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Kay Electric Announces Youth Tour Winners McAreavey and Lipsey will represent KEC in Washington, D.C.


K


ay Electric Cooperative’s Annual Youth Tour Banquet wrapped up on the evening of March


22. Area juniors wrote essays about what they see as the biggest challenges facing electric utilities in the future and why. School administrators and faculty, parents, and KEC employees and directors OLVWHQHG DQG OHDUQHG DV WKH HLJKW ¿QDOLVWV presented their essays in speech form.


Trenton McAreavey, Tonkawa High School, and Samantha Lipsey, Garber High School, won top honors for their presentations and earned an all- expenses paid trip to Washington D.C. as participants in the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) Youth Tour. Brett Severin, Garber High School, and Makenna Sterling, Medford High School, won the all-expenses-paid trip to the Cooperative Youth Leadership Conference in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.


Winners of cash prizes included Caitlynn Wickham and Emma Dice, Blackwell High School, and Mikey Kane and Aaron Smith, Medford High School.


The essay contest is open to high school juniors within the KEC service territory. A third-party judge evaluated the essays on content, originality, grammar and neatness before choosing the eight ¿QDOLVWV .(& KRQRUHG WKH WRS ZULWHUV DW


Local Youth Shine at Youth Tour Banquet


Standing are Tim Rodriguez, Kay Electric CEO; Mikey Kane, Medford; Aaron Smith, Medford; Brett Severin,Garber; Trenton McAreavey, Tonkawa; and Max Hohmann, president of the Kay Electric board of trustees. Seated are Caitlynn Wickham, Blackwell; Emma Dice, Blackwell; Makenna Sterling, Medford; and Samantha Lipsey, Garber.


WKH <RXWK 7RXU EDQTXHW ZKHUH ¿QDOLVWV presented their essays in speech form and answered three questions from the judges. Judges included Erin Liberton, Eastman National Bank, Traci Thorpe, Pioneer Tech, and Jared Grell, BancFirst.


KEC began sending local high school juniors to Washington D.C on Youth Tour in 1963.


As the top winners, McAreavey and Lipsey will also have the opportunity to


Local Teens Headed For Energy Camp


Kay Electric selected six local teens to attend YouthPower Energy Camp May 30 to June 2. Located near the Oklahoma’s scenic Red Rock Canyon, Energy Camp builds teen leadership skills by teaching campers about cooperatives. This year, the following teens will represent KEC at Energy Camp: Weston Light, Kayleb Darst, and Lukas Steinert, Garber; Amber Watts, Blackwell; Karlie Tucker, Home School; and Kaylee Williams, Shidler.


Congratulations, campers!


For more information on YouthPower Energy Camp, please visit www.oaec.coop. For details on Kay Electric’s Energy Camp contest, please call 800-535-1079 or visit www.kayelectric.coop.


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compete at the state level for the coveted Oklahoma representative position on the NRECA Youth Consulting Board.


While in Colorado, Severin and Sterling will have the chance to be selected as an Oklahoma ambassador for the multi-state camp.


For more information on Kay Electric’s Youth Tour competition, please visit www.kayelectric.coop or call Cyndi Mitchell at 800-535-1079. #288903


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