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CA NEWS

Special delivery! Watch your mailbox for the NEW 2016-2017 Directory

Submitted by Krystal Wilson, Director of Communications

New this year, the next edition of county, emergency and utility providers, maps and the most
your Sun City Texas Resource Guide up-to-date contact information for your neighbors. The book
& Directory will be delivered to your also includes a business directory full of local businesses who
mailbox in June! As always, your have invested in your community and look forward to working
privacy is important to us which is with you. Please consider our advertisers the next time you
why each copy will be individually are searching for a service provider or a product in our area.
addressed to you and packaged in
plastic to protect it during transit. WHAT DO I DO WITH MY OLD DIRECTORY?
Additionally, we listened to your The CA will still be accepting your past year’s directory, and
feedback about the size and weight we will securely shred it to protect your privacy. We will have
of the directory, and your NEW a drop-off location for these beginning in June. Please watch
book will sport a slightly smaller your CA Communicator for more details on the location.
and compact format that is lighter and easier to hold. As al-
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frequently asked questions, contact information for your city,

Gun safety in the home: with ownership comes responsibility

Submitted by Susanne White, COPS volunteer

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shooting and for safeguarding their homes. If you are a gun-
owner, you are responsible for knowing how to handle and secure – Your most important responsibility: making sure that children
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