Summer is well underway, and our crews are hard at work making sure you stay in power. Our forestry crew is out clearing rights-of-way and dealing with problem trees. Keeping problem trees cut back and rights-of-way clear helps lessen the chance that summer storms will blow limbs into the lines and cause power outages. Our construction crew continues handling our day-to-day maintenance needs, pole changeouts and assisting with some rebuild areas. We will again have contractors; this year we will have Intren work crews working on line upgrades in the Noble area. The first project will be on Glenwood Road going north from the Noble Substation just off the highway up to Seven Hills Road. The second rebuild will be along Basanite Road starting at Bucktown Lane and going north up to Cobalt Lane. They will then turn east on Cobalt Lane and go to the intersection with Ruby Road. As we keep busy this summer, we ask that you do your part by being careful around power lines and mindful of our work crews as you travel around Clay County. Be safe, slow down!

Our 79th Annual Meeting will be held next month on Aug. 24 at Oil Belt Christian Service Camp west of Flora. In the lead-up to our annual meeting, we’d like to remind our members of our annual scholarship opportunity. Each year at the annual meeting, we draw three $500 scholarships for the children of our members. To be eligible, they should be members of the graduating class of 2023 with plans to attend an accredited two- or four-year college or trade school. The form for the drawing can be found on page 6 and returned to the cooperative by mail or in person by Friday, Aug. 18. More details about the 79th Annual Meeting will be in next month’s magazine.

Don’t forget to be on the lookout for your member number in the center section of this magazine. There are three member numbers hidden in Clay Electric News. If you find your number and give us a call, you win $5 off your next bill!