibs on leftover food from the store. Local farmers likewise
have no concern, as the store will continue to supply leftovers for their animal feed needs. Even the monkeys at a nearby safari park get bananas from
a Sainsbury’s store! But everything else that is left gets turned over for foodenergy production at the recycling plant. “We send absolutely no waste to
landfill and are always looking for new ways to reuse and recycle,” the head
of sustainability at Sainsbury’s said. “So we’re delighted to be the first business ever to make use of this linkup technology, allowing our Cannock store
to be powered entirely by our food waste.”
And Also . . .
E
dmonton, Canada, has just celebrated the opening of the world’s first
waste-to-biofuel facility, which could radically transform the way we
deal with our garbage. The Edmonton Waste-to-Biofuels and Chemicals
Facility officially opened its doors in June and it’s expected to keep up to 90
percent of the city’s waste out of landfills. The main biofuel produced at the
plant will be methanol, which can be used as a gasoline additive and to
make products like windshield washer fluid.
Looks to us at Highbridge like the momentum toward recycling is alive and well.
Congratulations to all.
For Sale: Plastic Cups and Paper Cones
HIGHBRIDGE MARKET PLACE
H
ighbridge has a good market in the sale of plastic flat bottom cups and paper cone cups, both recyclable, for use at home or office, and also in delivering cases of water to home and office. But this
is not something we have made much of a effort to promote. No more. We want everyone to know that
WE SELL CUPS AND CONES AND WE DELIVER WATER BY THE CASE. See below:
CUPS/CONES...........SLEEVE.....................................................CASE
7 oz Plastic..................$4.25 for 50 per sleeve ..............................$79.80-1000
4.5oz Cone .................$17.00 for 1000 per pack(caddypac) ........$80.00-5000
6% sales tax is applied to all cup purchases
CASE WATER PRICING (4 case minimum without a 5 gallon delivery).
3 / 2.5 gallons of drinking water ..................................$10.80
6 / 1 gallon drinking or distilled water ........................$8.10 drinking, $8.35 distilled
1 Litre Swish (12 per case) .........................................$10.50
16 oz Swish (24 per case)............................................$10.30
16 oz drinking multipack ...........................................(24 per case)$8.00
12 oz drinking multipack (24 per case) ......................$7.75
8 oz drinking (48 per case)..........................................$8.00
Note: Prices include delivery
FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK
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They are not ordinary; they are
extra-ordinary. The artistic director
of CMFL is Nathan Cole, a graduate
of Lexington’s Tates Creek High
School who now holds one of the
most prestigious positions in the
American classical musical scene:
First Associate Concertmaster of the
Los Angeles Philharmonic. This
orchestra is recognized today as one
of the most innovative and brilliant
ensembles to be heard anywhere.
Nathan brings talent of his high
caliber with him to Lexington and
together they play beautiful music,
approachable and worth every effort
one can make to hear them.
And once again this year, the
festival returns last summer’s hugely
popular WindSync as the Ensemblein-Residence. I would encourge you
to “google” the group and have a
look and listen. Then come see and
hear for yourself. You will not be
sorry.
From
Day
One
Linda Slagel
Chamber Music Festival
of Lexington
Drips and Drops
Thanks, but No Thanks
We are so very pleased at the acceptance among our clients of our emailed statements and appreciate your cooperation as we transition
from paper to cyberspace. In fact, enthusiasm often moves some of you to
“thank” us for taking this step. While we continue to marvel at the positive
response, we do urge each customer to refrain from communicating with us
for the sole purpose of letting us know you got the statement, as that backand-forth actually hinders the operation. “We got it,” “Have a good day,”
and other such kind remarks, while well intended, slow things down in the
Highbridge offices. But we say to you: “Thanks for Your Thoughts and Have
a Nice Day.”
Now That’s a Big Tree
The General Sherman is a giant sequoia tree located in
the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County,
California. By volume, it is the largest known living single
stem tree on earth. The General Sherman Tree is neither the
tallest known living tree on Earth (that distinction belongs to
the Hyperion tree, a Coast redwood), nor is it the widest
(both the largest cypress and largest baobab have a greater
diameter), nor is it the oldest known living tree on Earth (that
distinction belongs to a Great Basin bristlecone pine).But at
275 feet tall and 25 feet in diameter, and an estimated age of
2,300–2,700 years, it is nevertheless among the tallest, widest
and longest-lived and surely one of the most spectacular of all
trees on the planet.
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