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Some of the evacuees have signed leases on local apartments. Some have enrolled their children in local school districts.

But what about jobs?

With a local unemployment rate of about 5 percent, what will the influx of temporary East Texans do to the local economy? And what happens if they decide to stay?

Judy McDonald, president of the Nacogdoches Economic Development Corporation, said she isn't worried.

"I hope all of the people will want to stay in our community," she said. "We will do all we can to create the jobs they will need now and in the future.

"As Americans, and more specifically Texans, we want to do everything possible to help our new friends to a better life," McDonald said. "It is the least we can do." Effective Teleservices Inc., a local telemarketing corporation, has 88 positions open, and company officials have already begun to interview some evacuees to help fill those positions, according to a press release from the company.