EREC Holds 70th Annual Meeting Saturday, Elects Trustees, Awards Scholarships

May 1, 2011

Escambia River Electric Cooperative’s 72nd Annual Meeting  was held Saturday at Jay High School.

Marshall Diamond and Radford Locklin, Jr. were elected as cooperative trustees from Santa Rosa County and JD Powell  was elected as an Escambia County trustee.

EREC also awarded two $4,000 scholarships to a graduating senior with a parent or guardian that is a member of the cooperative. The Escambia County scholarship winner was Michael Lowery from Tate High School, and the Santa Rosa winner was Whitney Walther from Jay High School.

This was EREC’s 14th year to offer scholarships to high school seniors. In the past, those capital credits issued by EREC that were unclaimed had to be turned over to the state. But state legislation now allows such funds to be deposited into a qualified, educational charity fund. The EREC membership voted to use these funds in the form of scholarships for graduating seniors in EREC’s service area.

Click here for a NorthEscambia.com photo gallery from the event.

Pictured top: The EREC 72nd Annual Meeting was held Saturday in Jay. Pictured inset: Caleb Dennis provided entertainment prior to the meeting. Pictured below: Newly elected Escambia County trustee JD Powell  (right) greats EREC members at Jay High School. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.

Comments

2 Responses to “EREC Holds 70th Annual Meeting Saturday, Elects Trustees, Awards Scholarships”

  1. mom on May 1st, 2011 10:17 pm

    I forgot all about it…. I need to set an alarm on my phone for next year….

  2. well on May 1st, 2011 6:46 pm

    Looking good Caleb !!!

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