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By Bridgette Outten, Staff Writer 5:47 PM Friday, November 6, 2009

SPRINGFIELD — A glitch in communication somewhere between the county and two phone companies has resulted in the Clark County Board of Elections’ telephone number being left out of the AT&T Springfield/New Carlisle/Urbana & Vicinity Yellow Pages.

For the second year in a row.

The phone book also features some old numbers for some county offices, but those numbers will still connect to the listed office, said Kim Deniston, county information systems director.

Deniston said the phone book issues began when several county offices were moved to Springview Government Center, 3130 E. Main St., in 2007.

For those numbers, which now begin with a 521 prefix, Cincinnati Bell is the new carrier.

That means that Cincinnati Bell must communicate with AT&T about what numbers the county wants printed, Deniston explained.

“We don’t know where the ball got dropped with Springview,” he said. “But all of the downtown numbers are fine.”

Chris Bauer, spokesperson for AT&T, said that the company that provides services to those numbers, Cincinnati Bell, is responsible for providing the listings to AT&T.

Lisa McLaughlin, a Cincinnati Bell spokesperson, said the company is following up and looking into the situation.

But the county is working with Cincinnati Bell to make sure all information is being provided to AT&T, she added.

“And people can always call 411 and get the correct numbers,” Deniston said.

Contact this reporter at (937) 328-0374 or boutten@coxohio.com.

County Phone Numbers w/changed prefixes

Board of Elections (937) 521-2120

Community Development - (937) 521-2160

Legal Department - (937) 521-1680

Transportation Coordinating Committee - (937) 521-2128

Utilities Department - (937) 521-1800

Veterans office - (937) 521-2030

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There are several different telephone directories put out by different companies. Some of them require payment for listings. You can call 1-800-free411 instead of paying for directory assistance :)

Michelle
11:06 PM, 11/7/2009

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I had to look up the address and telephone number of the Board of Elections online. I was unable to find it in the telephone directory.

Beth
8:50 PM, 11/7/2009

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At work we have to pay to have our phone number listed in the yellow pages. Did we not pay the bill maybe???

L
5:32 AM, 11/7/2009

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Notice how they threw in the plug to call 411? Too funny.

HaTeR
8:16 PM, 11/6/2009

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