Page 3 - Mississippi 811 Magazine 2017 Issue 2

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I et me say fint of all how much I apprecrate
advczusus who have been with us [mm the
begmmng and welcome those of you who have
chosen to support our enorts through this magazine Ynur
company's message wlll reach your target audrence and at
the same time you make it possible tor us to promote the
"dig saiely" message across the entrre state Rest assured
that we want to reach the same audrence you do and
together we connnue to make lt happen ln Mrssrssrppr.
As many of you know our annual ”811 Run" scheduled
m Apnl was canceled due to severe weather. we have
tentatrvely rescheduled rt for August 11 to corncrde wtth
the natural as-1-1 day tlus year. Also, tor those of you who
rcgrstered tor the Apnl event, your rcgrstratton wlll carry
over to the rescheduled event, so dun’l worry about that
You'll hear more about the event as we get closer we
are pleased wrth the growmg number ot parttcrpants and
sponsors of the event
Don't torget about our ceocall Mubllc App. You may be aware that H l~ avarlable tor both
Androtd and l[’l\unv: You may not know that you can chck on our websrte, then chck on
"resources," then choose "mobrle app" to download the app [or your phone If you have any
questrons, please call our uffitc and ask about the Geocall Mobtle app.
Take a look at the artrcles msrde thrs rssue. lt you are mterested m seemg how entorcement |S
commg along |n the state, you’ll be mterested |n tlus tssue. Our plans are to keep you rnlormed
as to the progress and rmpact of your submrssrons In each rssue As always other mdustry related
artrcles are mcluded fax your satety and feedback.
lam so proud at our Damage Preventron Coordtnators and 811 start. They constantly work
together to find better ways to provtde our entrre memberslup the tools and mtormanon necessary
to protect your underground tacrhttes. we trust you know that any concerns or tssues regardrng
811 or damage preventron that are rmportant to you are rmportanl to us Lcl’~ work together to
make It bctmr.’
It seems hard to beheve, but we are already workang on the agenda and sessrons tor the 2018
Mrssrssrppt Damage Preventton summtt. lt h gomg back to Blloxl at the Golden Nugget and rs
scheduled tor November 7 — 9. Last year's event produced the largest crowd and proved to be the
hrghest rated sommtt to date Keep an eye on the Summn websrte tor updates to the sessrons and
scheduled events
one of the addrttons to tlus year's summrt ts the appearance of the 811 Hot Alr Balloon. we're
planmng some nxcmng acnvrnes wllh rt.
Take advantage ot the early regrstratron rate today at rvwrv.mzsstss/pptdatnaycprcvcnt/tmsammit Cum.
Sam rolmson
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