Youth Tour 2014 - Choptank Electric Cooperative

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Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc.
AUGUST 2014
Live Wire is a monthly newsletter
published for members of
Choptank Electric Cooperative,
P.O. Box 430,
Denton, MD 21629
Toll Free:
1-877-892-0001
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1-800-410-4790,
toll free,
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www.choptankelectric.coop
President and CEO
Michael I. Wheatley
Board of Directors
Olin S. Davis III
Chairman, Kent Co.
Jeffrey D. Rathell Sr.
Vice Chairman, Talbot Co.
John J. Burke Jr.
Secretary-Treasurer Cecil Co.
Francis A. Callahan Jr.
Caroline Co.
Robert E. Arnold
Queen Anne’s Co.
David W. Bruning
Worcester Co.
Peggy D. Trader
Wicomico Co.
Carl R. Widdowson
Somerset Co.
Douglas D. Scott
Dorchester Co.
Francis A. Ruffo Sr.
Ocean Pines District
Youth Tour 2014
Vol. 19, N0.8
Summer is in full swing which means summer travel has
begun! Choptank Electric couldn’t think of a better way
to kick off the summer than to travel to Washington, D.C.
for Youth Tour. Youth Tour was from Sunday, June 15,
through Thursday, June 19. Choptank Electric had 25
students apply, and five high school junior students were
selected. Those five were Omar Al-Ghusbi and Leah Miles
from North Caroline High School, Alison Duck from
Parkside High School, Rose Adelizzi from James M. Bennett High School, and Grant Richardson from Snow Hill
High School.
During the trip to D.C., our participants took a boat ride
on the Potomac, visited the Newseum, the Smithsonian,
the National Archives, and the Udvar-Hazy Museum, enjoyed a night tour of the D.C. monuments, saw “The Lion
King” live at the Kennedy Center, experienced a congressional visit with Congressman Andy Harris.
Since 1964, the nation’s electric cooperative utilities
have sponsored more than 50,000 high school juniors
and seniors to visit their U.S. congressional delegations,
learn from energy and grassroots government education
sessions, and sightsee in the nation’s capital. This year
marked Youth Tour's 50th year traveling to D.C. and next
year will mark Choptank Electric's 50th year of participation in the Youth Tour program!
For more about the Electric Cooperative Youth Tour
Program and it’s leadership program, Youth Leadership
Council, visit www.youthtour.coop or visit www.choptankelectric.coop and under the community tab, click on
Youth Tour. For more information on how you can participate in Choptank Electric Cooperative’s Washington
Youth Tour program next year, contact Beth Hallett by phone at 877-892-0001 ex. 8640 or via email at bethh@
choptankelectric.coop.
Introducing Our New Website
(Pictured above is a print screen of our new website; go online at www.choptankelectric.coop to experience our new link for yourself!)
Have you visited Choptank Electric’s new website? If you haven’t yet, you should! The new website can still
be found at the same address, www.choptankelectric.coop, but it has new and excitng features to enhance
your online experience with us!
We have added a search bar for easy-access information. We have a new scrolling banner feature which
will advertise co-op news and programs. The homepage now offers buttons for quick links to SmartHub,
the Outage Map, and our newsletters.
The homepage will always have the newest commercial displayed which you can watch at any time. You
can also check out our other videos on YouTube, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter simply by
clicking on the direct links from our homepage. Visit our new website to see all of the improved features!
June Trust Awards
Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore – $2,000 for the installation of restrooms at the Ben’s Red Swings Community Playground
Kent Ag Center, Inc. – $3,648 for renovations of the restrooms at the fair grounds
Tuckahoe Pony Club – $1,000 for the hotel expenses for their members to attend the National Championships in July
The total of approved applications for June was $14,198.00, which included $7,550.00 for individual home and medical
expenses.
The Choptank Electric Trust is a 501-c-3 charitable foundation funded by Operation Round Up donations from members of Choptank Electric. Funds from the Trust are distributed in all nine counties
of Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
Choptank Electric Trust Scholarship Winners for 2014
Every year the Choptank Electric Trust Board awards eight $2,000 dollar scholarships to worthy students. This year, the following students were selected:
Huston Helwig,
graduate of
North Caroline
High School,
will be attending Salisbury
University in the
fall and is planning on studying
Physics.
Abigail Heinsohn,
graduate of Easton
High School,
will be attending
Chesapeake College in the fall and
is planning on
pursuing General Studies. She
plans to transfer to
the University of
Maryland, College
Park so that she
can participate in
the Agricultural
Program.
Leigh Blackiston,
graduate of Queen
Anne's High School,
will be attending
Hobart & William
Smith College in the
fall and is planning
on pursuing Science.
Zachary Parker,
graduate of James
M. Bennett High
School, will be attending the University of Maryland,
College Park in the
fall and his major
will be Aero-Space
Engineering.
Graham King,
graduate of Holly
Grove Christian
School, will be attending Salisbury
University in the
fall and is planning
on double majoring in Biology and
Musical Performance/Composition.
Caroline Peterson,
graduate of Queen
Anne's High School,
will be attending
Roanoke College in
the fall and is majoring in Biology.
Hannah Hughes,
graduate of St. Michaels High School,
will be attending
Virginia Tech in the
fall and is planning
on studying Architecture.
Gary Qian, graduate of Stephen Decatur High School,
will be attending
John Hopkins University in the fall
and is planning on
pursuing Computer Engineering.
Good Morning Delmarva!
The first Monday of every month our
local ABC affiliate WMDT Salisbury
Channel 47 hosts Choptank Electric
Cooperative during the "Plugged In"
segment of their "Good Morning
Delmarva" program from 6-7a.m.
Watch this program for more information on your co-op.
Our offices will be closed on Monday,
September 1, 2014, in honor of Labor Day.
To report an outage 24/7 call
1.800.410.4790
Have a wonderful Labor Day!
Call 1.877.892.0001 Ext. 8633
SHORE UP! Inc. has received an EmPOWER
Grant to help
Choptank Electric Cooperative
residential members
living in Wicomico
and Worcester Counties improve the energy efficiency of their home.
For a limited time, and on a first-come, first-serve
basis, you may be eligible for a Comprehensive
Energy Audit of your home and also qualify for
improvements in energy efficiency that include
upgrades in insulation, building envelope air-sealing and
duct sealing at NO
COST TO YOU!
If you are interested,
contact SHORE UP!
Inc. at 410-749-1142
ext. 330 or ext. 356.