DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS 2015 CALENDAR (TYL) Robby Phillips (903) 510-9100 [email protected]...
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DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS ® 2015 CALENDAR
Transcript of DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS 2015 CALENDAR (TYL) Robby Phillips (903) 510-9100 [email protected]...
DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS® 2015 CALENDAR
DISTRICT COORDINATOR PHONE EMAIL
Abilene (ABL) Joe LeBlanc (325) 676-6827 [email protected]
Amarillo (AMA) Susan Simpson (806) 356-3271 [email protected]
Atlanta (ATL) Stephanie Fahrney (903) 799-1202 [email protected]
Austin (AUS) Mary McDaniels (512) 832-7285 [email protected]
Beaumont (BMT) Linda Korns (409) 898-5715 [email protected]
Brownwood (BWD) Sarah Dunlap (325) 643-0406 [email protected]
Bryan (BRY) Cassandra McKibben (979) 778-9775 [email protected]
Childress (CHS) Barbara Seal (940) 937-7288 [email protected]
Corpus Christi (CRP) Katie Hill (361) 661-7050 [email protected]
Dallas (DAL) Susie Williams (214) 320-4480 [email protected]
El Paso (ELP) Josie Aguilar-Crosby (915) 790-4316 [email protected]
Fort Worth (FTW) Rebecca Booher (817) 370-6746 [email protected]
Houston (HOU) Roberta Beatty (713) 802-5552 [email protected]
DISTRICT COORDINATOR PHONE EMAIL
Laredo (LRD) Lydia Segovia (956) 712-7471 [email protected]
Lubbock (LBB) Carolyn Craddick (806) 748-4443 [email protected]
Lufkin (LFK) Shelley Reynolds (936) 633-4304 [email protected]
Odessa (ODA) Gene Powell (432) 498-4746 [email protected]
Paris (PAR) Jolita Norris (903) 737-9200 [email protected]
Pharr (PHR) Jennifer Beltran (956) 702-6151 [email protected]
San Angelo (SJT) James Whitlock (325) 947-9271 [email protected]
San Antonio (SAT) Anne Strick (210) 615-5866 [email protected]
Tyler (TYL) Robby Phillips (903) 510-9100 [email protected]
Waco (WAC) Betsy Pittman (254) 867-2726 [email protected]
Wichita Falls (WFS) Ben Coker (940) 720-7889 [email protected]
Yoakum (YKM) Tana Brewer (361) 293-4300 [email protected]
Statewide Contact Brenda Flores-Dollar (512) 486-5904 [email protected] AD
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TxDOT’s litter prevention programs include Don’t mess with Texas®, Adopt-a-Highway and a grassroots partnership with Keep Texas Beautiful.
DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS®Back in 1985, Texas had a big problem with litter on the side of the highways. To battle this ex-pensive roadside mess, the Texas Highway Commission launched an extensive public education campaign. Using research, Don’t mess with Texas identified the state’s worst litterers and how best to reach them, and with that—the legend was born. Don’t mess with Texas and the Texas Depart-ment of Transportation have been encouraging Texans to keep litter off the roads ever since.
From the beginning, Don’t mess with Texas has been a great success, using iconic Texas celebri-ties to help spread our message. We’ve enlisted the help of singers like Willie Nelson and George Strait, athletes like George Foreman and Randy White, and even a stealthy World War II-era B-17 bomber to remind Texans what Don’t mess with Texas really means.
Not only has it successfully captured the Texan spirit and garnered lots of attention and exposure for the campaign, it’s also helped keep tons of litter off Texas roads.
Don’t mess with Texas® is a registered trademark owned by the Texas Department of Transportation.DontMessWithTexas.org
A Texas-sized
Thank You!
to H-E-B/Central Market for their
support of the Don’t mess with Texas
Elementary School Art Contest
www.ktb.org
WHY YOU MATTER Thousands of newcomers move to Texas every year who don’t know that Don’t mess with Texas means don’t litter. By spreading the litter prevention message, you help keep trash off our roads and share the strong sense of pride and responsibility that Texans have for their environment. If everyone took the time to put their trash in a trash can, we could eliminate litter on Texas roads. With your help, we can make this dream a reality.
ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY In 1984, James R. “Bobby” Evans, an engineer for the Texas Department of Transportation’s Tyler District, was driving through Tyler one day when he observed debris blowing out of the bed of the pickup truck he was following. Alarmed by the incident and concerned that the cost of pick-ing up litter was increasing at an annual rate of 15 to 20 percent, Evans began appealing to local groups to “adopt” a section of highway. His initial challenge went unanswered.
It wasn’t long before Billy Black, Public Information Officer for TxDOT’s Tyler District, became in-volved in developing the Adopt-a-Highway program. Black was responsible not only for creating a quarterly cleanup cycle for adopting organizations, but also for implementing the initial con-cept, which included furnishing volunteer safety training, reflective vests and equipment— and for erecting the well-known Adopt-a-Highway roadside signs that recognize adopters.
The Tyler Civitan Club soon became the first group to volunteer, adopting a two-mile stretch of Highway 69. From there, the program continued to grow. Today you can find Adopt-a-Highway programs in 49 states, Puerto Rico, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Japan. If you’re inter-ested in adopting a section of roadway, visit www.dontmesswithtexas.org/programs/adopt ahighway.php for more information.
KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFULKeep Texas Beautiful and the Texas Department of Transportation first began working together in the late 1960s, sharing the common goal of making Texas roadways attractive and safe for motorists and encouraging tourism, goals which have remained for more than 40 years. Since 1985, Keep Texas Beautiful has partnered with the TxDOT to support TxDOT’s anti-litter and beautification programs and the Governor’s Community Achievement Awards.
Keep Texas Beautiful, Inc. (KTB), which is affiliated with Keep America Beautiful, is a non-profit organization consisting of private citizens, communities, industries, civic groups, schools and government agencies— a network of volunteers that lend support to TxDOT’s litter prevention efforts. By promoting enforcement of litter laws, recruiting Adopt-a-Highway volunteers, con-ducting clean-ups, educating communities about litter prevention, and adding the Litter Force to the Waste in Place curriculum, KTB helps spread the word about TxDOT’s programs. The or-ganization also administers an affiliate program, creating a set of standards for communities to earn litter prevention and beautification certification. More than 370 Texas cities are affiliates and display signs indicating their involvement in the program at major city entrances.
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FEBRUARY
WINNEREvan Jones, First GradeJohn F. Kennedy Elementary
Corpus Christi, TexasTeacher: Adriana Trevino
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Martin Luther King, Jr. DayConfederate Heroes Day
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LITTER FACT: As plastic bags decompose, tiny, toxic particles seep into soil.
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MARCH
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WINNERSarah DeForke, Fifth Grade
Ralph Parr Elementary League City, Texas
Teacher: Carmen Bass
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Groundhog Day
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LITTER FACT: Approximately 435 million pieces of visible litter accumulate on Texas roadways annually.
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MARCH 2015 WINNERAditi Buch, Fifth Grade
Matthews Elementary Plano, Texas
Teacher: Santos Lozano
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Texas Independence Day
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LITTER FACT: More than 500,000 cigarette butts are deposited on Texas roadways each year.
César Chávez Day
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MAY
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APRIL 2015 WINNERMcKenzie FitzSimon, Second Grade
Mumford Elementary Mumford, Texas
Teacher: Stephanie FitzSimon
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LITTER FACT: Highway litter cleanup costs Texas taxpayers $47 million a year.
Don’t mess with Texas® Trash-Off
San Jacinto Day Arbor Day
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MAY 2015 WINNERGrayson Acker, Kindergarten
Rhea Elementary Forney, Texas
Teacher: Cameron Leahy
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LITTER FACT: The oils in a Styrofoam cup never decompose.
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Armed Forces Day
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JUNE 2015 WINNERZailey Flannery, Fourth Grade
Nanny Elementary Riviera, Texas
Teacher: Cydne Reynolds
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LITTER FACT: Pet waste poses a threat to human health and impacts water quality. Scoop the poop.
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JULY 2015 WINNERZoe Schneider, Kindergarten
Shawnee Trail Elementary Frisco, Texas
Teacher: Lindsie Petty
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LITTER FACT: Even though they will eventually decompose, apple cores are litter too!
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AUGUST 2015 WINNERKara Kucera, Third Grade
Christian Evers Elementary San Antonio, Texas
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LITTER FACT: You can be fined up to $500 if you’re caught littering anything less than five pounds in Texas.
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SEPTEMBER 2015 WINNERVictoria Vela, Third Grade
John F. Kennedy Elementary Corpus Christi, Texas
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DontMessWithTexas.org
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LITTER FACT: It can take a cigarette butt up to five years to decompose because of the plastic in the filter.
Grandparents’ DayRosh Hashanah
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OCTOBER 2015 WINNEREmilia Abbud, Fourth Grade
Mesita Elementary El Paso, Texas
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LITTER FACT: Despite a growing population, litter has decreased by 34 percent on Texas roads since 2009.
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NOVEMBER 2015 WINNERRishona Mopur, Second Grade
Dunbar Primary Lufkin, Texas
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LITTER FACT: Cigarette butts represent 31 percent of all litter.
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LITTER FACT: Tire debris is the second largest component of litter, representing 24 percent of all litter on Texas roads.
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JANUARY 2016
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DECEMBER WINNERKelly Chen, Third Grade
Castle Hills Elementary Lewisville, Texas
Teacher: Elizabeth Stroud
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