OCTOBER 2012 PAGE 3 GOOD THINGS TO KNOW
October is Co-op Month Celebrate your co-op membership!
Cooperative are important to your local economy and your family.
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This year, that celebration is even more meaningful because the United Nations has declared 2012 the International Year of Cooperatives. From your electric cooperative to your credit union, businesses that were created and governed by the people who use them, help keep your money in your local community.
They also give you a say when it comes to policies and decisions. In fact, cooperative businesses are run by boards of directors whose members are consumers of the business. And those consumer/directors are elected by all of the other consumers who “belong” to the business.
share your BEST SHOT
To share a photo, please send your picture to Jennifer Boling, jboling@choctawelectric.
coop, by the 12th of each month. Please include your name, mailing address and phone number. Sorry, photos can’t be returned.
November theme: Honoring Our Veterans Please save these important dates
October 23........CPR Class, 1 pm - 5 pm, Choctaw Electric Cooperative, Hugo. Learn how to perform lifesaving Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) on adults or children. Class is taught by Choctaw Electric employees who are official Medic First Aid-certified CPR instructors. For details, please contact Guy Dale at 800-780-6486, ext. 227. CPR classes are free to nonprofit organizations and schools. Other participants are asked to pay a nominal fee of $10 to cover the cost of course materials.
November 17 & 28.......AARP Defensive Driving Class. This eight-hour course aims to refine and correct driving habits that participants have developed over years of driving. The course will focus on age related physical changes that can affect driving, national, state and local traffic laws, and common sense, safe driving practices. Participants will receive a certificate of completion, which may be presented to your insurance company for a discount on automobile premiums. NOVEMBER SPECIAL: Class is free for all veterans! For more details, please contact Brad Kendrick, 800-780-6486, ext 248.
If you want to, you can run for a seat on your electric cooperative’s board of directors. Or you can exercise your right to vote in board elections; attend your cooperative’s annual membership meetings; and keep up with the cooperative’s activities by reading your co-op newsletter and website.
When you “joined” Choctaw Electric you became a co-owner, along with all of the others in your area who get their energy from the cooperative. So why not take advantage of the privilege of co-op membership? Attend meetings, vote, and keep abreast of your business’s activities. And know that consumers all over the world will be doing the same during the International Year of Cooperatives.
very October is Cooperative Month—a time to reflect on the reasons why consumer-owned businesses like Choctaw Electric
ENERGY EFFICIENCY Tip of the Month
Set your thermostat two degrees higher in summer and lower in the winter for major energy savings. Invest in a programmable thermostat to save even more—these devices auto- matically lower and raise your home’s temperature. Find more ways to save at
www.TogetherWeSave.com.
—TOUCHSTONE ENERGY COOPERATIVES
CO-OP
Convenient payment
locations Drop your payment by any of the
following authorized payment locations during regular office hours:
IDABEL • First Bank & Trust • McCurtain County National Bank • Choctaw Electric Cooperative • Idabel National Bank
ANTLERS • First Bank • Ameri State Bank • Choctaw Electric Cooperative
BROKEN BOW • First National Bank • First Bank & Trust • McCurtain County National Bank
CLAYTON • Shamrock Bank
HUGO • Choctaw Electric Cooperative • First Bank
HOCHATOWN • First Bank & Trust
VALLIANT • First State Bank • McCurtain County National Bank
WRIGHT CITY • First Bank & Trust
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