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March 2002

This month we are proud to announce that construction for the new Wood County Bottling Facility has begun in Hawkins. While the actual building construction will not take place for another few weeks, we are beginning to clear areas for roadways on our property and establishing temporary power lines.

We are also pleased to announce that the “Every Drop Counts” Scholarship Fund is now available to students in Texas for the 2002-2003 school year. Wood County students are eligible for two $2500 scholarships and two $10,000 scholarships. The two $10,000 statewide scholarships are available for graduating high school seniors pursuing a college degree in the Earth Sciences (geology, hydrogeology, environmental science, forestry, etc.). In Wood County there will be a $2500 scholarship for Hawkins ISD and a $2500 scholarship for Harmony ISD.

We are also designating a Project W.E.T. (Water Education for Teachers) Fund, which is a water education curriculum that Perrier supports nationwide. This is a Texas Education Agency-accredited curriculum that will be offered to all Wood County schools and to our other spring community school districts. Ozarka will sponsor local and regional training seminars, will underwrite the cost of training manuals for teachers and will create special W.E.T. accounts for teachers to purchase classroom supplies needed to implement this curriculum. We will also make available education facilities on our property for classroom field trips.

We will begin accepting employment applications in late May/early June and we will begin hiring in the fall. Currently Ozarka is completing the policies and procedures for the employment process, and we will be advertising locally and notifying the media when we begin accepting applications and resumes. Please check back with us as we will also be posting our most current employment information on this site. As we have been in the past, we remain absolutely dedicated to maintaining open and earnest communications with the community and are always available for your questions and concerns.