2017 March Woodruff Timely Topics

Timely Topics

MARCH 2017

A publication of

Woodruff Electric Cooperative Corporation

Volume 45 Issue 3

A trip of a lifetime THE 2017 YOUTH TOUR TO WASHINGTON An all-expense-paid tour of the nation’s capital awaits 44 high school juniors from Arkansas this summer.

If you apply for the 2017 Youth Tour to Washington, you might be chosen for the week-long trip to Washington. The trip, which is sponsored by the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas, includes tours of major sites in Washington, such as the U.S. Capitol; the museums of the Smithsonian Institution; the Newseum; and the Jefferson, Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., Vietnam, Korean and World War II memorials.

This spring, Woodruff Electric Cooperative will select two high school juniors to attend the 2017 tour, which is set for June 9-15. The winners will be selected by an essay contest. Applicants must be high school juniors attending one of the 18 high schools in Woodruff Electric’s area of service.

The Arkansas group will travel to Washington and return to Little Rock by air. Once in Washington, the students will join about 1,700 students from across the nation who are attending the tour.

Why do we do this? The answer is simple. Woodruff Electric Cooperative is committed to its members and to the communities it serves. Through the Youth Tour, we are helping Arkansas’ youth learn more about the workings of their nation’s government and the electric cooperatives, as well as develop leadership skills.

For more information, contact Woodruff Electric at 870-633-2262 or visit woodruffelectric.com for complete contest rules.

To learn more about the Youth Tour, visit: The deadline for entries is March 20, 2017. www.ecark.org and www.youthtour.coop

Woodruff Electric Cooperative P.O. Box 1619 - 3201 Highway 1 North Forrest City, Arkansas 72336 Telephone: 870/633-2262 Fax: 870/633-0629 Office Hours: 8am to 5pm Monday - Friday

Outage Reporting FREE GED CLASSES Offered in Cross, Lee, Monroe & St. Francis Counties FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 1-(870)633-5411 OR 1-(800)842-2317 Crowley’s Ridge Technical Institute 1620 Newcastle Rd., Forrest City, AR 72335 (Mission: To provide a competently trained, educated, and retrainable workforce to support agriculture, business, health services, industry, and government)

870/633-7100 or in AR: 888/559-6400

Contact Numbers Augusta............................870-347-2431 Forrest City......................870-633-2262 Moro.................................870-768-4821 Barton...............................870-572-2800

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