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8A The Marshall News Messenger, Thursday, June 11,2009, www.marshallnewsmessenger.com To subscribe or for delivery questions call our Circulation Department Switch to digital-only TV is Friday News 903-935-2525 or 1-80O-825-9799 digital format. TVs connected to Charter will transition smoothly." Representatives from both DirecTV and Dish Network also state that no television set whether "digital-ready" or analog will be affected by the switch insofar as it concerns those Homeowner's Alert Beware of out of towncrs and local companies who offer huge discounts for advertising their siding. During economic crisis people spend money wiser and permanent home exteriors make sense when done right! Only one siding company can show you homes they have installed permanent siding on 30 plus years ago, and still honor and offer a lifetime warranty! using the same amount of spectrum required for one analog program. Therefore, while a station broadcasting in analog on, for example, channel 7 is only able to offer viewers one program, a station broadcasting in digital on channel 7 can offer viewers one digital program on channel 7.1, a second digital program on channel 12, a third digital program on channel 7.3, and so on. That should translate to more programming choices for viewers.

ART T0 Unmp "Doing it right since 1975' 903-927-1777. ART Exteriors verter box basically replaces the analog tuner in one piece of equipment. Therefore, if you want to use your analog TV and VCR at the same time for example, to watch one program and record another simultaneously you will need two digital-to-analog converter boxes. To help consumers with the DTV transition, the U.S. government established the Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Coupon Program.

For more information on the program, visit dtv2009.gov or call 1-888-388-2009 (voice) or 1-877-530-2634 (TTY) An antenna will still be required to watch free, over-the-air television after the digital transition, even with the converter box. Consumers who have already installed their con- verter boxes are reminded to rescan Friday to make sure all of the digital stations broadcasting in their area are being received. Cable and satellite TV subscribers with analog sets hooked up to their cable or satellite service should not be affected by the switch. Analog sets should continue to work, as before if connected to a subscription service. The Marshall area is ser Continued from Page 1A in the informational materials that came with them, to indicate that they contain digital tuners.

These labels or markings may contain the words "Integrated Digital Tuner," "Digital Tuner or "Digital Tuner," "DTV," "ATSC" or "HDTV" (high-definition television). If your television equipment contains any of these labels or markings, you should be able to view digital over-the-air programming without the heed for a digital-to-analog converter box. If you cannot determine whether your television set or other television equipment contains a digital tuner, you are advised to check your equipment for the manufacturer name and model number, and then contact your consumer electronics retailer, or the manufacturer, to determine whether it contains a digital tuner. This information also may be available online through the manufacturer's Web site. Converter box If your equipment is not "digital-ready" and your are not a cable or satellite TV subscriber, a converter box is a must.

Consumers will need one digital-to-analog converter box for each TV set or other device, such as a VCR, that only has ah analog tuner. The digital-to-analog con channels included in the subscriber's "package." Why the switch? Because digital signals are more efficient than the analog TV broadcasts that have been on the air for six decades, the transition will make room in the airwaves for wireless Internet and emergency communications services. Also, some of the spectrum will be auctioned to compa- rues that will be able to provide consumers with more advanced wireless services, such as wireless broadband. Consumers also will benefit because digital broad-: casting allows stations to offer improved picture and. sound quality and digital is' more efficient than analog.

For example, rather than being limited to providing one analog program, broadcaster is able to offer' a super sharp "high defini-v tion" (HD) digital program or multiple "standard defini-. tion" (SD) digital programs simultaneously through a process called "multicasting." Multicasting allows broad- cast stations to offer several channels of digital programming at the same time, --'SQL viced by Charter Cable and a statement from the corporate headquarters in St. Louis, said, "If you're a Charter customer, we've got you covered. Charter already has the technology in place to handle the new -i i i -1 iw. Hallsville swears in first female officer Center for Women and Polic-ing's Web site, White Oak, Kilgore, Gilmer, and Henderson police departments each reported having fewer than 5 female officers, while Gladewater officials said they have no females on the force.

Carthage's assistant police chief "Hallsville's a good safe little community and Tiffany's very grounded," said Gail Reel, Martin's mom. "I think her being raised here and knowing almost everybody will help her out there." Martin said there were four women who started with her in this spring's academy BRIDGET 0RTIG0 Cox East Texas HALLSVILLE The police department on Wednesday celebrated its first ever female officer by giving her pink handcuffs and a pink pen. Tiffany Martin, 21, of Glade-water, also received her badge a silver one as A unit of American Electric Power wwwSWEPCOeom Remember, always call before you dig. is a woman but the city listed she took her oath in front of no female patrol officers. friends, family and co-work- Martin's parents said thev class and two of them completed the course.

"It felt like it took forever," Martin said. "That was the longest 16 weeks of my life but I still had fun." vnro0 are confident of their daughter's ability to handle the job. 9 ft ttt-jr I mum ers. She graduated from the East Texas Police Academy in May. Mayor Jerri Medrano, the first female to serve in her position, was also there to congratulate Martin.

"I think it's about time we got a woman on the force," Medrano said. "Women in today's society are becoming more accepted in leadership roles and there's not a situation Tiffany can't handle." In a report released Tuesday, the Texas Commission 9) IS NOW Accepting Patients at her NEW location 105 Argyle (behind Matthewson Drug) on Law Enforcement OfficeH Family Pack Beard Certified In OblerlciC- Family Pack Chuck Roast Family Pack Rib Eye Steak Standards and Education showed 73,270 commissioned officers across the state. Females accounted for 8,059 of that total. Women make up ahout 13 percent of the national total of police officers, according to the National Pork Bone-In $129 29 1 1 $509 lb lb lb TllE hEARTDEAT of EAST TEXAS 105.9 flVI Pork Roast Predenfo Family Pad; Chicken Drumsticks or Hot Dogs 12oz. Pkg.

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