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KWB Outstanding Yard!
Keep Whitehouse Beautiful recently awarded the “Outstanding Yard” to Stephen and Susan Crank of 2005 Silver Cove in the Waterton subdivision. Their yard was chosen due to the beautiful palm trees, flower beds and other shrubbery making the front lawn just exquisite, according to yard nominators Roth Loper and Juanita Hagan. The landscaping was installed before the Cranks bought it in 2009, but they have done an excellent job maintaining it, and adding new items like the pebble mulch in the beds, a climbing rosebush over the mailbox and annual pansies in different colors. Other trees in the yard are a Shumard Oak, and a Southern Wax Myrtle.
The Cranks receive a $25 gift certificate to Senter’s Nursery, the sponsor of the Outstanding Yard program, and a sign for their front yard. If you know of a yard deserving the title “Outstanding”, please send an email to info@keepwhitehousebeautiful.com
SAVE the DATE for the 2012 Don’t Mess with Texas Trash Off!
As we start planning our new year, there’s a big event in town that you will want to save the date for: the annual Don’t Mess With Texas Trash Off! This year, the big cleanup will take place on Saturday, April 14th.
We are looking for individuals, organizations, student classes, businesses and neighborhoods to help us this year. It’s a half-day filled with fun and fellowship while helping to make a difference in our community.
“Last year we had more than 300 people and we are expecting a great turnout again from our community,” said Debbie Shafer, KWB President. “These volunteers make all the difference in the world. It’s not only the fact that they are picking up litter that day. They’re also making everyone who is driving by aware of litter. Trash doesn’t just ‘go away.’ Someone has to pick it up–so don’t throw it out in the first place.”
The event starts at Whitehouse City Park for registration and t-shirt pickup for the first 300 participants. Then it’s off to a section of roadway with a group to pick up trash.
Will YOU volunteer this year? We hope so! Stay tuned for more information, and if you want to volunteer yourself, or a group, send an email to info@keepwhitehousebeautiful.com
Don’t Forget To Recycle this Christmas!
Every Christmas season, the amount of waste increases greatly due to boxes, wrapping paper, and live Christmas trees.
This year, let’s continue to Keep Whitehouse Beautiful by recycling most of our holiday leftovers! Both cardboard boxes such as gift boxes and / or shipping boxes can be recycled at the Whitehouse Recycle Center as well as wrapping paper, without the bows and ribbon, of course. No Styrofoam or cellophane, either, please!
As for live Christmas trees, they are not being accepted this year at the Recycle Center, but that doesn’t mean you should put yours in the garbage, as IESI is not accepting them either. There are 2 places in Tyler that are accepting live Christmas trees: Golden Road Park at the intersection of McDonald & Golden Roads and Fun Forest Park in the 900 Block of North Glenwood Boulevard. Collection for LIVE trees only begins the Monday after Christmas and lasts until January 8th. Trees must be free of all decorations, garland, tinsel and NOT be flocked.
There’s quite a demand for live Christmas trees, as they become habitats for fish in the area lakes. Now that’s recycling at it’s BEST!
The Whitehouse Recycle Center is located on Railroad Avenue, just south of FM 346. They are open the first and third Saturdays of each month, 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and every Wednesday, 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Check out the Recycling tab on our homepage for more items accepted at the Recycle Center.
RECYCLING IS EASY AT THE WHITEHOUSE RECYCLE CENTER!
TEXAS RECYCLES DAY IS NOVEMBER 15TH….How do YOU plan to celebrate?
Try recycling, if you are not already……Just start with one item, like newspapers or cans. The Whitehouse Recycle Center is open during convenient hours and accepts many types of recyclable items. There are people there who will help unload your items from your car when you arrive.
If you are already recycling, GREAT! Add some more items to your RECYCLE list…..it’s amazing how much less trash can be put out at the curb each Wednesday when there is recycling in the household!
What can you recycle at the Whitehouse Recycle Center?
Paper: junk mail, newspaper, school papers, magazines, phone books, work papers
Cardboard: boxes, cereal boxes, pizza boxes
Plastic: Number 1 and 2 only
Steel cans (rinsed)
Aluminum cans (rinsed)
Recycling Center Hours and Location: First and third Saturdays of each month, 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Every Wednesday, 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Railroad Avenue, south of FM 346 (just east of HWY 110)
Other Participating Locations: e-cycling/toner cartridges/electronics – Laptops for Less 903 871-2799, used motor oil – Super Lube 903 839-3510 and used batteries at Batteries Plus 903 509-8400
Keep Whitehouse Beautiful Awarded Governor’s Community Achievement Award for 2011
Keep Whitehouse Beautiful volunteer Angela Klein presents the certificate of award for the 2011 GCAA at the July 2011 Whitehouse City Council meeting. From left: Mike Peterson, City Manager; Angela Klein; Mayor Danny Hogden
Keep Texas Beautiful has awarded Keep Whitehouse Beautiful the 2011 Governor’s Community Achievement Award (GCAA) in the category of population size 5,000 to 9,000. Per the report compiled by Keep Texas Beautiful: “In 2010, members of Keep Whitehouse Beautiful, together with local citizens, volunteered a total of 3,747 hours to community projects, and participated in 15 community events over the course of last year, reaching over 5,000 citizens. They also had direct contact with approximately 2,000 elementary students. Every school in Whitehouse participated in a recycling program last year, collecting everything from paper, cardboard and aluminum to ink jet and toner cartridges. KWB is active on five of six WISD campuses, and has taken the lead in working with educators to teach environmental, litter prevention and recycling lessons to all grades. Examples include: more than 350 first graders participating in a litter abatement and nature appreciation day, during which they completed booklets about littering and received a litter bag and a pencil; more than 330 third graders discussing why we recycle and creating Christmas ornaments from homemade paper embedded with phlox seeds; and nearly 370 sixth graders researching the advantages and disadvantages of various energy sources and testing objects at home to gauge their energy use. The local YMCA joined the action in 2010 as well, offering for the first time a six-week gardener program for their upper elementary summer campers. It was a huge success!
The KTB award for sustained excellence from 2009-2011
When the 2010 Don’t Mess with Texas Trash-Off rolled around, Whitehouse residents were ready to dive right in. Over 300 citizens – from Boy Scouts and school groups to church members, business people and city leaders – cleared 43.25 miles of roadway, collecting more than 7,000 pounds of litter in the process. The semi-annual Whitehouse’s Large Item Roundup was equally successful, netting 80 appliances, 27,000 pounds of scrap metal and 75 tires.
The local recycling center worked overtime as well last year. Staffed by only a city supervisor, community service workers served as the center’s workforce. They provided 1,108 hours of labor at no cost to the city, accepting and processing more than 255,000 pounds of recyclables, including 78,000 pounds of cardboard, more than 18,500 pounds of plastic, nearly 6,000 pounds of steel cans and over 150,000 pounds of paper. In a time of statewide budget cuts, Whitehouse pocketed more than $8,500 thanks to its efforts. With its environmental achievements acting as a beacon for the entire region, the city of Whitehouse is most certainly delivering on its goal of creating a healthier, more modern city.”
Thank you to Keep Texas Beautiful for its incredible leadership to all the local affiliates throughout the state. Go to the link below to view the page on the KTB site about Keep Whitehouse Beautiful and to view a slideshow of pictures from Whitehouse.
