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Environmentalist dies (Crushed by a tree...)
NEWSOK.com ^
| 7-21-04
Posted on 07/21/2004 5:23:34 AM PDT by veronica
TULSA - Blake Champlin, a Tulsa lawyer and environmental activist, died Monday at his home when a tree supporting a hammock fell and crushed him.
Champlin, 45, died instantly, said Gerald Hilsher, an attorney with Shipley & Kellogg, Champlin's former law firm.
Champlin was a member of Sierra Club and Save the Illinois River, and the director of Keep Tulsa Beautiful. He also pushed for an agreement between Oklahoma and Arkansas on phosphorus limits in northeast Oklahoma waters, Hilsher said.
Champlin was a past director of the Oklahoma Society of Environmental Professionals and a past chairman of the Environmental Law Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association.
He was a featured speaker at numerous environmental seminars throughout the region and represented many individuals in northeast Oklahoma who sued poultry companies for alleged water and air pollution, specifically around the Grand Lake area.
Champlin became a named-partner of Shipley, Jennings & Champlin and, in 2002, he joined the Tulsa law firm of Boone, Smith, Davis, Hurst & Dickman, where he headed their environmental law department.
A memorial service is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at Asbury United Methodist Church in Tulsa.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: decadentsociety; environment; environmentalist; godswrath; idolworshipping; ironicdeath; irony; mothereearth; oops; secularhumanism; sierraclub; squish; worshipthecreation; wrathofgod
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posted on
07/21/2004 5:23:35 AM PDT
by
veronica
To: veronica
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posted on
07/21/2004 5:24:53 AM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Be a Dollar a Day FReeper, and SMILE when you get your Mastercard bill!)
To: veronica
Killed by the same trees he was trying to save. How ironic.
To: veronica
4
posted on
07/21/2004 5:25:18 AM PDT
by
Gorzaloon
(Ah, the days of the Kerry Dancing! Every day a different tune!)
To: veronica
Oh, how sad! I remember seeing him a few times!
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posted on
07/21/2004 5:25:38 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(What will you pay me to keep my opinions to myself?)
To: veronica
That's what he gets for taxing those poor trees with a hammock! What was he thinking?
(Ok, I'm sorry he died, but this story is priceless!)
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posted on
07/21/2004 5:25:56 AM PDT
by
StarCMC
(Please pray for the 2/7 Marines and Josh.)
To: veronica
It was just a loving embrace from Mother Earth.
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posted on
07/21/2004 5:27:03 AM PDT
by
Gefreiter
("Ignorance is king. Many would not prosper by its abdication.")
To: veronica
Yikes! How much did he weigh?
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posted on
07/21/2004 5:27:36 AM PDT
by
laker_dad
To: Gefreiter
TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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posted on
07/21/2004 5:28:50 AM PDT
by
Area51
(RINO Hunter, Big Time.)
To: veronica
Tulsa law firm of Boone, Smith, Davis, Hurst & Dickman Dickman? What an appropriate name for a law firm.
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posted on
07/21/2004 5:30:49 AM PDT
by
rabidralph
(My pit bull drives an SUV.)
To: veronica
Champlin was ... the director of Keep Tulsa Beautiful ???
"Keep"?
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posted on
07/21/2004 5:30:54 AM PDT
by
asgardshill
("I like the yellow ones")
To: Darkchylde
Sis, we found the definition of "Action: Talaghrak!"
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posted on
07/21/2004 5:31:42 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Show compassion, club a baby troll today!)
To: veronica
Blake Champlin, a Tulsa lawyer and environmental activist, died Monday at his home when a tree supporting a hammock fell and crushed him. Wow. A two-fer.
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posted on
07/21/2004 5:33:40 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(Tiajunna customes stuned my beeber)
To: veronica
How sad and ironic. This kind of reminds me of that guy that was mauled by a bear last year.
To: veronica
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posted on
07/21/2004 5:35:13 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(Tiajunna customes stuned my beeber)
To: martin_fierro
I apologize in advance for this completely insensitive action to any and all DUh types who may be reading, but...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
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posted on
07/21/2004 5:36:17 AM PDT
by
TheBigB
(Drop the monkey! The weasels are in the outhouse!)
To: veronica
those who live by the tree...
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posted on
07/21/2004 5:38:32 AM PDT
by
camle
(keep your mind open and somebody will fill it with something for you))
To: veronica
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posted on
07/21/2004 5:38:40 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(I don't do diplomacy either.)
To: veronica
What about the poor tree? Not one word about it's suffering and the tragic cutting short of it's life. Did he do an environmental impact survey before placing two of Nature's grand feeling, aware beings in harms way to satisfy his slothful desires. I'll bet he was dreaming about buying a Hummer.
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posted on
07/21/2004 5:38:42 AM PDT
by
Feckless
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
07/21/2004 5:38:47 AM PDT
by
StarCMC
(Please pray for the 2/7 Marines and Josh.)
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