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Pictures from Cain Elementary Flower Gardens
Cain Elementary’s Student Council sponsor Micha Elliott and student council members and their families met at the school April 14 to beautify the campus. The Student Council had been granted the Keep Whitehouse Beautiful award to beautify the west side of the building, which faces Hwy. 110. The raised flower beds and flowers were added from the grant and students also cleaned the front flower bed and the PK flower bed, weeding and planting. Twenty rose bushes were planted, lantana, and rose moss. Thank you, Student Council, parents, and Mrs. Elliott.
Pictures from the 2012 Don’t Mess With Texas Trash Off
Hundreds of volunteers from all walks of life appeared at Whitehouse City Park beginning at 8:00am to sign up for the 2012 Don’t Mess With Texas Trash Off. Starting at 8:00am, as a gusty wind blowed, volunteers from Keep Whitehouse Beautiful formed them into teams, handed out free t-shirts, gave them refreshments and sent them on their way to pick up trash and debris. The streets were cleaned from Hwy 110 North, to FM 346 both east and west, to FM 344, Hagan Road, Old Tyler Road and others. The Trash Off is the signature event for Keep Whitehouse Beautiful and part of the larger Great America Cleanup, sponsored by Keep America Beautiful.
According to Keep Whitehouse Beautiful President Dorothy LaFlure, “It makes 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 there aware of litter and those driving by aware of litter.”
We want to thank everyone who participated this year and made a statement about how they care about their community!
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
United Way Day of Caring Comes to Whitehouse!
Over 20 volunteers showed up at Whitehouse City Park around 9am on Friday, June 10th to weed the front flower beds during the United Way of Tyler/Smith County Day of Caring. The volunteers who were from Citizen State Bank, In Magazine, Keep Whitehouse Beautiful, Regions Bank and Trane, worked with hoes, spades, shovels…anything to break up the weeds that have overtaken the flower beds. Project coordinators Kathy Moore and Joyce Napolitano, of Keep Whitehouse Beautiful, said that after the weeding, a weed control carpet would be laid down and then mulch put on top to prevent any more weeds from coming up.
Whitehouse City Park was only one of many Tyler-wide projects that received assistance from volunteers today. Over 40 non-profit agencies received hands-on help from local companies and individuals. A big thank you to everyone who participated!
KWB awards Outstanding Yard for May
From left: Jane Swanson, Ruth Loper and Mitsi Runyan
Mitsi has lived in her house for four years now; when she first moved in, there were only boxwoods across the front. Now her yard boasts of many various kinds of trees, a flagstone walk, back porch and patio in front of her green house, several flower beds with wildflowers, a small pond, bird houses and an herb garden for her rabbit, Shiloh. Her greenhouse holds hundreds of orchids that she grows and enters into local and state competitions. Mitsi is also a very active member in the Orchid Society.
Mitsi loves buying flowers because of the way they look, and is always adding more to her landscaping. Along with the Outstanding Yard sign prominently displayed in her front yard, Mitsi received a $25 gift certificate to Senter’s Nursery on Hagan Road, in Whitehouse.
If you know of an outstanding yard in Whitehouse, send an e-mail to info@keepwhitehousebeautiful.com. Or drop us a post on our facebook page!
