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Education, training, and information is the fifth of our seven cooperative principles


y reading this column, you are helping Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative fulfill the Fifth Cooperative Principle, “Education, Training, and Information.”


In fact, right now you’re holding one of our best tools to educate and inform, NE Connection. Through these pages we communicate directly with you, our members, on important cooperative business like trustee elections. We also share energy-saving tips to save you money and safety information that could save your life.


Northeast Connection is published monthly to communicate with the members of Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative.


Offi cers and Trustees


PRESIDENT - Dandy A. Risman, District 5 VICE PRESIDENT - John L. Myers, District 4


SECRETARY-TREASURER - Benny L. Seabourn, District 2


ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURER - Everett L. Johnston, District 3 Harold W. Robertson, District 1 Sharron Gay, District 6


James A. Wade, District 7 Bill R. Kimbrell, District 8 Jimmy Caudill, District 9


Management Team Cindy Hefner


But we don’t stop there. We provide safety programs to educate youth in our service areas through programs held at schools, summer camps, and extracurricular programs.


Manager of Public Rela ons Anthony Due, General Manager


Larry Cisneros, P.E., Manager of Engineering Services Susanne Frost, Manager of Offi ce Services Cindy Hefner, Manager of Public Relations Tim Mixson, Manager of Operations


Connie Porter, Manager of Financial Services


We also support student education through our scholarship program, Energy Camp, and Youth Tour. Last month, you were introduced to the four students that will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to the nation’s capital to visit historic sites, see important governmental buildings, meet lawmakers, and learn how our system of government works. This month, you will meet our scholarship recipients, as well as our Energy Camp attendees that will enjoy a week learning about the cooperative business model and enhancing their leadership skills, disguised by fun.


Our education efforts extend to our employees as well. We encourage and support them in taking courses to improve on-the-job skills through our state (OAEC) and national (NRECA) organizations, in addition to providing tuition assistance to many completing college courses. We believe well-trained employees are more valuable to the co-op and can provide you, our members, with the high quality of service you’ve come to expect. We participate in two apprenticeship programs (one for linemen, the other for field engineers) that are approved by the U. S. Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, part of the U. S. Department of Labor. Since the program’s inception, 28 of Northeast Oklahoma Electric’s linemen have completed the program. Our most recent graduate is Troy Dingman.


We also sponsor safety seminars for our linemen, field workers, and office personnel. This education is vital to keeping our workforce safe and reduces costs involved with lost-time accidents.


Keeping you informed – so you can vote for trustees, learn to manage your energy usage, or understand how your co-op employees are working to better serve you – is one of our most important responsibilities. That’s the cooperative difference. 


Vinita headquarters: Four and a half miles east of Vinita on Highway 60/69 at 27039 South 4440 Road. Grove offi ce: 212 South Main.


Business hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Offi ces are closed Saturday, Sunday and holidays. Available 24 hours at: 1-800-256-6405


If you experience an outage: 1. Check your switch or circuit breaker in the house and on the meter pole to be sure the trouble is not on your side of the service.


2. When contacting the cooperative to report an outage, use the name as it appears on your bill, and have both your pole number and account


number ready.


Please direct all editorial inquiries to Communications Specialist Clint Branham at 800-256-6405 ext. 9340 or email clint.branham@neelectric.com.


This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.


If you wish to fi le a Civil Rights program complaint of dis- crimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, found on-line at http://www.ascr.usda. gov/complaint_fi ling_cust.html, or at any USDA offi ce, or call (866) 632-9992 to request the form. You may also write a letter containing all of the information request- ed in the form. Send your completed complaint form or letter to us by mail at U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Offi ce of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Av- enue, S. W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, by fax (202) 690-7442 or email at program.intake@usda.gov.


Troy Dingman (right) receives his Journey Lineman cer fi cate from Mike Hagy, President of the Safety & Loss Control Associa on of OAEC.


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