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ortheast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative hosted meetings in Districts 4, 6 and 8 this sum- mer. Incumbent trustees went unchallenged in each of those three districts and subsequently accepted nominations by acclamation to represent their respective constituents by serving another three-year term on the board of trustees. Having received nominations, they now await confirmation from the cooperative membership during the general election at annual meeting on Saturday, September 15, 2012, at the Grove Civic Center. Following is a profile for each of the three candidates:


District 4 John Myers is a resident of Vinita with 34 years of


Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative patronage. He is a large animal veterinarian by trade and is also owner of Summit Cattle, a commercial angus operation. He has owned his own business in the Vinita, Chelsea and Grand Lake area for 39 years. Myers graduated from Oklahoma State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Animal Science. He also earned a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine at OSU. Myers’ professional


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involvement includes serving in the following capacities: chairman on the ethics committee for the Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Assocation, director for the Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, president of the Northeast


Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Association, on the administrative board for the Society of Theriogenology (animal reproduction). Myers is board certified by the American College of Theriogenology and is one of 300 members recognized worldwide. Community and civic participation for Myers


includes serving as president of the Vinita Lion’s Club, president of the Vinnie Ream Cultural Center, vice- president of the Vinita Area Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Vinita American Legion, and founder of Vinita’s World’s Largest Calf Fry. Myers is a member of the First United Methodist Church in Vinita, where


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grandchild. District 6


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he serves as council board chairman and administrative board chairman. Myers and wife Debbi have three children and one


A resident of Adair with 31 years of cooperative


patronage, Sharron Gay has served on the cooperative board of trustees since April 2010, having been appointed to serve the remainder of late husband Buck’s term. A lifelong Mayes Countian, Sharron was born in Pryor and was a 1965 graduate of Adair High School. She attended Northeastern State in Tahlequah, earning a B. S. Degree in Education. Sharron taught three


years years at Oologah Public School, two years in the Copan Public School system, and 22 years at Adair Public Schools before retiring in 2001. She now maintains a small cow-calf operation at her home. Community involvement for Sharron includes


Sharron Gay


volunteering for the Pryor Ministries Center. She is chairperson for the Mayes County Red Cross Blood Drive and attends Life Fellowship Church. Sharron was selected Teacher of the Year at


Adair Public School in 1993-’94. She has completed certification requirements of the Credentialed Cooperative Director program. She has three children and eight grandchildren.


District 8 An Oaks resident and former town mayor, Bill


Kimbrell is a retired vocational agriculture instructor who earned his degree and teaching certification from Oklahoma State University. He taught in both the Lenapah and Oaks-Mission school districts, accepting national honors in 1991 as an outstanding classroom teacher.


Kimbrell has served as the District 8 trustee on (continued on next page)


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