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AhBb’y and His lree
By Roger Cox
9 president ACTS Now, inc
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he phone rang agmn..."Wow} what a busy day,"
she thought as she picked up the phone and
- ’/ ’ * » answered by saying ”H2llD, this is Tassie with
, ,4 * Arkansas one Call.” Tassie has been taking calls for
" ' Arkansas one Call for almost 18 years and during that tirne
_ has answered the phone thousands of times the same way,
but todays call was going to be different and difterent in a
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c { t _ "How may I help you?" Tassie continued. on the other end
' of the line was Lorena Juarez. she seemed a bit unsure of
how to proceed with the call, after all, shed never called all
before. The truth was, as far as she could remember, shed
, , i’ never heard of 811 before this week.
so why did Lorena make the call? There are many
-37} ‘ campaigns across the country aimed at getting hoineowners
, .. 4 to call before they dig, but thats not the reason Lorena
, - made the call today. No, the reason she called was to
>“ .;._.at y _ :§§;lCa).s2 her 9 (nine) year old son, Alulimdzo Agullar-Iuzimz
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,' ", _ T’/”‘, i E * Alex attends Russell D. Iones Elementary school in Rogers,
' ' '~ -; - _. ' AR and is in the fourth grade. The day before the call to 311
—‘ v 1 .,. ',’ 3 "v, ‘(V H was made, Alex and his fourth grade class were exposed
.‘."‘ ’ ,, -' ' -. ' -. ’. ‘ ~\,'_1s. to a presentation to celebrate Arbor Day sponsored by
. 1. V. ‘p‘.‘’- ‘_“ v I ._ e._j‘j. , ;;‘ Carroll Electric.sofar, there doesn't seeni to beaconnection
. >2" .‘ ‘:7 ,‘ . V » .2 2'. . V ': betwecnArbor Day and call before you dig right? Read onl
' 5 ," ',‘.’l: x 7*‘ ’l " ‘ 5; ThisArborDay proieci has been sponsored by Carroll
; .,:_; '_ 5 -’ ’ , \,, Electric Cooperative Corporation in their service area since
,}_‘-2«._j,_.. ‘ ' -,,,- s -, », ,; _ ,_ , 2011. ln fact, Carroll Electric is the only utility in Arkansas
’ r I .:‘ .:‘ , ‘fig’ sponsoring trees with the Fourth Grade Foresters USA
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in r - -""‘ ' t . Fourlh grade students inmelernentary schools in
. ' ,. -5 'tv i ' northwest Arkansas and southwest Missouri receive a tree
3 _ _ . . , ‘f , ‘ I’ . to plant each year through the program Carroll Fleciric
_ ‘i ' , -, ;" 4 .- ‘ I ' has distributed over 30,000 seedlings in their service area
4,; ‘gr. ‘, ,_ —- é i since they began partnering with Fourth Grade Foresters.
,‘.}o. it‘ p. _4 F. This program helped Carroll Flecti-ic achieve the 2017
' ‘.2: . ‘ , .. outstanding Business award from the Arkansas urban
,1 t K _ _ , " i Forestry Council, presented dui-ing the March 20 Arkansas
3' —-' ‘ i» ' Arbor Day celebration at the Ciov2rnor’s inansion.
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g I :2, ,- 5.; 5 .‘ I ;; ‘. Iones Elementary school Making the presentation to the

3 ‘ L‘. ,:§£t’;,.{»: :\,i' :. ’ ' fourth graders for Carroll Flectric were eniployees Ray
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7 .< - . -V . : :t ..\s- *‘ \ g» e... . Jackson and Dallas l<erley Every day, Roy, a certified
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,3": - : y — _. , , __ ' ‘ J’ is. under power lines ”[’lantlng trees a safe distance [mm the
.1; __ y,"‘ 3 , . , —' . ' __l'§.a' ,<; overhead power lines is irnportant," they told the class.

5. ' 5 '= l ' . . .l , — , « , >4. “ "Also, to be a good Fourth crade Forester, you must care

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