TKI helping victims.(Tire Kingdom Inc)(Brief Article)

Tire Business, September, 2005 by Fedchenko, Vera

Byline: Vera Fedchenko

Like many retail chains, Tire Kingdom International (TKI) Inc. is scrambling to account for all Gulf Coast employees who worked in the hurricane-stricken areas and rush supplies to them.

TKI President and CEO Orland Wolford said the dealership has located and accounted for 140 workers, which is a majority, but he wasn't sure how many are still missing. Many workers have shown up at TKI stores in other parts of the country for work, Mr. Wolford said.

"I guess some of them (in New Orleans) got in vehicles and didn't know where they were going until they got there. When they show up in a town, they just come to us,'' he said. "Wherever that town is, we just put them to work and give them a place to stay.''

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