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Nomination and election of trustees
As a member of The Frontier Power Company, you are part owner of the cooperative. The cooperative principle of Democratic Member Control allows you to express your ownership interest by voting for your board of directors. Frontier Power’s nomination and election process is contained in Article III of the Cooperative’s Code of Regulations. The following is an excerpt of the election procedures:
General Powers
The business and affairs of the Cooperative shall be managed by a board of seven (7) trustees which shall exercise all of the powers of the Cooperative except such as are by law or by the Articles of Incorporation or by this Code of Regulations conferred upon or reserved to the members. For the purpose of electing trustees, the territory in which the members of the Cooperative live shall be divided into the following districts: District A: Represented by two trustees. 1. Coshocton County north of the Walhonding and Tuscarawas Rivers. 2. Killbuck and Mechanic Townships, and that portion of Clark Township west of SR 93, all located in Holmes County. District B: Each of the divisions shall be represented by one trustee. B-I: Auburn, Sugarcreek and Dover Townships in
Tuscarawas County and that portion of Clark
Township east of SR 93 in Holmes County. B-II: York, Warwick, Goshen and Clay Townships and that portion of Jefferson and Salem Townships east of Interstate 77, all located in Tuscarawas
County. District C: Represented by one trustee. 1. Bucks and Oxford Townships and that portion of Jefferson and Salem Townships west of
Interstate 77, all located in Tuscarawas County. District D: Represented by two trustees. 1. Coshocton County south of the Kokosing,
Walhonding and Tuscarawas Rivers. 2. That portion of Knox County south of the
Kokosing River and Licking County, both bordering on the western border of Coshocton County. 3. That portion of Muskingum and Guernsey
Qualification and Tenure
No person shall be eligible to become or remain a trustee of the Cooperative who: (a) Is not a bona fide Cooperative member; (b) Has not been a member of the Cooperative for at least the three (3) most recent prior years; (c) Does not receive electric service from the Cooperative at his/her permanent residence in the particular district within the service area of the Cooperative which such member is to represent; (d) Is in any way employed by or has been an employee within the previous five (5) years of the Cooperative or any subsidiary of the Cooperative; or (e) Is a close relative of any existing trustee or employee. Close relative means a person who, by blood or in law, including half, foster, step and adoptive kin, is either a spouse, child, parent, brother, or sister of the principal. Trustees shall hold office for three years and until his/her successor is elected and qualified.
Nomination
If you are a qualified member of the Frontier Power Company from District A, C, or D and wish to be considered for nomination by the nominating committee, please contact our office and your name will be referred to the committee.
If you are also a Frontier Propane member, we are seeking candidates for our Frontier Propane trustee election. Frontier Propane seats up for election are District A, Coshocton/Muskingum/ Licking counties, and District B, Holmes/ Tuscarawas/Guernsey/Knox counties. If you are a qualified member of Frontier Propane and wish to be considered for nomination by the nominating committee, please contact our office.
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT
Name: Ethan Helmick Spouse: Bethanie Children: Jacey, 7, and Emma, 2 Frontier Power position: Right-of-way crew leader Best thing about working at FPC: The people Most challenging part of the job: The weather Pet peeve: Tools not put back where they belong Favorite sport: Major League Baseball Favorite movie: Any western movie Favorite restaurant: Dairy Queen Favorite vacation spot: The Carolinas CD in my player (or play list) right now: Chris LeDoux Most cherished accomplishment: Getting my CDL What I’d like to accomplish: To keep moving up in the company You’ll always find this in my fridge: Tea Favorite TV show: The Incredible Dr. Pol Favorite pastime: Playing with my kids Thing about me that would surprise you to know: I still show and drive draft horses at our county fair Number of years at Frontier Power: 3½
Payment options for your Frontier Power bill
For your convenience, we offer various forms of payment for your Frontier Power bill. We accept Visa, Mastercard, and Discover credit and debit cards, personal checks, money orders, and cash. You may stop by our office or use our drive-thru during business hours, drop your payment off after hours in our night depository, or mail your payment to our office. You may also call during business hours to process your payment with a credit or debit card or a check. Please be sure to include your account number when making payments. One of the best ways to pay your bill is using SmartHub, anytime, day or night. Not only does SmartHub process your payment, but once signed in, you can analyze your account to review your electric usage, see trends in your usage, and do comparisons from month to month or year to year. We DO NOT recommend you make payments through Doxo, local stores, or any other third party vendor. They may charge extra and may hold your payment, causing a late payment with Frontier Power.
To install the SmartHub app on your mobile device:
Android OS: search for “SmartHub” in the Google Play store Apple iOS: search for “SmartHub” in the Apple app store
Or log onto www.frontier-power.com and click on the SmartHub link
The Frontier Power Company office will be closed on Friday, April 15, to recognize Good Friday. Happy Easter to our cooperative community!
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Because you are a Frontier Power Company member, your Co-op Connections Card provides you with special discounts online and at participating local retailers. Be sure to visit this month’s highlighted business and check out offers on the internet by clicking the Co-op Connections Card on our website at www.frontier-power.com.
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Stay away from downed power lines
Power lines knocked down by spring storms, high winds, or other accidents can be deadly. Don’t touch downed or sagging wires and never try to remove one yourself. If you come across a damaged line or utility pole, contact Frontier Power. Our crews are trained to handle this emergency and will be sent immediately. Just because an electric wire is down doesn’t mean it can’t be dangerous.
41st Annual Hot Air Balloon Festival June 9-11, 2022
Frontier Power will once again be the major sponsor for the Coshocton Hot Air Balloon Festival, held at the Coshocton County Fairgrounds. For up-to-date information, see the Coshocton Hot Air Balloon Festival Facebook page or the website at www.coshoctonhotairballoonfestival.com.
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An admiration of Ohio’s own U.S. Grant on his 200th birthday.
BY CRAIG SPRINGER
Ohio is known for producing more United States presidents than any other state in the Union — eight in all, including several who were veterans of the Civil War. First among the veterans, and perhaps appropriately so, was General Ulysses S. Grant. Grant had the benefit of education as a boy, as his parents were of apparent means to pay for schooling. Grant attended private schools in Georgetown, as well as the Maysville Seminary across the river in Kentucky. In his late teens, he attended a school operated by the Presbyterian minister John Rankin in Ripley, Ohio. Rankin is perhaps best known as an ardent and outspoken abolitionist. He was perhaps the most significant conductor of freedom-seeking slaves on the Underground Railroad. It’s no great intellectual leap to think that Rankin’s ethos toward individual liberty affected the future warrior-president. Grant descended on his father’s side from a family longestablished in America, dating to the Massachusetts Bay Colony circa 1630. His great-grandfather served the British in the French and Indian War, and his grandfather aided the colonists’ cause at the famed American victory at Bunker Hill in the American Revolution. Perhaps, then, it was no surprise that the 5-foot, 2-inch 17-year-old Grant would accept an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1839. His father, Jesse, a tanner by trade, was an avowed abolitionist Whig — as were many southern Ohioans at the time. He petitioned Congressman Thomas Hamer, a Georgetown, Ohio, schoolteacher, lawyer, and former speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, for his son’s appointment to the military academy. Hamer obliged. The irony is palpable: Hamer was a pro-slavery Jacksonian Democrat. And there’s this: Hamer did not know the Grant family well, and his recommendation for the teenager erroneously named him “Ulysses S. Grant,” assuming the young man took his mother’s maiden name as a middle name. The congressman’s mistake in nomenclature turned Hiram in to “U.S.,” which became his nickname at the academy — short also for “Uncle Sam,” which also explains why friends and close associates also called him “Sam.” Grant completed his studies at West Point in 1843, by then having grown another 5 inches. The 5-foot, 7-inch
He was born Hiram Ulysses Grant two centuries ago this month along the Ohio River where it starts to make
its serious bend to the north toward
Cincinnati in Clermont County. It was April 1822 — not too far removed from the frontier period. His parents, Jesse and Hannah Simpson Grant, had made a home in Point Pleasant, Ohio, a year earlier, and in fact, just a few years after the tiny river town was platted.
Grant’s successes in the South
were legion, and that convinced Lincoln to have Grant lead the
whole affair and draw the horrible
war to a close. Grant vanquished Lee at Appomattox Courthouse, and there signed the terms of the South’s surrender.
second lieutenant landed at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, where he served in the infantry (despite his demonstrable horsemanship) and also met and married a Missourian, Julia Dent. Jefferson Barracks was commanded by General Stephen Kearney and would serve as the launching point from where the U.S. Army would invade Mexico in 1846 and take over much of today’s American Southwest. Grant, serving in a regiment of regulars, served with great distinction, but the affair left him questioning the legitimacy of vanquishing an easily conquered foe and examining his own conscience in the matter. In 1854, following bouts with drunkenness, he resigned his Army commission and returned to civilian and family life in Missouri. By turns he failed at several endeavors: farming, tannery, firewood sales, and real estate speculations. When the Civil War began, he accepted a commission as a U.S. Army colonel to lead a regiment of Illinois volunteers. His experience in Mexico served the Union cause well, as he understood that victories are made in supply lines away from the tactical battlefield. Grant’s successes in the South were legion, and that convinced Lincoln to have Grant lead the whole affair and draw the horrible war to a close. Grant vanquished Lee at Appomattox Courthouse, and there signed the terms of the South’s surrender. His popularity soared, and he ascended to the presidency in 1869. He would sign into law Reconstruction and Civil Service acts, macerate the Klan, champion the 15th Amendment, create the U.S. Fish Commission, and establish our first national park, Yellowstone. Along with Grant’s bicentennial birthday, this year also marks the sesquicentennial of his 1872 reelection. Grant, a Radical Republican, was challenged in the primary by Ohioan Salmon P. Chase, who holds the distinction of having served in Congress, in a presidential cabinet, and on the U.S. Supreme Court. The Democrats did not put up a candidate, and instead endorsed Horace Greeley, from a splinter group called the Liberal Republicans, who was selected at that group’s convention in Cincinnati in May of that year. Grant vanquished Greeley in November. Grant had another nickname from his initials and from his war exploits: “Unconditional Surrender.” But he surrendered to throat cancer in 1885 at the age of 63. Fortunately for us, the Union survived because of a tenacious patriotic Ohioan shaped by his youth along the north-flowing bend in the river.
SCOUTS WHO soar
Projects show the determination, diligence, and can-do spirit of aspiring Eagle Scouts.
STORY AND PHOTOS BY JAMIE RHEIN
Head to most parks around the state — from small-town playgrounds to urban greenspace to metroparks — and you’ll often see something that’s been added or improved as the result of an Eagle Scout project. Using a combination of can-do spirit and hours of labor, Eagle Scouts have provided parks (and schools and municipalities and lots of other entities) with benefits such as animal habitats, walkways, footbridges, landscaping, shelter revamps, and much more.
Often armed with wood, cement, and a variety of tools, along with fierce determination, members of Scouting BSA (formerly Boy Scouts of America) from across the country aim for the Eagle rank. Since 1911, when Eagle Scout became the organization’s highest level of achievement, only 4% of Scouts in the U.S. have earned the honor. Nine U.S. presidents have been involved in Scouting, but of them, only Gerald Ford rose to its highest rank. The path to Eagle Scout includes a rigorous set of requirements that must all be completed before the Scout turns 18: positions of troop leadership, a selection of required and optional learning on a wide variety of subjects (merit badges), and, most famously, completion of a project that benefits the community. Before his 18th birthday, Alan Rosenbeck, now assistant park manager at Highbanks Metropark between Columbus and Delaware, looked to Preservation Parks in Delaware County for his Eagle project. The wood duck boxes he built years ago in Char-Mar Park are still in use. Today, Scouts from around the region look to him for their own project support. “I have Eagle Scouts coming every year,” he says. “Scouts have built barred owl and flying squirrel boxes, taken on repairs, rebuilt structures, or upgraded landscaping.” In 2020, Nishanth Kunchala of Troop 428 from Powell took on several Highbanks initiatives. “The more he did, the more he wanted to do.” By the time Kunchala was done, he, along with fellow Scouts and others, revamped a picnic shelter building, replaced picnic table boards, and installed ADAaccessible grills and a new brick patio base. “Currently, we are developing a natural play station. Another Scout designed and mulched the trail leading to that project,” says Rosenbeck. The trail also curtails invasive species, which was the Scout’s original idea. Along with boosting park offerings, Rosenbeck sees Eagle projects as a way Scouts learn what’s possible. Luke Steffens learned what was possible 10 years ago when his Eagle project transformed a nondescript patch of invasive weeds and dirt in Scioto Audubon Metro Park south of downtown Columbus into a riot of color — a native-species flower garden that serves as a monarch butterfly way station. “I’m glad I helped the park do its mission of attracting native wildlife,” Steffens says. The core of the garden’s pathway near the nature center is still intact, and the New England asters, coneflowers, and butterfly weeds continue to attract butterflies.
Heather Williamson has been with the metroparks system for more than 20 years. “It’s a pleasure to watch how Scouts grow throughout the projects,” she says. At Rocky Fork, one of the parks she manages, Scout-made feeders offer birds a place to fuel up, and a new dog park shelter offers visitors a respite from the sun or rain. Anthony Steines, a member of Troop 101 in Warren, turned to technology for his Eagle project. One of the troop’s annual projects is to place flags on veterans’ graves in Warren’s Oakwood Cemetery. The historic cemetery, opened in 1848, is a peaceful place of leafy trees and graves that date to the Revolutionary War. Many of them, weathered over time, are difficult to read, and Scouts would have a difficult time each year finding which stones needed flags. So Steines created a map and website, with photos and descriptions, that allow both the troop and public at large to find those graves and honor those veterans. “By giving back to the community, you’re able to see what’s needed” and then fill that need as an Eagle project, says Matt McCracken, scoutmaster of Troop 101 and himself an Eagle Scout. Since girls were first allowed to join Scouting BSA in 2019, more than 31,000 girls have joined — including Libby Greenbaum, Union County’s first female Eagle Scout. Her father, Lanny, an Air Force veteran, inspired Libby to renovate the entrance of the American Legion Post in Marysville. She removed the ripped tarp and broken plexiglass that had covered the entrance and led a project to build a covered, wood-sided entryway. As part of American Legion Park, the building is next to the municipal pool and the walking path. Its fresh look shows off the community pride and the Eagle Scout’s can-do spirit. “I was very impressed with what she did,” says Mel Cantrell, the post commander. Greenbaum’s work “made a huge difference.”
Notable Ohio Eagle Scouts
• Astronaut Neil Armstrong earned his Eagle Scout award in 1947 as a member of Troop 14 in Wapakoneta.
• U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown earned his Eagle in 1967 in Mansfield, in a ceremony that was attended by
John Glenn.
• Milton Caniff, the cartoonist famous for comic strips Terry and the
Pirates and Steve Canyon, earned his Eagle while growing up in
Hillsboro.
Libby Greenbaum (top), Union County’s first female Eagle Scout, renovated the entrance to Marysville’s America Legion Post for her Eagle project; from left: Lars Haapala is one of numerous Scouts guided each year by Alan Rosenbeck, assistant manager at Highbanks Metropark; Luke Steffes’ project in Scioto Audubon Metro Park still draws monarch butterflies 10 years after its completion; Anthony Steines created a digital map to aid Scouts as they place flags at veterans’ graves in Warren.
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Check out the beauty and history of Buzzardsroost Rock — Ohio’s ‘other roof.’
BY KEVIN WILLIAMS
High ground is challenging to find in Ohio. Alaskans, with their towering Denali, or even Arkansans, with their Ozarks, probably chuckle at the thought of our “high spots.”
Of course, the best-known Ohio pinnacle — the highest point — is Campbell Hill, which rises 1,550 feet above the surrounding plains. But with the manicured lawns of the Ohio Hi-Point Career Center technical school atop it, one doesn’t necessarily get much of a “wilderness” vibe there.
For a taste of rural and wild, head to Buzzardsroost — Ohio’s “other roof” — a rocky outcropping overlooking the untamed and chocolate-colored Brush Creek, which carves a treacherous valley through Adams County. The view atop Buzzardsroost is one of the best Ohio has to offer. And at close to 1,000 rocky feet high, it seems like one of the state’s highest points.
Each time of year offers something different. Winter is a solitude of quiet and barren beauty. Spring is a time of reawakening and colorful songbirds. Summertime cloaks the hills in emerald beauty and wildflower bouquets. And autumn? Stake out a spot and watch the trees covering the valley alight in flaming oranges, crimson reds, and crisp rusts.
Adams County is a study in contrast to the rest of the state. The hardscrabble hills are honeycombed with creeks that pour down from the rocky ridges. Black bear meander into the county from the east in search
The increased popularity of the trail to Buzzardsroost Rock has spurred a spate of improvements, such as a boardwalk and steps up part of the trail.
of summer fruits and honey-filled hives. The hills of Adams County are the westernmost whisper of the Appalachians. The county’s rocky ridges shrouded in a summer haze have earned them the moniker of the “Little Smokies,” miniature cousins of their Tennessee counterparts. The place is also steeped in Civil War lore, and the ghosts of Morgan’s Raiders still haunt from their trail of terror through the Union hinterlands.
The Buzzardsroost trailhead is well marked off Route 125 near the town of Lynx — the name an homage to the bobcat, which still prowls these forests. There’s an overflow parking lot on the other side of 125 if the smaller trailhead lot is full — which happens at certain times of year.
An estimated 8,000 hikers have been coming to Buzzardsroost each year recently, according to Mike Hall, Appalachia forest manager at the Nature Conservancy, which manages the trail.
“The secret’s out,” says Carly Powell, a hiker in the Cincinnati Hikes Facebook forum of Buzzardsroost, advising people to arrive early in the day for a hike to avoid crowds.
The Buzzardsroost preserve honors Emma and Christian Goetz, siblings and scions of the well-known Cincinnati beer barons, who would come here to escape the city. A century later, people are still coming here to escape the city.
The trail underwent significant upgrades over the past couple of years, making the Buzzardsroost beauty
Notes from the trail
Make sure not to confuse Buzzardsroost Rock with The Earl H. Barnhart “Buzzard’s Roost” Nature Preserve in Ross County.
Buzzardsroost Rock is located on State
Route 125 near the town of Lynx.
If you meander too far off the trail, you may find yourself on the edge of a drop of hundreds of feet.
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Take a water bottle and a snack and plan for a 2 1 /2 -hour hike.
easier to access. While the hike is still rigorous, wooden planks and boardwalks now make the terrain easier to traverse.
Look closely and you will notice lizards skittering up many of the trees. Eastern fence lizard numbers have been on the decline in Ohio in recent decades, but they’re common on the rocky top of Buzzardsroost, where they sun themselves.
About halfway up Buzzardsroost, the trail splits into a loop: one branch off to the right, the other to the left. The right side is slightly longer at 1.2 miles, the left is an even mile. I decided to take the long journey up and save some time down with the shorter route. I enjoyed the solitude, as this rural outpost had rendered my phone signal-less and I was relishing the quiet.
The recent improvements to the Buzzardsroost trail were born from necessity, says Chris Bedel, preserve director. The growing popularity of the trail was a continuing threat to the native vegetation that occurs there. There’s also the issue of the steep cliffs — if you meander off the path, enticed by the beauty of a view, you may find yourself on the edge of a drop of hundreds of feet.
All of the improvements have been made with one eye on the future, but one looking back in homage to E. Lucy Braun, the famed ecologist from the University of Cincinnati who studied the area back in the late 1920s and ’30s. “The photo on the sign is E. Lucy knee-deep in prairie vegetation instructing a group of college students, thus showing the lushness of what the prairie vegetation looked like prior to heavy visitation,” Bedel says, adding that Braun was instrumental in the protection of Buzzardroost through her research, advocacy, and even her efforts to form what would become The Nature Conservancy itself.
As I ascended Buzzardsroost, the sounds of cars on 125 faded, and a whispering wind from the south dredged up warm valley air. When I finally made it to the top, I was greeted with a serene panorama of Adams County’s rugged beauty. I wanted to linger and soak in the history and majesty of the area. I munched on granola and watched vultures ride the thermals as they rose from the valley. And I was high enough above Brush Creek to catch a phone signal. My solitude was broken by the ping of a text and suddenly my escape into the wilderness was interrupted. Next time, I’ll turn off my phone.
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