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Annual Meeting May
4, 2010
Our 2010 Annual
Meeting was held Tuesday,
May 4, 2010, at the
school gymnasium in Cedar Vale. Trustees re-elected to Position
#1 for a 3-year term were Kenny Bates, Cedar Vale, and Carl Johnson Jr., Atlanta.
George Tolbert, Sedan, was elected to his first term in District 3. Scholarship recipients for the
2010-2011 school year
were announced
and numerous electrical prizes, door prizes
and bill credits were given. Thanks to all who
attended and represented your interest in the cooperative!
March 27, 2009, Ice Storm
Another
ice storm damaged the western side of our system on March 27, 2009. Six
substations were down following the storm due to Westar's transmission lines
going down from ice accumulation. Caney Valley lost numerous poles and lines
also. Service to all residential meters was restored by March 31st.
All of us sincerely appreciate the
assistance and encouragement our consumer members provide during each
major storm. Your
patience will continue to be appreciated if you experience
future prolonged outages due to
circumstances beyond our control.
On a side note, we sent crews from Caney
Valley Electric to assist Radiant Electric in Fredonia, where high winds &/or a
tornado damaged lines in that area on May 8th. We recently assisted Carroll Electric in Jasper, Arkansas, following the
ice storm of January 26 and 27, and Dixie Electric Membership Cooperative in
Louisiana following the hurricane in early September 2008. We also sent
crews to assist Butler Rural Electric Cooperative in El
Dorado, where over 100 poles went down in a wind storm April 7, 2008. We
helped cooperatives in eastern Kansas to repair lines damaged when
ice and snow storms hit there in December, 2007, and sent five men to help
rebuild line following the devastating tornadoes that hit western Kansas the
first of May, 2006. We appreciate the willingness of these men to be away
from their families for an extended period to help out our "cooperative
families."
2010-2011 Scholarship Winners
Congratulations to the following high
school seniors! They each won a $600 scholarship for their first year of college
education 2010-2011. Selection was based on grade point average, ACT/SAT scores,
leadership activities and involvement in other organizations:
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Julia Arentz, Cedar
Vale High School
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Sarah Massey, Cedar
Vale High School
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Macy Warburton,
Cedar Vale High School
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Amber Defore,
Dexter High School
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Tosha Wade, Elk
Valley High School
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Jolene Reed, Sedan
High School
"Together We Save"
Money and energy-savings advice is available at the following web site:
http://www.togetherwesave.com.
This national campaign
represents the utility industry's first national energy efficiency call to
action. Included at the site are simple steps you can take around your
home or business to save energy. Check it out!
Safety Check...
Don't use an ordinary extension cord for an appliance which uses a great deal of
electricity like an iron or air conditioner. Use a special heavy-duty cord for
appliances that use more than 60 watts.
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PO Box 308, 401 Lawrence,
Cedar Vale, KS 67024 (620) 758-2262
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