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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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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.


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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.


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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.


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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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