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Oxi Fresh in Howe
Oxi Fresh Carpet Cleaning opened in Howe about three months ago under district manager Liz Dickson, a former member of the U.S. Navy. The franchise owner of the company, Michael Rayburn, of Texarkana, was her supervisor in the Navy 12 years ago.
Dickson stated that within the three month time period, Oxi Fresh has become the number one carpet cleaner on Google.
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The carpet cleaning uses only 5 percent of the water steam cleaners use, Dickson says Oxi Fresh is the "World's Greenest Carpet Cleaner." All of their products are certified green by the EPA.
“On top of that, our carpets dry within 1-2 hours since it’s not steam cleaning,” said Dickson.
Oxi Fresh will also clean upholstery, tile/grout, vinyl, and wood floors. But in the area, it’s mainly been carpet cleaning jobs.
“Before I did this job, I had no experience in sales and customer service,” said Dickson. “After I got out of the Navy, I was a stayat-home mom while my husband finished his degree. So, this is my first step back into the workforce.”
Liz Dickson is the local franchisee for Oxi Fresh Carpet Cleaning in Howe.
Dickson says customer service is her favorite part of the business as she’s a people person who loves visiting with her customers on a personal level.
“A lot of it is treating people how I would like to be treated,” said Dickson. “When I clean their home, I’m going to clean it like it’s my home. I think that the quality of work has to do with why we’ve been so successful.” She says what she’s learned about Howe is that everyone knows everyone, and she’s had a friendly experience many times.
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Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump— MOST CORRUPT ELECTION IN U.S. HISTORY! 9:36 AM · Dec 13, 2020
Conclusive evidence of foreign interference in the election, says former National Security Advisor
The eyes of Texas have become the eyes of the world as our former US Congressman John Ratcliffe, the current Director of National Intelligence (DNI) is to submit a report by the end of the week determining if there were foreign interference into the presidential election.
An executive order signed into existence on September 12, 2018, by President Trump, available at Whitehouse.gov, is entitled, “Executive Order on Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election.”
In that executive order, President Trump declared a national emergency which is still in play to this day, and the 2020 election was conducted under this state of emergency.
In the executive order, Ratcliffe has 45 days to determine—in consultation with appropriate agencies—whether “a foreign government, or any person acting as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign government, has acted with the intent or purpose of interfering in any election for Federal office.” Second, within 45 days after receiving the DNI’s assessment, the attorney general and secretary of homeland security—in consultation with appropriate agencies— are to send the president and the secretaries of state, defense and the treasury a report evaluating two questions: (1) the extent to which any foreign interference that targeted election infrastructure materially affected the security or integrity of that infrastructure, the tabulation of votes, or the timely transmission of election results; and (2) if any foreign interference involved activities targeting the infrastructure of, or pertaining to, a political organization, campaign, or candidate, the extent to which such activities materially affected the security or integrity of that infrastructure, including by unauthorized access to, disclosure or threatened dis-
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe.
closure of, or alteration or falsification of, information or data.
The document then details the potential measures which could be imposed which include, among others, the blocking of property, restrictions on access to financial institutions, and “any other measures authorized by law.” Former National Security Advisor General Mike Flynn told Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures that there is conclusive evidence of foreign interference in the election. He said the evidence is available currently at DefendingTheRepblic.org.
“With the DNI Report coming up this week on a whole range of issues, if he (Ratcliffe) does the duty that he’s very capable of doing and the intelligence community provides a clear, unfiltered assessment, they’re going to discover that,” said Flynn.
He said that if he were the current National Security Advisor or DNI Director, he would advise the President of the United States to trigger his executive order of 2018 mentioned above and then appoint a special counsel to look into the foreign election interference.
“We have serious, serious problems with this Dominion Voting machine,” said Flynn.
A tiny county in Michigan could be the pilot light for determining the extent of the voter fraud. Antrim County, Michigan made
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“I love doing jobs here because a lot of times, their kids go to school with my kids,” said Dickson. “That’s why I moved up here three years ago, I love Howe.” Dickson’s great grandmother Wilma Malone was a resident of Howe years ago.
After only three months with the company, Dickson says she wants to stay with the company until retirement because she loves what she’s doing.
“I love meeting people and I really do enjoy talking to people,” said Dickson. “There was one lady in Timbercreek that messaged us about a carpet cleaning, but in reality, she just wanted someone to talk to. So, we visited for quite a while.” Most jobs can take an hour or two, but sometimes they can last longer because she says she has a listening ear.
“Before I get home from a cleaning, I already have a friend request on Facebook from our clients,” said Dickson. “I’m totally fine with it. I think that makes a big difference with us. It turns into more than a service call. It’s as if our family is growing." Rayburn, the owner in Texarkana, has a service area that covers a lot of East Texas room, but looking to expand, he asked his former Navy mate if she would be willing to help.
“I said, ‘of course’ because he was the best supervisor ever,” said Dickson of her boss when she was 18 years old while stationed in West Virginia. “He’s just a good leader and when he asked, I said ‘absolutely, without a doubt.’”
Dickson grew up partially in Irving and partially in Avery (near Texarkana).
“I’d come up to Howe when I was little to see my greatgrandmother,” said Dickson who remembers playing at the park at Westwood Manor. “Moving here brings back some of the best memories, I'm really glad I made that decision”
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