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Wednesday, July 17,2013
Jackson County Herald-Tribune
Page 3A
Running drills ahead of a storm
By Lisa Shapiro
Staff Writer
General Manager Bill
Rakowitz said Ganado
Telephone Company and YK
Communications annually
prepares for
the hurri-
cane season
by doing
drills and
helping its
customers
be prepared
by distrib-
uting hurri-
cane safety tips and evacua-
tion routes to its customers to
get them ready for hurricane
season, which is June 1 to
Nov. 30.
The company is required to
run through drills at least once
Rakowitz
a year because of its proximi-
ty to the coast and the threat of
hurricanes. During drills,
employees are given a sce-
nario in which they must react
and come up with a solution
to restore service and make
repairs.
“Last year’s scenario
involved getting a direct hit by
a hurricane and it damaged
one of our offices that housed
equipment,” Rakowitz said.
He said the first thing the
employees did was making
sure the staff was safe before
building and restoring servic-
es.
Rakowitz said wired tele-
phones will remain functional
when the power goes out as
long as the company has
diesel fuel to power genera-
tors. He said reliable wired
communication still exists and
not many people know about
it.
Hurricane preparedness
guidelines from the Texas
Division of Emergency
Management and evacuation
routes have been distributed to
customers along with their
monthly bills.
“It can be mailed or the sub-
scribers can go online to get
an electronic copy,” he said.
Some of the guidelines
include:
• When a hurricane threat-
ens, listen for instructions
from local officials. When
they call for an evacuation in
your area, get going without
delay.
• Discuss evacuation plans
with your family before the
hurricane season. Make a
checklist of what you need to
do before you leave town and
review it.
• Prepare an emergency
supply kit including: radio,
flashlight, extra batteries,
extra eye glasses, bottled
water, non-perishable food,
dry clothes, bedding, insur-
ance information, important
documents, medications,
copies of prescriptions and
special products for babies,
the elderly and medically
fragile family members.
• Learn evacuation routes
before storm season. When
there’s a hurricane in the Gulf,
keep your gas tank as full as
possible. Expect traffic delays
in an evacuation.
New store boosts Ganado’s economy
• Continued from Page 1A
and traffic patterns into con-
sideration. We know conven-
ience is a major factor in our
customers’ shopping deci-
sions as we generally serve
customers within a 3-5 mile
radius, or 10 minute drive.
This new location is a great fit
for Dollar General.”
She said the store offers
customers more than every-
day low prices on basic mer-
chandise as part of its mission
of “serving others.” The busi-
ness is also involved in the
communities it serves and is
an ardent supporter of literacy
and education, according to
Ghassemi.
“At the cash register of
every Dollar General store,
customers interested in learn-
ing how to read, speak
English or get their General
Education Diploma (GED)
can pick up a brochure with a
postage paid reply card that
can be mailed in for referral to
a local organization that offers
free literacy services,” she
said.
Since its inception in 1993,
the Dollar General Literacy
Foundation has awarded more
than $81 million in grants to
nonprofit organizations, help-
ing more than 4.7 million
individuals take their first
steps toward literacy or con-
tinued education. For more
information about the Dollar
General Literacy Foundation
and its grant programs, visit
www.dgliteracy.com.
Council approves daycare
• Continued from Page 1A
Infant Care located on
Buffalo Street will be
expanding their business
and moving adjacent to the
Edna Elementary School, on
Apollo Drive. Angie Tapia,
owner and director of
Amazing Grace, said the
new daycare will hold 100
children and will employ 15
teachers. They care for the
children and teach curricu-
lum as well.
Tapia wanted the daycare
entrance on Apollo Drive,
but Ken Knight, city manag-
er, recommended the
entrance on Lavaca St.
instead with an exit on
Apollo, due to possible traf-
fic from the elementary
school.
“If the school is backed up
with parents waiting to pick
up their child, wouldn’t it
better to switch it? It would-
n’t adversely effect your
business,” Knight said.
Sergio Tapia, Angie’s hus-
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Dollar General was created
by J.L. Turner and Cal Turner
Sr. The first Dollar General
was opened in Springfield,
Ky. No items were sold for
more than a dollar at the first
store.
Both Ganado’s Ashley
Taylor and Robby Reeves said
the new Dollar General was in
a convenient location.
“It think it’s good for jobs
and people,” Taylor said.
“The prices are pretty
cheap,” Reeves said.
band, spoke on the topic as
well. He compared the times
for drop-offs and pick-ups
for the school and the day-
care, and noted that neither
of the times would coincide.
Children for the daycare
would be dropped off way
before eight in the morning,
as opposed to the children
going to school. The Tapias
agreed Knight’s idea was a
good one and had no prob-
lem changing their entrance
and exit to Amazing Grace.
Obituaries are
updated daily on
our website
www.j acksonco
news.com
Pets of the Week
The City of Edna Pound
may have the perfect addi-
tion to your family! Left is a
female white, possibly
Shitzu/Chihuahua mix, three
color. She is well-behaved,
adores people, but she isn’t
good with other dogs or cats.
Minnie has also been with
us for awhile, she is a year
to four lbs., approximately 1 old red and white pit/heeler
year old, was found on St. mix who is very smart and
Charles Street. Right is a playful. Elvis is a Leopard
friendly black and white
young male pit mix, found at
Walmart. Also found last
week was a 4-6 month
female with a star on her
head, reddish-tan and white,
on Marvin Street. There
were also two dogs found on
Trinity Street, both are black
and tan female terrier mixes.
Up for adoption we have
Lilo, a brindle and white
female Catahoula mix, very
talkative and smart, Rabbit,
a 4 montth old female black
Dachshund mix, is very
sweet and Gabby, a high
energy Blue Lacey mix dog.
A pound favorite, Sophie, is
still with us, she is a blood-
hound female, about 4 years
old with a beautiful red
Catahoula Dachshund mix
male, very cute, but not
great with other male dogs.
Budbud is a special needs
adoption, he is a brindle and
white senior Boston
Terrier/Chihuahua mix male
who needs a home with ten-
der loving care. Budbud has
congestive heart failure, but
with attention he would do
well because he is a sweetie!
Daddy is another dog that
needs some TLC because he
has been abused in the past.
He is afraid of men, but has
really come around with
women.
To claim your pet, or to
adopt one of ours, please
call Animal Control at 782-
5271.
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Lundstrom, Chris. Jackson County Herald-Tribune (Edna, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 17, 2013, newspaper, July 17, 2013; Edna, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth774361/m1/3/?q=green+energy: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Jackson County Memorial Library.