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CO-OP KIDS DAY IS COMING

Have you registered for Co-op Kids Day on April 29th?

For the second year, Central will welcome Co-op Kids and their parents or grandparents to the co-op’s headquarters for a unique experience lled with all things electric co-op.

Children will be able to interact with Willie Wiredhand, the electric co-op mascot, Central linemen and employees, and check out the electrical safety trailer demonstration.

so much more. A bounce house, snacks and coloring station will be available for children as well.

Interested in this fun- lled event? Children can participate in Co-op Kids Day by becoming a Co-op Kid!

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Co-op Kids Day will take place on April 29 at Central’s Headquarters in Stillwater from 10 a.m. to noon. Interactive stations will be set up to teach children about electrical safety, what happens at Central and

The Co-op Kids program is free and designed to introduce children ages 0-18 to the world of electric cooperatives by providing agespeci c gifts throughout their childhood, invitations to special events and information about scholarship opportunities. Co-op Kids is free, fun, educational and open to Central members’ children or grandchildren!

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Travel Central

Drive along Route 66 in Central’s district 7. Chandler, Davenport and Stroud are the major stops within Trustee Davis’ district. Travel throughout our service area as we visit each district throughout the year.

Meet Your District 7 Trustee

Bill Davis has been a member since 1979 and joined Central’s board in 2011. He has also served as Central’s board president and on Central’s Community Foundation board. He retired as the superintendent of Stroud Public Schools in 2006.

YOUR STOP: DISTRICT 7

BILL’S PICKS AROUND ROUTE 66

5 Star BBQ

619 N. 8th Ave., Stroud vestarbbqandsteakhouse.com

Family owned and operated, grab all of your favorite BBQ such as the snoop hoggie hog piled with smoked bologna, tender pulled pork and smoked polish sausage.

Destinations

1422 Manvel Ave., Chandler

Find a little bit of everything from this roadside-themed cafe. Grab cheese curds, Kielbasa and Bavarian kraut, rib eye or the DANG quesadilla right off Route 66.

Route 66 Bowl

920 E. 1st St., Chandler rt66bowl.com

Strap on your bowling shoes, grab some pizza and enjoy fun games including putt-putt.

CAN YOU DIG IT?

Nothing ruins a good yard project like hitting a line on your first dig into the ground. As the weather warms and yard projects begin, an underground utility line is damaged once every nine minutes because someone didn’t call 811.

Rock Cafe

114 W. Main St., Stroud rockcafert66.com

A restaurant so good that when Pixar crew member John Lasseter visited, he developed the Cars movie character Sally Carrera after the owner, Dawn Welch.

Scotty Bʻs 1104 N. Broadway, Davenport scottybsok.com

If you enjoy good old fashioned home cooking, you’ll love Scotty B’s calf fries and juicy burger selection.

Tammyʻs Roundup Cafe 1025 Broadway, Davenport tammysroundupcafe.com

Customers come back again and again for the chicken fried steak, cat sh and hand-pinched yeast rolls.