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Nominating Candidates for LREC Trustee


Lake Region Electric Cooperative members will vote for three trustees at this year’s Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting will be held on April 27, 2013 at the Hulbert Public School Auditorium. Any member who is interested in running for a trustee position, including incumbents, must submit a nominating petition before March 22, 2013. Each petition must include 15 or more member signatures. The petition forms are supplied by Lake Region Electric Cooperative, available at the Hulbert office.


Important Dates


March 14, 2013: Deadline for selecting Youth Tour essay finalists.


March 22, 2013: Nominating petitions for Lake Region Electric Cooperative Trustees due at cooperative office in Hulbert.


March 27, 2013: Final judging presentation of Youth Tour finalists at Hulbert office.


April 27, 2013: Lake Region Electric Cooperative’s Annual Meeting at the Hulbert Public School Auditorium.


2 LREC Powerline Press


Lake Region Electric Cooperative sponsored Riley Beasley and Claire Cheramie, both of Braggs High School, to attend this year’s Touchstone Energy Leadership Summit. Thirty teens from more than a dozen electric cooperatives gathered for a full day of hands on train- ing, discussions, and team building ac- tivities. The training featured innova- tive and exciting discussion led by Rhet


Operation Round-Up Update q Tahlequah Public School’s Special


The Operation Round-Up Foun- dation met during their regular busi- ness meeting, held on January 23, 2013, to approve fifteen grants. Dur- ing the January meeting, grants were awarded to:


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individuals were awarded


$2,500 each for medical expenses and a house fire victim was awarded $2,000.


Tenkiller School was awarded $200 for the Cherokee County Science Fair.


Tahlequah Senior High was awarded $1,000 for their Save-a-Senior party.


awarded matching funds of $2,500 for their band program.


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ed a $1,000 grant for their Back Pack Program.


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Keys Public Schools was awarded $1,000 for their graduation night party.


Locust Grove Life Skills Cooking Class was awarded $1,000 for a new cooking stove.


Olympics team was awarded $2,000 for expenses associated with the State Spe- cial Olympics games.


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Cherokee County Blue Star Mothers was awarded $2,000 for postage and supplies.


Bedouin Shrine Transportation Fund was awarded $5,000.


Wagoner Public School’s Special


Olympics team was awarded $1,000 for expenses associated with the State Spe- cial Olympics games.


Wagoner Public Schools was award- ed $1,000 for their graduation night party.


For years, the electric cooperative business model has served as a valu- able instrument to improve the quality of life in our communities in which we serve. LREC cannot see a better way for members to help those in need, and in turn, make our local communities better places.


Students attended Leadership Summit


Laubach, personal speaker.


leadership insight


Each teen received a $250 scholar- ship for participating in this year’s sum- mit. The day-long training wrapped up at the Cox Convention Center where the students enjoyed an Oklahoma City Barons Hockey game.


Left to right: Riley Beasley and Claire Cheramie


Photo by: Glen Clark


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