Jill Manning
Timothy Taylor
Courtnye Neice
Wyatt Dunham Cooperative announces youth programs essay contest winners for 2012 Adventure awaits N
ORTHEAST Oklahoma Electric Cooperative’s proud tradition of supporting youth activities throughout its service territory continues in 2012 with the sponsorship of two essay contests.
Four deserving winners were selected in each of the two contests and were awarded a unique opportunity to spend a week of their summer vacation participating in an enriching, once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Youth Tour
NEOEC is sending four area high school juniors on a week-long tour of our nation’s capital, June 15-21. Youth Tour is celebrating 48 years of sending young people to Washington, D.C., and our cooperative has always sponsored the best and brightest students from north- east Oklahoma on this all-expense-paid, educational trip. The 2012 Youth Tour will get underway
Friday evening, June 15, with the traditional “Get Acquainted Banquet” at the Airport Holiday Inn in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma contingent of kids (there are over 60) will leave bright and early the following morning.
The trip will include stops at the Kennedy Center; Arlington Cemetery; Smithsonian Museum; Air & Space Museum; Ford’s Theater and Peterson House Museums; Lincoln, Vietnam and Korean War Memorials; White House; Jefferson and Roosevelt Memorials; Library of Congress; World War II Memorials; Holocaust Museum; Ronald Reagan Building; International Trade Center; Mount
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Vernon; Old Alexandria Christ Church; National Cathedral; Iwo Jima Memorial; U.S. Marine Sunset Parade; Pentagon; U.S. Botanical Gardens; U.S. Capitol Building; Interna- tional Spy Museum; Awakening Man Statue; and more. Youth Tour will be comprised of six solid days of activities from 7 a.m. until approximately 10 p.m. before wrapping up and returning home on Thursday, June 21. As selected by the Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative board of trustees, 2012 Youth Tour qualifiers from our area included: Wyandotte High School’s Jill Manning, daughter of Kathy Manning; Vinita High School’s Timo- thy Taylor, son of Barbara and Leonard J. Taylor, Jr.; Adair High School’s Courtnye Neice, daughter of Ralph and Ella Neice; and Grove High School’s Wyatt Dunham, son of Vann Dunham.
Neice was also awarded an additional cash prize for having the best overall Youth Tour essay, while Wyandotte High School’s Sarah Davis, Grove High School’s Lauren Lindsey, and Vinita High School’s
Chelsea Feidler were selected as Youth Tour alternates and received cash prizes for their efforts.
Energy Camp
The cooperative is also sending four eighth-grade students from its service territory on a week-long adventure at Canyon Camp in Hinton, Oklahoma, May 29-June 1, 2012.
At Energy Camp, students will enjoy a number of activities that combine fun and education. Not only will
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