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HIGHLIGHTS

Garkane’s PhilliP Burr Goes To haiTi

2015 UREA Leadership Camp Students Selected

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Phillip said, remarking about his experience, “I really enjoyed being with the people. Even though they didn’t have much, they were happy, and I could sense the appreciation they had for what we were doing. The children would follow us around and whether it was a little song, or playing some game, it was rewarding to hear one from the group that could speak a little English. They would say, ‘you make them happy, you make me happy.’ That’s when you knew communication was not a barrier and that joy and happiness is something

we can all share. I learned that we are very bless-ed with the things we have and that even with those blessings, happiness doesn’t come through worldly possessions. Though we may live miles apart, we all live in the same world and if in some small way we can offer hope and a brighter future for others, it is a special opportunity to be able to help in some small way. We are all children of a supreme creator and He desires for us to help and serve others in any way we can. It was a lot of hard work, building in 100% humidity weather,

but it was worth it, and it was a very rewarding experience.”

For 50 years, NRECA International has provided men, women and children in developing coun-tries with access to safe, reliable and affordable electricity. NRECA International has recently es-tablished a new community-owned electric coop-erative in Coteaux, Haiti. Phillip Burr, the Area Manager for the Loa area was able to travel to Haiti for 3 weeks to help bring electricity to the people of Haiti.

Phillip Burr (second from right) bringing electricity to the people of Coteaux, Haiti

2Get To Know The People Behind The Power

Mike Avant- Engineering manager -

Mike Avant- Cowboy action shooter -

huntsman world senior games

You probably didn’t know that when Mike Avant is not managing the en-gineering department, he and his wife enjoy competing in Cowboy Action Matches. They’ve competed in competitions since 1990 and helped start the local gun club called the North Rim Regulators in Kanab. Mike and his wife Carla help organize a 3-day cowboy action shoot with Western Leg-ends attracting hundreds of people from all over the western United States. The cowboy action matches involve shooting old west style cowboy guns including, Colt Peacemakers, Winchester rifles, Single Shot Sharps, and High Wall long range rifles out to 800 yards with iron sights. One of Mike’s favorite events is shooting old cap and ball revolvers and single shot rifles with black powder. They started competing in the Huntsman World Senior games the first year it was offered over eleven years ago, and have lost track of all the medals, trophies, and plaques they have won over the years.

Scott Grundy- Journeyman Lineman -

Scott Grundy- volunteer fireman -

You probably didn’t know that when Scott Grundy is not maintaining the Wayne County electrical distribution system, he is volunteering his time as a fireman and search & rescue specialist. Scott has been on the Wayne County volunteer fire department for 22 years, and has been involved in high angle search & rescue efforts for over 6 years. High angle rescue consists of time consuming training involving rapelling, rock climbing, and specialized ava-lanche courses. Their crew covers the vast Robbers Roost area, Capitol Reef National Park, the slot canyons of Lake Powell, and everywhere in between. They spent hours and hours searching for Aron Ralston, who was stuck in Blue John Canyon in rural eastern Wayne County for over 5 days. Aron’s story was made into a blockbuster movie called 127 hours. Grundy says “it’s very challenging and time consuming, but very rewarding.”

mike avant scott grundy

Mike AvantEngineering Manager

Mike Avant cowboy action shooter Scott grundy

volunteer firemanScott Grundy

Journeyman Lineman

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Western Legends Pin Promotion

Garkane Welcomes Two New Board Members

Chad Williams District #2

Preston Barlow District #11

Chad Williams replaces Trent Hunt as the winner of the district #2 election held in April. The re-sults were announced at the 2015 Annual Meeting in Bicknell, UT. Chad is the owner of Boulder Mtn. Electric and has been an electrical contractor for the past 18 years. He has served on the Wayne County Volunteer Fire Dept., Wayne Coun-ty Search & Rescue, High Angle Rope Rescue, the Wayne County Noxious Weed board, and has held various positions as a member of the LDS Church and Boy Scouts of America. He is married to Stepha-nie and has two daughters.

Preston Barlow was voted in as the replacement for Tyler Barlow, due to Tyler’s resignation from the board in 2015. A special election was held to fill the vacancy for the final year on Tyler Barlow’s three year term. Pres-ton is a Journeyman Electrician and has served as a paramedic for the last 17 years. Preston has served on the Arizona Strip Landfill Corporation board, and currently serves on the Reliance Electric Board of Directors, while also serving on the Colorado City Fire Department. Preston has a family of 13 that shares a wonderful love together. (0000291503)

Garkane Energy has teamed up with the Western Legends Roundup event to provide a free pin to all Garkane members. The souvenir pin is a $5 value and is required for all ticketed events. This year offers some great entertain-ment with concerts from Sons of the Pioneers, Suzy Boguss, and tributes to Marty Robbins and Patsy Cline. Fill out this coupon and redeem it for a free souvenir pin at any of the ticket locations. Your account number can be found on the name and address label on the front of this newsletter.

Name __________________________________

Address_________________________________

Account #_______________________________

Contact Neal Brown at 435-644-5026 with any questions.

A Celebration of Film, Music, Poetry, and Western Heritage

August 27 - 29 Kanab, UTCalendarOf eventsJuly 3-4, 2015 Independence Day OfficesClosedJul.3

July 13 - 17, 2015 UREA Youth Camp

July 24, 2015 Pioneer Day Holiday OfficesClosed

July 27, 2015 Board Meeting Hatch,UT

August31,2015 Board Meeting September1,2015 Strategic Planning

September28,2015 Board Meeting Hatch,UT

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As the official publication oftheCooperative, the purpose ofHIGHLIGHTS is to commu-nicate to members informationconcerning their electric coop-erative,andtooffersuggestionsandideasregardingthesafe,effi-cientandeconomicaluseofelec-tricenergy.

BOARD OF DIRECTORSLaDonTorgersen-Koosharem(435)638-7531ChadWilliams-Loa(435)425-3213TerryGriffiths-Orderville(435)648-2591CarlBoyd,Jr.-Tropic-President(435)679-8418TracyPotter-Torrey(435)425-3128ReedMunson-Escalante(435)826-4422RodneyEnce-DuckCreekVillage(435)682-2526BoudiccaJoseph-BigWater(928)660-1560NanellRobinson-Kanab(435)644-2752AndyGant-Kanab(435)689-0348PrestonBarlow-ColoradoCity(435)691-1740

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5Kelsey Barnes of Garkane Energy Attends The NRECA 2015 DC Youth Tour

Kelsey being goofy with Representative Bishop

Kelsey (2nd from right) in front of the White House Attending the broadway play Newsies at the Kennedy Event Center

More than 1,700 young co-op members from across the country attended the DC Youth Tour in June. Kelsey Barnes of Church-wells, UT was selected and spon-sored by Garkane Energy to at-tend the weeklong adventure. Kelsey was fortunate to visit Mt. Vernon, the Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, and Iwo Jima nation-

al monuments’, the Smithsonian Institute Museums, the National Archives, and to walk the halls of the Library of Congress. She had the privilege to sit down and chat with Congressman Rob Bishop as he gave her party a private tour of the nations Capitol. Congressmen Chris Stewart also took the time to meet with her.

“My experience in Washington D.C. with the youth group was an incredible adventure. This experience went beyond all I had imagined in anticipation. America’s history has now come to life for me. During the D.C. tour I was continually making connections with all the monuments, memorials, and museums to the history classes I had taken back at home. I walked in the same buildings, down the same stairs, and through the same halls as our forefa-thers. It took me this journey through America’s past, to join our forefathers in the work for America’s future. I now realize all that

I have in America, as I join in to support it. There is a quote in the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial where he states, “The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man, or one party, or one nation…it must be a peace which rests on the cooperative effort of the whole world.” - Kelsey Barnes

62015 Board Officer Election Results

Carl Boyd Jr. President

Rod EnceVice President

Nanell RobinsonSecretary/Treasurer

2015 Deseret Power, UREA Elections

Bo JosephDeseret Trustee

Terry GriffithsDeseret Trustee

LaDon TorgersenUREA Representative

Garkane Propane

Reed MunsonPresident

Preston BarlowVice President

Chad WilliamsSecretary/Treasurer

Each year, Garkane’s Board of directors vote for posi-tions within the board. This year, Carl Boyd Jr. was se-lected as president, with Rod Ence as Vice President and Nanell Robinson as Secretary Treasuer. Bo Joseph and Terry Griffiths were selected to represent Garkane on the

Deseret Power Board of Directors. Deseret Power is a Generation and Trans-mission Cooperative made up of 6 other cooperatives in Utah, Nevada, and Wy-oming. Each cooperative selects two trustees to sit on the Deseret board to en-sure that each cooperative is represented and receives

the lowest wholesale power rates available. Reed Munson was re-elect-ed as the Garkane Propane President with Preston Bar-low as Vice President, and Chad Williams as the Secre-tary Treasurer. (0000389708)

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Erica Naylor - Centennial Academy -

Jenna Holm- Centennial Academy -

Larissa Wells - Wayne -

Tegan New- Wayne -

Jaden Ellett- Wayne -

Brogan Reynolds- Wayne -

Kayla Reynolds-Wayne -

Riley Cook- Wayne -

Hailey Rogers- Kanab -

Sarah Kelly- Kanab -

Katie Chamberlain- Kanab -

Channing Jackson- Kanab -

Brynli Barber- Kanab -

Dylan Barney- Escalante -

Audrie Lindsey- Escalante -

Dason Houston- Panguitch -

Cienna Miller- Panguitch -

Kael Wolfley- Panguitch-

Margaret Williams - El Capitan -

Jordan Crider- El Capitan -

Jaicee Bussener- Fredonia -

Melanie Franks- Richfield -

Marlee Torgersen- Panguitch -

Mazie Miller- Panguitch -

Steven Timpson- Centennial Academy -

Kimberly Dockstader- Centennial Academy -

Samuel Musser- Centennial Academy -

The UREA Youth Leadership Camp is offered to all eligible high school Ju-nior students whose parents have a Garkane account. It is a weeklong camp held on the campus of Snow College in Ephraim, UT. This camp provides leadership opportunities through intriguing classes, motivational speakers, group interactions, games, and much more. The leadership camp also pro-vides opportunities to earn scholarships. Each year, a Garkane representa-tive will present this opportunity to all junior students interested in going. If you are interested in attending, please contact your high school counselor.

2015 UREA Youth Leadership Challenge Attendees Selected

8Garkane enerGy Wins naTional aWard

Garkane Energy recently received nationalrecognition in the 2015 “Spotlight on Excel-lence” awards program, sponsored by the Na-tional Rural Electric Cooperative Association.GarkanereceivedaGoldawardintheBestTotalCommunicationProgramcategory. Theannu-al awards competition recognizes the top-ratedcommunicationandmarketingeffortsbyelectriccooperatives and related organizations. Partici-pantsintheawardscompetitioncompetedwithelectric cooperatives of similar sizes from allover the United States. There were more than780entries in theSpotlightonExcellencepro-gram,nowinits27thyear,andGarkaneEnergywas fortunate towin theGoldaward thisyear.Faculty members from the University of Mis-souri–Columbia,UniversityofSouthCarolinaandOhioUniversityScripps-HowardSchoolofJournalismjudgedtheentries. GarkanereceivedtheGoldawardforitsyear-longcommunicationeffortscentereduponits 75-year history celebrations. The focus ofthe communication efforts were based on the

self-publishedhistorybooktitled,LightingThePlateau,writtenbyGarkane’sBoardPresident,CarlBoyd.“ThehistorybookdoesanexcellentjobhighlightingwhatlifewaslikeinruralUtahbeforeGarkanebroughtelectricitytotheregion,andwewanted toconveythat inan interestingway.Wehope thememberswere able to get acopy and read through it to better understandthesacrificetheearlyGarkaneemployeeswentthrough to bring power to the region,” statedNealBrownofGarkaneEnergy. “Thejudgesnotedthatelectriccooperativesarebeingchallengedtocommunicatetothepeo-ple theyserveinmoreways thaneverbefore,”saidCarolCrabtree, administrator of Spotlighton Excellence. “Printed newsletters, news re-leases,websites,socialmediaandvideos,areallmoreimportantthanevertokeepmembersup-dated.” A special reception honored the award re-cipientsduringtheConnectConferenceheldinMinneapolis,MNonMay 12.Winning entriesweredisplayedduringtheevent.

Neal Brown-Marketing Manager, and Carl Boyd-Board President accept the Gold award

Garkane Energy 2015 Official Annual Meeting Sessions

Winners of a 50” LED TV in Orderville(0001693000)

Bre Hammon, NRECA National Youth Spokes-person excites the crowd in Orderville

Mike Schlappi, Paralympic Gold Medal winner gives an outstanding motivational speech

Employee Ryan Hirschi hands out a meal and a smile Employee James Clegg explains the LED rebate program A member checks out the People Behind The Power

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The Directors CornerGarkane. The Board’s func-tion is to provide general pol-icy direction for management and to oversee the activities of the cooperative to protect its financial soundness, to insure that member interests are protected and promoted, and to provide a vision for its future. The Board only hires one employee--the General Manager--although the Board may consult on the employ-ment of upper management personnel. The Manager re-ports regularly to the Board on the financial status of the

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Carl Boyd Jr., Board President

I would like to begin this feature with a brief look at the Board of Directors and its role in the management of

co-op, the status of major work projects, and on legislative and regulatory issues affecting Garkane. The present Board rep-resents a good combination of experience and new ideas. Six of the eleven directors have joined the Board in the last ten years, but, conversely, six of the eleven directors have served three or more full terms. The mixture keeps the Board cognizant of the development of the institution over the last thirty years--where we have been--as well as providing new

Board members who bring a fresh look of the future--where we might be going. We encourage members of Garkane to establish con-tacts with “their” Director and to attend our Annual Meeting held each year in April to meet the other Board members, and to be informed on our progress and activities.

102015 Scholarship Winners Announced

Neal Brown of Garkane Energy presents Brielle Ekker of Wayne High School with a $1,000 scholarship

District #1 – Skyler Perry $500 District #2 – Brielle Ekker - $1,000

District #3 – Morgan Jackson - $1000 District #4 – Bowdy Stowe - $1,000

District #5 - Brianna Palmer - $500 Jake Sawyer - $500 David Wyatt Cox - $500

District #6 – Alexis Anderson - $1,000

District #7 – Emma Reidhead - $500 Lyndsey Bartlett - $500 District #8 – Sierra Taylor - $1,000

District #9 – Caitlyn Allen - $500

District #10- Derek Jenson - $1,000

District #11 – Cynthia Darger - $1,000

NON - TRADITIONAL SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Rebecca Taylor - $1,000Ginger Elmer - $1,500

UREA Youth Leadership Camp Scholarship Winners

Kayla Christensen - Whitney Lewis - Madison Davis - Cydnee Hafen - Brenna Anderson - Trace Torgersen - Brenna Mooney - Morgan Barney - Ashlee Chynoweth - Jayci Shakespear - Elizabeth Kenner - Kelsey Barnes - Anthony Decker - Andrea Hammon - Rachel Timpson - Rosa Chatwin

Left to Right Scholarship Winners: Trace Torgersen, Kelsey Barnes, Ash-lee Chynoweth, Whitney Lewis, Madison Davis

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The light-emitting diode (LED) is one of today’s most energy-efficient and rapidly developing lighting tech-nologies. Quality LED light bulbs last longer, are more durable, and offer comparable or better light quality than other types of lighting. LED is a highly energy efficient lighting technology, and has the potential to fundamen-tally change the future of lighting in the United States. Residential LEDs -- especially ENERGY STAR rat-ed products -- use at least 75% less energy, and last 25 times longer, than incandescent lighting. Garkane En-ergy realizes this poses a significant investment to our customers, and, we want to help. Garkane is offering a 30% rebate as a bill credit on LED light bulb purchases. Simply purchase LED light bulbs and take the receipt to your local office, or email a copy of the receipt to:ledrebate@garkaneenergy.com. This offer is open to all Garkane Energy customers. Please allow up to 2 billing cycles to see your credit posted on your account.

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DearMembersofGarkaneEnergyCooperative,

I hope you enjoyed the annualmeetings held in Orderville, andBicknell. I enjoyed visiting withmanyofyou.Theannualmeetingsgiveusachancetoreportourprog-resstoyouandtoprovidetheop-portunityforyoutoexerciseyourrightsasmember-owners tohaveasay in thewaywedobusiness.Wehadfantasticspeakersinclud-ing Mike Schlappi who gave anoutstanding motivational speechaboutstandingout,withoutstand-ingup.BreHammon,theNRECANationalYouthSpokespersonalsogaveanoutstandingspeechtothe

crowdsinBicknellandOrderville.

Weannouncedthewinnersof theboardelectionsforDistrict#2and#11.ChadWilliamswillbethenewdirectorforDistrict#2,andPrestonBarlowwill finish the final year ofTylerBarlow’s three year term following hisresignationforDistrict#1l.AndyGantinDistrict#7andTerryGriffithsinDistrict#5ranunopposedsotheywillcontinuetofilltheirseatontheboardforanotherthreeyearterm.

The2014annualreportwasdistributedtomembersattheannualmeeting,which reviews the cooperative’s financial performance last year. If youwould likea copyof theannual report, pleasecall800-747-5403orvisitwww.garkaneenergy.com/content/annual-reports.

From the CEO’s DeskJamesCleggwas recently hired as our cooperative EnergyAdvisor tohelpthememberwithenergyefficiencyandconservationefforts.WehaveimplementedaLEDlightingrebateprogramandencourageourmemberstoparticipate.Thisprogramprovidesa30%rebatecreditonyouraccountforallLEDlightbulbsyoupurchase.MemberswillneedtobringinthelightbulbreceipttoanyGarkaneofficeoremailittoledrebate@garkaneenergy.com.

Our2015YouthLeadershipChallengeatSnowCollegewillbeheldJuly13-17.Thiscampprovidesagreatopportunityforouryouthtomeetnewfriends,learnleadershiptraits,andlearnaboutthecooperativebusinessmodel.Wehadmanyapplicants, and regret thatwearen’t able to takeeveryone.Wehopethosestudentswhoareselectedwillmakethemostoftheirexperience.BreHammonwhowasanattendeeatthe2013leader-shipcampwasselectedtogototheWashingtonDCYouthTourandwasselected to be theNationalYouth Spokesperson, representingGarkaneEnergyatthe2015NRECAAnnualMeetingandtheDCYouthTourheldinJuneofthisyear.WecommendherforhereffortsandappreciatetherecognitionsheprovidedGarkaneEnergyonanationallevel.

Summer is upon us, andwe know that electricity bills can sometimesincreasedue to incrasedACuse, soweurgeyou to implement energyefficiencymeasurestokeepcostsdown.Pleasevisitwww.garkaneenergy.comorlikeourFacebookpagetogetenergyefficiencytipstokeepyourelectricbilllow.

Lastly,wearefortunatetoserveyouandoursixtyplusemployeesaregrateful towork for such agreat cooperative.The energy landscape ischanging inAmerica,while not necessarily bad, it’s just different, andsometimesthatcomeswithincreasedcosts.Garkaneisstrivingtobepre-pared for thosechanges.We live inagreat areawithgreatpeopleand

Garkane Telephonenumbers

24-Hour Outageand Emergency Number

(Including Propane)1-800-747-5403

Loa Office435-836-2795

1-800-747-5403 (toll-free)

Hatch Office435-735-4288

1-888-735-4288 (toll-free)

Kanab Office435-644-5026

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Colorado City/Hildale Office435-874-2810

Loa Office120 West 300 South

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Hatch Office468 South North HWY 89

Hatch, UT 84735

Kanab Office1802 South HWY 89A

Kanab, UT 84741

Colorado City/Hildale Office1185 West Utah Avenue

Hildale, UT 84784

by Dan McClendon

employeesandboardmembersworkhardtokeepyourrateslow,whileprovidingreliablepowertoyourhomes.Ihopeyouhaveanen-joyablesummer,andlookforward tofutureinteractionwithyouandyourfamilies.

Sincerely,DanMcClendon

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