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COVER: Parks Custom Cabinets of Chelsea has been helping furnish beautiful living spaces throughout northeast Okla- homa for nearly twenty years. The company, a Co-op Con- nections Card participating business, is dedicated to quality craftsmanship and customer service.


INSIDE: Keeping power affordable Nation’s utilities facing challenges from


environmental legislation. 3


Quality counts Parks Custom Cabinets setting bar for quality craftsmanship in northeast Oklahoma. 4


Stake your claim An unclaimed patronage capital refund check could be waiting for you. 7


Circuit breaker Sheild your valuable


electronics with whole-house surge protection. 8


Energy savings at home Implement energy efficient solutions year ‘round, one month at a time. 9


An open and shut case Ensure garage doors are routinely inspected and well-maintained. 10


Watts for Dinner These tasty and easy-to- prepare soups will warm your body and soul. 11


Storm season


Stay safe this spring with tips from American Red Cross. 12


Northeast Connection


All Around Green Country


Events are published as space allows and must be submitted at least 60 days in advance. Include a telephone number for publication. Send information to Northeast Connection Events Calendar, P.O. Box 948, Vinita, OK 74301. Email: clint.branham@neelectric.com, or fax: 918-256-9380. Please call ahead to confirm dates and times.


MARCH 2-4 • Wyandotte Rock Stomp Jeep & Offroad Event D-Day Adventure Park 918-666-3411


MARCH 3 • Locust Grove


Comedy Magic & Dinner Show with Doug Anderson Sycamore Springs Ranch (6 p.m.) 918-598-3313


MARCH 3 • Miami Peoria Tribe Stomp Dance Ottawa/Peoria Building (7 p.m.) 918-540-2538


MARCH 3 • Vinita Spring Livestock Show Craig County Fairgrounds 918-256-7133


MARCH 7 • Pryor Pryor Area Chamber of Commerce Forum Saint Mark’s Catholic Church (11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m.) 918-825-0157


MARCH 8 • Pryor Taste of Pryor Mid America Expo Center (5:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.) 918-825-0157


MARCH 8-11 • Miami “Taming of the Shrew” Performance NEO A&M College Theatre 918-540-6302


MARCH 9 • Pryor Jefferson School Annual Spring Carnival Jefferson School (5 p.m. - 7 p.m.) 918-825-1374


MARCH 9 • Miami Miami Travel Club program In Search of Shangri-La NEO Student Union Center (6:30 p.m.) 918-542-5427


MARCH 9-11 • Grove 15th Annual Grand Lake Boat & Sports Show Grove Civic Center 918-786-2289


MARCH 17 • Miami “Vintage Wildflowers” in Concert Coleman Theatre (7:30 p.m.) 918-540-2425


MARCH 17 • Vinita Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day


Summerside Winery (9:30 a.m. - Dusk) 918-256-3000


MARCH 24 • Dewey 60th Annual Wild Onion Dinner Washington County Fairgrounds (11 a.m., 5:30 p.m.) 918-914-3358


MARCH 31 • Grove The Grove Humane Society’s 2012 Fur Ball Benefit Grove Civic Center 918-786-7630


APRIL 1-7 • Miami


Aggie Day Interscholastics Contests NEO A&M College 918-542-8441


APRIL 7 • Miami


Easter Egg Hunt hosted by 1st Assembly of God Miami High School (10 a.m. - Noon) 918-540-1585


APRIL 8 • Grove Easter Egg Hunt Grove Sports Complex (2 p.m.) 918-786-9079


APRIL 8 • Jay Easter Egg Hunt City Park 918-253-4345


Members asked to give AT&T workers ample space N


ORTHEAST Oklahoma Electric Cooperative members are being made aware that they may observe AT&T service personnel removing equipment from cooperative poles in the coming months, as the result of a mutual agreement


between the two companies. Members are urged to treat these workers as they would any service crew and to stay a safe distance from both men and equipment.


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