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2015 Planters EMC Scholarship recipients
Planters EMC awards scholarships to high school seniors
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lanters Electric Membership Corporation (EMC)
has awarded scholarships to 48 local students.
Recipients were chosen at random from applications submitted and awarded $1,000 each. Four
students earned their scholarship by being selected
Bulloch Academy
Heather Jacobs
Georgia Southern University
as Washington Youth Tour delegates in 2014, after their
junior year.
The scholarships are made possible by a Georgia
law that allows cooperatives to use unclaimed capital
credits after five years to fund education, economic
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Burke County High School
Oshjiah L. Cancer
Young Harris College
Sara J. Clark
Georgia Regents University
Mychon Dishmond
Savannah State University
Destiny Edgar
Ogeechee Technical College
Dylan Hanley
University of Georgia
Kimberly Hightower
Miles University
Josephine Jenkins
Augusta Technical College
LeAnna Stanley
Helms College
Edmund Burke Academy
2014 GEMC WYT Delegate
Emily R. Hill
Pensacola Christian College
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Madison McMillan
Mercer University
Sarah Nell Reynolds
East Georgia State College
Kayley Sapp
Brewton Parker College
Matt Weaver
South Georgia Technical College
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Planters EMC: Working for you
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Planters EMC award scholarships
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Cooperative donates to American Cancer Society
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Tip of the Month
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Office closed for Independence Day
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2015 Planters EMC Scholarship recipients, Continued from page 22A
development or charitable organizations. Until
2006, the unclaimed capital credit money was
returned to the state as unclaimed property.
Capital credits, or patronage dividends, are
margins that exceed the cost of providing service
for members for a given year and reinvested back
into the cooperative. According to cooperative
Effingham County
High School
Home School
guidelines, capital credits may be returned to EMC
members on a schedule determined by management
and the Board of Directors.
Since 2006, Planters EMC has awarded $400,000 in
scholarships to local high school seniors.
Congratulations to the Class of 2015 Planters EMC
Scholarship recipients.
Jenkins County High School
2014 Planters EMC WYT Delegate
Madison Lane Shanks
Georgia Southern University
Kitty Shepherd
Georgia Institute of Technology
Hunter Bolton
Georgia Southern University
Joseph Budgett
Morehouse College
Ashley Bynes
Armstrong Atlantic State
University
Draven Coleman
Southeastern Technical College
Brandon Dixon
Ogeechee Technical College
Alonzo Evans Jr.
Southeastern Technical College
Ambreyona Hendrix
Middle Georgia State College
Shequille Kelly
East Georgia State College
Claire Lanier
East Georgia State College
Ty’Dre Lee
Benedict College
Alesaha Newton
Middle Georgia State College
Elijah Price
Middle Georgia State College
Henry Charles Sherrod
East Georgia State College
Screven County High School
Jessica Sims
Augusta Technical College
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Leeketria Williams
Middle Georgia State College
Jasmine Williams
Georgia Southern University
Brianna Badger
Armstrong Atlantic State
University
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Jancy Durrence
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Screven County High School, continued
Haley S. Jackson
East Georgia State College
Alyssa Lee
Georgia College
& State University
Elizabeth Loos
Georgia Southern University
Courtney Mock
Ogeechee Technical College
Austin D. Owens
Ogeechee Technical College
Austin S. Pearce
Ogeechee Technical College
Erica Rountree
Georgia Southwestern
State University
Chandler Brice Royal
Ogeechee Technical College
Jesse T. Ruffin
Savannah College of Art
and Design
Jacob C. Smith
Middle Georgia State College
2014 Planters EMC WYT Delegate
2014 Planters EMC WYT Delegate
Lindsey Thomas
Georgia Southern University
Hannah Thompson
University of Georgia
Matthew Dylan Thompson
Georgia Southern University
Tyshawhia Tyler
Georgia Southern University
Energy Efficiency
Tip of the Month
Ceiling fans can help lower summer cooling costs and make the
air near the fan seem cooler than
it actually is. However, left on and
unattended, ceiling fans are just spinning up your electric bill if no one is
around to enjoy the breeze.
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Ashley Lee
Apprentice lineman
Cooperative donates to
American Cancer Society
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lanters EMC’s Relay For Life team raised more
than $9,935 for the American Cancer Society
between May 2014 and May 2015. The money was
donated to the Screven County and Burke County
Relay For Life campaigns.
The cooperative employees and directors
raised most of the money in a variety of ways.
Some gave money by donating through payroll
deductions, while others participated in buying
and selling chicken barbecue plates. Still others
helped by cooking the chicken and preparing the
plates for patron pickup. More than 960 chicken
halves were cooked and sold during the fundraiser
on May 11, 2015.
Another Relay For Life fundraiser is a TV raffle held at the Planters EMC Annual Meeting in
October. In 2014, more than $700 was collected by
the Relay For Life team from the TV raffle. For several years, Glenn-Davis & Associates has donated
the TV, allowing all raffle proceeds to go directly
to the Relay For Life team.
Thank you for your support in the Relay For
Life fundraising events.
The theme for the Screven County Relay For Life event was
“Superheroes.” Even though some are disguised as ordinary citizens, all in this picture certainly are Relay For Life
superheroes. From left are Planters EMC General Manager
Matt Brinson, Screven County Relay For Life Chairperson
Dale Reddick (aka Batwoman), Apprentice Lineman Ronnie
Bazemore, Line Construction Foreman Johnny Becton and
American Cancer Society community manager Robin
Peeples.
Offices closed for Independence Day holiday
All Planters EMC offices will be closed Friday, July 3, 2015, in observance of
the Independence Day holiday. Crews will be on standby 24 hours a day in case
of an outage emergency. To report an outage, call (478) 982-4722, or toll free
(800) 324-4722. To reduce delays in restoring power, please have your account
number ready when you call.
We hope you have a safe and happy holiday.
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