Wheat State's Special Edition 2021

What 9-1-1 Centers Want You to Know In order for 9-1-1 centers to better serve their communities, it’s impor- tant for citizens to understand the basics of 9-1-1 and how to properly make an emergency call. Please review the following tips and share them with family members: • Call from a landline whenever possible. That way, the physi- cal address associated with the phone is provided to 9-1-1 by the telephone service provider, which is especially important in cases where the caller is unable to speak due to a medical event. • Listen carefully to the call taker’s questions and provide detailed information as it is requested. • Attempt to speak as clearly and as calmly as possible. • If in doubt as to whether some- one is in distress or something is suspicious, call 9-1-1. • Make sure your children know your home address and teach them how and when to use 9-1-1. • Create a safety profile in a system such as Smart911.com to provide relevant information about you and your family to emergency responders. To sign up for landline service, call Wheat State at 1/800 442-6835. Cornerstone Group © 2021 Protect Your Services and Your Wallet Y ou can guard against budget-busting repairs to your interior phone wiring and high speed Internet equipment with Wheat State’s SERVICE GUARD for only a few dollars per month. SERVICE GUARD—diagnosis, repair and replacement parts for interior phone wires— and adds that same protection for any high speed Internet wiring and equipment purchased from Wheat State.* As a SERVICE GUARD customer, your calls will take priority, even after hours. We’ll also show you how to get the most out of your equipment and make sure your Wheat State services are trouble-free. SERVICE GUARD can save you big money, since without it, you’ll pay a $25 trip fee plus $75 per hour for labor and up to $125 for equipment replacement. Sign up now for SERVICE GUARD and start enjoying more peace of mind. *The plan does not cover high speed equipment purchased elsewhere. Spring into Action T ired of being bombarded with unwant- ed phone calls and junk mail? Take action by registering with the sites below. Do Not Call www.donotcall.gov The Federal Trade Commission says that more than 172 million phone numbers have been placed on the National Do Not Call Registry since it began in 2003. If you’re not one of them, or if you’ve changed or added phone numbers since you originally registered, you may want to visit this site. You can enter up to three phone numbers (landline or wireless) in the online form. Do Not Write www.dmachoice.org/dma/member/regist.action If you’d like to receive less advertising mail at home, you can use DMAchoice™, an online tool developed by the Direct Marketing Association. This tool divides direct mail into four categories: Credit Offers, Catalogs, Magazine Offers, and Other Mail Offers. You can request to start or stop receiving mail from individual companies within each category—or from an entire category at once. Do Not Send Credit Offers www.optoutprescreen.com Spending way too much time shredding credit card offers you get in the mail? OptOutPrescreen.com is a centralized service to accept and process requests from consumers to opt-out of these credit card offers. The service is a joint venture among the Consumer Credit Reporting Companies of Equifax, Experian, Innovis, and TransUnion. Once you provide your information, your name will be removed from inclusion on firm offer lists provided by all four companies.