Effingham County Public Safety Director Val Ashcraft told the Effingham Sunrise Rotary Club on Tuesday morning about technology improvements in the communications systems that keep emergency services connected in Effingham and surrounding counties. The upgrades will keep Effingham County in touch in spite of terrorist attacks or natural disasters.

Here Ashcraft is pictured with club president Bonnie Dixon.

The Sunrise Rotary Club meets at the Guyton Christian Church Center, 105 Third St. in Guyton, Tuesday mornings at 7:30 a.m.