Northfork Sparks & Flashes February 16 CONTENTS PAGE 2


Weathering Winter Power Outages


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One Dish Meals are Easy and there’s no Clean Up!


PAGE 4 Scholarships


Available to Area Seniors


Business as Usual in Our Current


Headquarters, While Work Continues on the New Facility


Cooperative Spirit


Alive and Well with NFEC Members and Neighbors


Winter Storm Goliath lived up to its name, causing relentless damage after hitting west- ern Oklahoma on the evening of Dec. 27. The blizzard buried some parts of NFEC’s service territory under more than 10 inches of snow and ice, leaving 427 broken poles on the ground and over 4,200 members in the dark. After nearly a week of braving extreme conditions, NFEC crews successfully restored service to all residences by Saturday, Jan. 2. With such substantial damage, the need for extreme quantities of materials and man power made space inadequate at the cooperative’s current headquarters. Fortunately, Beckham County commissioners graciously allowed the cooperative to use the county barn as a storage location and loading dock for surplus materials. Simultaneously, the


barn’s community room was used to hold strategic meet- ings with 122 contracted line workers. Having the extra space and second location gave NFEC the room to increase our productivity while maintaining all safety procedures. “We unfortunately don’t have the capacity at our cur- rent facility to effectively host that many people. These limitations, along with sev- eral other hampering issues,


will be rectified once we move into our new headquarters facility this spring,” says NFEC General Manager Scott Copeland. The City of Sayre and its manager, Guy Hylton, also came to the co-op’s relief, permit- ting excess poles to be stored on land adjacent to the county barn. Further support came from Roger Mills and Beckham counties road work- ers. Their tireless efforts made it possible for line crews to access and repair damage to the system.


“It is reassuring to know we have such caring co-op neighbors, who without hesita- tion will come to aid us in our time of need. If it weren’t for their help and hospitality, an already troublesome situation would have been Continued on page 4.


Supplement to Oklahoma Living


Surplus materials were housed at the Beckham County barn thanks to the graciousness and cooperation of the Beckham County com- missioners.


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