NEWS AND EVENTS
Serving Up Support at the Firemen’s Grill
We rolled up our sleeves on Tuesday of fair week, working side by side with some of Cass County’s finest to prepare and serve meals at the Firemen’s Grill. All net proceeds from sales over the course of the week, nearly $5500, will help the Cass County Firemen’s...
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Harry Gentz Resigns After 35 Years of Board Service
Harry Gentz served faithfully as a cooperative director for 35 years and, with much emotion, announced his resignation at the June meeting of the Board of Directors. A resident of Blissfield, Harry was first elected to the Southeastern Energy Cooperative (SEC) Board...
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Happy 80th Anniversary
On July 30, 1938, Fruit Belt Electric Cooperative energized its first lines, bringing long-awaited electric service to 133 consumers in rural southwest Michigan. We celebrated that 80th anniversary on Monday, both as a nod to the past and a celebration of the present...
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MEC Headquarters Honored With Building Award
We recently celebrated with friends from Slatile Roofing & Sheet Metal Co., Inc. after their work on our headquarters project was recognized by the Michiana Builders Association at their 25th Annual Excellence in Construction Awards. The award was presented by Dan...
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July 2018 Fiber Internet Construction Update: Adrian District, You’re Next!
The rural broadband revolution is moving east. At their June meeting, the board of directors approved a plan to begin construction in our southeast Michigan and northern Ohio service territory in 2020. The full build-out is expected to take 18 months and cover about...
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2018 Lenawee ISD Gold Hammer Winner
For the past 50 years, the Gold Hammer Award has honored Lenawee County students for their skills and dedication in learning building trades and residential construction. Four student candidates are nominated by their peers in the Residential Construction program and...
read moreThe Many Faces of Power Outages
On May 2 we experienced the first spring storm of the year, including some fierce winds and lightning. Needless to say, power lines, poles and trees don’t typically respond well to those kinds of circumstances and we had some widespread outages across our southwest...
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Morgan Hartline, 2018 MEC Scholarship Winner
“Make use of time. Let not advantage slip.” – William Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis Morgan Hartline, daughter of Steven Hartline and Rebekah Green-Hartline and graduate of Marcellus High School lives this saying every day. She filled her youth and high school days...
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Danny Young Jr., 2018 MEC Scholarship Winner
For Danny Young Jr., growing up on a football field taught him about leadership, dedication, hard work, and most importantly, friendship. Some of his fondest childhood memories came from the practices and games that filled his youth. “You form a bond with your...
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Reilly Puhalski, 2018 MEC Scholarship Winner
Attending Notre Dame has been a life-long dream of Reilly Puhalski, son of Scott and Gina Puhalski, and as he heads to Holy Cross College this fall, he will start on a path to fulfilling that dream. He will attend Holy Cross for two years and then transfer to Notre...
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