Cover Story February 2020
February 2020 On the Outside, Looking In Farmville school was a civil rights wellspring Rita Odom was screaming. But she didn’t want anyone to hear. At the house of a stranger 150 miles from home, tears welled in the 12-year-old’s eyes as she cried under her breath:...Training Tracks January 2020
January...Cover Story November-December 2019
November-December 2019 Bernie Hastings gave a soccer ball to a Bolivian youth. But he was gifting much more than that. For when Hastings presented the plaything during a project in which 15 electric cooperative lineworkers powered rural Bolivia, he extended a lifeline...Farm Life November-December 2019
November-December 2019 For Farmers, Hemp Is the New Cash Crop “Mac” McConnell is 99 years old, was a Navy pilot during World War II, and a veteran investigator with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives who helped his wife run a school for...Building Community October 2019
October 2019 Nero the Hero Carolyn Sisk grimaced. A biopsy revealed a cancerous lesion on the leg of her 10-year-old German shepherd. She’d taken in Nero just a few weeks earlier, and the dog fell in love with his new surroundings on her Rappahannock County, Virginia,...Co-op People October 2019
October 2019 Reflections from a Newly Retired CEO The electric cooperative that Mike Wheatley joined in 1993 is not the same one that he retired from in March. It won’t be the same five, 10 or 20 years from now, he says. Oh, the name on the building remains Choptank...Member FYI September 2019
September 2019 A Culture of Compassion A rural Virginia camp is a retreat for kids and adults with needs Stan Feuerberg notices the tears every year. They well up in the eyes of children saying goodbye to their parents who leave them to an unknown experience at a...Project Bolivia August 2019
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