As we approach the end of another year, I want to take a moment to reflect on our accomplishments and express my heartfelt gratitude for your continued support and trust in LaGrange County REMC. This year has been transformative for our community, especially regarding our broadband initiatives and the various services we provide. Broadband expansion:… Continue reading.
Last month, I mentioned three of the seven cooperative principles — education, training, and information; concern for community; and democratic member control. I explained how your cooperative lives out those principles every day. I showed that this magazine is provided to keep you informed and educated on your co-op news, and I described how the… Continue reading.
Matthew Deaton Orange County REMC General Manager/CEO Gary Matthew Cleo Deaton has been with the cooperative since January 2015. He and his wife, Misty, have three children, Meredith, Brooks and Bennett. Deaton is a member and deacon at Westview Christian Church. He is also the vice president of the West Washington School Corporation board of… Continue reading.
View snapshots from this year’s Member Appreciation Day.
In the holiday movie classic “It’s a Wonderful Life,” the lead character, George Bailey (played by Jimmy Stewart), wishes he had never been born due to financial troubles he is experiencing. Through the help of an angel, he sees how many lives would have been negatively affected if he didn’t exist. George comes to realize… Continue reading.
Holiday greetings to all the members of Harrison REMC! I hope that all of you enjoy and truly feel the spirit of the season. This time of year is a good occasion to relax and join in the celebrations with family and friends. Whatever you do, I hope you have a wonderful time with many… Continue reading.
Each year, the Indiana Electric Cooperative operations group presents an award to a cooperative operations employee. Harrison REMC Operations/Construction Manager Jim Walter was a 2016 award winner. The award recognizes outstanding achievements and strong character traits, including career competency, sharing of technical knowledge, concern for job-related health and safety, community involvement and leadership, and contributions… Continue reading.
Applications are now available for high school seniors who will be attending a college/university in the counties of Floyd, Clark or Harrison in Indiana or Jefferson County in Kentucky. Harrison REMC provides scholarships to encourage our local youth to continue their education. The eligibility requirements for the REMC scholarships are as follows: The applicant’s parent/guardian… Continue reading.
Being a member of an electric co-op is a unique opportunity to be part of the decision making process in a business. Because Harrison REMC is a cooperative, it is owned by its members. That means members are responsible for voting for fellow members to take leadership positions on the board of directors. Each April,… Continue reading.
As some of you might know, cooperatives across the globe adhere to the same seven cooperative principles that guide all of our decisions from how we run the co-op to how we engage with our local communities. Concern for community is the seventh principle, and it is one that all employees of Southern Indiana Power… Continue reading.
With the demand for renewable energy projects growing, Southern Indiana Power is bringing the benefits of utility-scale solar energy to our community. Under bright sunny skies, directors and representatives from Southern Indiana Power, Dubois REC, Hoosier Energy and local officials dedicated a new, cooperative-owned, solar array on Wednesday, Oct. 5. Thousands of solar panels on… Continue reading.
During the Indiana Electric Cooperatives Community Day on Oct. 14, Southern Indiana employees volunteered their time to work in two locations. Photos below are from the project at the Derby Community Center to install underground electric service for outdoor lighting. Several other employees worked at Lincoln Trail Elementary School. They pressure washed the exterior, painted several… Continue reading.
Indiana’s electric cooperatives are honoring five young Hoosiers this month for making a difference in their communities. Two of the 2016 Youth Power and Hope Award recipients have local ties to Southern Indiana Power. Jace French of Leopold and Camiren Zellers of Tell City are the grandchildren of the late Donnie Etienne, former employee of… Continue reading.
