Published Monthlyfor the Members of

Alfalfa Electric Cooperative, Inc.Cherokee, OK

www.aec.coop

Number 10 , Volume 72October 2017

COOLER WEATHER IS IN THE FORECAST. TIME TO GET YOUR HEATING SYSTEM CHECKED. CALL AEC SERVICES, INC. (580) 596-3333 or 1-800-853-4969

AREANEWS BRIEFS

POWER OUTAGE?(580) 596-3333 OR

1-888-736-3837

October National Cooperative Month AEC is one of many local co-ops proudly serving its members.

October 31 Halloween Be aware of the trick-or-treaters and have a safe Halloween.

October 8-14 Fire Prevention WeekInstall smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each separate sleeping area, and on every level of your home. Cooperatives = Commitment

No matter which utility brings electricity to a customer’s home,

it has made a huge commitment to you: to keep your lights on, your appliances running, your electric heater and air conditioner running when you need them most.

But you don’t get your electricity from just any utility; you get yours from an electric cooperative.

Electric cooperatives commit to much more than simply sending power to your house. They are committed to serving their communities, through economic development and job-creating programs. They are committed to being member-first. In fact, in the cooperative business model, the utility’s members actually own it. Members are on every cooperative’s board of directors, and those directors are elected by members.

October is National Cooperative Month, and appropriately enough, the theme for this year’s celebration is “Cooperatives Commit.”

More than 40,000 U.S. businesses are organized as cooperatives, and their consumers, like you are loyal. In fact, surveys have shown that consumers want to do business with organizations that share their values.

Like all electric cooperatives, AEC knows what its communities want and need because it is locally owned and operated. Cooperatives don’t sell stock on Wall Street, so they don’t have to answer to shareholders.

So this October celebrate with your electric cooperative, AEC. Make a commitment to give someone who works there a nice pat on the back for honoring the cooperative commitment.

ALTERNATING CURRENTS...

Clint ReamStaking Technician

Halloween Safety Tips WALK SAFELY

• Cross the street at corners, using traffic signals and crosswalks.

• Always walk on sidewalks or paths. If there are no sidewalks, walk facing traffic as far to the left as possible. Children should walk on direct routes with the fewest street crossings.

• Watch for cars that are turning or backing up. Teach children to never dart out into the street or cross between parked cars.

TRICK-OR-TREAT WITH AN ADULT• Children under the age of 12 should not be alone

at night without adult supervision. If kids are mature enough to be without supervision, they should stick to familiar areas that are well lit and trick-or-treat in groups.

KEEP COSTUMES CREATIVE AND SAFE• Decorate costumes and bags with reflective tape

or stickers and, if possible, choose light colors.

• Choose face paint and makeup whenever possible instead of masks, which can obstruct a child’s vision.

• Have kids carry glow sticks or flashlights to help them see and be seen by drivers.

DRIVE SAFELY ON HALLOWEEN• Drive slowly, anticipate heavy pedestrian traffic

and turn your headlights on earlier in the day to spot children from greater distances.

• Popular trick-or-treating hours are 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Be especially alert to kids during these hours.

In 1998 Clint began working part time for AEC in the warehouse and with the spray crew. By 2001 he was working full time on the Right of Way crew. He went to linemen’s school in 2004 while still working as an intern. The next year Clint worked full time as an apprentice on the line crew. By 2007 he was the central area serviceman. Since 2014 Clint has been a staking technician in the engineering department.

Clint was born in Woodward, OK but has lived in Cherokee most of his life. He has been married to Megan for 10 years. They have two sons, eight-year-old Tyson and six-year-old Colton. He is a family man who enjoys hunting, golfing and fishing. After 15 years at AEC, Clint still takes pleasure in promoting AEC and the reliable services it provides its members. Clint has met a great deal of people and still enjoys meeting new consumers and maintaining the relationships with current members. Clint’s Grandpa Gus was his biggest inspiration while he was growing up. Gus was a hard-working man who always loved his family unconditionally. Clint clearly remembers this and tries to mirror Grandpa Gus.

Anyone that knows Clint knows that he is an avid Sooner fan and certainly a Cherokee Chief fan. Someday Clint hopes to find a little cabin in the mountains that sits near a creek – an excellent place for some relaxation and family time. Hope you find that cabin soon, Clint. BOOMER SOONER!

The post office has determined that these capital credit checks were undeliverable. AEC would like your help in finding the rightful owners. Please call (580) 596-3333 and ask for Christy Schanbacher or Gina Waugh if you have current contact information for the following individuals or their heirs. If you are unable to speak to Christy or Gina, please leave a message with the name and the correct address. The remaining individual list along with the list of businesses will continue in the November Hotlines.

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Adair, James Adams, Dianna Adams, Shanna Adkins, Gerald Alanis, Nicandro Albright, Khristine Allen, Carroll Almack, Jim Alviso, Gilbert Anaya, Joyce Anderson, Heath Anderson, John Angle, Cale Atkinson, Garry Aubley, Ralph Baade, Chris Bagshaw, Leona Bahm, Anna Baker Sr, Corbin Baker, Hodd Baker, Vernon Ball, Leonard Balliet, Lewis Barnes, Jeanifer Bartlett, Thomas Battles Jr, Richard Bay, Bryan Bay, Cindy Bayliff, Brent Beatty, Emma Behne, Terry Beierman, Harold Beiswanger, Ryan Belcher Heirs Bell, Chris Bell, Grace Bell, James D Bench, Meredith Benda, Leroy Biberstein Jr, Frankie Bier, Deborah Bixler, Ray S Blakeley, Kim

Blue, Barbara Blue, Helen J Boatman, Ray Boehs, Jake B Bolar, Lonnie Booth, John L Bouziden, Albert Bowker, Mike Bowman, Curtis Boyce, Allen Bradford, Bonnie J Bradford, Lynnette Bragg, C W Bragg, Lawrence Braley, James Braley, Kenneth G Brent, Walter Leon Bridges, Frances Brock, Freddie Brown, Dallan Brown, Olen R Bruce, Lela M Brune, Emma J Buchanan, Jim Burks, Belinda Burnette, Trisha J Burrows, Dennis Busse, Chera Butler, Don Caldwell, Regina Calhoun, Gladys Calvert, Marvin Campbell, Bob Carpenter, Evelyn R Carver, Edward Castleberry, Harold Castro, Jennifer Cell, Lester Chester, Terry D Chestnut, Jay Chillcott, Jean Christensen, Robert Cink, Donald J

Clark, Beryl Clark, Charles Clark, Wayne Clarke, Thomas R Clegg, Wenzella Cloud, John Cloutier, Kimberly Coggins, John Cole, Frank Coleman, David Coles, Kendell Conrady, Mike Cook, Geraldine Cook, M Vanora Coontz, Hazel Coppock, Cameron Corbin, Mar Vin Corbin, Robert Corder, Ellen Cottrill, Teresa Courson, Dale Cramer, Johnnie G Crawford, Michael Crites, Dennis Crittenden, Becky Cromwell, Roy Cross, Ronald L Cross, Shirley Cruz, Salvador Cullen, Trolen Cunningham Jr, W A Curry, Lisa K Curry, Scott Dame, Leroy Darr, Debra J Davenport Senior Davey, John Davidson, Connie Davidson, Lanny Davis, Crystal Davis, John Davis, Lacada M Davis, Oleve

Dearmond, Earl Deeds, Randy Deist, Perry L Demo, Anthony T Detwiler, Wendell Dickerson, Brandy Dickson, Eugene Dickson, Troy C Digman, Earl D Digman, Richard Dill, Joe Dillard, Susan Dittmer, Bruce C Divine, John Dobbs, Margaret Donnan, Dave Dorris, Milton Doty, Joy Dowling, Dean Draper, Orville E Driver, Maddelyn H Duel, Maxine Dunagan, Robert Dupus, Bryan Dyer, David Eck, Ollie W Edwards, F James Eec Inc Elder, Richard Ellis, Everett Engler, Jana Ent, Carolyn J Ent, Harold Eskridge, Raymond Felsch, Donald A Ferguson, Dana Fields, Shane File, Chesley R Fiscus, Harold Fisher, Leonard Fitzgerald, Paula Flackman, Susan K Flake, Ernest L

Foltz, Max Foltz, Tina Ford, Roy E Foster, Edythe Foster, F S Foster, J Wayne Fowble, Denethea Fowler, Larry Fox, Ralph Freeburg, Mary H Freeman Iv, Mark Frey, Billie M Frey, Mitzi Frey, Virgil G Fullerton, Jeannine Fuson, E L Fyffe, Ira J Galusha, Opel Garner, Curtis W Garner, Ruby Blew

Geis, Wanda Geith, Walter George, Evart L Ghaemi, Toni Gibson, Janet Gilbert, C E Gilliland, Danita Gleyre, K L Gordon, Angela Goseny, Travis Graham, Margaret Graves, John L Green, Ben Greenlee, Debra Greer, Clayton Gregg, Damon Gregg, Phillip Gregory, Barbara Gregory, Margaret Gregory, Mickey

Griffin, Kevin Griffin, Mike Grim, Gene Guthrie, Scott Hadley, Mikala Hall, Pauline Hamm, Tom Hammer, Wallace L Hanly, Doug Hanson, Blane Harger, Lyle Hardiman, Dean A Harmon, Sylvia M Harmon, Tina Harmon, Zola M Harris, Daniel Harris, O C Harris, V Rosanne Harvey, Jeff Hass, Meron K Hawkins, Leon Hawkins, Misty Hawley, Frank Haws, Lori Hayes, Robert Hays, Lois M Helms, Kenneth Hendricks, Scott Henley, Henry Herbst, Tina Herchock, Amy Herren, Hazel Hess, Dallas Hess, Patricia Hess, Paul Highfill, John Highfill, Richard E Hill, Jennifer Hill, Loyd V Hirst, Russell E Hirt, Cory Hoff, Gary Hogue, R J Holcomb, Donna Holdeman, Viola Holleman, Doug R Holt, Barclay Holt, Eula Hopkins, Edith M Horn, Jerry Houlton, Richard Huffman, Roy G Hughbanks, David Hunt, Calvin Huston, Jere Hutchinson, Gilbert Inman, Rick Isom, Velma

Jackman, Monna Jackson, Clara M Jackson, Rex James, Stephen Jenkins, Michael Jennings, Dana John, Patrick Johnson, Shairy Johnston, Tamera Jojola, Joyce Jones, Charles R Jones, Daniel Jones, Vernon Jueneman, Steve Kassik, Tom Keller, Lewis R Kelln, Chris Kellner, George Kelly, Galen Kerr, B E Kerr, H T Ketchum, Michael Kimberly, Dwain King, Billy C Kingcade, Mike Kinney, Danny Kirkendall, Laura A Kirkpatrick, Andrea Klick, Gene Kornele, Phillip Labrue, Cathy Lackey, John Lambert, Frank Don Lambert, Kelly Landreth, Harold E Lang, Ernest Lann Jr, Burrel J Laughton, George Lawrence, Kent Leach, Jim Leathers, Larry Ledbetter, Cody Lee, Betty Leech, Jerald Leith, H A Lentz, Thomas Leslie, Dorothy Leslie, Shirley Leu, Shane B Lewis, Connie Lewis, G H Lewis, James H Lichlyter, Jeptha F Lile, Herod Lockhart, April Lofton, Sandy Long, Leslie Loomis, Ruby

Lovely, Don Luddington, Lynn Lumpkin, Kevin Lyons, Had Maddox, B J Maddox, Mary Maloney, Bud Maltbie, Dean Marshall, Bill Marteney, E W Masquelier, Norma J Mast, Ray Matheny, Rebecca Mavity, June Mcbride, Marty Mccoll, Neal E Mccormick, Naoma L Mccoy, Bryan Mcdonald, Randy Mcdonald, Steve Mcdonald, Sue Mcknight, Eva Mcnabb, Thelma Mcosker, Alta Mcwilliams, Goldie Means, David Meritt, Connie Miguez, Andrew Millas, Jerry Miller Jr, George Miller, Glenn Miller, Robert Mitchell, Glenda Montcastle, Ivan Montgomery, Claude Moore, Alice Moore, Jasmine Moore, Shawn Moore, Wes Morlan, Billie Morland, Alfred D Morland, Floyd Morris, Dorothy H Morris, Margaret Morris, Maria V Moser, Leland Moter, Vern Moulton, Larry G Mulkey Jr, Hubert Munn, Bill Murray, Glenn H Murrow, Gary Myers, David D Myers, James Nall, Gerald Neely, Joe Nelson, Duane Nelson, Jane

The Hotlines is published monthly by Alfalfa Electric Cooperative, Inc.

PO Box 39, 121 E. Main, Cherokee, OK 73728

www.aec.coop

Staff

Greg GoetzChief Executive Officerand General Manager

Jim DaubManager of Engineering

and Operations

Gail RidgwayChief Financial

Officer

Brandon WrightDirector of Engineering

Christy SchanbacherDirector of Accounting

Terry RyelManager of Marketing

and Public Relations

Scott CudmoreDirector of Operations

Kyle HadwigerAttorney

Robyn TurneyCommunications Specialist

Hotlines Editor

Board of Trustees

Doug McMurtrey President - Cherokee, OK

District 2

John RegierVice President - Ringwood, OK

District 4

Steve EckSec. Treas. - Sharon, KS

District 6

Mark AngleByron, OKDistrict 1

Julie Russell Freedom, OK

District 3

Joe Waggoner Nash, OKDistrict 5

Joe Hise Cleo Springs, OK

District 7

Joe WoodsCherokee, OK

District 8

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