tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60859830455790142772024-02-18T20:01:21.682-08:00GreenTree of TulsaGreenTree of Tulsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150857486498514348noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085983045579014277.post-15026695934041687022011-04-30T10:06:00.001-07:002011-04-30T10:09:32.979-07:00More Phonebook RecyclingNew phonebook are being delivered in town once more. To try and keep the old books out of landfills we have restarted our phonebook recycling program. We were out most of last week collecting phonebooks from neighborhoods. The stacks are growing Connor's and Nic's garages and we will soon make a recycling trip.<div><br /></div><div>For more information about where phonebooks can be recycled or to request your neighborhood be added to our collection routes please email us at greentreeoftulsa@gmail.com .</div><div><br /></div>GreenTree of Tulsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150857486498514348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085983045579014277.post-55369234560944597402011-04-30T09:49:00.000-07:002011-04-30T10:06:05.693-07:00More Plantings<div style="text-align: center;">We just finished planting more trees at Younger's Bend, which is an Oklahoma historical site under development. This site is the home of famous outlaw Belle Star's grave.<div style="text-align: center; "><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmozA6ZU8k-kbr9o9oRiL5gXkb3avcTGr5jDO628dSUm4BihLgocet8PMXb2yGOhdu0SS-_eSDDrWsUIxOalxSP3h5wRbzURMmcQbRzg0eu_CtrPfnb53lzhE3brATtE2FAcA3AQB712P/s320/bend.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601423459003763922" /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> <img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh45CRmrGD4BkbOXdtdwX_zRmPZAKN-2Zn-ryHXmEX3j4nlFjO8Zl0RtBbd4KIQcoirzUlwFKUZWEuLb0NB1iPPZ7eeL9qiI7kJAzTYvR6KsIWfqimXOKH3T7P3uhBrZTRw0nVv1nA7eVkW/s320/grave.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601423457003420162" /></div><div><br /></div><div>We are also in the process of planting at two local schools. These schools include KIPP, a charter school in the TPS district, and Eisenhower.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>GreenTree of Tulsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150857486498514348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085983045579014277.post-78473911997365252812011-03-05T08:24:00.000-08:002011-03-05T08:26:18.094-08:00More Trees!In a few hours, I am going to pick up about 100 more trees to plant around the community. We are in the process of finding homes for these trees. We will donate them to various organizations free of charge.GreenTree of Tulsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150857486498514348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085983045579014277.post-79930531237026352212011-03-05T08:22:00.002-08:002011-03-05T08:24:46.054-08:00Blog IssuesDo to some blog issues in the past we had to keep some of the newer posts on a different blog until the issue was solved. So the dates on the posts are not completely accurate. Sorry for any inconvenience.GreenTree of Tulsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150857486498514348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085983045579014277.post-30139919522774008092011-03-05T08:22:00.001-08:002011-03-05T08:22:50.866-08:00Environmental Changes<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(2, 41, 64); line-height: 19px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">This article appeared in our local paper the <em style="font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; ">Tulsa World</em>. Progress is occuring in making the world more environmentally aware!</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">By PHIL MULKINS World Action Line Editor<br />Published: 1/19/2011 2:25 AM<br />Last Modified: 1/19/2011 8:22 AM</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; ">SAVE A TREE, CHECK ONLINE</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; ">AT&T removes white pages from annual phone books</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">An American icon has slipped beneath the waves of environmental concerns – the phone book.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">AT&T Inc. excluded the residential white pages from its 2010-11 Tulsa business/Yellow Pages phone book that landed, without its customary thud, on metro area porches last month.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">In officially arriving in Tulsa, the company's Residential White Pages Consumer Choice Program gives consumers a choice – to opt in to requesting a printed copy of the white pages or getting the same information electronically over an AT&T website, said Jimmy Epperson, a spokesman for AT&T's operations in Oklahoma.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">"We've launched this in other markets, but it's too soon to tell how many Oklahomans will request printed books," he said. "In other markets only 5 percent of customers have called for them.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">"We're doing this because it aligns with our efforts toward environmental sustainability. It uses less paper and ink."</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">AT&T launched its no-white-pages program in Houston late last year, according to a Nov. 12 story in the Houston Chronicle. The phone company promised that copies would be available free to those who asked for them, and that AT&T would continue providing directory assistance online or by phone. A fee is charged after three free residential and one free business assistance calls per month.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Dallas-based AT&T says it expects no public backlash because when it ceased delivery in Austin, Texas, in 2008 only 2 percent of customers asked for printed copies, and in Atlanta only 1 percent asked.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The company says this is a victory for the environment, as in Houston it removed 728,000 big-city phone books from the solid waste stream.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">A Gallup Poll showed just 11 percent of households relied on the books in 2008, down from 25 percent in 2005.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Carol Carter, a spokeswoman for Life Senior Services in Tulsa, said there has been no outcry among agency clients over the disappearance of the residential white pages.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">"We didn't get a lot of feedback from them on this," Carter said. "I've talked to some members of our Senior Center and they were pretty noncommittal on it. They didn't seem to be affected much by it. Most of them have the important numbers they call frequently either programmed into their cell phones or written down in their contact books - and they can't read the dinky print in those phone books, anyway."</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Another factor is America's growing love affair with cell phones.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a National Health Interview Survey, conducted last January through June, showed the number of American homes with only wireless telephones continues to grow.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">More than 26 percent of American homes had only wireless service during the first half of 2010, the survey found, and 16 percent received all or almost all calls on wireless telephones despite having a landline.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The AT&T move is apparently not related to a drop-off in landline use, as a general comparison of the 2009 Tulsa residential pages to the 2010-11 residential pages showed the former has 384 pages and the latter has 389 pages, and rounded totals of 195,000 listings for 2009 and 199,000 for 2010.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Phone books are a burden on landfills, said Michael Patton, executive director of the Metropolitan Environmental Trust.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">In 1989, Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. took corporate good citizen responsibility for the phone book mess by funding Project ReDirectory in Tulsa, the first of its kind in the nation. That phone book recycling drive led to Tulsa's current recycling system through the MET.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">In 1991, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that telephone companies could not copyright telephone listings, saying "copyrights are for the protection of creativity not data collections."</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">This gave rise to the "brand-X" yellow pages we all receive - want them or not - three times a year on our porches, creating more recycling duties for the MET.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">There is no longer a Project ReDirectory. Instead, all 13 MET recycling sites have phone book-designated bins, and all four books may be dropped off seven days a week, 365 days a year. See tulsaworld.com/MET</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Phone books are not cost effective to recycle, Patton said.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">They require guillotining to remove their glued spines and are full of ink, but they can still be turned into other paper products.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Another benefit to AT&T's new program is that the books are smaller. The 2009 edition weighs 5 1/2 pounds while the 2010 edition weighs under 3 pounds, Patton said.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Some worry that leaving out the white pages denies many senior citizens access to phone listings, since many older people do not have access to the Internet. However, the Internet World Stats organization estimates that as of June, more than 239 million Americans - 77.3 percent of the population - have Internet access. And many Internet service providers sell limited access - enough to look up phone numbers - for as little as $10 a month.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">If not, the Tulsa City-County Library System has 600 personal computers at 25 sites throughout Tulsa County. Anyone with a library card can go to any library for access to Internet-connected computers - from six at the Sperry Branch Library to more than 100 at Hardesty Regional Library in Tulsa.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">AT&T White Pages options<br />Page One of the December 2010-11 Tulsa AT&T phone book reaching front porches in December includes two online offerings and a toll-free number for requesting either a printed version of the Residential White Pages or a CD-ROM.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Greater Tulsa Region Residential White Pages listings are available online at tulsaworld.com/atttulsawhitepages Once on the site, click "Residence." Then - assuming you are looking for "Jamerson" - at left-center click "J" in the alpha listings. In the box that appears on the left click on "Jackson, Shirley - James, Rodney C.& Dana." Use the (+) symbol to enlarge the screen and find Jamerson between Jameison and James.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Order a free printed directory by calling (866) 329-7118. You may also order a free CD-Rom of the Tulsa book at the same number, says Page One.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Metropolitan Environmental Trust recycling locations:<br />Bixby – 211 N. Cabannis</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Broken Arrow – 302 N. Elm Place</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Claremore – 810 W. Ramm Road</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Collinsville – 306 W. Broadway</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Coweta – 12085 S. Oklahoma 51</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Glenpool – 144th & Fern</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Jenks – 110 N. Elm</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Owasso – 499 S. Main St.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Sand Springs – 105 E. Morrow Road</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">TULSA</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">North – 3720 E. Admiral Place</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Central – 3495 S. Sheridan Road</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">East – 12466 E. 21st St.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">South – 2019 E. 81st St.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">West – 502 W. 51st St</p></span>GreenTree of Tulsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150857486498514348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085983045579014277.post-36745835125277069892011-03-05T08:19:00.001-08:002011-03-05T08:19:23.464-08:00Planting Trees at an Oklahoma Historical Site<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(2, 41, 64); line-height: 19px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">We are planting trees at Younger's Bend. This is Belle Starr's homestead and gravesite. Belle Starr was an infamous female outlaw. We will be planting several oak trees and redbud trees. Redbuds are the state tree of Oklahoma. A new trail has been cleared and built to allow access to the gravesite. The trail is marked with signs pointing out the native flora and fauna. The signs are labeled in both English and Cherokee. Our trees will be planted at the cabin site and around the gravesite.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><img src="http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/7658/69077155880791116697109.jpg" width="350" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; " /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><img src="http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7222/46046141790759192367109.jpg" width="350" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; " /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Below is some background on Belle Starr and Younger's Bend. This information was copied from the Younger's Bend Facebook page.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></p>A Violent Death Awaits<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Youngers-Bend/109330429105067" style="color: rgb(0, 110, 151); ">Younger's Bend</a> on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 1:12pm</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The violence that haunted Belle Starr's life started with the Civil War and the death of her beloved older brother, Bud. Her family moved from Bloody Missouri to Texas, but the violence followed. Her younger brother, Edwin Benton, would soon be slain by Texas lawmen. Belle married James (Jim) Reed. Jim had served with Bud in Quantrill's Raiders along with other notables such as the Frank James and Cole Younger. After the war, Jim had remained in contact with Tom Starr and frequently visited Younger's Bend. Among other things, Jim was wanted for robbery of the Austin-San Antonio Stage in Texas and for murder in Arkansas. He was apprehended and killed by a Deputy in Paris, Texas. This left Belle as a young widow with two young children. There are stories that Belle lived with or married Bruce Younger (Uncle of Cole Younger) after Reed's death, but there are no records of this. In 1880, she married Sam Starr ( son of Tom Starr) and her marriage was registered with the Cherokees, this allowed her to live in the Indian Nations legally. She lived with Sam in the cabin at Younger's Bend. A parade of famous outlaws would seek refuge and fresh horses at Younger's Bend. In additon to the more notable, there was also those lesser known such as Sam Spaniard, Jim French, and Felix Griffin. In 1886, Sam Starr was a fugitive and was being pursued by the Cherokee police (Lighthorsemen). He happened to be riding Belle's beloved mare Venus when he was spotted in a corn field. The officers shot the horse to prevent his escape. Sam Starr was wounded but able to run into the woods and escape capture. Belle loved this horse so much that it's likeness would later be chosen for her tombstone. Frank West, a Cherokee police officer, had been involved in the shooting of the horse. He happened to meet with the Starrs at a Christmas Dance near Whitefield. Belle was intent on seeking revenge for the death of her mare and urged Sam to take care of West. A gunfight between Sam Starr and Frank West followed. Each fatally shot the other. After Sam Starr's death numerous other famous outlaws were rumored to continue to keep Belle's company at Younger's Bend. Jack Spaniard and Jim French have both been mentioned in some sources. However, Belle lost her tribal status with the death of her Cherokee husband and efforts were made to have her leave the Cherokee Nation. Belle's status was renewed with her union with Jim July Starr, an adopted son of Tom Starr. She continued to live at Younger's Bend until her death in 1889. Edgar Watson was arrested for her murder and significant circumstantial evidence was presented in court at Fort Smith. Jim July Starr had pressed for the trial but became a wanted man on his own accord and was shot and killed in the Chickasaw Nation. Shortly thereafter the case against Watson was formally dropped. Belle's daughter, Pearl left Younger's Bend and moved to the Red Light District of Fort Smith. Belle's son, Eddie Reed spent some time in jail and then returned to the Cherokee Nation. Judge Isaac Parker (Hanging Judge) thought him to be thoroughly rehabilitated and assisted in getting him a job as a Deputy. He was attempting to make an arrest when he was shot and killed by two shotgun blasts from an ambush. Edgar Watson eventually moved back to Florida despite being wanted for murder there. He would eventually be implicated in three additional murders and was shot and killed by a Sheriff's Posse. </p>June 1864- Bud Shirley was shot and killed by members of the 3rd Wisconsin Cav<br />Summer 1867- Edwin Benton Shirley was shot and killed by Texas Rangers<br />Mar 1874- John Younger was shot and killed by Pinkerton Detectives<br />August 1874- Jim Reed was shot and killed by Texas Deputy Sheriff John T. Morris<br />April 1882- Jesse James was shot and killed by Bob Ford<br />Sept 1886- Venus (mare) was shot and killed by Cherokee policeman Frank West<br />Dec 1886- Sam Starr was shot and killed by Cherokee policeman Frank West<br />April 1887- Felix Griffin was shot and killed while stealing a horse<br />Feb 1889- Belle Starr was shot and killed in ambush by Edgar Watson (?)<br />August 1889- Jack Spaniard was hung for murder by Judge Isaac Parker<br />Sept 1889- Bob Younger dies in prison of TB<br />Jan 1890- Jim July Starr was shot and killed by Deputies In the Chickasaw Nation<br />Dec 1896- Eddie Reed was shot and killed while acting as a Deputy<br />Oct 1902- Jim Younger shoots himself<br />Oct 1910- Edgar Watson was shot and killed by Sheriff's Posse<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Jim French moved to New Mexico and was involved in the Lincoln County War with Billy the Kid. Judge Isaac Parker would eventually bring law to the Indian Nations by hanging 89 outlaws. Of the outlaws that frequented Younger's Bend, only Tom Starr, Cole Younger, and Frank James would live long enough to die of natural causes.</p><div><br /></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></p></span>GreenTree of Tulsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150857486498514348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085983045579014277.post-91701454244242193862011-03-05T08:16:00.001-08:002011-03-05T08:16:54.221-08:00GTOT on The News... Again<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><h1 style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 76, 121); line-height: 1.3; ">News Story</h1><div class="content" style="margin-top: 18px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(2, 41, 64); line-height: 1.5; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">On Thursday, December 16th KJRH did a news story about GreenTree of Tulsa. It aired on the 6 pm newscast. The story helped us get the word out about phonebook recycling. We have been contacted by several people since the story ran to pick up their phonebooks for recycling.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Below is the story:</p>Three teenagers work to save the planet<img src="http://sharing.kjrh.com/sharewfts//photo/2010/11/11/phone_book_20101111082931_320_240.JPG" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; " /><p class="fontStyle14" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p>Posted: 12/16/2010<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">TULSA - Born out of a devastating ice storm that destroyed thousands of trees in the Tulsa area, was a project called Green Tree of Tulsa.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">"These were the ones we planted last year."</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">A project created by Connor Cass and two friends.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Teenagers who started planting trees.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The first challenge, Connor says, getting help from environmental groups.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">"It was kind of difficult at first because they thought we were just some kids just trying to take on more than we could do."</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Tree by tree, though, they proved themselves, and in the last two years, Connor says they've planted a couple thousand trees.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">"But once we got some accomplishments, we could say we've planted 2,000 in Tulsa, it carried some weight and they started believing in us more."</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Connor, David Graybill, and Austin Edwards say they eventually got a big grant from Up With Trees, and their project Green Tree of Tulsa, has grown from there.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">And now, they're branching out to another cause.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">"It's a great addition to what we've been doing, it went hand in hand with the trees and everything."</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">They're raising awareness, and arranging the pickup and recycling of phone books.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">"A lot of trees are cut down making phone books that people really use today because of technology you can just look up someone's number on the internet."</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Becca Parker has arranged to have her phonebooks picked up by Green Tree of Tulsa.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">It's awesome, she says, that three young kids are behind it.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">"I think it's kind of refreshing."</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">It's tough at times, the boys say, to juggle their time between school and sports at Holland Hall, and then arranging with adults to get help with those phone books and trees.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">But this trio of teens says they're up to the challenge of making a difference.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">"It helps save the planet," the teens say.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Tree by tree, phone book by phone book.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">To get more information, go to the teens' website,<a href="http://www.greentreeoftulsa.blogspot.com/" title="www.greentreeoftulsa.blogspot.com" style="color: rgb(0, 110, 151); ">www.greentreeoftulsa.blogspot.com</a>.</p><p id="copyrightStoryModule" class="fontStyle10" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Copyright 2010 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p></div></span>GreenTree of Tulsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150857486498514348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085983045579014277.post-55048609887049884342011-01-13T16:35:00.000-08:002011-01-13T16:36:57.387-08:00More on e-waste recyclingWe blogged earlier about the importance of properly disposing and recylcing of old electronic equipment. Electronic equipment is full of dangerous metals, which can get in our groundwater if dumped in the landfills. Below are places in our area to recycle computers and televisions. Unless otherwise stated these locations are in Tulsa, Oklahoma.<br />To recycle computers:<br />* AABC Computers, 3126 E. Pine St. 918-313-5560<br />* CompuSalvage, 1114 E. Liincoln Ave., Sapulpa, OK 918-521-0244<br />* Cornerstone Assistance Network, 1120 N. Peoria Ave. 918-583-3670<br />* Geek Rescue, 8221 E. 61st, Suite B, 918-369-4335<br /><br />To recycle televisions:<br />* Envirosolve, 2120 Southwest Blvd., 918-587-9664<br />* CompuSalvage, 1114 E. Lincoln Ave., Sapulpa, OK, 918-521-0244<br />*Natural Evolution Inc., 5719 E. 13th St,m 918-836-2995<br />*Oklahoma Computer Recycling, 4301 E. Pine St., 918-459-8036<br />Also most area Goodwill locations will accept working computers and televisions.GreenTree of Tulsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150857486498514348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085983045579014277.post-47272055956618065022011-01-05T07:45:00.001-08:002011-01-05T07:47:19.451-08:00Ronnie Trash "It's Yours and Mine"<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYuJCOJiPg8&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYuJCOJiPg8&feature=related</a>GreenTree of Tulsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150857486498514348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085983045579014277.post-82527237902391093012011-01-05T07:07:00.002-08:002011-01-05T07:08:22.874-08:00Electronic WasteDid you get a new flat screen TV, computer, or other electronic equipment? Do you know what to do with the old electronic equipment? The Environmental Protection Agency estimated that the U.S. generates more than 2 million tons a year of e-waste. This waste can contain lead, mercury, cadmium and other harmful chemicals. If these toxins get into the environment they can be a risk to human health. The risks include cancer and nervous system damage. 27 states have created recycling programs, landfill bans or both. Check to see if your state has such a program. In states without laws dispose of the equipment responsibly. Some retailers will help you dispose of the equipment properly. If the equipment is still in working order donating it is another option.<br /><a title="Share your thoughts and opinions related to this posting." href="http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/comment/reply/3610#comment-form">Add new comment</a>GreenTree of Tulsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150857486498514348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085983045579014277.post-27958744810374607572010-12-23T12:39:00.000-08:002011-03-05T08:21:00.476-08:00Environmental Books Donated<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Hs6qDpJDqPHNr1b9XVRcM_DcyR6tnae-1jG0xT8Em5PiSHTq9t4DWpz-zEH43FW3UDoM0vuj-XrSHiRyUJyvSlvrfQUbS8bH3bO8POhteImY-THTStylVhBx0Y0oLncbtqcS1l35rrtP/s1600/group.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553982640081268466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Hs6qDpJDqPHNr1b9XVRcM_DcyR6tnae-1jG0xT8Em5PiSHTq9t4DWpz-zEH43FW3UDoM0vuj-XrSHiRyUJyvSlvrfQUbS8bH3bO8POhteImY-THTStylVhBx0Y0oLncbtqcS1l35rrtP/s320/group.jpg" border="0" /></a> Holland Hall Primary School donation<br /><br /><br /><div>Selling donuts at school as a fundraiser allowed us to cover our expenses, such as renting a truck to pick up our trees. We also purchased books about Polar Bears and donated them to four school libraries. We felt this was a great way to educate lots of kids about the wonderful polar bear and their environmental troubles.<br />The Polar Bear International website introduced us to a wonderful book Santa Goes Green. It is a cute book about a boy who feels he doesn't need any material things for Christmas so he writes Santa a letter and asks him to help his adopted polar bear Leopold. The book has a great message and wonderful illustrations. The book even has a forward written by Polar Bears International CEO Robert Buchanan. We donated two copies of this book. One copy we donated to the Riverfield Country Day School library in honor of Cub Scout Pack 954 for their help in our environmental efforts. Another copy of Santa Goes Green was donated to the Holland Hall Primary School library<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553983404057694402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 413px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_Ak1yZlDbiwHAjYPc7zpuj56cebLfGzSx2ElyMa4NKVMROhSR2ile-7w6rInl0X_WLGuOHowqox1-Oo8jh73HUoMjCFYz_kytcMqJWy71zMElLSo0OhFz-i9uqnVFsj6Ufi-20ugBZgR/s320/santa+goes+green.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553984405799864610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JU3swEupGcavriddtnOobYLPOm107KxmvMIbgtVbL92OremoEHa8daBRrmCCfOKGv_y-og0KzC04sdJDzhapwlVnAKMktD6nAnmaHfn0guIAwsKj1yOQhiFir7j90Dlka1xuXxpRjvX6/s320/bookplate.jpg" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553989374891014098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXoUr6TbNCC2923xBJe_HlMx8gh0wUO0MPsgplnFdW8H9PmkxiJDBtmjh539DUrF9doLQsczYW0p5H8iaNmbAKlKXfepMnpZAzbhXFH_y1cxqaECgQPUqM-tNzdaPf8K0CCtfv93tdQK6/s320/riverf.jpg" border="0" /> Riverfield library donation<br /><br /><br />We also donated two copies of The World of the Polar Bear by Norbert Rosing. This is a beautiful book full of stunning photographs and informative text. Copies went to both the Holland Hall Middle School and Upper School libraries. We were told the Middle School library did not have a book in their collection about polar bears. Lions, and tigers, but not bears, oh my!</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553984924807211986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXNHB5fpwHerNcMhCVUy32Te-li57efCxbWKHkj_nIxgzN7pZG98-5byM7IwgE-RYipQg8rVmTkoepUkibU8IV5Zw3pwFx4TpwS0ks_GZqsV6rZz5CTUBcyn5KV95hRo302oFYysabp7FS/s320/boys+w+books.jpg" border="0" /> Holland Hall Middle School donation<br /><br /><div></div>GreenTree of Tulsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150857486498514348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085983045579014277.post-85294943500338464172010-12-23T12:38:00.001-08:002010-12-23T13:05:13.313-08:00Phonebook drop-off<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4C_HQa0jy7npfVaPLk10wupgvf1X8sbUAgvxV1hXYsN2CxsPqVQH84xHnmxR_pbJm6uL0ChtHPgYUrGwv9e6xEAbFwkDi51Va9ltYA1gSE0vemyvU0PnJRC0lIzsOCaAMpixs1DAmjyfF/s1600/pb+car.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553986442205540002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4C_HQa0jy7npfVaPLk10wupgvf1X8sbUAgvxV1hXYsN2CxsPqVQH84xHnmxR_pbJm6uL0ChtHPgYUrGwv9e6xEAbFwkDi51Va9ltYA1gSE0vemyvU0PnJRC0lIzsOCaAMpixs1DAmjyfF/s320/pb+car.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Today we dropped off 251 phonebooks. These were the phonebooks we picked up from our neighborhood drives. When we arrived at the recycling depot the employees were impressed with the amount of phonebookds we had collected. Phonebooks have not yet been delivered to businesses in our area. We have contacted a few local businesses and are scheduled to pick their old phone books and take them to the recycling station when they arrive. This will result in hundreds more phonebooks.</div><br /><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553986646307243954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXZQdkfZErSbPCDkP8KhtMzJwiRCdOFqLKcatADD2csDlMSZdeUMrINbPIBAxsNs8MjLSMaJIpVd6f9WaU-6sTIQDph_HE0SXG1Kc2TQ18qt__8D44UW2xsqdIYiTsmAeEUrkYkeVe7glj/s320/david+bin.png" border="0" /><br /><br /><div></div></div>GreenTree of Tulsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150857486498514348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085983045579014277.post-21739699827499729592010-12-15T12:42:00.000-08:002010-12-15T13:25:48.489-08:00Phonebook RecyclingPhonebooks can be recycled at any of the 12 Tulsa Area MET recyling centers. For a center near you visit their website at <a href="http://www.metrecycle.com/">www.metrecycle.com</a><br /><br /><br />615 million phonebooks are printed in the U.S. Nationwide only 20% are recycled.<br /><br />For every 400 phonebooks printed, 17 - 20 trees must be cut down.<br /><br />PLEASE RECYCLE YOUR PHONEBOOKS!GreenTree of Tulsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150857486498514348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085983045579014277.post-89494502112268329932010-12-15T12:27:00.000-08:002010-12-16T14:31:20.090-08:00Real vs fake Christmas Trees and their envirnomental impact<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrRYTRIRggeip0yi3Z-qLGkjUfUF5TvGKetuZH432FL0Yl2SPwBli7o24UifnvpfOhi95IG-3FEcnLRMfEcGtfWWYGQB5rzmkSJsNsqqxvarMV3hNgK3M9nX2QsPxOKn2skVk-bLf-XiK/s1600/pb+tree.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551410898288343026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 259px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 194px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrRYTRIRggeip0yi3Z-qLGkjUfUF5TvGKetuZH432FL0Yl2SPwBli7o24UifnvpfOhi95IG-3FEcnLRMfEcGtfWWYGQB5rzmkSJsNsqqxvarMV3hNgK3M9nX2QsPxOKn2skVk-bLf-XiK/s320/pb+tree.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>A study was done by Ellipsos inc., a firm of experts in sustainable development on real vs fake trees. "Results show that a natural tree will generate 3.1 kg of greenhouse gases whereas the artificial tree will produce 8.1 kg per year."<br /><br />This is a life cycle assessment, meaning it takes into account everything from materials used to produce a fake tree and to harvest a real tree. Many things are included in this data including transportation, fertilizing, and many other variables.<br /><br />Since you use an artificial tree for many years you would think this would be the wise choice. But studies show you would have to keep an artificial tree over 20 years to actually help the environment. However, on average people only keep an artificial tree for 6 years.<br /><br />Experts believe artificial trees have a worse impact than cutting down a real tree. Artificial trees are manufactured with metal and PVC, a non-biodegradable, petroleum derived plastic. Artificial trees are non-recyclable and non-biodegradable. They will sit in a landfill for centuries. In addition 85% are imported from China. The fuel used to transport it from China to the US puts carbon into the atmosphere.<br /><br />Real trees are generally grown at sustainable tree farms. Farmers are constantly planting new trees as they harvest mature trees. If you buy a real tree be sure and "treecycle" instead of disposing it in the landfill where decomposition rates are slow due to lack of oxygen. Trees can be recycled into mulch, used for waterfront erosion prevention and shoreline stabilization, and fish and wildlife habitats.<br /><br />The BEST option is to buy a live potted tree. After the holidays it can be planted in your yard or local park.<br /><br />Although creating a tree by reusing bottles is more unique.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVgf6rOjFHeW-MevWAvjfSlMsvG6SItZG-M06dNKwmPHyEzXvmPJBW0mH5PKYw7oO6gqLO9fi_uIsX9FPqiz0HvQdqfsWbOBis7LL1LGkjubkLeBOmsHeRuK-3ImljSMgY4TA9909Cxvrs/s1600/faketreechristmas%255B1%255D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551411074702186642" style="WIDTH: 241px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVgf6rOjFHeW-MevWAvjfSlMsvG6SItZG-M06dNKwmPHyEzXvmPJBW0mH5PKYw7oO6gqLO9fi_uIsX9FPqiz0HvQdqfsWbOBis7LL1LGkjubkLeBOmsHeRuK-3ImljSMgY4TA9909Cxvrs/s320/faketreechristmas%255B1%255D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div></div>GreenTree of Tulsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150857486498514348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085983045579014277.post-74488593953672796842010-12-15T12:26:00.000-08:002010-12-16T14:40:36.895-08:00Tulsa Kids<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgloBXQM5W7zNvsAOGcB1ADoeFLw99cgUV7rAv8l3P9i66U2M-_vD8lhbQvyE30_3czMsME8J-cqtr0VWSymC_jWZWVRG0CQQBr2ktD5UjLhiXm3Tpc9I8HY2LJZsLMGvYNseSZ09KaTV_m/s1600/TK+cover.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551413313768177346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgloBXQM5W7zNvsAOGcB1ADoeFLw99cgUV7rAv8l3P9i66U2M-_vD8lhbQvyE30_3czMsME8J-cqtr0VWSymC_jWZWVRG0CQQBr2ktD5UjLhiXm3Tpc9I8HY2LJZsLMGvYNseSZ09KaTV_m/s320/TK+cover.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>A full page article was written about GreenTree of Tulsa. The article appears in the December issue of Tulsa Kids magazine. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ6D7NmmLZ9UrTVrnLdsgE5aK2-Ox0XTRVrN9Ow5R-Tr2C3fxjrQO5ic68SVYb4axjW4AjPSLg24BZYV93duSFSPJdhAMAfIKQfxZ-LkIK3sMjJvEAAB5IRiRG-EizGHJxcXzz0fsNvw5F/s1600/tulsakidsarticle%255B1%255D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551413485435529554" style="WIDTH: 235px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ6D7NmmLZ9UrTVrnLdsgE5aK2-Ox0XTRVrN9Ow5R-Tr2C3fxjrQO5ic68SVYb4axjW4AjPSLg24BZYV93duSFSPJdhAMAfIKQfxZ-LkIK3sMjJvEAAB5IRiRG-EizGHJxcXzz0fsNvw5F/s320/tulsakidsarticle%255B1%255D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>GreenTree of Tulsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150857486498514348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085983045579014277.post-57375894428477860252010-12-15T12:25:00.001-08:002010-12-16T14:42:56.439-08:00Gathering of phonebooks<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvxoC8DJcChltXLHiQIaLGA8mIiUQdRADdjD9BRsMZTnpffgOgeTvrHdYYFx0pGi4ls6TNL8xvsceAHkjW8BLcdyq3Rz_pikRIuZ-yirr3j-WcBmYWpL16dHwvpg54MwXWiNC7o-hQYdm/s1600/phonebook+car.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551414304618397986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvxoC8DJcChltXLHiQIaLGA8mIiUQdRADdjD9BRsMZTnpffgOgeTvrHdYYFx0pGi4ls6TNL8xvsceAHkjW8BLcdyq3Rz_pikRIuZ-yirr3j-WcBmYWpL16dHwvpg54MwXWiNC7o-hQYdm/s320/phonebook+car.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>We each sent out flyers to homes in our neighborhood requesting that they put their old/unwanted phonebooks on their porch for us to pick up and then recycle. We got pretty good response. We are trying to get the word out on the importance of recycling phonebooks. Nationally only 20% are recycled.<br />For every 400 (5 lb.) phonebooks made 17-20 trees must be cut down.<br />Recycling a 3 lb. phonebook reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 5.9 lbs. of carbon dioxide.<br />Not printing a phonebook reduces greenhouse gas by more than 3 times the above amount, or 18.1 lbs. of CO2.</div>GreenTree of Tulsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150857486498514348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085983045579014277.post-41894783433877214512010-12-15T12:23:00.000-08:002010-12-16T16:32:51.551-08:00GreenTree on TV<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUucHRq2W6PSsZSrLE74TC-ReUKhvsaWvXx31-UPznR09G_a61uM8pSyQWp6hMhATqQImy-Pymr-Yw6WSxqslOooF5ku05WAEV1IUr2hTg0l6lEslTV0uS_FXqmi9mpNOdHAj8mtwPD4wf/s1600/david+tv.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551442315569607954" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUucHRq2W6PSsZSrLE74TC-ReUKhvsaWvXx31-UPznR09G_a61uM8pSyQWp6hMhATqQImy-Pymr-Yw6WSxqslOooF5ku05WAEV1IUr2hTg0l6lEslTV0uS_FXqmi9mpNOdHAj8mtwPD4wf/s200/david+tv.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgokSeYoFN08JX9KgKtAMreOSUPSBobJfgwomwc75P9t6aywfL7_Wbh5oGJZNvClI9WV8rLXs2OyQqHlEZVunlRYI8chAqiDvPoS8DcMiFTU9OJCTjoMM7uaV7uW4Mj3yJLXq2M07BmRAxI/s1600/austin+tv.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551442093347516002" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 219px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 143px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgokSeYoFN08JX9KgKtAMreOSUPSBobJfgwomwc75P9t6aywfL7_Wbh5oGJZNvClI9WV8rLXs2OyQqHlEZVunlRYI8chAqiDvPoS8DcMiFTU9OJCTjoMM7uaV7uW4Mj3yJLXq2M07BmRAxI/s320/austin+tv.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>We appeared on Channel 6, a local TV station. It is the third anniversary of a devastating ice storm that took place here in Tulsa. Over 20,000 trees were lost in the ice storm. GreenTree is proud to report that we have been responsible for planting over 2,000 trees (10% of the trees that were lost). Check the link below to see the story.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=13620378">http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=13620378</a></div></div>GreenTree of Tulsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150857486498514348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085983045579014277.post-10333711932420596832010-12-15T12:21:00.000-08:002010-12-15T12:23:30.069-08:00"When in Rome, do as the Romans do"THEY CAME, THEY SAW, THEY RECYCLED <br /><br />What did the ancient Romans do when they weren’t staging gladiators' fights and throwing Christians to the lions? Being eco-friendly, it turns out. British archaeologists analyzed 1700-year-old samples of Roman glassware from 19 sites in the U.K. and found evidence of widespread recycling. The specimens contained elements used in two very different glass-making processes, leading the scientists to conclude that the Romans mixed and melted pieces from a variety of sources, like modern recyclers do. No word on whether Roman chariots got good mileage.<br /><br />Source: <a href="http://www.parade.com/">www.PARADE.com</a>GreenTree of Tulsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150857486498514348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085983045579014277.post-57254135456885135452010-12-15T12:18:00.000-08:002010-12-16T16:45:53.842-08:00Take me out to the ballpark<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBunDOuZucEOWXp34ajecz7watlDLTNtyZ-hrMPmbZedVNDADr-7szwvdrhuFT71u5e-1A8LsuC8TA-H3POy6EpqArQ10tzg097CTwtCGHuwhOokrNd5oEglvG7c7Iu_kgyLEXy6SjhASM/s1600/bball.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551445976553782850" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBunDOuZucEOWXp34ajecz7watlDLTNtyZ-hrMPmbZedVNDADr-7szwvdrhuFT71u5e-1A8LsuC8TA-H3POy6EpqArQ10tzg097CTwtCGHuwhOokrNd5oEglvG7c7Iu_kgyLEXy6SjhASM/s200/bball.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCAVgUbwiW3ElCHagMUNLekVLVodDPEtotURHoKgniXbyFEvi4xewsnRwgSEXshyphenhyphenOxGUFJQZVzFKISo1eFii4pdeNfl0f1R89465bEJzSHuPpiHuByUKqTf3I0HvYytEnRGF7ABiiqdVk/s1600/bball+dig.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551445819628006546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCAVgUbwiW3ElCHagMUNLekVLVodDPEtotURHoKgniXbyFEvi4xewsnRwgSEXshyphenhyphenOxGUFJQZVzFKISo1eFii4pdeNfl0f1R89465bEJzSHuPpiHuByUKqTf3I0HvYytEnRGF7ABiiqdVk/s200/bball+dig.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Saturday, December 4th, we planted trees at the Jenks Youth Baseball Park. Connor and Austin are little league umpires during baseball season at this facility. The dirt on the fields is lost due to wind erosion. It is costly to continually bring in loads of dirt. The trees were planted around the perimeter of the 20 fields in hope of cutting down on the erosion. For this particular planting we had two of our friends that wanted to come help plant. They were Nic Christner and Wes Vrooman (not pictured).In total 60 trees will have been planted at this site. If we have trees left over from our other plantings they have requested more be planted at the baseball fields.</div></div>GreenTree of Tulsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150857486498514348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085983045579014277.post-69849706283282222452010-12-15T12:12:00.000-08:002010-12-15T20:37:07.130-08:00Fundraiser<div>Friday, December 3rd, we sold donuts at our school to raise money to further our project. It went well. The money will be used to pay for the rental of a truck we had to rent to pick up and deliver our trees. We are going to give books about polar bears to school libraries and day care centers. These books will educate children about the plight of the polar bear. Some of the donuts we sold were in the shape of trees and polar bears.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551134382566595538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlXjDW59n6qf9SS64djcDTyBddsKWEULpdBS9TkdiPQcQH_fsISz7J_0r5Rz7WniOD8A-C8AkO9G6atU1kzTx1SswELF4XQ0ugpKwvdQbIiSoVo_6XNNHLurcAGNerT7KdmNDNjwVDZmjy/s320/david+trees.jpg" border="0" /><br />.</div>GreenTree of Tulsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150857486498514348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085983045579014277.post-33680063675974693632010-12-15T12:09:00.000-08:002010-12-16T16:51:56.237-08:00Happy Holidays from the Griswolds<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv6Yq7QzhYHehpYySzmiiljREmer13-n9mJCFIJKiNZMTP7qwsVAfu0YNnbdKdelSlVhCaBu-feX5Wr-la0f-vveWPWwwyl16uy9H3qvMRSsXUB7WmD_JMr2crrMrF2Im2xaJt70W55urx/s1600/gris.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551447234117223442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 315px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv6Yq7QzhYHehpYySzmiiljREmer13-n9mJCFIJKiNZMTP7qwsVAfu0YNnbdKdelSlVhCaBu-feX5Wr-la0f-vveWPWwwyl16uy9H3qvMRSsXUB7WmD_JMr2crrMrF2Im2xaJt70W55urx/s200/gris.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The Electric Power Research Institute looked at how much Clark Griswold from "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" could have saved if he had used LED lights. In his attempt to oudo his neighbors Clark put up 25,000 exterior lights. It is estimated that Griswold's electric bill for the season would have been $2,400 with incandescent bulbs. If he had used LED bulbs he would have spent $50.<br /><br />If you aren't going all out like the Griswolds it is still worth switching to LED lights.<br />* A typical Christmas tree using LEDs will use less than a dollar's worth of electricity per season.<br />* They are easier to work with because more strands can be connected to a single power source.<br />* LED lights last 10 times longer and use 80% to 90% less electricity.<br /><br />facts from Tulsa World article 'A Season of Lights' by John Stancavage and Jennifer Palmer<br /><br /><a title="Share your thoughts and opinions related to this posting." href="http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/comment/reply/3006#comment-form">Add new comment</a><br /><a id="comment-36"></a><br />Submitted by kmaples on Sun, 2010-11-28 11:57.<br /><a class="active" href="http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/programs/project-polar-bear/teams/happy-holidays-griswolds#comment-36">Christmas Lights!</a><br />I love that you were so creative with this post and giving advice for the holidays. Keep it up!!<br /><a href="http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/comment/reply/3006/36">reply</a> <a class="addthis-button" onblur="addthis_close()" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onfocus="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onclick="return addthis_sendto()" onmouseout="addthis_close()" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php"></a></div>GreenTree of Tulsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150857486498514348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085983045579014277.post-37941874183999584062010-12-15T12:07:00.000-08:002010-12-15T12:09:38.784-08:00Green GiftingFriday, November 26<br /><br />The holiday season is here. Today is the biggest shopping day of the year. As you do your holiday shopping this year try to think green.<br />The following are some green gift ideas:<br />rechargeable batteries rechargeable batteries are better than in the past<br />clothing made of natural fibers Natural fibers are renewable and no petroleum products are used as in acrylic fibers.<br />steel items such as pots and pan. Steel is recyclable. 55% of all steel is recycled.<br />bicycles not only will it keep more cars of the road it will keep you fit.<br />houseplants Plants create a relaxing environment. Houseplants improve indoor air quality. They remove toxins from the air.<br />trees Buy a live Christmas tree and plant it in your yard after the holidays. Not only will it make your yard more beautiful it will help the environment.<br /> Trees are also great to commemorate special events such as:<br /> * the birth of a child<br /> * birthday<br /> * anniversary<br /> * remembrance of a special person<br /> * congratulations for a job well done<br /> * Christmas gift to a familyGreenTree of Tulsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150857486498514348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085983045579014277.post-18431495630987780132010-12-15T12:04:00.000-08:002010-12-16T16:57:23.971-08:00Sapling Distribution at the Tulsa Zoo<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_v3cGcIVPo6tDrrBKbr3YamCOCBsQyDN-PnQltX0MnF76T9mcf0rjbKVXJ8T1VLRn_k1BRybk3LnF0u6h-0d-UtKrQjczVSQSns6uyYwXPBHBABQJ6yZmjXKRbRPcDQgTNxLzJJQTlCiw/s1600/pledge.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551448753369241618" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_v3cGcIVPo6tDrrBKbr3YamCOCBsQyDN-PnQltX0MnF76T9mcf0rjbKVXJ8T1VLRn_k1BRybk3LnF0u6h-0d-UtKrQjczVSQSns6uyYwXPBHBABQJ6yZmjXKRbRPcDQgTNxLzJJQTlCiw/s200/pledge.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4GHSHZSD7rNW_9XnQ4JVH6ImCc1IJA_MvnHu1UKxa5wi_HD8PSoePgbOy0RyCzqJo2ZEy9EaKudLIpEqwHq6P0O5P2drC5lOsTktjqfL2s1nGV4gSqShm9AnKTjvnl3CJri0mPl_Hw6U/s1600/zoo+ae.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551448547061672450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4GHSHZSD7rNW_9XnQ4JVH6ImCc1IJA_MvnHu1UKxa5wi_HD8PSoePgbOy0RyCzqJo2ZEy9EaKudLIpEqwHq6P0O5P2drC5lOsTktjqfL2s1nGV4gSqShm9AnKTjvnl3CJri0mPl_Hw6U/s200/zoo+ae.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Wednesday, November 24 </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br />Today we passed out saplings at the Tulsa Zoo. We gave out 700 saplings along with informational handouts about the environment, trees, and the plight of the polar bears. People were amazed that high school students like us had created such a great project. We also had pledge sheets available and 103 people pledged to help the environment and the polar bears through several ways including recycling phonebooks, lowering the thermostat in the winter, planting trees, and many more. We also came across a large day-care group and gave an unexpected presentation (the teacher kind of put us on the spot but we did really well and we are glad that we were lucky enough to talk with them). We are so glad we got to involve our zoo in our project and the day couldn't have gone better!</div></div>GreenTree of Tulsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150857486498514348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085983045579014277.post-22600984459241924162010-12-15T12:03:00.000-08:002010-12-15T12:36:27.787-08:00Sapling PickupLast weekend we drove 2 hours down to Goldsby Oklahoma to pick up 700 Loblolly pine saplings. We were able to get these because the Oklahoma Forestry Service generously donated them to aide us in educating people about trees and the environment. We plan to give away these saplings with some handouts about the environment, trees, and the plight of the polar bears. These trees will serve a two-fold purpose; reach and educate people about our project, the environment, and polar bears and to sequester carbon dioxide and help the polar bears way up north.<br />Where our saplings started from!GreenTree of Tulsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150857486498514348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085983045579014277.post-88554121332817581762010-12-15T12:00:00.000-08:002010-12-15T12:02:58.540-08:00Companies Yank Cord on Printed White PagesCompanies yank cord on printed white pages<br />The following is an article that appeared today in our local paper The Tulsa World. New phone books are scheduled to start being delivered in Tulsa this week. We will begin our phonebook recycling as soon as the new books hit local doorsteps. Companies yank cord on residential phone books Emily Goodmann sits with a stack of phone books at the Northwestern University Library in Evanston, Ill. Goodmann is a doctoral student who is doing her dissertation on the history of the telephone book. CHARLES REX ARBOGAST/Associated Press By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM Associated Press Published: 11/12/2010 2:22 AM Last Modified: 11/12/2010 5:47 AM RICHMOND, Va. - What's black and white and read all over? Not the white pages, which is why regulators have begun granting telecommunications companies the go-ahead to stop mass-printing residential phone books, a musty fixture of Americans' kitchen counters, refrigerator tops and junk drawers. In the past month alone, New York, Florida and Pennsylvania approved Verizon Communications Inc.'s request to quit distributing residential white pages. Residents in Virginia have until Nov. 19 to provide comments on a similar request pending with state regulators. Telephone companies argue that most consumers now check the Internet rather than flip through pages when they want to reach out and touch someone. "Anybody who doesn't have access to some kind of online way to look things up now is probably too old to be able to read the print in the white pages anyway," joked Robert Thompson, a pop-culture professor at Syracuse University. Phone companies note that eliminating residential white pages would reduce environmental impact by using less paper and ink. It also can't hurt their bottom lines to cut out the cost of a service that rarely gets used and generates little beyond nostalgia. The first telephone directory was issued in February 1878 - a single page that covered 50 customers in New Haven, Conn. That sheet grew into a book that became virtually a household appliance, listing numbers for neighbors, friends and colleagues, not to mention countless potential victims of prank calls. Fewer people rely on paper directories for a variety of reasons: More people rely solely on cell phones, whose numbers typically aren't included in the listings; more listings are available online; and mobile phones and caller ID systems on landlines can store a large number of frequently called numbers. The number of traditional landlines has been declining for the better part of the decade, and landlines now are being disconnected at a rate of nearly 10 percent each year, according to company financial reports. A survey conducted for SuperMedia Inc. by Gallup shows that between 2005 and 2008, the percentage of households relying on stand-alone residential white pages fell from 25 percent to 11 percent. Unlike the residential white pages, the business directories printed on yellow pages are doing fine, at least according to the Yellow Pages Association. The industry trade group claims more half the people in the U.S. still let their fingers do the walking every month, and that 550 million residential and business directories are still printed every year. If the white pages are nearing their end, then Emily Goodmann hopes the directories would be archived for historical, genealogical or sociological purposes. "The telephone directory stands as the original sort of information network that not only worked as kind of a social network in a sense, but it served as one of the first information resources," said Goodmann, a doctoral student at Northwestern University who is writing her dissertation on the history of phone books as information technology. "It's sort of heartbreaking ... even though these books are essentially made to be destroyed." 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