4 Kilowatt SEPTEMBER 2012 PLAY IT SAFE
the Kids on their own? Prepare them with electrical safety lessons
coming home to an empty house for a few hours in the afternoons, remind them that electricity can be dangerous.
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can save a little one’s life:
1. Assume all utility lines are energized and can injure or kill someone who
touches them. Even if the line appears to belong to the cable or phone company, a child is unlikely to be sure. Advise your kids not to touch any kind of fallen line with their hands or feet, or with a toy or stick.
2. Climbing trees is an activity best enjoyed when an adult is nearby to supervise. Still, caution your child not to climb a tree that is near an electrical power line—even if the line isn’t touching the tree.
and toy airplanes far away from power lines and substations, and to leave them where they land if they come into contact with a wire. Admonish them to abandon any toys that could wind up inside a protected area around a transformer or substation.
4. Insist that children stay away
f back to school means your children will be walking without you or
COMING UP in Kiwash Country
SEPTEMBER
Weekly Hobart Farmer's Market, every Wednesday and Saturday at 8 am, through September.
transmission towers and all electrical equipment. Forbid them from climbing utility poles or entering a substation— no matter who dares them to ignore the “do not enter” sign and climb over the fence.
5. Teach children of all ages how to read signs that say “danger,” “ high voltage,” and “keep out” and know what they mean.
Cooperative telephone number for each of your children to keep with his or her school books, and encourage them to call for help if they spot a downed wire or see another child dangerously close to a line or other potentially “live” equipment. If for some reason they can't locate the Kiwash number, tell them to call 911 immediately. The Kiwash Electric Cooperative number is 888-832-3362.
For additional electrical safety tips and energy saving advice, please visit our website at
www.kiwash.coop.
SUBMISSION DETAILS: Protect your property with a new
SECURITY LIGHT AND GET CASH BACK!
Security lights from Kiwash Electric Cooperative operate automatically from dusk to dawn, casting a warm glow
around your home, barns and buildings. Plus, Kiwash Electric offers installation of a 200 to 400-watt high pressure sodium security light. Kiwash will maintain and replace the bulbs whenever necessary. Contact us today for more information. 888-832-3362 or visit
www.kiwash.coop.
Kiwash Electric Cooperative promotes local festivals, rodeos, fairs and other events in our monthly newsletter, the Kilowatt. Calendar listings are free.
Please send details to: Lisa Willard, Kiwash send e-mail to:
lwillard@kiwash.coop. Please send event listings by the 10th of the month prior to publication.
If you have questions about submitting a event, or need to speak with a Kiwash representative about other matters, please call 888-832-3362, or visit
www.kiwash.coop.
10 SWOSU Career Fair, SWOSU Ballroom Weatherford. For more details, visit
www.swosu.edu/administration/careers
15 Weatherford Wind Fest 20 Panorama Event: Kunal Nayyar from the TV show "The Big Bang Theory," SWOSU Fine Arts Center, Weatherford,
OCTOBER
Palooza, Courthouse Square, Hobart
15 Panorama Event: Capitol Steps, Political Satire Show, SWOSU Fine Arts Center,
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Cordell Pumpkin Festival, Downtown Square, Cordell
27 SWOSU Homecoming, Weatherford. Parade begins at 2:30 pm downtown. Football game vs. Southern Nazarene
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