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General Information WOODSTOCK COMMUNICATIONS RUTHTON, MN KENNETH KNUTH, PRESIDENT AND MANAGER INTERCEPTION OF TELEPHONE TARIFFS COMMUNICATION These are established in conformity with the Section 1. No person, other than the parties requirements of the state or local regulatory body. to a telephone communication, or the users of Any information not made a part of this directory the same telephone or radio-telephone circuit or is available to individuals at the telephone office. channel, or a telephone company as defined by section 237.01 and its employees and agents, or USE OF FOREIGN EQUIPMENT the users of private branch exchange telephone The Company is responsible for satisfactory services and their employees and agents, shall service and it cannot therefore permit the use of intercept any communication made by telephone. any equipment or other apparatus by customers in Section 2. No person shall damage, tamper, or connection with that furnished by the Company. interfere with telephone apparatus; equipment or wires or make any connection, whether physically DIRECTORIES by induction, or otherwise with intent to intercept Directories are the property of the Telephone any telephone communication in violation of this Company and are to be returned to the Telephone act. Company on request. No binder, holder, or auxil- iary cover, except such as may be provided by, or Section 3. No person shall divulge or publish with the consent of the Telephone Company, shall the existence, contents, substance, purpose, pur- be used in connection with any directory furnished port, effect, or meaning of any information which by the Telephone Company. The Telephone he knows was obtained in violation of this act or Company reserves the right to assign telephone use the same or any part thereof for his own ben- numbers and lines and to make any changes when efit or for the benefit of another. necessary. CHANGE IN NUMBER No liability shall attach to or be assumed by the The Company reserves the right to change the Company for any errors or omissions in the com- subscriber’s telephone number or designation at piling, printing, or distribution of its directories. any time. In order that the directory record may contain correct listings at all times, notification of changes or errors should be given at once to the office. Extended Area Service (DIAL DIRECT—NO TOLL CHARGE) GARVIN ----------- TO CALL --------- { Tracy } Dial 7-Digit Number in Directory Ruthton HOLLAND -------- TO CALL --------- { Pipestone } Dial 7-Digit Number in Directory Holland RUTHTON -------- TO CALL --------- Tyler Dial 7-Digit Number in Directory { Woodstock } WOODSTOCK --- TO CALL --------- Ruthton Dial 7-Digit Number in Directory { Pipestone } RUSSELL ----------- TO CALL --------- { Marshall } Dial 7-Digit Number in Directory 1 RTH15 Info Pages.indd 1 1/7/15 4:59 PM Warning TO ALL TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS IN FEDERAL LIFELINE CREDIT THE STATE OF MINNESOTA You may qualify for a monthly Federal Lifeline Credit on your telephone bill if you are receiving ben- This law was signed by the Governor of Minnesota efits under one of the following programs: on April 10, 1961: (S.F.443) (614.75). Medicaid—Food Stamps—Supplemental Security Chapter 240-Section 1. “Whoever telephones Income—Federal Public Housing Assistance— another person and addresses to such other person Low Income Energy Assistance. any lewd, lascivious or threatening words or language, or whoever anonymously telephones another person Residents of tribal lands, who are receiving benefits for the purpose of annoying, molesting, or harassing under one or more of the following programs or any such other person, or his or her family, shall be guilty of the programs listed above, will receive the tribal of a misdemeanor. lifeline credit. Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance— Any offense committed by the use of a telephone as Tribal Administered Temporary Assistance for herein set out may be deemed to have been committed Needy Families—Head Start (only for those meet- either at the place from which the telephone call or ing its income qualifying standards)—National calls were made or at the place where the telephone School Lunch Programs free lunch program— call or calls were received.” Federal Link-Up Program-Helps in costs of install- ing telephone service. In March of 1959, the Minnesota Legislature passed a law relating to the illegal use of credit cards and to prohibit obtaining long distance telephone service by illegal means. The provisions of the law are as follows: ANNOYANCE CALLS Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Use of the telephone or permitting another to Minnesota: use the telephone for the purpose of annoying any person is prohibited by law. The maximum penalty Section 1. Any person who shall obtain or attempt for violation is a fine of $300 or 90 days imprison- to obtain goods or services by using in person or by ment or both. telephone, a credit card which was not lawfully issued to him for his use, or by using a false, counterfeit, or nonexistent credit card, shall be guilty of a misde- meanor. MINNESOTA TELEPHONE Section 2. Any person who shall obtain or attempt SERVICE DISCOUNT PLANS to obtain long distance telephone service by means If your income is at or below 135 percent of the of giving a false or nonexistent telephone number or Federal Poverty Guidelines and if you are cur- by charging service to a telephone number without rently participating in any of the following pro- authority of the subscriber shall be guilty of a misde- grams: Medicaid/Medical Assistance, Food meanor. Stamps/Food Support, Supplemental Fraudulent use of a credit card or telephone billing Security Income, Federal Public number to obtain long distance telephone service is Housing Assistance (Section 8), Low- prohibited by law. The maximum penalty for violation Income Home Energy Assistance is a fine of $5,000 or five years imprisonment, or both. Program (LIHEAP), National School Lunch Program’s free lunch program, or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, you may qualify YOU CAN NOW REGISTER TO BE for monthly Minnesota Telephone ON THE “DO NOT CALL” LIST FOR Assistance Plan (TAP) and Lifeline TELEMARKETERS credits on your telephone bill. Please call Woodstock Communications at Please call 1-888-382-1222 (TTY 1-866-290-4236) 1-800-752-9397 for an application. to register your telephone number so telemarketers will quit calling you. This process can take up to 3 months to complete, so do it as soon as possible. You can also do it on the web site at http://www. donotcall.gov. 2 RTH15 Info Pages.indd 2 1/7/15 4:59 PM Dialing A Local Call 1. LOOK UP and JOT DOWN the number. Keep it in front of you as you dial. 2. LISTEN for the DIAL TONE before you dial. 3. DIAL the TELEPHONE NUMBER. Be careful not to confuse the letter “O” with the number “0” (zero), or the letter “l” with the numeral “1.” AFTER DIALING you may hear— The Ringing Signal— USE OF A soft “burr-r-ring” sound repeated at regular intervals means that RESIDENCE the telephone you dialed is ringing. Give your party time to answer, TELEPHONES about 10 rings, before you hang up. FOR BUSINESS The Busy Signal— PURPOSES A steady “buzz-buzz-buzz” sound means the called line is in use. Hang up and call again later. Residence Telephones are installed with the understanding that they will be used for normal social or Directory Assistance domestic purposes. A Residence Telephone will be How to call Directory Assistance charged to business service if used primar- ily or substantially for 1 - 411 business purposes, or if the residence telephone number is If you receive an incorrect telephone number from directory assis- advertised in connec- tance, you are entitled to a credit for that directory assistance charge. tion with the sale of You must use the same dialing pattern to request the credit that you products or services used to make the call. You may request up to three credits. You will and the subscriber has need to inform the provider which listing was incorrect so that the no business service correction can be made. A credit equal to the incorrect charge will elsewhere within our appear on your bill. system. CAREFUL DIALING results in BETTER SERVICE • ALWAYS CONSULT THE MOST CURRENT DIRECTORY • KEEP YOUR ‘PERSONAL DIRECTORY’ LIST CURRENT 3 RTH15 Info Pages.indd 3 1/7/15 4:59 PM Minnesota Relay Minnesota Relay is a free service that uses a specially trained communications assistant (CA) to facilitate the telephone conversation between a person who has a hearing loss or a speech disability and the person with which they wish to speak. Calls can be made to anywhere in the world (long distance charges apply), 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. All calls are completely confidential. For More Information on To make a Minnesota Relay call just dial 7-1-1. Once connected to the Minnesota Relay Services: relay service, tell the CA the type of relay call you wish to make. Or, you may 1-800-657-3775 dial the specific toll free number for the type of relay service. or TM www.mnrelay.org Captioned Telephone (CapTel ) CapTel is an amplified telephone and relay captioning service that allows people Emergency Assistance who are hard of hearing to see word-for-word captions of their telephone con- TTY callers should dial 9-1-1 directly versation on a bright, easy-to-read display window built into the CapTel phone, in emergency. All 9-1-1 centers are while also listening to what is being said using their residual hearing (much like equipped to handle TTY calls.