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Reminder: Recycle Old Telephone Directory NATCO reminds customers to recycle their phone book in our 10th annual effort to reduce waste. “Drop off old Ozark Regional Directories, or any directory you have, at recycling locations throughout our service area, including Arvest Bank branches,” said Steven Sanders Jr., vice president and plant manager at NATCO. Drop-off locations are:
South Shore Academic Scholarship Recipients Named
Students receiving the $1,000 renewable South Shore Foundation Academic Scholarships and their schools are: Samantha Lynn Farmer, Bergman; Byron Cothran, Bruno-Pyatt; Candice Brainard, Flippin; Abbie Thompson, Lead Hill; Jesse Courtney, Omaha; and Karen Caitlin Streett, Yellville-Summit. The $1,000 scholarships can be renewed each year if recipients attend an Arkansas college or university, earn a “B” average, and attend full-time. An application for the scholarship is online at www.southshore.com. Bergman High School’s scholarship recipient, Samantha Lynn Farmer, plans to attend the University of Central Arkansas and study nursing. Active in sports during high school, she earned the basketball, softball, and golf awards and was recognized by Who’s Who Among American High School Students and National Honor Roll. She was a member of Future Farmers of America, Senior Scholars, Senior Beta, Future Business Leaders of America, Student Council, and a Student of the Month. Outside of school, she is a member of a church youth group and choir and volunteers to assist the elderly through her church. Samantha is the daughter of Tina and Timothy Farmer. Bruno-Pyatt School’s recipient is Byron Cothran of Everton. He plans to attend Arkansas Tech University at Russellville to study pre-dentistry. In high school Byron was an athlete who was selected All-Conference and All-Regional in basketball, had the best free-throw percentage, was named best passer, received the Coach’s Award, and was team captain. Cothran was named All-Conference in baseball. He received a scholarship to attend Rotary Youth Leadership Camp. He was Bruno-Pyatt’s Student of the Year. He is the son of Ronald and Beverly Cothran. Flippin High School’s recipient is Candice Brainard. She plans to attend Arkansas State University Mountain Home, taking general education courses to prepare for an elementary education or special education degree. In high school, Candice was on the volleyball team for two years, a member of S.A.D.D., Art Club, Junior Pride Team, and the Flippin High School Fighting Bobcat Band. She received awards in environmental science, American history, band, and GPA 3.0 and above awards. Candice resides with relatives James and Tina Deery. Lead Hill High School’s recipient is Abbie Thompson, the valedictorian of her graduating class. She plans to attend the University of Arkansas to study for a career in speech pathology. Abbie participated in golf (All-State qualifier as junior), softball, cheerleading, and band, was yearbook editor this year, president of the school chapter of National Honor Society, president of FBLA, and a delegate to Girls State last year. Academic awards she has received include English, math, science, Spanish II, civics, and computer technology business applications. She won first place in the school science fair and won awards at the district level for Voice of Democracy essays. In addition, Abbie has been selected by classmates for honors such as “Best All-Around” and was active in volunteer projects in her community and through her church. She is the daughter of David and Diane Thompson. Jesse Courtney is Omaha High School’s recipient. The salutatorian of his class, Jesse plans to attend the University of Central Arkansas to study agri-business and physical education. Jesse was named an all-conference athlete in both baseball and basketball. He is a member of National Honor Society and was recognized by Who’s Who Among American High School Students. His awards include Presidential Academic Achievement Award, Science Award, Eagle Pride Award for leadership in basketball, and Perfect Attendance Award. Jesse is a member of the Omaha Stream Team. He has worked in a family landscaping business and for a resort. He is the son of Deborah and Larry Courtney. At Yellville-Summit High School, Karen Caitlin Streett is the recipient. Caitlin plans to attend the University of Arkansas and major in English and journalism. Caitlin has been
a golf team member and cheerleader. She was vice president of the
senior class and editor of the Yellville-Summit School newspaper.
Caitlin also is active in National Honor Society, Future Business
Leaders of America, and Yellville Environmental Awareness Club. Caitlin
is the daughter of Margaret Streett and Mike Streett. Flippin LEGO League Wins National Tournament
NATCO President Attends IP Telephony Conference NATCO President Steven G. Sanders attended the Internet Telephony Conference & Expo in Miami, Fla., recently. The three-day conference featured workshops, seminars and debates about Internet-based telephone services. Sponsors said Internet telephony is thriving and noted a 100 percent growth in minutes of calls carried on Mother’s Day 2002 compared to Mother’s Day 2001. After the conference, Dr. Sanders said, “I am not sure the technology is ‘ready for prime time’ or whether it will be a lower cost technology, as they claim.” The conference
included workshops for service providers, such as NATCO and NATCO
Technologies, including an industry update, Internet-based Centrex
systems, next-generation switching solutions, and security issues
for telecommunications networks. Dr. Sanders continues to be interested
in softswitchbased networks as well as the economic outlook for the
telecom industry. NATCO Announces Four of Our Newest Employees
Glynn C. Talbot came out of retirement from BellSouth after 34 years of service to join NATCO as a cable splicer. He also helps maintain the carrier systems. Talbot graduated from Terrebonne High School in Houma, La., and attended college at Nicholls State University at Thibodaux, La. Talbot moved here from Powell, Tenn. His wife is Sheren. He has one grown son, Seth, and two younger children, Jessica and Matthew. Mark V. Principato has joined NATCO as a computer specialist. Principato has been working in the field of Information Technology for more than three years. He is a graduate of Mountain Home High School and holds a CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate - designation. He is now attending the University of Phoenix online, working toward a bachelor of science degree in Information Technology. Principato is from Springfield, Mo., and has been in the area for about 14 years. His wife is Amanda E. Principato. Tina Hutson of Gassville has joined NATCO in the Customer Service Department. She has worked in the telephone industry for more than eight years and was previously employed by another area telephone company. As a customer service representative, Mrs. Hutson answers calls, assists customers, and completes orders for services. She is a graduate of Cotter High School. Mrs. Hutson and her husband, Lee, have a daughter, Averee. April Wiles Sellars of Calico Rock has joined NATCO as assigner. She has five years of experience in the telephone industry and relocated with her family here from Cabot. A graduate of
Highland High School at Highland, she attended Ozarka College for
one year and Arkansas State University at Jonesboro for an additional
year. She is married to Chad Sellars and has one child, Madison. Share Your E-stories NATCO News will be featuring your stories about what the Internet has done for you. And, each month, the winning two “E-stories” will win two months of free Internet service ($19.95 per month or equal credit value). Have you expanded your business to the Internet or promoted it using the Internet? Many of our readers would like to hear what you have to say. Has the Internet helped you keep in touch with relatives and friends? Changed your life? Do some virtual travel? Other Internet users may benefit from your experiences. It’s easy. We have created an online form at the NATCO Tech site to record and submit your E-stories. Just submit it at www.natcotech.com/estories.htm. The E-stories
competition was announced in the April ’03 NATCO E-Newsletter. NATCO Gives Four Winners Free Internet Service When you see the NATCO booth at events such as the Twin Lakes Home Builders Home Show or the Health Fair and Senior Citizens Expo, it’s an opportunity to stop and register for free services. Doing so rewarded four area residents with three months of free Internet service. Three of the four winners, were NATCO Internet customers and the fourth is now a NATCO Internet customer. Winners of free service are: Phil Miller of Henderson; Jerald & Diana Brandenburger of Flippin; Libby Hume of Bull Shoals; and Mrs. Ronald Kohl of Mountain Home. About
250 persons registered at each event for each of the two drawings,
but many more came by our booth and talked with Angela of Brooks-Jeffrey
and Tina of NATCO. Our booth keepers heard no complaints about NATCO
Technologies Internet Service. Questions from NATCO Tech E-News NATCO Coloring/Essay Contest Awards Night Set for Oct. 14 A popular annual NATCO event - awards night for school-age winners of the NATCO Coloring and Essay Contest - has been set for Oct. 14, 2003. The event is held in the evening with contest winners and their families being served a sandwich supper at NATCO. Winners will have their pictures taken for NATCO News, NATCO Web sites, and local newspapers. NATCO encourages schools throughout the area to participate in these contests. Student winners in grades K-8 may earn cash prizes, honor certificates, and receive area publicity about their achievements. Prizes vary from $50 for a first-place essay for the seventh and eighth grade students to $1 gold coins for honorable mention entries in the coloring contest. The contest entries must be created sometime during September, at the convenience of the schools. Winners' families will be notified on October 6-7 by telephone at home and will receive an invitation to the reception at that time.
Schools and teachers should receive materials for entering the contests
from NATCO on
Good luck, students, and, thank you, teachers and schools. First South Shore Developing Scholars Academic Festival Held at ASUMH Six physics students at Omaha High School took the top award for a group research project in the first South Shore Developing Scholars Academic Festival, said Project Director Eddie Dry, an assistant professor of biology at ASUMH. The Omaha team worked to raise fish fry to adulthood in a 1,000-gallon indoor tank at the school and release them into area streams. The project was called Physics Phish Pharm or P3. Despite setbacks – snow days away from the project at the school, starting over, and extending the project longer than originally planned the students kept going and became familiar with fisheries biology, water chemistry, and teamwork. Members of the P3 team received the overall South Shore Scholars Award. Grant Rivera won the Teamwork Award, taking home a digital camera. Students on the team who attend ASUMH will receive tuition discounts. Donna Macri, who teaches math and science at Omaha, was the team coach. “The six teams this year could not have set a better example of meeting project goals,” said Dr. Dry. All projects specified at least one of the ‘Three E’s.’ Those are the South Shore Foundation’s goals of educational advancement, environmental preservation, and economic development for the communities in Marion and Boone Counties along the south shore of Bull Shoals Lake. The project was funded by South Shore Foundation, the charitable foundation of NATCO. Additional goals of the Developing Scholars Project are to familiarize the students with a college campus and encourage high school students to pursue education after high school. The judges of the project fair and competition represented ASUMH faculty, local industry, college students, and youth education specialists.
Spotlight on Telephone Systems for Business
From a business office point of view, Julie said the new system purchased from NATCO was very reasonable in price. The basic Partner® system has many useful features, such as built-in speakerphone, intercom, conferencing for up to five parties, hold, transfer, message waiting notification, call forwarding to another extension, and more. If a business wishes to customize its service, Partner® ACS offers numerous options, such as a display telephone with integrated Caller ID, Caller ID logging and dialing, or Direct Extension Dialing. Some types of business will appreciate the ability to link a personal computer and business data to the Partner® telephones so an identified incoming call can bring a customer’s records with the business to the computer monitor. The Partner® Advanced Communication System is designed especially for small business needs and allows the addition of features and connection of modern communications needs - modem, fax, credit card machine, etc. - without special adapters or the assistance of a technician in most instances. Twin Lakes Nursing Home phones are answered in person around the clock because incoming calls may be from family members of residents or may be of an urgent nature from many different sources. Julie does not foresee any change in this approach at Twin Lakes Nursing Center. For information about telephone systems available through NATCO, businesses are encouraged to call NATCO Customer Service for an introduction and overview. Call the toll free number 1-800-775-6682.
Twin Lakes Nursing Center is a 70-bed long-term care facility that
provides all levels of care, accepting Medicare and Medicaid patients,
offering hospice care and therapy for inpatients and outpatients.
There are approximately 65 employees. Paula Smith is the administrator.
Businesses
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2. Link to Your Site and E-mail Address
3. In Addition to 1 and 2, Your Online Yellow Page Ad May
Also Include up to 25 Words that Describe Your Business and up to
15 Phone Numbers.
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