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The Observer
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Oregon joins fight
against time tyranny
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You’re more than
just a customer
Author Anthony J.
D’Angelo noted that
“without a sense of caring,
there can be no sense of
community.”
To a large degree, this re-
✁✂✄☎ ✆✝✁✞✟✠ ✡✝☛☞✌ ✍✌✁✂✄✝☞✂
Cooperative’s philosophy
toward our member-own-
ers and the broader territory
we serve. As a cooperative,
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line.” While our priority is
always to provide reliable
and safe energy, there is
another equally important
part of this equation: Your
well-being and that of the
larger community we serve
are of paramount concern.
To us, you are not just a
customer. You are a mem-
ber of our co-op and, with-
out you, we would not exist.
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need in our community
that would not have oth-
erwise been met. Con-
cerned local leaders came
together to build this co-
op and bring electricity
where there was none. At
that time, members of the
community understood we
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likely knew someone who
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most people, our founding
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and its circumstances have
✕✁✁✠ ✌✟✠✞ ✣✟✝✞✟✄✄✁✠✧ ✆✑✁✝
time, folks in the com-
munity may have come
to think of us as simply
another energy provider.
✩✟✎✁✑✁✝✛ ✆✡✍✜ ☎✄✝☞✑✁☎ ✄✟
be more than that. We are
a co-op that is constantly
evolving to meet the needs
of our members and the
communities we serve. We
are able to do this because
of members like you.
Since our inception, we
have sought feedback and
engagement from you and
that of the larger commu-
nity to guide our long-term
decisions. This is why we
hold annual meetings and
other events, such as town
meetings, and attend local
chamber and other busi-
ness meetings in each of
our communities through-
out the year. We host events
like this to engage with you
and obtain your feedback.
We are always looking to
✥✠✒ ✠✁✎ ✎☛✦☎ ✄✟ ✏✁✌✢ ✦✟✤
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supporting the commu-
nity and making it a better
place for everyone.
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a member of an electric co-
operative, you are far more
than just a customer. You
are a member and an own-
er. You belong. You are part
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▼ ➟➳ ✯ ➫➧↕ ↔➤➜➽ ✧ P ➽➺➽ ✳ ➯Ñ ❮➘➬
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P ➧➠➠➚ ✳ ➟➲➲➯➛➙ ➹❮❒➴❮Ò ★ ➴ÒÐÒ ★✧
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✫ ➟➠➠➯➬ ➾➧➛➚ ↔↕↕ ➾➢➜➥↕➜➛➬ ✭ ➢➫
➱➩➢➠➸➜➳ ✯ ➬ ✭ ➟➥➠➢↕ ▼ ➯➳ ✯✧ ➠➩➛➯➟➭➩
➠➩➜ ➞➢➠➚ ➾➧↕➧➭➜➛ ➆ ➥ ➯➲ ✹ ➳➜➬ ➹❮❒➴
Ï❰ ★ ➴❒Ò➘Ï
ible payment options like
levelized billing. In short,
we are always seeking to
engaging the membership.
✆✠✁ ✟✣ ✄✏✁ ✎☛✦☎ ✄✏✁ ✂✟✟✢ -
erative strives to accom-
plish this goal is through
✁✌✁✂✄✝☞✂ ✤✄☞✌☞✄✦ ✂☛✠ ✟✓✁✝✧ ✯☎
✔✆❆✌✡✒ ❖❋❋✡✒✡☞✌✞
→ ✬❊✖✣ ✕✖✗✘ ✕✙❯✣✱✖✬✙✢✪✦
▼ ➚➧↕ ➾➧➛➠➢↕➬ ➳➯➟↕➳➢➡➯➛➹Ó
➾➧➚➯➛ ↔➡➡➧↕ ✫ ➟➲➲➚➬ ➹➘❒ ✰ ❒❒➠➩ ➳➢➠➚➯➲➜➡➭➢↕➯➛➽➯➛➭
❐➠➽➬ ➹❮❒➴❮Ò➷➴❒➘❒❰➬ ➫➧➚➯➛Ó
→ ✣✗✥✢✴✢✖✪✥ ✕✖✗✘
➳➢➠➚➯➲➜➡➭➢↕➯➛➽➯➛➭ ✧ ➾➧➛➚➱➜➥➠➬ ✕✙❯✣✱✖✬✙✢✪✦ ➾➧➚➯➛
★ ❰➘ ✰ ➹➠➩ ↔➤➜➽➬ ➹❮❒➴Ð➘➹➴➘❮❮Ò➬ ❐➠➧➳➜➚ ✵ ➧➛➤➯➥ ✯ ➢➬
➳➯➟↕➳➢➡➯➛ÒÓ➳➢➠➚➯➲➜➡➭➢↕➯➛➽
➫➧➚➯➛➯➲➜↕➠➜➛➵➛➢➥➜Ó➭➫➧➢➡➽
➯➛➭ ✧ ✵ ➧➠➩➚➱➧➛➛➜↕➬ P ➺
➳➯➫ ✧ ✭ ➜↕↕➢➱➯➛➙ ✧ ✫ ➧➤➜
✳ ➯Ñ ❰Ï➷➬ ➹❮❒➴➷Ð❰➴Ï❰❒❒➬
➼➡➡➢➯➠➠ ✧ ↔➥➩➡➜➚ ❐➟➡➡➢➤➧↕ ✧ ➾➢➳➧➩
➳➯➟↕➳➢➡➯➛❰Ó➳➢➠➚➯➲➜➡➭➢↕➯➛➽➯➛➭ ✧ ↔➭↕➜➝ ✧ ➦➧➛➛➚ ➞➩➛➢➥➠➫➧↕ ✧
▼ ➢➥➧ ✮ ➧➡➭➧➛➠➩➬ P ➺ ✳ ➯Ñ ➹ ★ ➹➬
➞➩➛➢➥ P ➛➢➠➳➩➧➛➙ ✧ ➹❮❒➴❮ ★ ❰➴❮❒Ï❰ ✧
➹❮❒➴❮Ò➷➴Ï❮❰ ★ ➬ ➳➯➟↕➳➢➡➯➛ ★ Ó
➫➧➢➡ ➠➯ ➞➢➠➚ ➯➲ ➼↕➠➜➛➵➛➢➥➜➬ ❒➘Ð
➳➢➠➚➯➲➜➡➭➢↕➯➛➽➯➛➭ ✧ ▼ ➯➳ ✯ ➚
✰ ➽➼➽ ❒➥➠ ❐➠➛➜➜➠➬ ➼↕➠➜➛➵➛➢➥➜➬ ➺ ▼
✳ ➟➛➭➜➥➥➬ Ð➘➘ ✰ ❒❮➠➩ ❐➠➽➬
Ï➷Ð ★ Ð
P ➽➺➽ ✳ ➯Ñ Ð➹❮➬ ➹❮❒➴➷Ð❰➴ ★ ❮❒➷➬
■✩✶✬✥✢ ✕✖✗✘ ✕✙❯✣✱✖✬✙✢✪✦
➳➯➟↕➳➢➡➯➛❒Ó➳➢➠➚➯➲➜➡➭➢↕➯➛➽➯➛➭ ✧ ➾➧➚➯➛ ➾➢ ✯ ➜ ➾➳➦➜➧↕➬ ➞➯➛➛➢↕➜
✫ ➧➤➢➙ ▼ ➜➜➙➬ ❒➘❒❒ ✫ ➜➠➛➯➢➠ ❐➠➽➬
➱➢➡➲➯↕➭➬ ✮ ➜➛➫➧↕ ➺➛➠➫➧↕↕➬
P ➺ ✳ ➯Ñ Ò❰Ð ✧ ➹❮❒➴Ï➷➹➴ÒÒ➘❰➬
➾➧➛ ✯ ✮ ➯➝➜➡➡➬ ▼ ➢➳ ✯ ➪➢➳➜ ✯ ➬ ✭ ➯➧↕
➳➯➟↕➳➢➡➯➛❮Ó➳➢➠➚➯➲➜➡➭➢↕➯➛➽➯➛➭ ✧ ✮ ➧➛➙➢↕➭➬ ✭ ➧➥➯↕ ✳ ➜➛➭➡➟↕➙ ✧ ❒Ð➘
✢✤✝✂✏☛☎☞✠✞ ✁✠✁✝✞✦ ✁✪✂☞✁✠✄
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Reporter................................................Dick Mason
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