Ohio Cooperative Living - June 2020 - Holmes-Wayne

OHIO

JUNE 2020

COOPERATIVE Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative

85 years Time to vote!

Ballots in mail starting June 1 Deadline to vote is June 19 ALSO INSIDE Solar success “Dusting” crops Stone Lab

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INSIDE FEATURES 24 BICYCLES BUILT FOR YOU

Building on Ohio’s bicycle heritage, some modern bike makers specialize in unique, individualized two-wheel customizations.

31 LITTLE GIANT Stone Lab, on Lake Erie’s tiny Gibralter Island, is a big name in the study and preservation of the lake’s ecology.

Cover image on most issues: “When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.”

— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in Scientific American, 1896

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UP FRONT

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he COVID-19 pandemic has dominated the global conversation over the past several months. Moreover, it’s dictated our personal and professional lives. In an effort to keep us as safe as possible from an invisible invader and a relentless enemy, government directives have been ever-evolving. The crisis has taken an unthinkable emotional and financial toll. Worst of all, it’s stolen lives and livelihoods. We’ll be unraveling the repercussions for years.

While the news hasn’t been good, there have been sparks of hope, borne of American optimism and the cooperative spirit. We’re not reeling from a voracious virus — we’re resolute in our resolve to recover and to prosper. We’re living through the pages of history, but our chapter has yet to conclude. We’ve been there before, and we’ll weather the storm again. We have no other choice.

The cooperative world is founded on principles that guide us through the tough times. Most crucial among those ideologies is concern for community — which extends to countless cooperative communities in 77 Ohio counties. In that vein, we offer our gratitude.

Thank you — to everyone who checked on a neighbor, friend, or relative.

Thank you — to everyone who provided internet access to allow a student to finish the school year.

Thank you — to everyone who supports and patronizes Ohio-owned businesses.

Thank you — to parents who take care of children while working from home.

Thank you — to Ohio’s 24 electric cooperatives, for keeping the lights on and the power flowing for members who found themselves unable to pay bills.

Thank you — to the staffs of our power plants, who work tirelessly to supply an essential service — electricity — that allows other fundamental service providers — health care workers, first responders, farming operations, and grocers, among others — to continue to look out for the rest of us.

Thank YOU — for your patience, strength, and determination ... for a kind word or a sympathetic gesture ... for helping to make the road a bit easier to travel as we forge an unparalleled path.

Let’s keep moving toward the light that we see at the end of the tunnel.

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Pat O’Loughlin PRESIDENT & CEO OHIO’S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES

The cooperative world is founded on principles that guide us through the tough times. Most crucial among those ideologies is concern for community.

JUNE 2020 • Volume 62, No. 9

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DEPARTMENTS

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4 POWER LINES

Call us first: Going solar? The trusted energy advisors at your co-op should be one of your first calls.

6 Flying high: Ohio cooperatives collaborate to bring a Flying Squirrel to 4-H Camp Ohio.

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8 CO-OP SPOTLIGHT

Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative: Community-focused co-op serves an area of west-central Ohio that’s rich in history and fun times.

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10 WOODS, WATERS, AND WILDLIFE

Where the bison roam: Ohio once was home to millions of the iconic beasts; today, only a few remain.

12 CO-OP PEOPLE

Crop duster: Aerial applicator, on the job for 30 years, helps farmers perform agriculture from above.

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15 GOOD EATS

Fish stories: Coming home with a stringer full after a day at the lake?

Here are some fresh ideas to fix that catch of the day.

19 LOCAL PAGES

News and information from your electric cooperative.

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37 CALENDAR

What’s happening: June/July events and other things to do around the state. Just make sure to confirm before you travel.

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I want to ride my bicycle: With the

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advent of summer, readers share their best memories on two wheels (well, sometimes more than two).

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POWER LINES

“Call us first” Going solar? Your co-op’s trusted advisors should be involved early on.

BY JEFF MCCALLISTER

Nick and Amanda Kelly knew they were making a long-term investment, one they hoped would benefit not only their wallets, but the entire planet.

After a search they had begun to think would never end, they finally found their dream house on an ideal parcel of land in north-central Ohio. As they settled in, they began seeing advertisements for the installation of solar panels that sounded almost too good to be true.

“It was perfect,” Amanda Kelly says. “We could get a system with no money out of pocket that would save us money on our bills now, and by selling the extra electricity the panels generated, we’d even have a small income stream — especially once we paid off the loan. Saving money, saving the planet for our kids — it was everything we wanted.”

Today, the Kellys are in a battle with the solar company to get the panels removed and their investment returned. The salesperson, they say, wildly exaggerated the production potential of their system and subtly pressured them into signing a contract before they had a chance to investigate all the details and promises of the deal. Now, between the loan payment and their regular electric bill, the total they spend each month for electricity has quadrupled.

“It’s like most things that sound too good to be true,” says Andrew Finton, energy advisor for North Central Electric Cooperative, of which the Kellys are members. “The solar company either didn’t have or didn’t give them any information that is specific to connecting to the (co-op) system, and it would have made a big difference — things like our on- and off-peak rates and our demand charge that are designed to make our billing fair to all of our members. The numbers they were using to estimate the savings on their bill weren’t even close to real life.”

The co-op’s message: “Talk to us first.”

“People somehow think that we might be anti-solar because we sell our own electricity,” Finton says. “They don’t remember that we’re not for profit, that we have always been their trusted energy advisors. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone into someone’s home and showed them all kinds of ways that they could use less electricity. How many for-profit companies teach their customers how to use less of their product? Not very many.

“Those solar companies like to get that contract signed before the member even has a chance to talk to us about it, and then it might be too late,” he says. “I would never tell anyone they can’t get solar panels for their home; I just want to make sure they have all the information they need to make a good decision.”

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Dennis Tietje, his son, Chris, and brother, Ervin, who operate Tietje Brothers Farm near Deshler, took advantage of grants and tax incentives to install 320 solar panels to help power their homes and farm operation.

A solar system made good economic sense for Dennis Tietje and his family, who live near Deshler and are members of Hancock-Wood Electric Cooperative — though it wasn’t when they first considered it.

“Five years ago, a guy approached me and wanted to talk about installing a solar array,” says Tietje, who farms 6,500 acres with his brother, Ervin, and his son, Chris, and uses a large electric load to dry the wheat and corn he harvests. “I said right away that I needed to talk to the co-op to talk about the numbers. It turned out that it just didn’t make sense, so we walked away. We wanted to improve our operation’s sustainability, so I checked again about a year ago, and as it turned out, the price of the system was about half of what it had been, it was more efficient, and there were grants available and a big tax incentive. The co-op looked at all the numbers and was able to confirm that it seemed like a good idea.”

Dennis installed 80 panels between his house and the farm shop, Ervin had 40 installed on his house, and they had

another 200 installed for the grain drying operation. With the grants, tax credits, and some luck with the weather, the panels will pay for themselves within five years.

“Co-ops are not generally anti-solar, but we just want to help folks make sure it makes sense,” says Ryan Goolsby, senior engineer at Hancock-Wood Electric. “We know that not everyone is doing it necessarily for just monetary reasons, but costs need to be transparent and projections need to be realistic.”

In fact, electric cooperatives have supported home power installations for years. Buckeye Power, the cooperative generation provider, has even worked to simplify the process and to make cooperative policies and fees even more transparent.

“The solar companies might know about solar installations, but there’s no one who knows more about our system and your bill than we do,” Finton says. “If you’re considering solar for your home, just make sure to call your co-op and make sure there won’t be any surprises down the road.”

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FLYING HIGH S

ummer camp means a week of adventure, and Camp Ohio does not disappoint. Every year, hundreds of 4-H’ers travel to Licking County to test their courage on a high ropes course, make wood-burning crafts and tie-dye T-shirts, and form lifelong friendships.

While the 2020 summer camp schedule may be altered because of the coronavirus pandemic, there’s a new feature at Camp Ohio that has gained instant popularity and will be used well into the future.

Ohio cooperatives collaborate to bring Flying Squirrel to Camp Ohio.

BY PATTY YODER

In 2016, Camp Ohio’s board of directors began searching for a new activity. Board member and Muskingum County extension educator Jamie McConnell wanted to put something exciting near the center of the hilly 544-acre campground so more kids would see it and want to try it.

On a regional bus tour of other camps, McConnell discovered the Flying Squirrel, a rope and pulley system attached to two utility poles. The activity goes like this: A group of kids on one end of the rope works together to lift a securely harnessed camper on the other end of the rope off the ground and some 30 feet into the air. The flyer swings back and forth for a bit before spinning safely back to earth.

It seemed like a perfect activity for Camp Ohio, but the $10,000 price tag was far too steep for the nonprofit’s budget. Since the utility poles were the most expensive component, McConnell wondered if an electric cooperative would consider donating them to make the Flying Squirrel a reality for 4-H’ers.

McConnell ran the idea by Ray Crock, energy advisor at New Concord-based Guernsey-Muskingum Electric Cooperative, who was happy to help. An active 4-H’er growing up, Crock and his wife, Lisa, are longtime advisors for their children’s 4-H club, Flocks of Fun.

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Crock also works with The Energy Cooperative, based in Newark, so he started his fundraising campaign there. The co-op not only gave Camp Ohio the two electric poles but also donated guywires and anchors and made sure everything was installed properly at the camp.

Seven more co-ops followed suit, including Consolidated Cooperative, based in Mount Gilead; New London-based Firelands Electric Cooperative; The Frontier Power Company, based in Coshocton; GuernseyMuskingum Electric; Hancock-Wood Electric Cooperative, based in North Baltimore; Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative in Millersburg; and Kentonbased Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative.

They covered the costs of the remaining materials as well as safety training.

McConnell attributes the success of the project to Crock’s advocacy, calling the experience “a teachable moment to watch.”

“This project wouldn’t have happened the way it did without the cooperatives. Their willingness to come together and chip in shows the power of each contribution to achieve a greater goal,” she says. “The widespread impact of their generosity will benefit people for years.”

Like electric co-ops, 4-H is strong in rural communities, so while Crock felt humbled by such generosity, he wasn’t surprised.

“Most co-ops are big at supporting 4-H, and this was a good cause, so everyone was

“When it comes to helping other people, think big.”

Ray Crock championed the Flying Squirrel to fellow cooperatives in counties that feed into Camp Ohio, raising enough money and donated items to add it to the 544-acre camp. Crock hasn’t tried the Flying Squirrel himself, though. At 6 feet, 4 inches, he says, “It would take a lot of kids to pick me up.”

in,” he says. “This was cooperation among cooperatives at its best, and together, we made something special happen.”

The Flying Squirrel debuted at Camp Ohio in 2019, and it was a big hit with campers, according to Taylor Zemba, a 4-H camp counselor from New Concord.

“Every session we had was full, and we had kids lining up to come back and try again,” she says. “Some kids were skeptical about whether their friends could hold them up, but they tried it, and as soon as they came down, they were ready to go up again.”

Like many 4-H programs, the Flying Squirrel teaches skills the kids can use as adults, like working together to meet a challenge, communicating effectively, and overcoming anxiety to try something new.

For Crock, the lesson was simple: “When it comes to helping other people, think big.”

Camp Ohio campers get ready to demonstrate the Flying Squirrel, a popular new attraction at the 4-H camp.

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CO-OP SPOTLIGHT

MID-OHIO ENERGY COOPERATIVE

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id-Ohio Energy Cooperative is located in the westcentral part of Ohio, between Columbus and Toledo.

The territory features historical landmarks, fun attractions, and a service-oriented community. From funding service projects to educational programs and sponsoring local events, cooperative employees continually seek ways to contribute to the community they serve.

Attractions The Ohio Historical Markers program has placed 1,800 markers throughout the state, identifying unique stories about people, places, and events in Ohio history. The 10 counties that Mid-Ohio Energy serves are home to 127 markers, and six of those fall within Mid-Ohio’s territory: Scioto Marsh, Fort McArthur Cemetery, Old Sandusky Trail and Shawnee Ford, Wheeler Tavern, the Sandusky Plains, and Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area. Scioto Marsh was formed by retreating glaciers over 10,000 years ago. What was once thought by early settlers to be a source of malaria is now a rich agricultural area. Wheeler Tavern is considered by local historians to be the first brick residence in Hardin County and was a stop on the Underground Railroad.

Attractions near Mid-Ohio Energy’s territory in the city of Marion draw visitors from around the state and nation. The Marion Popcorn Festival, the largest popcorn festival in the world, attracts more than 250,000 people each year.

Marion County is one of the top popcorn growers in all of the U.S. — and Wyandot Snacks, also located in Marion, is a top exporter worldwide of popcorn.

Community first The co-op’s Kenton headquarters features a community room for community-focused and/or not-for-profit groups.

Last winter, the Blue Star Mothers of Hardin County used the space to sort and pack 400 boxes of comfort and care items for troops deployed overseas. Mid-Ohio Energy members participated by dropping donation items at the co-op’s office.

Each year, Mid-Ohio Energy’s Community Fund provides about $40,000 in grants to help organizations and individuals in the community. The Community Fund has presented grants to first responders, food pantries, and other service projects like AMVET Riders Chapter 1994 to build wheelchair ramps for veterans in need.

Co-op Spotlight appears regularly in Ohio Cooperative Living to give a glimpse into the land and the people of Ohio’s 24 electric cooperatives.

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WOODS, WATERS, AND WILDLIFE

Where the

bison roam

Ohio once was home to millions of the iconic beasts; only a few remain.

STORY AND PHOTOS BY W.H. “CHIP” GROSS

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he year 1803 was pivotal in Ohio history. It was a year when what had always been — the frontier — was rapidly passing away, and what would be was now arriving.

Ohio became the 17th state of the Union in 1803, an event enthusiastically celebrated by Buckeyes of the time. But another significant event occurred that same year, an event noticed by only a few. It was the year the

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last wild bison was shot and killed in Ohio, near the present site of Vesuvius Furnace in Lawrence County, at the southernmost tip of our state. It marked the beginning of the end of the state’s wilderness era, a time that likely will never come again.

Other large wild animals living in the state, what present-day wildlife biologists refer to as “charismatic megafauna,” were soon to follow the bison into

extirpation. Elk were gone by 1838, wolves by 1848. Some reports claim that mountain lions may have survived until as late as 1850.

The largest North American land mammal in existence today, bull bison measure 6 feet at the shoulder and can weigh a ton. Females, known as cows, are about half as large. Bison were never as numerous in the Ohio country as they were on the Great Plains — the massive herds there were estimated at 30 million to 60 million animals.

But nevertheless, Ohio once had significant numbers of bison, particularly in and around the prairie openings that interspersed Ohio’s virgin forests.

In historian David McCullough’s 2019 book, The Pioneers, an in-depth history of Marietta, Ohio, he quotes an unidentified settler who wrote in a letter to his family back east: “This country, for fertility of soil and pleasantness of situation, not only exceeds my expectations, but exceeds any part of America, or Europe, I ever was in. We have started [startled] twenty buffaloes [bison] in a drove.”

In a much earlier book, History of the Northern American Indians, written in 1780, David Zeisberger, a missionary to the Delaware Indians in Ohio, wrote of bison: “At one time these animals appeared in great numbers along the Muskingum [River], but as soon as the country begins to be inhabited by the Indians, they retire and are now only to be found near the mouth of the above-named river. Along the banks of the Scioto [River] and further south, both Indians and whites say that they may be seen in herds numbering hundreds.”

Some bison have returned to Ohio in recent years, but these are not free-roaming as their ancestors were hundreds of years ago. Rather, most of today’s bison are raised like cattle on farms for meat or kept confined as zoo animals.

A metal bison sculpture amid prairie grasses at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park near Columbus.

If you’d like to see bison on the open range — as they would have appeared during pre-settlement times — Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park near Columbus maintains a small herd near its nature center. A good time to visit is mid- to late summer when the surrounding prairies are in full bloom. If you’re headed west on vacation this year, the National Bison Range located near Moiese, Montana, and managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is well worth a stop. Visitors are permitted to drive through the refuge to view the herds.

Established in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt, the national refuge helped save the American bison from extinction. By the late 1800s, the total bison population in America had dwindled to less than 100 animals in the wild. Today, several hundred freeroaming bison are maintained on the refuge, with other large herds now thriving on national and state parks throughout the West — theirs is a historic wildlife recovery story.

W.H. “Chip” Gross is Ohio Cooperative Living’s outdoors editor and a member of Consolidated Cooperative.

Bison herds still thrive at national and state parks throughout the West.

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CO-OP PEOPLE

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Aerial applicator, on the job for 30 years, helps farmers conduct agriculture from above.

BY MARGIE WUEBKER; PHOTOS BY JUSTIN MARTIN

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oger Trump, owner of Trump Aviation Inc. in rural Darke County, expects to be busy this year doing his part to support agriculture from high above farm fields.

Some folks call him a crop duster — a term harkening back to days when men in flying machines dropped only dry products over burgeoning fields. Today, the term “aerial applicator” more accurately describes those who spread various dry and liquid chemicals, as well as seed and cover crops, onto farm fields.

Trump’s work begins in earnest in April to early May and continues through September or early October, with eight- to 10-hour days being the rule, rather than the exception. Trump flies his 1979 Cessna A188B over a 10-county area of western Ohio and parts of Indiana — much of it territory served by electric cooperatives.

“Some people mistakenly think flying across the sky and then swooping down over fields to deliver the payload is romantic or glamorous,” he says. “It’s grueling work, and the most important part is bringing the plane home in one piece. There is never an end to routine maintenance.”

Trump has 30 seasons and more than 8,000 flights under his belt since establishing the business in 1990.

He experienced one mishap in all that time — engine failure while spraying fungicide over a field in rural Mercer County in July 2018. He successfully executed an emergency landing in a nearby soybean field, resulting in only minimal damage to the aircraft.

“There was no time to think and only six or seven seconds to react,” he says. “Thanks to experience in aerobatics in my younger days, I knew instinctively what had to be done, and it worked, because I walked away without a scratch.”

Trump, who operates one of about 10 aerial applicator businesses in the state, says many farmers have come to

view aerial application as a timesaver. At a speed of 130 miles per hour, he can accomplish more in 60 minutes than ground equipment can do in a day.

“I have to admit it takes me longer to turn my plane than the farmer takes to turn his tractor,” the 63-yearold pilot says with a smile. “My plane also burns more fuel than a tractor, but I get the work done faster.”

Of course, the aerial work isn’t just faster — sometimes it’s the only way the spreading can happen. Because of excessively wet conditions, Trump sprayed more fields in 2018 than he had in any previous season, as farmers had to avoid putting their tractors out in the soggy fields. Flying with the landing gear roughly 5 feet above the crop, he delivered needed chemicals without getting stuck or leaving deep ruts.

Trump also can plant cover crops by air — on a cornfield, for example — before the corn is ready to harvest, which provides a means of limiting both erosion and fertilizer runoff.

He says he may cover 30,000 acres during a busy season, or as few as 18,000 acres in years when his services are not as in demand.

Trump built model planes as a child and larger aircraft — from scratch, not from kits — as a young adult. He competed in aerobatic shows and contests around the Midwest and was even Ohio’s state aerobatics champion before he decided he needed to put his skills to use earning money, rather than funneling everything into the competitions.

Even after 30 years, he has no plans to retire anytime soon. The work may be challenging, but he takes satisfaction in knowing that he’s helping farmers produce food for the world.

Trump Aviation Inc. is located at 5992 Kruckeberg Road, northeast of Greenville.

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Coming home with a stringer full after a day at the lake? Here are some fresh ideas to fix that catch of the day.

RECIPES AND PHOTOS BY CATHERINE MURRAY

CITRUS-GLAZED SALMON WITH ZUCCHINI NOODLES Prep: 20 minutes | Cook: 15 minutes | Servings: 4 16 ounces salmon fillets, about 11/2 inches thick 4 tablespoons honey 1 tablespoon butter 2 tablespoons white vinegar 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon ground mustard seed 2 large oranges 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 lemons, juiced 11/2 pounds zucchini, spiraled to 1/4 inch thick NOTE: If your zucchini noodles or salmon are thinner or thicker than recommended, adjust cook time accordingly.

Rinse salmon and pat dry with a kitchen towel. Heat a skillet to medium-high and melt butter with 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Sear salmon skin side up for 3 to 4 minutes. Flip and sear 2 more minutes. In a medium bowl, zest rind of one orange and squeeze out all the juice. Whisk in half the lemon juice, honey, vinegar, and ground mustard seed. Move salmon to the sides of the pan and pour the orange juice mixture around the salmon. Bring to a simmer until reduced to a nice syrup.

3 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 1/4 cup minced flat-leaf parsley

When salmon is almost finished, start preparing the zucchini noodles. In a large skillet, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium heat. Add zucchini noodles, garlic, salt, crushed red pepper, and black pepper, sautéing for 3 minutes. Add a few tablespoons water and heat another minute or so. Noodles should have the firmness of al dente pasta. Mix in parsley and the remaining half of the lemon juice. When salmon is cooked to your liking, plate the zucchini noodles and top with salmon.

Evenly pour sauce over the salmon and noodles. Cut second orange into thin slices, for garnish. Serve hot.

Per serving: 387 calories, 21 grams fat (5 grams saturated fat), 28 grams total carbohydrates, 2.5 grams fiber, 25 grams protein.

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GRILLED MAHI-MAHI WITH SUMMER CORN SALSA Prep: 15 minutes | Cook: 20 minutes | Servings: 4 3 cups shredded red cabbage 2 limes 1/4 cup sliced red onion 1/4 cup minced cilantro 2 tablespoons diced jalapeño 4 ears of corn, shucked 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar 1 pound mahi-mahi fillets, 1 inch thick 2 tablespoons olive oil 1/2 teaspoon cumin 1 tablespoon sugar 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne 1/2 teaspoon cumin 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 1 avocado, cut into small chunks 1 tablespoon olive oil Note: Catfish and halibut would make good substitutes for mahi-mahi in this recipe.

In a bowl, toss cabbage, red onion, jalapeño, vinegar, 2 tablespoons olive oil, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon cumin, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. In a separate bowl, lightly toss avocado, juice of one lime, and cilantro. Cover and place both bowls in fridge. Preheat grill to high. Place corn on grill and cook, turning often until charred on all sides, about 10 minutes. Set aside to cool.

Gently pat fish fillets with a kitchen towel and sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon cumin, cayenne, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and pepper. Brush fillets with 1 tablespoon olive oil.

Place on grill until edges are opaque and the flesh releases easily, about 4 minutes per side. Let rest skin side up on a plate. Cut corn kernels off the cob and mix into the avocado salsa. Cut second lime into wedges. Plate fish with the cabbage salad and corn/avocado salsa. Serve with lime wedges.

Per serving: 356 calories, 22 grams fat (4 grams saturated fat), 19 grams total carbohydrates, 6 grams fiber, 24 grams protein.

PAN-FRIED TILAPIA WITH CANNELLINI BEANS AND SWISS CHARD Prep: 10 minutes | Cook: 15 minutes | Servings: 4 1 bunch Swiss chard 2 15-ounce cans cannellini beans, drained and rinsed 1 small yellow onion 1 pound tilapia fillets, 1 inch thick 2 tablespoons olive oil 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup vegetable broth 1/4 cup flour 1 pint cherry (or grape) tomatoes, cut in half Note: Rainbow trout, orange roughy, or flounder would work well as substitutes for the tilapia in this recipe. If fillets are thinner or thicker than recommended, adjust cook time accordingly.

Dice chard stems and yellow onion. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Cook onion and chard stems for 5 minutes, until tender. Stir in garlic, smoked paprika, broth, and torn chard leaves, covering to simmer until leaves are wilted, about 2 minutes. Add cherry tomatoes and beans until heated through, 2 to 3 minutes. Keep burner on warm, stirring occasionally.

In a wide bowl, mix garlic powder, pepper, salt, and flour. Dust the fish in flour mixture. In a medium skillet, heat remaining olive oil on medium-high. Fry fish for 3 minutes on each side, until golden. Press down on edges of fillets so they cook evenly. Serve over beans and chard.

Per serving: 375 calories, 10 grams fat (1.5 grams saturated fat), 40 grams total carbohydrates, 10 grams fiber, 34 grams protein.

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SMOKED TROUT FISH PIES Prep: 15 minutes | Cook: 30 minutes | Servings: 4 1/2 pound cod zest of 1 lemon 2 cups milk 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons butter 1/8 teaspoon black pepper 2 leeks, sliced thin 8 ounces boneless smoked trout 3 tablespoons flour 2 cups prepared and seasoned mashed potatoes 1 tablespoon horseradish 2 tablespoons butter, melted 1 cup frozen peas 1/4 cup chopped dill (set aside a few sprigs for garnish) Preheat oven to 400 F. In a medium saucepan, place cod and pour in milk. Slowly heat until milk is steaming and fish is poached, about 5 to 7 minutes. Remove cod and separate into small pieces, removing any skin. Set aside. In a medium skillet, melt 2 tablespoons of butter. Add sliced leeks and sauté for about 5 minutes. Stir in flour for 1 minute, or until it begins to smell nutty. Gradually whisk in horseradish and milk from poaching. Continue to whisk as sauce thickens for a few minutes.

Add peas, dill, lemon zest, salt, pepper, cod, and flaked smoked trout, stirring to combine. Divide into 4 individual ramekins. Use a piping bag or spatula to spread mashed potatoes onto the top of each ramekin, then brush with melted butter.

Place ramekins onto a baking sheet to avoid dripping and bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until golden and bubbling. Garnish with dill sprigs.

Per serving: 522 calories, 21 grams fat (10 grams saturated fat), 45 grams total carbohydrates, 4 grams fiber, 39 grams protein.

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HOLMES-WAYNE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE 2019 ANNUAL REPORT

Celebrating 85 years

Remembering the past, envisioning the future Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty of large public meetings, the Holmes-Wayne Electric Board of Trustees has canceled the public annual meeting. Enclosed is the annual report that is published every June. The election of candidates will remain the same, with members receiving their mailing ballot on June 1 with the ability to vote June 1 through June 19 via mail or online. The election results, which historically have been announced at the annual meeting, will be published on our website by Thursday, June 25, and sent to all members in their July Ohio Cooperative Living magazine. All information that would have been presented at the June 25 meeting will be published in the July Ohio Cooperative Living magazine and posted on our website at www.hwecoop.com.

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TRUSTEE ELECTIONS

TRUSTEE Holmes-Wayne ElectricELECTIONS Cooperative, Inc.

20172020

BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTION BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTION

District 6

Chester and Plain townships in Wayne County

District 6 Chester and Plain townships in Wayne County

District 5

Hardy, Monroe, and Prairie townships in Holmes County

District 4

Berlin, Clark, Mechanic, and Salt Creek townships in Holmes County

District 5 Hardy, Monroe, and Prairie townships in Holmes County District 4 - Berlin, Clark Mechanic and Candidate information is presented provided by each candidate.

SaltasCreek townships in Holmes County The HWEC Code of Regulations requires a nominating committee consisting of one member from each of the nine districts to select a minimum of one and maximum of three candidates for the election process.

Candidate information is presented as provided by each candidate.

district election. Also required is a minimum of one and maximum of three candidates for the election process.

HWEC Code of Regulations requires a nominating committee consisting of one member from each of the nine districts to select a list of 10 potential candidates for each

Any 15 or more members residing in the district from which a trustee is to be elected may make other nominations in writing over their signatures.

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Celebrating 85 years: Remembering the past, envisioning the future TRUSTEE ELECTIONS

DISTRICT 4 Millersburg, OH 44654

otherwise enhancing the lives of our community members. As a customer of HWEC and a longtime community member, I know that HWEC has established a reputation in the local community as the electric service provider of choice. I would appreciate the opportunity to serve on the board and would work hard to find ways to use my experience to help HWEC achieve its mission of enhancing the quality of life of our community by providing safe, reliable, competitively priced electric service.

Email address: kbromund@bromundbyler.com Number of years as HWEC member: 35

Any additional information you feel is essential for members to be aware of: As a board member, I would strive to learn, work hard, and be

Education and specific degree: Bachelor

open to new ideas, as we collaborate to provide unsurpassed service to our members. I believe that my experience would enable me to provide value to HWEC in several ways. For example, I have applied for and received grants to fund the completion of various community improvement projects, including the construction of water systems, parks, sidewalks, storm sewers, roads, and building renovations. If selected for the board, I would be a dependable and stalwart participant and would seek creative ways to apply my career and life experience to the betterment of the organization.

Name: Ken Bromund Home address: 1817 State Route 83; Unit 315,

Ken Bromund

of Science degree in business from Miami University; certified public accountant; certified financial planner

Current employment or employment history: Bromund & Byler, Inc — CPA (37 years); Raymond James financial advisor (18 years); certified financial planner

Leadership and community activities: Windows of Hope — former treasurer Why are you interested in becoming a member of the HWEC Board of Trustees or serving another term? Serving the community. The learning

Spouse, children, and grandchildren: Spouse: Ginny; children: Teddy and Jackson

Name: Randy Ramsey

experience and the opportunity to apply my education and business experience of 37 years.

Home address: 1817 State Route 83; Unit 468, Millersburg, OH 44654

Name: Arnie Oliver

Email address: rlramz61@gmail.com

Home address: 1817 State Route 83; Unit 432, Millersburg, OH 44654

Number of years as HWEC member: 37

Email address: arnicdium@yahoo.com

Education and specific degree:

Number of years as HWEC member: 21 Education and specific degree: Bachelor’s

Arnie Oliver

degree, public administration, George Mason University, 1991; Master of Arts, urban planning, University of Akron, 1993

Current employment or employment history: Holmes County planning director (1998–present); city planner — Roanoke Planning District Commission (1994–1998); economic development assistant — City of Akron (1992–1994)

Leadership and community activities: Holmes County Economic Development Council, current president; Historic Downtown Millersburg, Inc., chair business enhancement committee; Eastern Ohio Development Alliance, chair business development committee; Ohio Mid-Eastern Governments Association, board member; Millersburg Tree Commission, board member; Knohoco Community Action Commission, board member, past president; Lake Buckhorn Property Owners Association, past board member; Holmes County Community Improvement Corporation, vice president

Why are you interested in becoming a member of the HWEC Board of Trustees or serving another term? Over the past 25 years, my career has afforded me the opportunity to participate in a variety of community organizations and initiatives.

In my experience, I have found that I derive the most satisfaction from the activities that have the greatest potential to better our community. I believe that service on the board of directors of Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative is just such an opportunity. The provision of reliable electric service has tremendous potential to better our community, as it is fundamental to ensuring safety, enabling economic development, and

Randy Ramsey

Malone University — B.A. management; Kent State University — A.A.S. law enforcement; Hiland High School — diploma

Current employment or employment history: Owner, Jackson Street Antiques, Millersburg (current); owner, Antique Emporium, Millersburg; sales, Village Motors, Inc., Millersburg; Holmes County manager, Ohio Department of Transportation

Leadership and community activities: Holmes County Chamber of Commerce, member; Historic Downtown Millersburg, member; Holmes County Sheriffs Reserve, member

Why are you interested in becoming a member of the HWEC Board of Trustees or serving another term? As a member of the Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative, I will strive to ensure that the members continue to enjoy affordable electric service. I will also focus on maintaining and improving the cooperative’s infrastructure to ensure reliability.

Any additional information you feel is essential for members to be aware of: My background in both public and private sector management, along with my education prepared me for service on the board of trustees.

I am an effective problem solver and work well with others. My businesses have always been profitable, and during my tenure as county manager, Holmes County was consistently among the most cost-effective operations in the state of Ohio.

Spouse, children, and grandchildren: Wife: Lorraine, three adult children, and three grandchildren

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TRUSTEE ELECTIONS In addition to the candidates selected by the nominating committee, the following individual submitted a petition, per the cooperative’s Code of Regulations, and has obtained enough signatures to qualify as a candidate in District 4.

Name: Chris Young, P.E., P.S. Home address: 2860 TR 128 Millersburg, OH 44654

Email address: youngcivileng@gmail.com Number of years as HWEC member: 17 Education and specific degree: The Ohio State University, Bachelor of Science in civil engineering (1995); Stark Technical College, associate degree in civil Chris Young engineering technology (1992); Registered Professional Engineer (#64075) and Surveyor (#8197) in the State of Ohio

Current employment or employment history: Holmes County Engineer/Highway Department, county engineer (2001–present).

Responsible for the planning, budgeting, maintenance, and construction for 250 miles of roads and 286 bridges. Holmes County Sewer District, county sanitary engineer (2008–present). Manage the sewer district’s six treatment plants and collection systems for the county commissioners.

Over 30 years of experience in construction, engineering, and surveying on both private and public works projects.

Leadership and community activities: Member of the Ohio Public Works Commission, District 14 Committee; member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and charter member of the Structural Engineering Institute; member of the National Association of County

DISTRICT 5

Why are you interested in becoming a member of the HWEC Board of Trustees or serving another term? The area served by the Holmes Wayne Electric Cooperative is a very special place that enjoys a deep sense of community and a very strong entrepreneurial spirit. The people and the businesses of the community will continue to thrive as a result of good infrastructure, strategic planning, and smart growth. I feel that the quality of life in our community is in large part due to the hard work that has built a strong local economy. This strong local economy requires reliable and affordable electricity. As a professional engineer and father, I wish to help our community remain strong and prosperous for future generations by serving on HWEC Board of Trustees.

Any additional information you feel is essential for members to be aware of: As the Holmes County engineer and sanitary engineer, I am responsible for budgeting and management, including maintenance and construction of the county’s critical infrastructure when it comes to roads, bridges, and sanitary sewer. I feel my collective experience and thorough understanding of critical infrastructure will directly translate into serving as an effective trustee on the HWEC board.

Spouse, children, and grandchildren: Spouse: Diane; children: Matthew and Nathan

Why are you interested in becoming a member of the HWEC Board of Trustees or serving another term?

Holmesville, OH 44633

I firmly believe in the cooperative business model and in membership representation. I have very strong ties and commitment to the communities served by HWEC. I feel my 35 years of service on the board, my maturity, my training, and my experience give me insight and the ability to represent the member and help guide the cooperative.

Email address: ronnierschlegel@gmail.com Number of years as HWEC member: 48

Any additional information you feel is essential for members to be aware of: In my role as a business owner and later in my

Name: Ronnie R. Schlegel Incumbent Home address: 8011 Township Road 323,

Education and specific degree: High

Ronnie R. Schlegel

Engineers; member of the County Engineers Association of Ohio; member of the Professional Land Surveyors of Ohio; member of the American Public Works Association; Board of Directors, County Engineers Association of Ohio (2014–2018)

school graduate, Waynedale; University of Akron, Wayne General College; NRECA CCD Certificate, Director Gold Credential; Dale Carnegie Sales Training Certificate

Current employment or employment history: G&R Schlegel Farms, Rayco, Reberland Equipment, Shearer Equipment, North Central Ag Equipment, Ohio Ag Equipment manager, retired

employment at area businesses, I have been exposed to a wide variety of business models, along with their procedures and policies.

This, along with continued training I have taken from NRECA as well as other outside institutions, has given me the tools, experience, and knowledge to serve on the HWEC Board of Directors.

Spouse, children, and grandchildren: Wife: Sandy (47 years); married daughters Merci and Charity; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren

Name: Jon Croup

Leadership and community activities: Former 4-H advisor (10 years);

Home address: 9461 Township Road 301, Millersburg, OH 44654

former 4-H county committee chairman; Farm Bureau member, previous advisory council member; member, Holmesville Methodist Church; previous member of Holmes County Fairgrounds and Expo Committee; past board member Federal Land Bank Association; current United Way board member

Email address: croupj@msn.com Number of years as HWEC member: 27 Education and specific degree: Bachelor of Science degree in geology — Eastern Illinois University, 1986

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Celebrating 85 years: Remembering the past, envisioning the future TRUSTEE ELECTIONS Current employment or employment history: Retired, Holmes County General

Name: Cormac Irwin

Health District, May 1988–July 2019; current: Croup Design & Consulting, LLC, August 2019–present

Big Prairie, OH 44611

Home address: 5068 Country Road 51, Email address: cjirwin@valkyrie.net Number of years as HWEC member: 22

Leadership and community activities: Millersburg youth baseball council member & director; Cub Scout Pack 357 den leader; Millersburg youth baseball coach; Holmes County Little League Jon Croup council member, Holmes County Sewage Appeals board member; Ohio Environmental Health Association former member; Northeast Ohio OEHA, past director.

Education and specific degree: High school — Olney Friends School, Barnesville, Ohio; A.A.S. in dairy science, OSU ATI

Cormac Irwin

Current employment or employment history: Field service technician/AI, Coba/Select Sires (15 years); former partner/owner of Hyland Acres Jerseys

Why are you interested in becoming a member of the HWEC Board of Trustees or serving another term? I support the principles

Leadership and community activities: 4-H advisor for the Nashville

of the Holmes Wayne Electric Cooperative and believe periodic change is essential and beneficial to the growth and well-being of the cooperative and board of trustees.

Why are you interested in becoming a member of the HWEC Board of Trustees or serving another term? I am a supporter of the

Spouse, children, and grandchildren: Wife: Debra; children: Jaron and Adam.

Jolly Farmers

cooperative business model and would like to be a contributing part of the team that guides HWEC.

Spouse, children, and grandchildren: Wife: Jody; children: Anna, Laura, and Sarah

DISTRICT 6 Name: Jonathan Berger

Name: Larry Hurn

Home address: 8200 Lattasburg Road,

Home address: 4204 N. Firestone Road,

Wooster, OH 44691

Wooster, OH 44691

Email address: JDJDBERGER@gmail.com

Email address: larryh59@embarqmail.com

Number of years as HWEC member: 30+

Number of years as HWEC member: 45

Education and specific degree: Graduated Northwestern High School 1978; B.S. in agriculture, OSU 1982

Current employment or employment history: Self-employed farmer

Jonathan Berger

Education and specific degree: High school graduate; numerous schools on phone systems (Rolm, Tre, Siemans, Mitel, IBM, Nortel, etc.)

Larry Hurn

Leadership and community activities: Member of St. Peter Lutheran

Current employment or employment history: Retired from Century

Church, New Pittsburg; Wayne County Beef Advisory Committee; Operation Round Up Board at Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative.

Link Telephone Company, 39 years; four years United States Navy

Leadership and community activities: Member of the Northview

Why are you interested in becoming a member of the HWEC Board of Trustees or serving another term? It has been a rewarding

Alliance Church – served as trustee for over six years.

experience to serve two terms on the board of Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative. Looking at the data from Buckeye Power, which furnishes electricity to the 24 Ohio cooperatives, we can see that Holmes-Wayne sits near the top in all aspects of reliability, safety, and value per dollar spent.

Those facts along with the positive culture and professional application of accumulated knowledge by the staff, linemen, and fellow board members makes serving on the board an enjoyable experience.

Why are you interested in becoming a member of the HWEC Board of Trustees or serving another term? To give back to the community and see the co-op grow.

Spouse, children, and grandchildren: Wife: Debbie; daughter Jessica (Craig) Nolletti with grandchildren Dominic, Macy and Lilly; son David (Stefanie) with grandson Ronan; son David (Anna) with grandson Finn.

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ANNUAL REPORT

2019

ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES

The Annual Meeting of Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative, Inc. was held at the West Holmes High School on Thursday, June 27, 2019.

The business meeting was called to order by ViceChairman of the Board of Trustees, David Mann.

It was moved and seconded to approve the agenda.

Motion carried.

It was moved and seconded to approve the minutes of the June 28, 2018 Annual Meeting as presented.

Motion carried.

• Randy Sprang, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, reported on behalf of the Board of Trustees: • This month, $1,160,611.87 of patronage capital credits were returned to HWEC members. This is a reminder of the principles on which the cooperative was built.

• HWEC continues to empower members by providing multiple avenues to manage electric consumption and bill payments. Our online and mobile application, Smart Hub, allows members to track electric consumption, report outages, and pay their bill from a mobile phone or tablet. Other convenient options include scheduling payments when traveling and paperless billing.

• Members looking to reduce their energy consumption are invited to contact our on-staff Energy Advisor, Kenny DePriest, to schedule an energy assessment.

• The board and cooperative staff live and work in the community and are actively involved in supporting your community volunteering time and resources.

This year we are proud to coordinate the fourth annual Holmes-Wayne Community Honor Trip. The funds raised for this event are through employee donations, potluck safety meals, board donations, and community donations.

• In 2019, $15,000 was awarded to 10 high school students through our annual scholarship program.

• Over 7,200 HWEC members have chosen to have their monthly bill rounded up to the nearest dollar.

This spare change is placed into the Operation Round Up Foundation and distributed to those in need in our community. Since its inception in 2006, over $660,000 has been donated back to the community.

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JUNE 27, 2019

• Your board is committed to keeping our communities safe. We are a resource for any electric safety concerns you may have. We offer great tips in our monthly magazine, Ohio Cooperative Living, on our Facebook and our website.

• As a board, we continue to work with members and your cooperative staff to improve the quality of life in our communities. This commitment made 85 years ago continues in 2019 and will remain our strategic plan moving forward. We look forward to serving and growing this great community we are honored to serve.

AJ Knapp of REA & Associates reviewed the Auditor’s Report for 2018, which resulted in a clean, unqualified opinion.

Daniel Mathie, Attorney for Critchfield, Critchfield, and Johnston, LTD, and president of Holmes-Wayne Electric Foundation, gave an Operation Round Up status update. Members of the cooperative who were enrolled in Operation Round Up donated over $59,000 in 2018 to local community members and organizations.

Glenn Miller, CEO of the Cooperative, reported on the accomplishments during the past year and future plans: • 2018 was a busy year. We introduced a new website, rebuilt 19 miles of line, replaced 403 poles, trimmed trees for 385 miles, and sprayed vegetation control on 983 miles of right-of-way, all while adding 191 new services.

• Work continues on our current work plan, totaling $23.1 million, allowing continued investment in line rebuilding, substation testing, pole replacements, and other equipment replacements and upgrades.

• Tree trimming and vegetation control remains a priority as tree limbs on power lines continue to be the number one source of power outages. In 2019, $1,850,000 has been budgeted for trimming and dead tree takedowns. 397 miles will be trimmed in Buckhorn, Drake Valley, Killbuck, and Stillwell substation areas.

• 191 new services were added in 2018 for a total of 18,663 services at year’s end. Your cooperative has a very good mix of commercial and residential members. Revenues are approximately 55% residential and 45% commercial. This growth and load mix enables us to keep our rates low.

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• Your member services department continues to streamline work practices, resulting in increased efficiencies and cost savings to you, the members.

We offer several convenient ways to help you stay connected with us, allowing you to choose which way works best for you.

• From a community standpoint, your cooperative continues to prosper. In 2018, we visited seven school districts to provide safety demonstrations, career day education, or energy efficiency information. We also brought valuable safety information to the Amish community through two local events, reaching out to four counties. We proudly coordinated our third Veterans Honor Trip with the Shreve American Legion and Rolling Thunder.

• Our line personnel not only continued their 24/7 dedication to HWEC members but brought the lights back on to residents of North Carolina twice in 2018 with the storms of Hurricane Michael and Hurricane Florence.

• In 2018, the Cooperative paid $1,503,071 in kWh tax to the State of Ohio, and $1,160,126 in property taxes that benefit 12 local school districts and local governments.

• Holmes-Wayne has one of the lowest electric service rates in the state out of 25 cooperatives.

• Glenn Miller stated, “As we move forward, our continued goal is to provide member service excellence at all levels of the organization and by each of our staff, offering our members real value and working to improve the quality of life in the community we service.

It is important to us; it’s one of the many ways we set ourselves apart from other utilities.”

Guest speaker, Doug Miller, Vice President of Statewide Services, Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives, provided a recap of the accomplishments of Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives in 2018: • After a 50-year partnership with AEP, Buckeye Power took over operating responsibilities of its three primary power plants. This transition has gone smoothly.

• Buckeye is reducing costs by refinancing some of its long-term debt. With the passage of 2018 Farm Bill, Buckeye was able to refinance $100 million of long-term debt at lower rates, saving millions in interest expenses.

• Safety is a priority at Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives; we continue to support programs such as Speak Up Listen Up and Commitment to Zero Contacts. The trend in workplace injuries continues to decline both here at Holmes-Wayne and statewide.

• Your statewide association continues to operate its state-of-the-art indoor training facility for the Central Ohio Lineworker Training program. COLT has approximately 100 apprentice lineman and 60 journeyman linemen enrolled in the program at any given time.

• Ohio customer satisfaction scores were 9 points higher in 2018 than the national average for investor-owned and municipal utilities. HWEC’s most recent score was another five points higher than the state average.

Robyn Tate, HR/PR representative, presented the Cooperative’s scholarship awards.

Daniel Mathie, Attorney from Critchfield, Critchfield, and Johnston, LTD, reported the results of the election: • William Grassbaugh — District 2, Barry Jolliff — District 8, David Mann — District 9 • Proposed amendment to the Code of Regulations of the Cooperative adding new Article III – Section 14: No person shall be hired as an employee of the Cooperative who has been a Trustee of the Cooperative within three (3) years of date of hire or whose close relative has been a Trustee of the Cooperative within three (3) years of the date of hire. Close relative means the relationship of spouse, father, mother, brother, sister, son, and daughter (or the spouse of any of the foregoing) existing by reason of blood (step-children and in-laws) or adoption, passed by a vote of 1060 for to 67 against.

Attorney Daniel Mathie administered the oath to all Trustees elected.

There was no unfinished business.

There was no new business.

Upon motion made and seconded, the meeting was adjourned.

Chairman — Randy Sprang Secretary — Barry Jolliff

• Ohio Cooperative Living, published by Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives, was recently recognized as the best statewide magazine among its peers, an award that OEC has only won twice in 58 years.

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OPERATION ROUND UP

2019

OPERATION ROUND UP SUMMARY

Together, HWEC members are a force for good!

In January 2006, Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative (HWEC) introduced a community service program called Operation Round Up (ORU). This program allows HWEC member to round up their monthly electric bill to the next even dollar. The spare change is placed into a foundation to be distributed to those in need within our community.

Applicants for assistance must live within the local community, and applications are reviewed by a fivemember board. We give special thanks to the following board members for volunteering their time: President Dan Mathie, Vice President Jonathan Berger, Secretary Lisa Grassbaugh, Matt Johnson, and HWEC CEO Glenn Miller.

HWEC members have given over $700,000 back to the community since ORU’s inception. This is an amazing testament to our member’s generosity for our community. It’s an honor to assist our community and improve neighborhoods.

As your local electric provider, we want to thank you for allowing us to administer such a worthy program.

The following is a summary of the 2019 distribution. If you would like to learn more about the program or how to participate, please call the office toll-free at 866-674-1055.

The Operation Round Up Board, pictured from left to right: (front) Glenn Miller, Lisa Grassbaugh, (back) Jonathan Berger, Dan Mathie, and Matt Johnson.

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Assist individual with home needs, medical condition – Wooster Assist family with beds for children – Creston Assist family with beds for children – Wooster National Alliance for Mental Illness – Wayne and Holmes counties Adaptive Sports Program, sled hockey – Wooster Assist family with beds for children – Millersburg Camp Ohio 4-H Camp – camp improvements Assist individual with home needs, medical condition – Wooster Cystic Fibrosis Foundation – Holmes County Millersburg Food Run, food pantry Farmers & Hunters Feeding the Hungry – Wayne County Assist special needs individual with bed – Holmesville Assist special needs individual with bed – Wooster Assist individual with home needs, medical condition – Wooster Assist family with disabled child – Wooster Holmes County Farm Bureau – Harvest for Hunger Assist with playground equipment for community park – Wooster Special Olympics; Field of Dreams – Wooster Assist family with beds for children – Wooster Assist family with home needs – Big Prairie Assist individual with medical needs – Wooster Assist a family with transportation for medical appointments – Dundee The Risers, OneEighty – assist with addiction treatment Pomerene Health Foundation Hope for this Step – suicide and overdose awareness and prevention God’s Word – back-to-school backpack program Assist a family with needs after home fire – Jeromesville Assist family with beds for children – Millersburg Assist individual with home needs, medical condition – Wooster Community leadership camp for youth – Apple Creek Assist family with bed for child – West Salem Holmes County Home & Senior Center – processing of donated fair animals Assist with residential needs – Killbuck Adaptive Sports Program, wheelchair basketball – Wooster Farmers & Hunters Feeding the Hungry – Coshocton County Camp Ohio 4-H Camp – camp improvements Wayne County Food Pantries & Agencies – processing of donated fair animals Holmes County Training Center Disaster Relief Fund for Holmes and Wayne Counties – American Red Cross Lifting Heart Bereavement Program Ashland/Wayne Young Ag Professionals – Holiday Toy Drive Assist family with beds for children – Creston Assist family with beds for children – Brinkhaven Assist family with beds for children – Wooster Shop with a Teacher – Millersburg Share-A-Christmas – Holmes County West Salem Outreach and Food Pantry Light House Love Center – Holmes County

$500.00 $530.00 $530.00 $500.00 $1,000.00 $698.89 $1,500.00 $510.14 $500.00 $350.00 $1,000.00 $255.00 $280.00 $889.87 $1,240.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $250.00 $1,070.00 $806.97 $1,973.76 $750.00 $500.00 $500.00 $500.00 $500.00 $2,500.00 $585.00 $1,700.00 $300.00 $140.00 $2,500.00 $852.79 $1,000.00 $500.00 $200.00 $2,184.01 $610.00 $1,500.00 $1,000.00 $250.00 $355.00 $530.00 $860.00 $150.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00

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Salvation Army – Wayne County $1,000.00 Salvation Army – Holmes County $1,000.00 Town and Country Fire and Rescue – West Salem Toy Drive $1,000.00 Christian Children’s Home – Wooster $1,000.00 Meals and More – West Salem $1,000.00 Meals on Wheels – Holmes County Senior Center $1,000.00 OneEighty – domestic violence, substance abuse, and mental health services – Holmes County $1,000.00 OneEighty – domestic violence, substance abuse, and mental health services – Wayne County $1,000.00 American Red Cross – Wayne County $1,000.00 Hospice – Holmes and Wayne counties $1,000.00 Viola Startzman Health Clinic – Wooster $1,000.00 Church of God, food pantry – Millersburg $1,000.00 Meals Together, Wooster Methodist Church – Wooster $1,000.00 Glenmont Food Pantry $1,000.00 Shreve United Methodist Church Food Pantry $1,000.00 Mohican Area Community Fund $250.00 Goodwill Industries of Wayne & Holmes Counties, Inc. $1,000.00 58:12 Rescue, domestic violence safe home – Holmes County $1,000.00 The Lord’s Pantry – West Salem $1,000.00 New Leaf Center, clinic for special needs children – Mount Eaton $1,000.00 Apple Creek United Methodist Church Food Pantry $500.00 Community Christmas Outreach, ACUMC Church $500.00 Nick Amster Workshop – Wayne County $1,000.00 Hillsdale CARES food drive $1,000.00 TOTAL $62,101.43

Operation Round Up Annual Distribution 2019 – $62,101.43 2018 – $59,807.74 2017 – $52,659.98 2016 – $56,137.27 2015 – $49,449.70 2014 – $48,216.56 2013 – $63,099.06 2012 – $51,343.99 2011 – $63,289.93 2010 – $59,670.87 2009 – $38,794.38 2008 – $38,279.61 2007 – $37,596.26 2006 – $31,986.93

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Celebrating 85 years: Remembering the past, envisioning the future ANNUAL REPORT

2019

AUDITOR’S REPORT

February 19, 2020 Board of Trustees Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative, Inc. Millersburg, Ohio 44654

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT Report on the Financial Statements We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative, Inc. which comprise the balance sheets as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the related statements of revenue and expense, patronage capital and cash flows for the years then ended and the related notes to the financial statements.

Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditor’s Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes

evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative, Inc. as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Other Matter During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Cooperative received $0 in long-term loan fund advances from CFC on loans controlled by the CFC Loan Agreement and/or Mortgage or Security Agreement.

Other Reporting Required by Government Auditing Standards In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also issued our report dated February 19, 2020 on our consideration of Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting and on our tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements and other matters. The purpose of that report is to solely describe the scope of our testing of internal control over financial reporting and compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on the effectiveness of Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting or on compliance. That report is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards in considering Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting and compliance.

Millersburg, OH

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ANNUAL REPORT

2019

BALANCE SHEETS

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2019 AND 2018

ASSETS

2019

2018

UTILITY PLANT:

Electric plant in service

Construction work in progress

Less: provision for accumulated depreciation

Net utility plant

$ 87,983,228 1,820,559 89,803,787 22,110,054 67,693,733

$

85,153,131 595,300 85,748,431 20,609,870 65,138,561

OTHER ASSETS AND INVESTMENTS:

Retirement security plan prepayment

Investments in associated organizations

Patronage capital from associated organizations

Total other assets and investments

464,956 2,253,680 19,887,678 22,606,314

619,942 2,247,441 19,444,701 22,312,084

321,711 4,516,427 1,031,892 178,537 6,048,567 $ 96,348,614

1,004,032 4,663,895 872,793 137,686 6,678,406 94,129,051

CURRENT ASSETS:

Cash and cash equivalents

Accounts receivable, net of allowance

Materials and supplies

Other current assets

Total current assets

Total assets

EQUITIES AND LIABILITIES

$

2019

2018

$39,205,932 1,957,151 (137,400) 41,025,683

$38,638,584 1,893,058 (143,700) 40,387,942

47,651,744 29,878 605,199 48,286,821

46,332,380 32,332 556,582 46,921,294

1,680,000 3,286,422 12,200 1,373,109 164,670 519,709 7,036,110 96,348,614

1,554,000 3,240,467 17,400 1,346,727 173,265 487,956 6,819,815 94,129,051

EQUITY:

Patronage capital

Other equities

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

Total equity

LONG-TERM LIABILITIES:

Mortgage notes payable

Deferred credits

Postretirement benefit obligation

Total long-term liabilities

CURRENT LIABILITIES:

Current maturities of mortgage notes payable

Accounts payable

Postretirement benefit obligation, current portion

Accrued taxes

Customers’ deposits

Other current liabilities

Total current liabilities

Total equities and liabilities

$

(The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.)

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$

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STATEMENTS OF REVENUE AND EXPENSE

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019 AND 2018

OPERATING REVENUES

2019

2018

$ 41,900,331

$ 43,261,269

25,848,206 3,626,566 2,955,734 1,058,066 103,240 1,870,098 2,693,439 1,486,274 5,081 2,597 39,649,301 2,251,030 1,717,200 533,830

26,981,029 3,420,141 2,404,294 1,006,096 95,678 1,793,839 2,589,666 1,503,071 5,497 1,849 39,801,160 3,460,109 1,681,387 1,778,722

1,228,289 55,815 1,284,104 1,817,934

2,242,152 81,086 2,323,238 4,101,960

57,121 522 19,317 76,960 $ 1,894,894

54,843 471 (18,296) 37,018 $ 4,138,978

OPERATING EXPENSES:

Cost of purchased power

Operations

Maintenance

Consumer accounts

Customer service and informational expense

Administrative and general

Depreciation

Tax expense

Interest – other

Other deductions

Total cost of electric service

Operating margins before fixed charges FIXED CHARGES, interest on long-term debt

Operating margins after fixed charges

PATRONAGE CAPITAL CREDITS:

Generation and transmission credits, Buckeye Power, Inc.

Other credits

Net operating margins

NON-OPERATING MARGINS:

Interest income

Other expense

Gain (loss) on disposition of property

Net margins

2019

PATRONAGE CAPITAL

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019 AND 2018

PATRONAGE CAPITAL, beginning of year

Net margins Retirement of capital credits PATRONAGE CAPITAL, end of year

2019 $ 38,638,584 1,894,894 (1,327,546) $ 39,205,932

2018 $ 35,786,947 4,138,978 (1,287,341) $ 38,638,584

(The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.)

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ANNUAL REPORT

2019

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019 AND 2018

2019

2018

$ 1,894,894

$ 4,138,978

2,693,439 154,986 (1,298,254)

2,589,666 154,985 (2,337,646)

147,468 (40,851)

438,302 (863)

45,955 26,382 (8,595) 31,753 (2,454) 43,417 1,793,246 3,688,140

677,697 31,899 (14,985) 45,701 (12,622) 35,682 1,607,816 5,746,794

(5,248,611)

(5,044,231)

(159,099)

(104,955)

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

Net margins

Adjustments to reconcile net margins to net cash provided

by operating activities: Depreciation Amortization of retirement security plan prepayment Non-cash capital credits received (Increase) decrease in assets: Accounts receivable, net Other current assets Increase (decrease) in liabilities: Accounts payable Accrued taxes Customers’ deposits Other current liabilities Deferred credits Postretirement benefit obligation Total adjustments Net cash provided by operating activities

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

Construction and acquisition of utility plant

Increase in materials and supplies

Investments in associated organizations

Proceeds from redemption of capital credits

Return of investment in associated organizations

Net cash used in investing activities

(6,843)

(13,189)

855,277

667,789

604

568

(4,558,672)

(4,494,018)

0

(700,000)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

Net (payments) on line of credit

Proceeds from mortgage notes payable

3,000,000

2,500,000

Principal payments on mortgage notes payable

(1,554,636)

(1,536,066)

Patronage capital credits retired

(1,327,546)

(1,287,341)

Retired capital credits unclaimed

14,491

71,021

Donated capital received

49,602

44,215

Actuarial gain on postretirement benefits

6,300

5,000

Net cash provided (used) by financing activities Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of year CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of year

188,211 (682,321) 1,004,032 $ 321,711

(The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.)

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(903,171) 349,605 654,427 $ 1,004,032

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Investments

NOTE A: ORGANIZATION Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative, Inc. (the Cooperative) is a non-profit corporation operating on a cooperative basis. Its primary purpose is to provide electric power and energy to its membership which includes individuals as well as commercial and industrial businesses.

NOTE B: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Investments in associated organizations are recorded at cost, which is the same as par value. The investments have no ready market and are included in the financial statements as long-term assets. These investments, for the most part, represent equity contributions in other cooperatives and patronage capital received from other cooperatives.

Materials and Supplies Inventory of materials and supplies not allocated to construction in progress is valued at average cost.

General The Cooperative’s accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles of the United States of America following the accounting procedures common to rural electrical cooperatives and as recommended by the Rural Utilities Service (RUS).

Patronage Capital

Uninsured Risk

Income Taxes

The Cooperative maintains its cash and cash equivalents balances in multiple financial institution located in central Ohio.

Deposits in interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing accounts are collectively insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) up to a coverage limit of $250,000 at each FDIC-insured depository institution. As a result, the Cooperative may have balances that exceed the insured limit.

Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles general accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Electric Plant, Equipment and Depreciation The Cooperative records improvements and additions to the distribution plant at cost using continuing property records. Retirements are removed from the asset and accumulated depreciation accounts at a standard cost, which approximates original cost, which is updated periodically.

The general plant and equipment is recorded at cost based on the unit method. Any retirements or disposals of general plant and equipment are removed at cost from the asset and accumulated depreciation.

Depreciation is provided for by the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the property. The provisions are determined by the use of functional composite rates as follows: Distribution Plant

General Plant: Structure and improvements Office furniture and equipment Computer equipment Transportation equipment Power operating equipment Communications equipment Other general plant

3.2% 2.0 - 5.0 % 10.0% 25.0% 14.0% 12.0% 10.0% 10.0%

Net margins arising from operations are allocated to the members in the form of capital credits based on each member’s billings during the year. No portion of the current allocation is paid in cash.

The Cooperative is a Rural Electric Cooperative exempt from federal income taxes under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c) (12). Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes has been made. An informational tax return, Form 990, is prepared and filed each year with the Internal Revenue Service.

The Cooperative presently discloses or recognizes income tax positions based on management’s estimate of whether it is reasonably possible or probable, respectively, that a liability has been incurred for unrecognized income tax benefits.

Interest and penalties would be recorded as operating expenses when they are incurred.

Statements of Cash Flows For purposes of the statements of cash flows, the Cooperative considers all highly liquid debt instruments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

Net cash flows from operating activities include cash payments for interest of $1,719,627 and $1,682,779 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. There were no payments for federal income taxes for 2019 or 2018.

NOTE C: ADOPTION OF NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARD In May 2014, the FASB issued guidance (Accounting Standards Codification [ASC] 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers) which provides a five-step analysis of contracts to determine when and how revenue is recognized and replaces most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The core principle of the new guidance is that an entity should recognize revenue to reflect the transfer of goods and services to customers in an amount equal to the consideration the entity receives or expects to receive.

The guidance also requires enhanced disclosures regarding the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from an entity’s contracts with customers ASC 606 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. The Company adopted ASC 606 with a date of the initial application of January 1, 2019.

The Company applied ASC 606 using the modified retrospective method of adoption, which was applied to all

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ANNUAL REPORT contracts for which the company’s performance obligations were not completed as of December 31, 2018. The adoption of the revenue standard had no material impact on the company’s financial statements as it did not require a change in revenue recognition and there was no adjustment to the opening balance of patronage capital at January 1, 2019. Therefore, the comparative information has not been adjusted and continues to be reported under existing revenue guidance. The details of the significant changes and quantitative impact of the changes are discussed below.

As part of the adoption of ASC 606, the Company elected to use the following transition practical expedients: • Immaterial goods or services practical expedient to not assess whether promised goods or services are performance obligations if they are immaterial in the context of the contract with the customer.

• Exemption to not disclose the unfulfilled performance obligation balance for contracts with an original length of one year or less.

Because contract modifications are minimal, there is not a significant impact as a result of electing these practical expedients.

See Note D—Revenue Recognition for further discussion of the effects of the adoption of ASC 606 on our significant accounting policies.

NOTE D: REVENUE Revenue from the sale of electricity is recorded monthly based on consumer electricity consumption. The Cooperative bills monthly for all consumers. Commercial consumers with capacity in excess of 15 kW have “Demand” meters and are billed based upon automated meter readings taken at the end of each calendar month. All other consumers are billed based upon self-read meter readings. Substantially all of the cooperative’s consumers are located in Holmes and Wayne counties. The allowance for doubtful accounts at December 31, 2019 and 2018 was $30,000. Bad debt expense for 2019 and 2018 was $19,454 and $23,094, respectively.

The Cooperative derives its revenues primarily from sales of electricity. For such revenues, the Cooperative recognizes revenues in an amount derived from the electricity delivered to customers.

The Cooperative calculates revenue earned but not yet billed based on the number of days not billed in the month, the estimated amount of energy delivered during those days and the estimated average price per customer class for that month.

Differences between actual and estimated unbilled revenue are immaterial.

The performance obligation in all arrangements is satisfied over time because the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits as the Cooperative delivers or sells the electricity. The Cooperative records revenue for all of those sales based upon the volume delivered, which corresponds to the amount that the Cooperative has a right to invoice.

There are no material initial incremental costs of obtaining a contract in any of the arrangements. The Cooperative does not adjust the promised consideration for the effects of a significant financing component if it expects, at contract inception, that the time between the delivery of promised goods or service and customer payment will be one year or less. The Cooperative does not have any material significant payment terms because it receives payment at or shortly after the point of sale.

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The Cooperative also has various other sources of revenue including billing, collection, other administrative charges, rent of utility property, and miscellaneous revenue. It classifies such revenues as other ASC 606 revenues to the extent they are not related to revenue generating activities from leasing.

NOTE E: UTILITY PLANT Listed below are the major classes of the electric plant as of December 31:

Intangible Plant Distribution Plant General Plant Electric Plant in Service Construction Work in Progress Total Utility Plant at Cost

2019 2018 $ 248,131 $ 248,131 78,456,220 75,491,832 9,278,877 9,413,168 87,983,228 85,153,131 1,820,559 595,300 $ 89,803,787 $ 85,748,431

NOTE F: INVESTMENTS IN ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS Investments in associated organizations consisted of the following on December 31:

2019 2018 Investments in Associated Organizations: Capital term certificates of the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (NRUCFC) $ 628,513 $ 629,117 NRUCFC member capital securities 200,000 200,000 Equity contribution with Buckeye Power, Inc. 1,209,981 1,209,981 NRUCFC membership 1,000 1,000 Cooperative Response Center membership 12,500 12,500 Rural Electric Supply Cooperative, Inc. membership 50 50 Heartland Emergency Equipment, Ltd. 174,508 167,665 CoBank common stock 27,128 27,128 Total investments in associated organizations $ 2,253,680 $ 2,247,441

NOTE G: PATRONAGE CAPITAL FROM ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS Patronage Capital from associated organizations consisted of the following on December 31:

2019 2018 Patronage Capital from Associated Organizations: Rural Electric Supply Cooperative, Inc. $ 408,096 $ 403,256 Buckeye Power, Inc. 19,010,299 18,593,684 NRUCFC 181,924 172,329 National Information Solutions Cooperative 116,313 110,153 Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange 154,393 149,956 Cooperative Response Center membership 16,653 15,323 Total patronage capital from associated organizations $ 19,887,678 $ 19,444,701

Celebrating 85 years: Remembering the past, envisioning the future ANNUAL REPORT NOTE H: PATRONAGE CAPITAL At December 31, 2019 and 2018, patronage capital consisted of:

Assignable Assigned

Retired Total patronage capital

2019 2018 $ 1,894,894 $ 4,138,978 64,280,208 60,141,230 66,175,102 64,280,208 (26,969,170) (25,641,624) $ 39,205,932 $ 38,638,584

The Cooperative’s patronage capital balances represent 41 percent of the total assets at December 31, 2019 and 2018.

Capital credit retirements in the amount of $1,327,546 and $1,287,341 were paid in 2019 and 2018, respectively.

The Cooperative received donated capital from members totaling $49,602 and $44,215 during 2019 and 2018, respectively, which is included in the patronage capital retired for the year.

Patronage capital at December 31, 2019 and 2018 includes $21,946,833 and $20,776,147, respectively, reinvested in Buckeye Power, Inc. which has been restricted by action of the Board of Trustees and members of the Cooperative. This patronage capital reinvested in Buckeye Power, Inc. has been separately identified on the books of the Cooperative and will not be available for retirement by the Cooperative until retired in cash by Buckeye Power, Inc.

NOTE I: OTHER EQUITIES At December 31, 2019 and 2018, other equities consisted of:

Donated capital Retired capital credits

unclaimed Total other equities

2019 $ 1,230,427

2018 $ 1,180,825

726,724 $ 1,957,151

712,233 $ 1,893,058

NOTE J: BENEFIT PLANS All employees of Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative, Inc. participate in the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) Retirement & Security Program, a multiemployer defined benefit pension plan qualified under Section 410 and tax exempt under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The Cooperative makes annual contributions to the Program equal to the amounts accrued for pension expense except for the period when a moratorium on contributions is in effect.

In this Plan, which is available to all member cooperatives of NRECA, the accumulated benefits and plan assets are not determined or allocated separately by individual employer.

The pension expense for 2019 and 2018 was $657,180 and $614,295, respectively.

All employees of Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative, Inc. are eligible to participate in the selected pension plan and trust defined contribution benefit plan administered by NRECA. The Cooperative contributes 1 percent of all eligible participants’ base salary and wages and matches up to an additional 4 percent of a participant’s voluntary contributions. The Cooperative expensed $143,275 and $135,458 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

NOTE K: LONG-TERM DEBT Long-term debt is comprised substantially of mortgage notes payable to the United States of America (RUS & FFB) and supplemental mortgages to NRUCFC. Following is a summary of outstanding long-term debt as of December 31, 2019 and 2018: Loan Fixed Interest Rate Maturity Date 2019 RUS advance payments unapplied $(100) CFC 6.250% 3/14/26 241,022 CFC 6.300% 7/28/29 213,795 CFC 4.100% – 4.850% 9/23/26 565,635 CFC 3.550% – 4.950% 11/25/39 5,678,874 FFB 4.503% 12/31/31 572,592 FFB 4.120% 12/31/31 1,076,297 FFB 2.736% 12/31/31 522,240 FFB 4.269% 12/31/31 288,476 FFB 4.295% 12/31/31 579,087 FFB 3.879% 12/31/31 558,721 FFB 2.009% 1/2/35 600,985 FFB 2.231% 1/2/35 589,187 FFB 2.795% 1/2/35 606,338 FFB 4.550% 1/2/35 666,169 FFB 4.353% 12/31/34 666,829 FFB 4.543% 12/31/34 1,617,077 FFB 3.889% 12/31/42 4,941,853 FFB 3.849% 12/31/42 2,467,868 FFB 4.419% 12/31/42 1,757,239 FFB 3.873% 1/2/46 1,758,767 FFB 2.763% 1/2/46 1,199,049

2018 $(95) 273,174 229,771 639,956 5,903,759 607,837 1,144,329 558,531 306,523 615,250 594,629 634,989 621,911 638,454 696,511 697,728 1,690,777 5,072,550 2,533,490 1,800,469 1,797,340 1,230,181

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ANNUAL REPORT NOTE K: LONG-TERM DEBT (continued) FFB 2.702% 1/2/46 FFB 2.330% 1/2/46 FFB 2.421% 1/2/46 FFB 2.777% 1/2/46 FFB 2.256% 1/2/46 FFB 2.331% 12/31/48 FFB 2.813% 12/31/48 FFB 1.965% 12/31/48 FFB 2.384% 12/31/48 FFB 2.308% 12/31/48 FFB 2.791% 12/31/48 FFB 2.936% 12/31/48 FFB 2.941% 12/31/52 FFB 1.862% 12/31/52 Total mortgage notes Less: current portion of mortgage notes Long-term mortgage notes payable

1,111,662 1,439,527 1,061,062 2,032,460 851,052 920,203 1,852,717 1,735,585 2,206,576 1,681,481 1,802,597 968,822 1,500,000 3,000,000 49,331,744 1,680,000 $ 47,651,744

1,140,789 1,479,380 1,090,047 2,085,122 874,871 942,177 1,893,543 1,779,593 2,258,807 1,721,786 1,842,466 989,735 1,500,000 0 47,886,380 1,554,000 $ 46,332,380

The annual maturities of long-term debt for the next five years are as follows:

2020 $1,680,000

2021 1,757,000

2022 1,828,000

2023 1,897,000

2024 1,973,000 Thereafter 40,196,744

$ 49,331,744 The Cooperative has available $11,500,000 in loan funds from FFB that have not been advanced to the Cooperative as of December 31, 2019.

NOTE L: SHORT-TERM DEBT The short-term line of credit of $5,000,000 maximum is available to the Cooperative on loan commitments from NRUCFC at December 31, 2019. The interest rate on the line of credit at December 31, 2019 and 2018 was 3.25 percent and 3.75 percent, respectfully, with outstanding balances on the line of $0, for both 2019 and 2018. Substantially all of the assets of the Cooperative are pledged for the mortgage notes payable and the line of credit. Principal and interest installments on the above notes are due either quarterly or monthly.

The Cooperative also has a corporate charge card agreement in place with US Bank and NRUCFC. The terms of the agreement state that CFC will extend the Cooperative credit, if needed, at CFC’s current line of credit rate, payable upon demand by CFC.

NOTE M: DEFERRED CREDITS Deferred credits are summarized as follows:

Consumer energy prepayments Construction deposits

2019 2018 $1,773 $2,036 28,105 30,296 $ 29,878 $ 32,332

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NOTE N: COMMITMENTS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS The Cooperative purchases all of its power from Buckeye Power, Inc., a non-profit corporation operating on a cooperative basis whose membership includes HolmesWayne Electric Cooperative, Inc. Rates for service members of Buckeye Power, Inc. are in accordance with the provisions of the Wholesale Power Agreement. The Cooperative had accounts payable due to Buckeye Power, Inc. of $2,188,563 and $2,209,397 at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

The Cooperative purchases material from the Rural Electric Supply Cooperative, Inc., of which it is an owner and member.

Total purchases were $1,536,435 and $1,637,477 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

The Cooperative has an agreement with National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC), St. Louis, Missouri to participate in data processing services off0ered by NISC. This contract will continue until terminated by written notice given by either party. The total expense under this agreement was $180,489 and $162,241 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

The Cooperative borrows funds from National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation of which it is a member and owner (see also Note K).

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The Cooperative has an investment in Heartland Emergency Equipment, Ltd., a limited liability company (LLC). The LLC’s members consist of 12 rural electric cooperatives. The purpose of the LLC is for the cooperatives to pool resources for the provision and use of emergency substation equipment.

The investment balance is disclosed in Note F. The Cooperative has an investment in Cooperative Response Center (CRC). CRC provides after hours emergency telephone services for the Cooperative. Total fees for services were $47,534 and $51,830 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

The Cooperative maintains insurance coverage through Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange of which it is a member and owner. Total premiums paid were $112,812 and $105,482 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

NOTE O: ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS The following table sets forth the accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) at December 31:

2019 Accumulated other comprehensive loss, beginning of year $ (143,700) Actuarial gain on postretirement benefits 6,300 Accumulated other comprehensive loss, end of year $ (137,400)

2018 $ (148,700) 5,000 $ (143,700)

NOTE P: EMPLOYEE POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS The Cooperative sponsors an unfunded defined benefit postretirement medical insurance plan, which covers substantially all employees retiring from the Cooperative.

Such a plan requires the recording of the net periodic postretirement benefit cost as employees render services necessary to earn such benefits, and requires the accrual of the postretirement benefit obligation (including any unfunded portion of the plan).

RUS is not requiring the Cooperative to fund the plan. The Cooperative is paying benefits to retirees on a “pay-as-you-go” basis. Therefore, there are no assets available for benefits.

APBO, beginning of year Service cost Interest cost Amortization Additional expenses Less: actual cash payments

and actuarial adjustment APBO, end of year Less: current portion APBO, long-term portion

2019 2018 $ 573,982 $ 538,300 31,000 31,000 24,394 22,300 (6,300) (6,300) 785 2,706 (6,462) (14,024) 617,399 573,982 (12,200) (17,400) $ 605,199 $ 556,582

Benefits expected to be paid, representing expected future service, are as follows:

2020 $ 12,200 2021 20,100 2022 31,400 2023-2027 352,700 The annual health care cost trend rates, which have a significant effect on the amounts reported, are assumed as follows:

Medical / Drugs 2019 7.50% 2020 7.00% 2021 6.50% 2022 6.25% 2023 6.00% 2024 5.75% 2025 5.50% 2026 5.25% 2027 and later 5.00% The weighted-average discount rate used in determining the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation was 4.25 percent.

NOTE Q: RETIREMENT SECURITY PLAN PREPAYMENT At the December 2012 meeting of the I&FS Committee of the NRECA Board of Directors, the Committee approved an option to allow participating cooperatives in the Retirement Security (RS) Plan (a defined benefit multiemployer pension plan) to make a prepayment and reduce future required contributions.

The prepayment amount is a cooperative’s share, as of January 1, 2013, of future contributions required to fund the RS Plan’s unfunded value of benefits earned to date using Plan actuarial valuation assumptions. The prepayment amount will typically equal approximately 2.5 times a cooperative’s annual RS Plan required contribution as of January 1, 2013.

After making the prepayment, for most cooperatives the billing rate is reduced by approximately 25%, retroactive to January 1, 2013. The 25% differential in billing rates is expected to continue for approximately 15 years. However changes in interest rates, asset returns and other plan experience different from that expected, plan assumption changes, and other factors may have an impact on the differential in billing rates and the 15 year period.

On February 28, 2013 the Cooperative made a prepayment of $1,549,855 to the NRECA RS Plan. The cooperative is amortizing this amount over 10 years. The Cooperative obtained a loan through NRUCFC to finance the RS Plan prepayment. Interest expense associated with the prepayment loan was accounted for in accordance with the RUS USOA.

NOTE R: SUBSEQUENT EVENTS Management has evaluated subsequent events through February 19, 2020, the date on which the financial statements were issued.

NOTE S: RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-02 entitled “Leases (Topic 842),” which will change the Company’s statement of financial position by adding leaserelated assets and liabilities. This may affect compliance with any contractual agreements and loan covenants. This new standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2020. Early implementation is permitted, but not before the original implementation date for periods beginning before February 25, 2016. Management has not yet determined whether this new standard will have a material effect on its financial statements.

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ANNUAL REPORT

2019

AUDITOR’S REPORT

February 19, 2020 Board of Trustees • Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative, Inc. • Millersburg, Ohio 44654 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ON COMPLIANCE AND OTHER MATTERS BASED ON AN AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS We have audited, in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, the financial statements of Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative, Inc., as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019, and the related notes to the financial statements, which collectively comprise Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative, Inc.’s basic financial statements, and have issued our report thereon dated February 19, 2020.

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements, we considered Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting (internal control) to determine the audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative, Inc.’s internal control. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative, Inc.’s internal control.

A deficiency in internal control exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent, or detect and correct, misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the entity’s financial statements will not be prevented, or detected and corrected on a timely basis. A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control that is less severe than a material weakness, yet important enough to merit attention by those charged with governance.

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Our consideration of internal control was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph of this section and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses or significant deficiencies. Given these limitations, during our audit we did not identify any deficiencies in internal control that we consider to be material weaknesses.

However, material weaknesses may exist that have not been identified.

Compliance and Other Matters As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative, Inc.’s financial statements are free from material misstatement, we performed tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements, noncompliance with which could have a direct and material effect on the determination of financial statement amounts. However, providing an opinion on compliance with those provisions was not an objective of our audit, and accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

The results of our tests disclosed no instances of noncompliance or other matters that are required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards.

Purpose of this Report The purpose of this report is solely to describe the scope of our testing of internal control and compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control or on compliance. This report is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards in considering the entity’s internal control and compliance. Accordingly, this communication is not suitable for any other purpose.

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Ground rules • Entrants must be electric cooperative members or residents of an electric cooperative household.

• To enter, write down your recipe, including all ingredients and measurements, directions, and number of servings. Then tell us the basic story behind your recipe: Is it a family tradition, passed down through generations? Or did you make it up one day out of thin air? A good back story can never hurt!

Is your covered dish the hit of every church carry-in?

Do friends always invite you over because they know you’ll bring that one mouth-watering morsel?

Appetizers, casseroles, desserts, and more: For our 2020 Ohio Cooperative Living reader recipe contest, we’re looking for your go-to potluck favorite.

The grand-prize winner will receive an Ohio-made KitchenAid stand mixer.

Two runners-up will receive consolation gifts.

Entry deadline: June 6, 2020.

• Submissions may be an original recipe or one adapted from an existing recipe published elsewhere, with at least three distinct changes from the published version.

• On each recipe, include your name and address, a phone number and email address where you can be contacted, and the name of your electric cooperative.

• Entries should be submitted by email to memberinteract@ ohioec.org, or sent to Catherine Murray, care of Ohio Cooperative Living, 6677 Busch Blvd., Columbus, OH 43229.

• There is a limit of three recipes per entrant.

• Contest winners will be announced in the September edition of Ohio Cooperative Living.

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Ohio bike makers build upon the state’s pedaling past.

BY RANDY EDWARDS

T

o the casual cyclist who buys a ride off the rack, so to speak, the choices available in the creation of a custom bicycle might seem overwhelming. Clipless or flat pedals? A performance saddle, or something easier on the backside? How many gears? Flat or curved handlebars?

But first, the geometry of the frame, from the angle of the head tube to the shape of the fork. What about construction materials? Do you want titanium? Stainless steel?

Wood? Yes, wood. We’ll come back to wood later.

Ohio has a history of bicycle making that goes even beyond the origin story of the Wright Brothers (which, obviously, is an important bit of history in its own right).

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In the early part of the 20th century, Cleveland’s Murray Bikes and Daytonbased Huffy were among the manufacturers that made Ohio a national leader in the bicycle industry. Today, though there are no bicycles built at production scale in Ohio (Huffy Corp. remains headquartered in Dayton), a small number of bicycle craftsmen continue to draw focus to the Buckeye State. They create specialty rides that bring a competitive edge in a race, or simply stand out from the other bikes on the local path.

Rody Walter started creating his own bike frames in 1994, after searching in vain for a tandem bicycle that he and his wife could use for backroad camping adventures — “something that was sturdy, overbuilt, and had some suspension capability,” he recalls. Finding nothing in the retail shops

Rody Walter (right) started Groovy Cycleworks after searching in vain for a tandem bike that fit his needs. When he could not find what he needed, he decided to learn to build his own (photos courtesy of Groovy Cycleworks).

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Groovy Bikes, Wooster

www.groovycycleworks.com to meet his needs, Walter turned to a custom bike maker in Pennsylvania. While visiting the shop, he says, “I fell in love with the creativity inherent in the design and fabrication of custom bicycles.”

After an apprenticeship with the Pennsylvania bike maker, Walter opened his own shop, Groovy Cycleworks, just outside of Wooster, where he now makes fully custom-fabricated bikes. They are highly personalized — starting with 26 measurements of the rider’s physiology, rendered into frames hand-welded by Walter, and finished with a custom paint job.

Visited in his workshop in midwinter, Walter was working on assignments from customers in Holland and Australia, two of the 28 countries to which he has shipped his work.

Those customers are willing to pay for a unique

ride; the starting price for a Groovy bike is around $7,000.

“Most of my customers are long-term enthusiasts who want something that is unique or different,” he says.

Many are competitive racers, but others simply appreciate the craftsmanship. One of his most interesting bikes, he says, was built for a surfer who wanted a bike he could use to carry his boards over the beach.

The titanium cruiser Walter built had custom wooden fenders and a paint job imagined by the customer: an underwater scene with an octopus “to match his tattoos.”

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Roll: Bicycle Company, Columbus

www.rollbicycles.com For a less bespoke and more affordable approach to custom bikes, Roll: Bicycle Company offers a buildyour-bike arrangement that begins with three basic models — Adventure, City, and Sport — and a $799 base model price tag. A customer selects a frame and then is offered a range of paint jobs and a selection of tires, saddles, handlebar grips, pedals, and accessories such as racks and panniers.

The bikes are assembled to order in a shop in Columbus by one of Roll’s bike builders, who gives the bike a test ride before shipment. The final price can be nearly twice the base for a fully decked-out model, but customers decide just what they need based on their preferences and how they plan to use the bike, explains Stuart Hunter, the company’s founder.

Hunter started out selling bikes made by major brands in his own shop in Westerville in 2006. The company expanded to two additional suburban outlets before launching its own brand three years ago. The concept caught on, and Roll now has 67 retail partners in the U.S. and Canada.

“We offer an experience that other major brands don’t offer: to have something specifically made for me as a customer. There’s nothing cooler than having a one-off that is built personally for you,” says Hunter, who described his company’s business model as based on the assumption that “bikes change lives.”

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Roll: Bicycle Company offers a mostly customizable, build-your-own bike shop that lets customers add their own desired components, including a variety of tires, handlebars, pedals, and paint, to any of three basic models (photos courtesy of Roll: Bicycle Company).

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Sojourn Cyclery, Cedarville

www.sojourn-cyclery.com About those wooden bikes: Jay Kinsinger, an engineering professor at Cedarville University in Greene County, has nurtured twin passions for most of his life: bicycling and woodworking. He began working in bike shops as a teen and built many custom bikes out of steel before stumbling across wooden bikes on the internet several years ago.

The appeal of sculpting a wooden bicycle was irresistible, and Kinsinger was lucky to find a craftsman willing to share some basic details about building wooden bikes. “After some serious head-scratching and 400 hours later, I had my first frame.”

Despite his engineering expertise (Kinsinger has three patents to his name for designing prosthetic devices), he was wary about the durability of his first wooden creation. “The first time I got on the bike I made sure my helmet was on,” he says,

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Jay Kinsinger builds what he calls “rideable art” for his company, Sojourn Cyclery in Cedarville. His gleaming walnut creations are engineered to withstand all sorts of riding conditions (photos courtesy of Sojourn Cyclery).

laughing, “because I just wasn’t sure how strong it was. I later learned that wood is incredibly strong, and very comfortable for touring or commuting.”

Properly maintained, his gleaming walnut creations can last a lifetime, holding up under all sorts of riding conditions. In 2013, he and his son rode a wooden tandem from the Gulf of Mexico to Lake Erie, camping outdoors through 3½ weeks of nearly nonstop rain.

Now he builds what he calls “rideable art” for his company, Sojourn Cyclery, and his business is growing. His most expensive model is his electric bike, which sells for $9,999. Sojourn’s Versa, a multipurpose ride, starts at $5,500.

Sojourn remains a hobby business, Kinsinger says, and in some ways the business is finding its own path. He recently packed up his shop and traveled to California to conduct a bike-building workshop for Apple employees.

“It turns out that for every one person who wants to buy a Sojourn bike, there are 10 who want to build their own. I’m very excited about that part of the business.”

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Stone Lab, on tiny Gibralter Island, sets the standard for Lake Erie research.

STORY AND PHOTOS BY JAMES PROFFITT

G

ibraltar Island is just 6.5 acres, yet sports a castle, a fleet of boats, and a small-but-mighty lab. Though tiny, it has a huge footprint in Lake Erie conservation — and in the hearts of thousands of yearly visitors.

In 1864, Gibraltar, nestled in the crook of South Bass Island, was purchased for $3,001 by Union Civil War financier and industrialist Jay Cooke. He constructed a massive summer home, now called Cooke Castle, and he and his extended family spent many summers there. After his eldest daughter inherited the island, she sold it in 1925 to Julius Stone, who was a trustee at Ohio State University. Stone subsequently offered it to OSU, and the university moved its Lake Erie laboratory to Gibraltar in 1929.

It’s the oldest freshwater biology field station in America — and loved by many.

“I first attended as a high school student with my ichthyology class on a field trip in the 1970s,” says John Hageman. “After college, a job opened up, and they were willing to hire me up at the lake.” Hageman eventually spent 25 years there as lab manager.

He says he felt at home there and so did plenty of others; his tenure was marked by a steady increase in the number of visitors. “When I started, we had about 1,300 kids that came through there annually. Right now, it’s about 4,000,” he says. “The beauty of the place is the

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setting. Where else can you take classes on an island surrounded by Lake Erie?”

During the summer, students, including middle and high schoolers, and teachers use Gibraltar and Stone Lab as a base as they explore the lake, its shores, marshes, and other sites. Hageman described students who study there as top-tier — looking toward futures in sciences or using the experience as a steppingstone to a professional career.

Chris Winslow, the director of Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Lab, describes the place as critical — especially in light of recent Lake Erie news. “Many of the questions that universities and agencies have couldn’t be answered without Stone Lab,” he says.

Tracking toxin-promoting algae in the lake and developing new algae-tracking satellites? They’re on it. Using “good” bacteria to filter drinking water and tracking microcystin in vegetables? Yep. Even figuring out which color of bait is best for walleye anglers in which water conditions — sure, Stone Lab scientists and students are working on that, too.

Each year, science and outdoor writers, legislators, charter captains, water plant operators, and other Lake Erie stakeholders visit and learn at Stone Lab. Perhaps the best outreach ever was when Kristin Stanford, the researcher known as “the Island Snake Lady,” was featured on the TV show Dirty Jobs with

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Mike Rowe — not once, but twice. A year after that, Rowe described the experience as one of his five worst: “You catch the water snake, and you make it vomit. Then you look under a microscope at the puke to make sure it’s healthy. What she doesn’t tell you is that when you grab the water snake, it will bite you.”

Stanford and her team of researchers and students were able to save the Lake Erie water snake, which subsequently has been removed from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s threatened and endangered species list.

While the little gem known as Gibraltar Island is owned

by OSU, it’s open to all. In fact, half the students and researchers there come from other universities.

“Right after my sophomore year, I took a six-week field zoology class,” says Mollie Knighton, a former Heidelberg University environmental science major. “It’s a lot to complete four credit hours in that time — every day it was go-go-go.” After graduating, she spent a year working for the Fish and Wildlife Service in West Virginia and credits her summer on Gibraltar for great preparation.

water sampling this season and has her eye on teaching science-related classes next year.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is flush with Stone Labbers. Although Travis Hartman never took classes there, he worked on the island as an undergrad in 1990 and has been singing its praises ever since. He’s now the ODNR’s Lake Erie program administrator.

“I thoroughly enjoyed it. Spent the whole summer there performing a multitude of tasks,” he says. “I thought I wanted to work on Lake Erie, and being out there for a summer cemented it for me. Now I go there and give fisheries management presentations. A lot of the stuff going on there is cutting-edge that’s applied throughout the Great Lakes and the world. It’s not just work for the classroom, it’s real research for the real world.”

“It’s so completely hands-on — you’re almost never in a classroom. It forces you to engage with the environment and outdoors, plus classmates, instructors, and other researchers. I’m definitely not a person who prefers to be holed up in a lab by themselves for days on end.”

Knighton, who recently began working at the Lakeside Chautauqua program at Marblehead, will be conducting

Left page: The “Island Snake Lady,” Kristen Stanford (wearing visor), with students and snakes, in the lab (photos courtesy of Ohio Sea Grant); right page: Stone Lab’s idyllic setting makes spending a summer, or even a day there, an irresistible proposition.

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“Seniors are just one fall away from being put in a nursing home,” Dr. Howren said. “With a medical alert device, seniors are never alone. So it keeps them living independently in their own home. That’s why seniors and their family members are snapping up a sleek new medical alert device that comes with no monthly bills ever,” he said.

Many seniors refuse to wear old style help buttons because they make them look old. But even worse, those medical alert sys-

tems come with monthly bills.

To solve these problems Universal Physicians, a U.S. company went to work to develop a new, modern, state-of-the-art medical alert device. It’s called “FastHelp™” and it instantly connects you to free unlimited nationwide help everywhere cell service is available with no contracts, no deposits and no monthly bills ever.

“This slick new little device is designed to look like the pagers doctors wear every day. Seniors love them, because it actually makes them look important, not old,” Dr. Howren said.

FastHelp is expected to hit store shelves later this year. But special newspaper promotional giveaways are slated for seniors in select areas. ■

■ NO MONTHLY BILLS: “My wife had an old style help button that came with hefty bills every month and she was embarrassed to wear it because it made her look old,” said Frank McDonald, Canton, Ohio. “Now, we both have FastHelp™, the sleek new medical alert device that our grandkids say makes us look ‘cool’ not old,” he said. With FastHelp, seniors never have to worry about being alone and the best part is there are no monthly bills ever.

Seniors born before 1956 get new medical alert device with no monthly bills ever

It’s just what seniors have been waiting for; a sleek new medical alert device with no contracts, no deposits and no monthly bills that instantly connects you to free unlimited nationwide help with just the push of a button for a one-time $149 price tag that’s a real steal after today’s instant rebate The phone lines are ringing off the hook.

That’s because for sen iors bor n before 1956, it’s a deal too good to pass up.

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both of fer old st yle mon itored help buttons that come with a hefty bill every month.

B u t n o w Un i v e r s a l Physicia ns, the U. S. b a s e d he av y wei g ht , just delivered a knockout blow sending the top rated contenders to the mat w ith the unveiling of FastHelp.

It’s the sleek new cellular embedded medical alert device that cuts out the middleman by instantly connecting you directly to highly trained 911 operators a ll across the U.S. There’s abso-

lutely nothing to hookup or install. You don’t need a land line and you don’t need a cell phone. Ever y thing is done for you.

“FastHelp is a state of the art medical alert d e v ic e d e s i g n e d t o make you look important, not old. Old style monitored help buttons you wear around your neck, or require expensive base station equipment or a landline are the equivalent of a horse and buggy,” Law rence says. “It’s just outdated.”

Millions of seniors

fa l l ever y yea r a nd spend hours lying on the f loor helpless and all alone with no help.

But seniors who fall a n d g e t i m m e d i at e help are much more likely to avoid getting sent to a nursing home and get to STAY living in their own home independently.

Ye t m i l l i o n s o f seniors are still riski n g thei r s a fet y by not having a medical a ler t dev ice. That’s because seniors just ca n’t a f ford t o pay the monthly bills that come w ith old style

medical alert devices.

That’s why seniors born before 1956 are rushing to cash in the whopping $150 instant rebate before the 7 day deadline ends.

So there’s no need to wait for FastHelp to hit store shelves later this year because seniors born before 1956 can get it now just by using the $150 i nsta nt rebate coupon printed in today’s newspaper before the 7-day deadline ends.

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PROS: It’s the sleek new medical alert device that comes with the exclusive FastHelp One-Touch E 911 Button that instantly connects you to free unlimited nationwide help everywhere cell service is available with no contracts or deposits. It connects you to the vast available network of cellular towers for free and saves seniors a ton of money because there are no monthly bills ever making this deal irresistible. Plus it’s the only medical alert device that makes seniors look important, not old.

CONS: Consumers can’t get FastHelp in stores until later this year. That’s why it’s so important for seniors born before 1956 to call the National Rebate Center Hotline within the next 7 days. For those who miss that deadline, the sleek little medical alert device will set you back over $300 bucks.

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at home or anywhere, any time cell ser v ice is available whether you’re out watering the garden, driving in a car, at church or even hundreds of miles away on a tour or at a casino. You are never alone. With just a single push of the One -Touch E Button you instantly get connected to free unlimited help nationw ide with no monthly bills ever,” said Jack Lawrence, Executive Director of Product Development for U.S. based Universal Physicians.

“We’ve never seen anything like it. Consumers absolutely love the sleek new modern design and most of all, the instant rebate that practically pays for it and no monthly bills ever,” Lawrence said.

FastHelp is the sleek new medical alert device with t h e b e s t of c o m b i n a t i o n s : a q u a l i t y, high-tech engineered device that’s also an extremely great value because there are no monthly bills ever.

Better still, it comes w ith no contracts, no dep o sit s a nd no monthly bills ever – which makes FastHelp a g r e a t c h o i c e fo r seniors, students and professionals because it connects to one of the largest nationwide networks everywhere cell ser v ice is available for free.

And here’s the best par t. A ll those who already have an old style monitored medical alert button can immediately eliminate those monthly bills, which is why Universal Physicians is widely advertising this announcement nationwide.

“So if you’ve ever felt a med ica l a ler t device was too complicated or expensive, you’ll want to get Fa st Help, the sle ek new medical alert device with no monthly bills,” said Lawrence.

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NORTHWEST

THROUGH AUG. 7 – Limaland Motorsports Park Races, 1500 Dutch Hollow Rd., Lima, 7:30–10:30 p.m.

Sprints, UMP Modifieds, Thunderstocks, and more!

Pit gates open at 4:30 p.m., grandstand gates at 5 p.m., warmup laps 6:30 p.m. See website for updated information. www.limaland.com.

THROUGH OCT. 10 – The Great Sidney Farmer’s Market, Courthouse Square, 109 S. Ohio Ave., Sidney, every Saturday, 8:00 a.m.–noon. Free. Fresh produce, crafters, baked goods, jams, jellies. 937-658-6945 or www.sidneyalive.org.

JUN. 19–20 – Sidney Music and Arts Festival, downtown Sidney, starting Fri. at 5 p.m., Sat. at 8 a.m.

Free. Two stages with live music, art, and food trucks.

Saturday adds activities for children on the court square and the Great Sidney Farmer’s Market. Check website for updates. 937-658-6945 or www.sidneyalive.org.

JUN. 20 – Band Night: Reckless Operation, Walnut Grove Campground, 7325 S. Twp. Rd. 131, Tiffin, Sat. 8 p.m.–12 a.m. $2.50; age 4 and under free. 419-448-0914 or www.walnutgrovecampground.co (not com).

JUN. 20 – Findlay Country Fest, Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation Inc., 12505 Co. Rd. 99, Findlay, gates open at 12:30 p.m.; show starts at 1:30 p.m. $10 for the whole day. Watch our Facebook page for additional information about performers and times. Quarter-scale train rides will be offered all afternoon and during intermissions. 419-423-2995, www.nworrp.org, or www. facebook.com/nworrp.

JUN. 20 – Lima Area Concert Band Concert, Veterans Memorial and Civic Ctr., 7 Town Square, Lima, 7:30 p.m. $15 for adults, free for students. Guest soloist Wayne Bergeron on trumpet. 419-224-1552 or www. limaciviccenter.com.

JUN. 20 – Midwest Shooting Center Summer Kickoff Party, 501 S. Dixie Hwy., Cridersville, 5–10 p.m.

Admission $5 if not entering gun raffle; $25 if entering raffle. Gun raffle starts at 5:30 p.m., last ticket drawn at 9:30 p.m. 10 guns will be raffled off. Kaitlyn Schmit

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and The Move will be playing from 6 to 10 p.m. Food trucks and alcoholic beverages. 419-645-6286 or www. midwestshootingcenter.com.

JUN. 20–21 – Artistry in American Glass Show and Sale, Tiffin Middle School, 103 Shepard Dr., Tiffin, Sat. 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m.–3 p.m. $5. Presented by Tiffin Glass Collectors Club. Featuring glass made by Tiffin, Fostoria, Duncan-Miller, Cambridge, Imperial, Heisey, Westmoreland, and others. Depression, carnival, art glass, and EAPG types. 419-448-0200 or www.tiffinglass.org.

JUN. 25–27 – Spencerville Summerfest, Main Street, Spencerville, begins Thursday at 5 p.m. and Saturday at noon. Rides, games, food, entertainment tent. Saturday events: craft and vendor show, parade at 4:30 p.m., fireworks at 10 p.m. Route 66 Car Show is Sat. 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Cost to register car is $10. Contact Phil Briggs at 419-302-9895.

Court naturalization ceremony on July 4 at 11 a.m. 800590-9755 or www.saudervillage.org.

JUL. 4 – Fourth of July Celebration: Boat Regatta, Walnut Grove Campground, 7325 S. Twp. Rd. 131, Tiffin, 8 p.m.–12 a.m. $2.50/person, age 4 and under free. We give you the material, you build the boat to race on our pond. 1 p.m. $50 entry fee. Weather permitting, Hawks DJ Service 8–11 p.m., fireworks at dusk. 419-448-0914, or www.walnutgrovecampground.co (not com).

JUL. 4–5 – The Fantastic Tiffin Flea Market, Seneca Co. Fgds., 100 Hopewell Ave., Tiffin, Sat. 9 a.m.–4 p.m., Sun. 9 a.m.–3 p.m., rain or shine. Free. 250 to 400 dealers per show. Antiques, collectibles, furniture, crafts, produce, tools, glass, and more. 419-447- 9613, tiffinfleamarket@ gmail.com, or www.tiffinfleamarket.com.

JUL. 10–12 – Flag City Daylily Tour, Findlay and Hancock County, Fri./Sat. 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Sun. noon–6 JUN. 27 – Lake Seneca Annual “Miles of Yard Sales,” p.m. Free. Features six daylily gardens, each with its own off N. Rt. 576, 1-1/4 miles north of U.S. 20. Chicken dinners special personality. Tour at your leisure and see several ready around 10:30 a.m. at Arrowhead Lodge and plenty thousand different registered daylilies. Some sites will of extras to eat, along with our homemade bake sale have plants for sale. 419-889-8827, anders@findlay.edu, items to buy. 419-485-5205 or 419-485-0393. or www.pplantpeddler.com, or find us on Facebook.

JUN. 27 – Lima Half-Mile Motorcycle Races, Allen Co. JUL. 11 – Family Fun Day, Northwest Ohio Railroad Fgds., 2750 Harding Hwy., Lima, gates open 1 p.m., races Preservation Inc., 12505 Co. Rd. 99, Findlay, 11 a.m.–4 p.m. begin 6:30 p.m. Presale tickets $30/$35, at gate $40/$45. $10 for all-day access. Enjoy games, quarter-scale train Watch the Grand National Circuit’s top racers in the nation rides, bounce houses, and other family-friendly activities participate in the half-mile dirt track race. Before racing and events all day long for one price. Watch our website begins, fans can get up-close with the stars of the sport and Facebook page for additional information. 419-423during open pits. Food and cold beverages for purchase; 2995, www.nworrp.org, or www.facebook.com/nworrp. no coolers permitted. www.limahalfmile.com.

JUL. 11 – Ride to Remember, starting at 215 Snider Rd., JUN. 27 – Outdoor Country Concerts, Walnut Grove Bluffton. Check-in begins at 6 a.m. Registration $20 in Campground, 7325 S. Twp. Rd. 131, Tiffin. Rain date Jun. advance, $30 day of ride. The ride takes cyclists through 28. $15 pre-sale, $18 at door. Denise Ritter, 2–4 p.m.; 99 the Village of Bluffton and the surrounding countryside. to Main, 4:30–6:30 p.m.; Nashville Crush, 7–9 p.m. 419There are 5 loops where you can choose your distance, 448-0914 or www.walnutgrovecampground.co (not com). from 2 miles to 124! Proceeds benefit the Bluffton Pathways Project. www.ridetoremember.net.

JUL. 2 – Old Fashioned Farmers Car Show, Van Wert Co. Fgds., Van Wert, 4–8 p.m. Awards at 7:30 p.m.

JUL. 11–12 – Toledo Lighthouse Waterfront Festival, Dash plaques, goody bags, door prizes,’50s and ’60s Maumee Bay State Park, 1750 State Park Rd. #2, Oregon, music. Entry gives access to Old Fashioned Farmers Sat. 10 a.m.–7 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.–5 p.m. $5 donation Days activities, food, flea market, and more. wrkchevy@ requested. Kids’ activities, Nautical Arts and Crafts Village, hotmail.com. food, silent auction, boat rides (reservations required).

Check website for updated information. 419-691-3788 or JUL. 3 – Band Night: Burning Daylight, Walnut Grove www.toledolighthousefestival.com.

Campground, 7325 S. Twp. Rd. 131, Tiffin, 8 p.m.–12 a.m. $2.50/person, age 4 and under free. 419-448-0914 JUL. 12 – “The Saga of Ohio’s Moravian Indians: or www.walnutgrovecampground.co (not com).

The Gnadenhutten Massacre,” Fort Recovery State Museum, 1 Fort Site St., Fort Recovery, 3 p.m. Free.

JUL. 3–5 – Old-Fashioned Fourth of July Weekend, Presentation by Seth Angel, Moravian and Schoenbrunn Sauder Village, 22611 St. Rte. 2, Archbold, Fri./Sat. 10 Village representative. 419-375-4384, www. a.m.–5 p.m., Sun. 12–4 p.m. $14–$20, under 6 free, fortrecoverymuseum.com, or search “Fort Recovery veterans and active-duty military free. Enjoy handHistorical Society” on Facebook. cranked ice cream, old-fashioned games, and patriotic songs played on the reed organ. Witness a U.S. District

Submit listings AT LEAST 90 DAYS prior JUN. 20–21 – Contemporary Muzzleloader Gun to the event to Ohio Cooperative Living, Exhibit, Prickett’s Fort Visitor’s Center, 88 State Park Rd., 6677 Busch Blvd., Columbus, OH 43229 Fairmont, Sat. 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Sun. 12–4 p.m. Free. Some or events@ohioec.org. Ohio Cooperative of the finest contemporary gun builders and collections Living will not publish listings that don’t in West Virginia will be on site. Talk to the makers of include a complete address or a number/ these fine Early American firearms and learn about the website for more information. techniques and materials used for 21st-century gun building. 304-363-3030 or www.prickettsfort.org. program. Learn about the habitats, diets, and behaviors JUL. 10 – “Birds of Prey,” North Bend State Park, 202 of several birds of prey including owls, hawks, and North Bend Park Rd., Cairo, 7:30 p.m. (Please arrive eagles. 304-643-2931 or www.northbendsp.com. by 7 p.m.) Free. Three Rivers Avian Center presents live raptors as part of this impressive and educational

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NORTHEAST

JUN. 26–28 – Cy Young Days Festival, Newcomerstown.

Food, entertainment, contests and competitions, car show, old-fashioned baseball games, and parade featuring a former Cy Young Award winner. Check website for updates. www.cyyoungdaysfestival.com.

JUN. 26–28 – Lorain International Festival and Bazaar, Black River Landing, Black River Lane, Lorain, Fri. 5–11 p.m., Sat. noon–11 p.m., Sun. noon–6 p.m. Parade Sat. 11:30 a.m. $3 daily. www.loraininternational.com.

JUN. 27–28 – “The Babies Are Here” Open House, Our Little World Alpacas LLC, 16800 Cowley Rd., Grafton, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Free. Come see our newest crias JUN. 13–14 – Model Train Days, Painesville Railroad (babies). Learn about alpaca care and feeding and about Museum, 475 Railroad St., Painesville, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $5, processing the fiber. Locally hand-knitted products for C. (3–12) $3, Family $12 (max. 2 adults, 3 children). See sale. 440-724-7070 or www.ourlittleworldalpacas.com. operating layouts in ‘N’ scale, ‘HO’ scale, ‘S’ gauge, ‘O’ JUN. 27–28 – Mad River Bike Tour, Mad River Harley gauge, and ‘G’ gauge, and local modular layouts. Model Davidson, 5316 Milan Rd., Sandusky. Registration Sat. train flea market on grounds. Food and drinks available for purchase. 216-470-5780 (Tom), prrm@att.net, or www. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Begin a self-led ride to the Kelleys Island Ferry Boat Line in Marblehead, then tour the island for a painesvillerailroadmuseum.org. chance to win a vacation package. $10 for the tour, $20 JUN. 19–20 – Simply Slavic Festival, Federal Plaza per bike for the round-trip ferry ride. 419-746-2360 or East, downtown Youngstown, Fri. 5–11 p.m., Sat. 12 www.kelleysislandchamber.com. p.m.–midnight. $5; 12 and under free. Live music, JUL. 2–4 – Grindstone Festival, Coe Lake Park, Berea. folk dance performances, homemade food, children’s learning areas, educational exhibits, and ethnic vendors. Celebrate the 4th of July at Coe Lake! Enjoy paddleboat rides, an outdoor movie, live entertainment with band www.simplyslavic.org. concerts, games, rides, a parade, food vendors, and a JUN. 26–27 – Ohio Scottish Games and Celtic spectacular fireworks display over the lake to end the Festival, Cuyahoga Co. Fgds., Berea. $12–$20, under event. 440-274-5608 or www.cityofberea.org.

11 free. New location! Pipe and drum competitions, JUL. 2–5 – First Town Days Festival, Tuscora Park, 927 Highland dance competitions, animal shows, kids’ Al Maloney Midway, New Philadelphia. Fun for the whole games, and other fun activities. New for 2020: piping, drumming, and Highland workshops and open sessions family. Activities include Queen’s Pageant, baby contest, Junior Superstars, games, 5K run, tournaments, and for all levels; axe throwing; archery; haggis toss/keg fireworks, just to name a few. 330-602-2600 or www. toss. www.ohioscottishgames.com. firsttowndays.com.

JUL. 4 – Loudonville Car Show and Fireworks, 131 W. Main St., Loudonville, 8 a.m.–4 p.m. Free.

Over 500 cars on display. Enjoy music, food, and downtown shopping. Fireworks begin at dusk. http:// loudonvillechamber.com/events.

JUL. 4–5 – Loudonville Antique Festival, Central Park, Loudonville. Buy, sell, and trade antiques and collectibles.

419-994-4789 or www.discovermohican.com.

JUL. 6–12 – Trumbull County Fair, 899 Everett Hull Rd., Cortland. An array of grandstand entertainment, daily shows, local bands, exhibits, and rides. 330-637-6010 or www.trumbullcountyfair.com.

JUL. 10–12 – Great Mohican Indian Pow-Wow, 23270 Wally Rd., Loudonville, Fri./Sun. 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.–7 p.m. $8, C. (6–12) $4, under 6 free. Weekend passes available. Native American live music, dancing, drum competitions, storytelling, tomahawk throwing, and fire starting demos. 800-766-2267 or www. mohicanpowwow.com.

JUL. 11–12 – Ashland County Yesteryear Machinery Club Show, Ashland County–West Holmes Career Ctr., 1783 St. Rte. 60, Ashland. Free admission and parking; donations accepted. Featuring Buckeye Allis Club, Allis Chalmers tractors, garden tractors, and equipment; Rawleigh-Schryer engines; all makes tractors and equipment. Car show on Sunday. Wagon rides, threshing and corn husking, R/C tractor and truck pulls, and much more! 330-465-3387, www.yesteryearmachinery.org, or find us on Facebook.

SOUTHEAST

JUN. 26–27 – National Cambridge Glass Collectors Show and Sale, Pritchard Laughlin Civic Ctr., 7033 Glenn Hwy., Cambridge, Fri. 1–5 p.m., Sat. 10:30 a.m.–4 p.m. $5 admission good for both days. 740-432-4245 or www. cambridgeglass.org.

JUN. 27 – Glass Dash, St. Benedict’s Gymnasium, 701 Steubenville Ave., Cambridge, early bird admission 7–8:30 a.m., $10; 8:30–11 a.m., $5. Generally most of the glass sold is Cambridge glass. 740-432-4245 or www. cambridgeglass.org.

JUL. 3–4 – Gallipolis River Recreation Festival, Gallipolis City Park, 300 block of Second Ave., Gallipolis, Fri. noon–10 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.–10 p.m. Contests and races, inflatables, food, music, arts and crafts, parade, and fireworks. 740-446-0596 or www.gallipolisriverrec.com.

JUL. 3–5 – Ohio Jeep Fest, Ross Co. Fgds., 344 Fairgrounds Rd., Chillicothe. $10–$30, under 13 free.

Drivers test their wheeling skills and participate in trailrated challenges. Daily kids’ zone, vendors, obstacle course, mud pits, and much more. www.ohiojeepfest.com or find us on Facebook.

JUL. 8–11 – Ohio Hills Folk Festival, Quaker City.

Celebrate the festival’s 116th year! Parades, car show, country store, entertainment, flea market, rides, duck race, fireworks, and more. 740-685-6590 or find us on Facebook.

THROUGH SEP. 25 – Rise and Shine Farmers Market, 2135 Southgate Pkwy. (near Tractor Supply Co.), Cambridge, Fridays, 8 a.m.–noon. 740-680-1866 or find us on Facebook.

JUN. 13 – Cambridge Lions Club “Ruff Truck,” Guernsey Co. Fgds., 335 Old National Rd., Lore City, gates open at 5 p.m. $5, kids 10 and under free.

Concession stand provided by Lions Club. All money raised goes to SEORMC for diabetes support. 740-2601604 or visit www.cambridgelions.com.

JUN. 18–20 – Southern Ohio Forest Rally, Thursday kickoff at Yoctangee City Park Stage, Chillicothe; Friday at Shawnee Forest, Portsmouth; Saturday at Zaleski Forest/ Scioto Trails Forest, McArthur/Chillicothe. 740-844-3488 or www.southernohioforestrally.com.

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JUN. 20 – National Road Bike Show and Ribfest, downtown Cambridge. Enjoy bikes, ribs, beers, bands, and more! 740-439-2238 or www.downtowncambridge.com.

JUN. 20 – Youth Bluegill Derby, Ross Lake, 501 Musselman Mill Rd., Chillicothe, 8 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Free.

Open to kids age 15 and under. Participants must be accompanied by an adult and provide their own fishing equipment. Plaques will be awarded in three age groups for biggest bluegill and most bluegill. 740-649-9614, kim. danny@roadrunner.com, or www.visitchillicotheohio.com.

JUN. 20, JUL. 11, 25, AUG. 8 – MOV’n Dragons, meet at the Marietta High School Boat House, 812 Gilman Ave., Marietta, 9–11 a.m. Free. Open to men, women, and youth 12–18 (parental permission required). No experience necessary; all fitness levels welcome. Experience the Muskingum River in a dragon boat, learn about dragon boating, and try out paddling with the MOV’n Dragons team. Sign up at www.facebook.com/MOVnDragons or call 740-434-5638.

JUN. 24–28 – “Trees of the Eastern Forest: Field Recognition Level II,” Highland Nature Sanctuary, 7660 Cave Rd., Bainbridge. The course focuses on field recognition of trees of the Great Eastern Temperate Forest. At the end of this course you will be able to recognize over 80 species of trees and their ecological habitats. Space is limited and registration is required.

937-365-1935https://arcofappalachia.org/trees_level_2.

CENTRAL

THROUGH AUG. 8 ­— Franklinton Art Exhibit, Roy G Biv Gallery, 435 W. Rich St., Columbus, Wed.-Sun. 12–6 p.m. Free adm. Garden paintings by more than a dozen members of the Central Ohio Plein Air Society. Event is in-person, social dinstancing will be observed. (614) 2977694, www.roygbivgallery.com.

THROUGH OCTOBER – Zanesville Farmers Market, Muskingum Co. Fgds., 1300 Pershing Rd., Zanesville, every Sat., 9 a.m.–12 p.m. June through August, the market is also open every Wed. 4–7 p.m. at North 4th Street. www.zanesvillefarmersmarket.org.

JUN. 12–13 – Oorang Bang, downtown LaRue. Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Oorang Bang, featuring a parade, car show, food and craft vendors, barnyard Olympics, and more! www. laruecommunityalliance.org.

JUN. 19–28 – Marion County Fair, 220 E. Fairground St., Marion. $5 daily, $25 for 10-day pass, under 6 free.

Rides, livestock shows, tractor and truck pulls, rodeos, live music, demolition derby, and much more. 740-3822558 or www.marioncountyfairgrounds.com.

JUN. 27 – Appalachian Artisans Guild “Toast to Summer,” Fayette County Airport, 2770 Old St. Rte. 38, Washington Court House, 1–10 p.m. www.appartguild. com/services.html.

JUN. 27 – Indian Mud Run, Lake Park, 23253 St. Rte. 83, Coshocton, 8 a.m.– 5 p.m. A 6-mile obstacle course race in the hills of Lake Park – all age groups welcome.

Have fun, win prizes, and get muddy! 740-502-7208 or www.indianmudrun.com.

JUN. 27 – “Night of Thunder,” National Trail Raceway, 2650 National Road SW, Hebron. See website for details and updates. 740-928-5706 ext. 24 or www. nationaltrailraceway.com.

JUL. 3–4 – Stars and Stripes on the River, Zane’s Landing Park, west end of Market Street (along river), Zanesville, Fri. 6–10:30 p.m., Sat. noon–11 p.m. Live music, food, activities for all ages, and fireworks display.

All proceeds go to benefit the community. www. zanesvillejaycees.org/Events/Stars-Stripes-On-The-RiverZanesville-Ohio.

JUL. 7–11 – Pottery Lovers Reunion Week, Holiday Inn Express, Zanesville. Join fellow pottery lovers from across the nation at the largest and oldest gathering of pottery collectors and dealers. 609-407-9997, potteryloversinfo@ gmail.com, or www.potterylovers.org.

JUL. 9–11 – Picktown Palooza, 89 N. Center St., Pickerington. $5 daily or $10 for 3-day pass. Fun and family-oriented event featuring live entertainment, food vendors, beer garden, Freedom 5K and kids’ fun run, rides, games, and car and bike show. 614-379-2099 or www.picktownpalooza.org.

JUL. 10 – Scraped No Prep, National Trail Raceway, 2650 National Road SW, Hebron. See website for

details and updates. 740-928-5706 ext. 24 or www. nationaltrailraceway.com.

JUL. 10–11 – Coshocton Canal Quilters Quilt Show, Coshocton County Career Ctr., 23640 Airport Rd., Coshocton, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $5, under 13 free. Free parking. Handicap accessible. This year’s theme is “Under the Stars.” Traditional and modern quilts. Special exhibit features more than 50 quilts made by Shirley Stutz. www. facebook.com/CCQQuiltShow.

JUL. 10–11 – Hull Pottery Association National Show, Crooksville High School, 4075 Ceramic Way, Crooksville, Fri. 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.–3 p.m. for general public; members admitted at 9 a.m. both days. Free. The largest Hull Pottery show in the world, with hundreds of authentic, rare, and one-of-a-kind pieces and many other favorite pottery pieces on display. Drawings and giveaways. http://hullpotteryassociation.org.

JUL. 11 – “King of Columbus,” National Trail Raceway, 2650 National Road SW, Hebron. See website for details and updates. 740-928-5706 ext. 24 or www. nationaltrailraceway.com.

JUL. 12 — Franklinton Garden and Art Tour, begins at Columbus Metropolitan Library Franklinton Branch, 12–5 p.m. Free adm. Live music en route, art projects, demonstrations. Rain or shine, social distancing will be observed. (614) 297-7694, www.roygbivgallery.com JUL. 14 – Inventors Network Meeting, Rev1 Ventures for Columbus, 1275 Kinnear Rd., Columbus, 7 p.m. The focus of this month’s meeting is “How to Fund My Invention Project.” 614-470-0144 or www.inventorscolumbus.com.

JUN. 20 – Summer Solstice Dinner and Celebration, Serpent Mound, 3850 OH-73, Peebles. $20, plus $8 parking fee. Listen to a presentation on Ohio’s rich American Indian legacies, enjoy a meal featuring handsmoked meats and fresh vegetables, and take a guided tour around Serpent Mound. One hour before sunset, experience an hour of quiet reflection as you watch the sun set over the head of the ancient Serpent effigy.

Space is limited and registration is required. https:// arcofappalachia.org/solstice.

JUN. 20 – Vintage in the Village, 6 South 3rd St., Tipp City, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Unique booths featuring JUN. 12–14 – Versailles Poultry Days, 459 S. handmade, vintage, and antique items, as well as food Center St., Versailles. Free admission and parking. trucks and children’s activities. 800-348-8993 or www.

Enjoy our world-famous barbecue chicken dinners homegrowngreat.com/event/vintage-in-the-village. and many fun events, including a Grand Parade, JUN. 20 – West Milton Triathlon, West Milton Municipal Sat., 11 a.m., and an Antique Car Parade, Sun., 2:30 Park, 249 E. Tipp Pike, West Milton. Triathlon consists p.m. . poultrydayschairman@gmail.com, www. of 3.5 miles of canoeing on the scenic Stillwater River, a versaillespoultrydays.com, or find us on Facebook.

5-mile run over back country roads, then 17 miles of biking.

JUN. 19–20 – Southwest Ohio Quilt Expo, Roberts Starts and finishes at West Milton Park. 800-348-8993 or Convention Ctr., 3 Gano Rd., Wilmington, Fri. 9 www.homegrowngreat.com/event/west-milton-triathlon. a.m.–5 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.–3 p.m. www.appartguild.com/ JUN. 27–28 – Vectren Dayton Air Show, Dayton services.html.

International Airport, 3800 Wright Dr., Vandalia, 9 a.m.–6 JUN. 20 – Rock ’N Roll Car Show, 326 N Main St., Piqua, p.m. $13–$25, under 6 free. One of America’s leading air 12–6 p.m. All years of cars and trucks are welcome. shows. See the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, U.S. Air Force A-10 Dash plaques will be given to the first 50 registered cars. Thunderbolt II, and other performers, as well as aircraft 800-348-8993 or www.homegrowngreat.com/event/rock- displays, helicopter rides, an airshow parade, and more. n-roll-car-show. www.daytonairshow.com.

SOUTHWEST

JUL. 3–4 – Americana Festival, Franklin and Main streets, Centerville. Free. Concert and fireworks on the 3rd at Centerville High School, 500 E. Franklin St.; doors open at 6 p.m. Festival on the 4th begins at 9 a.m. and features parade, 5K run, and street fair with 300 craft and food booths. www.americanafestival.org.

JUL. 4 – Red, White and Blue Ash, Summit Park, Blue Ash, 4–10:30 p.m. Music, rides, games, food and drink, and family fun. Concerts are followed at 10 p.m. with the biggest and best fireworks in the tri-state area. http:// blueashevents.com.

JUL. 5 – Music at the Mound with Steve Free, Serpent Mound, 3850 OH-73, Peebles, 1 p.m. Free. $8 parking fee. Join the acclaimed singer/songwriter for an open air concert. http://arcofappalachia.org/steve-free.

JUL. 9–12 – Greenville Farm Power of the Past, Darke Co. Fgds., 800 Sweitzer St., Greenville. $5, free for 12 and under. Featuring Cockshutt & Co-op and Minneapolis Moline tractors and equipment, oil field engines, gas engines, farm implements, hand tools, and much more.

937-459-6424 or www.greenvillefarmpower.org.

JUL. 9–12 – Kathy Slack Troy Summer Skating Competition, Hobart Arena, 255 Adams St., Troy.

This figure and freestyle competition draws over 300 participants from the Midwest and beyond. www. troyskatingclub.org.

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Carolyn Hoover Consolidated Cooperative member

2. Bella Hartley at Safety City during North Central Electric’s 2019 Family Fun Day. Janeen Melroy North Central Electric Cooperative member

3. My grandson, Aiden, loves riding his bike.

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4. This past summer, Cameron spent many happy hours riding his bike up and down our driveway.

Joy Manz Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative member

5. My 2-year-old grandson, Cole, and his dad teaching him to ride his bike.

Audra Klatt Tricounty Rural Electric Cooperative member

6. Ida and Aaron enjoying a bike ride on our driveway. It was a beautiful afternoon on Groundhog Day! Tara Estadt Washington Electric Cooperative member

7. My great-grandson, Lewis, trying out an old-fashioned bicycle at the Smithsonian.

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8. Kash can’t wait till he is a little bigger to ride tandem with his Papa.

Carla Lucas North Western Electric Cooperative member

9. Noelle taking her little sister, Scarlett, on her first bike ride!

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10. Little brother Miles hitching a ride on big brother Sam’s bike.

Carolyn Terwilliger Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative member

11. Our son, Kolt, learning to ride his bike on a camping trip at Deer Creek State Park.

Kacey Kramer South Central Power Company member

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For September, send “Friday night lights” by June 15; for October, send “Scary!” by July 15. Upload your photos at www.ohioec.org/memberinteractive — and remember to include your co-op name and to identify everyone in the photos.

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Local. Invested. Committed.

A strong community makes a strong cooperative.

That’s why we’re not just in the electric business.

We’re in the quality-of-life business.

And we’re here to stay.

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