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Paper Power For almost 75 years, we’ve put ink on paper to tell the cooperative story. Even in this digital age, we believe that print is still a powerful communications medium. February 2019 This magazine you’re reading was born in 1946, in the fresh dawn of a world...Viewpoint January 2019
Wise Words from Washington … … George Washington, that is. Father of our country. Our first and one of our finest presidents. Native of Virginia’s Northern Neck. Little remembered today, his 1796 Farewell Address contains warnings and wisdom that still ring true at...Viewpoint November-December 2018
Homeplace Going home is the perfect way to celebrate the sacred days that close out the calendar year. November-December 2018 All of us have a homeplace: it may be the place of our birth, where our forebears dwelled, where we were raised, or where the gravitational...Viewpoint October 2018
Our North Star Cooperatives are an enduring testament to the power of shared principles and local purpose. October 2018 October is a time of outdoor change and indoor reflection. Of gathering in, and giving back. Of chilly nights under the gossamer gaze of a hunter’s...Viewpoint September 2018
An Ode to Solitude Once in a while it’s refreshing, restorative … and essential … to spend some time with just yourself. September 2018 We’re social animals. Yet the need to get away is ancient and universal. When English poet George Gordon Byron wrote the passages...Viewpoint August 2018
Binding Wounds, Visible & Invisible A veterans-support organization is issuing a national call to arms to make sure that those who served in uniform receive the help they need to heal on the outside … and the inside. August 2018 Woodrow Wilson Reeves was my...Viewpoint July 2018
Summertime Magic Remembering vacation trips with family … and long, languid days with boyhood friends, doing everything we wanted, and sometimes nothing at all. July 2018 For the 16th consecutive summer, we’re publishing in our July issue the best entries in our youth...Viewpoint June 2018
Just Another Electrifying Day The electric service that we often take for granted is actually a critical ingredient in the daily rhythms and rituals of family life. June 2018 Eeeekkk! Eeeekkk! Eeeekkk! A groggy head stirs in the pillow’s soft valley. Eyes open...Viewpoint May 2018
Hear the Falconer! The digital age has expanded our horizons. But it’s also shrunken our shared experience … and created some challenges for our resilient republic. May 2018 More than half a century on, it remains a vivid memory. “Duck and cover.” In the early...Viewpoint March-April 2018
Get-up-n-Go to the Gaff-n-Go! In early May, you can watch over 150 lineworkers eager to demonstrate their climbing, rescuing, power-restoring skills at the largest rodeo in the East for the pros who keep the lights on. March-April 2018 In the idol worship of youth in...Viewpoint February 2018
A Place Apart Nestled into a corner of west-central Virginia is our highest and least-populous county, Highland. While its Maple Festival annually draws tens of thousands of visitors over two weekends, a true appreciation of its wonders is only possible through visits...
Many electric cooperatives observed National Lineman Appreciation Day back on April 8, pursuant to a 2014 directive from the NRECA Board of Directors that sets aside the second Monday in April for the observance. But, today, many other utilities will recognize National Lineman Appreciation Day, due to legislation that cleared the U.S. Senate in 2013. Since there's no such thing as too much attention being drawn to our electric cooperative lineworkers, here are some cute co-op kids who would like to honor the lineworkers of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware's electric cooperatives!
Give your local electric cooperative a call, post on their Facebook page, or make a post on social media and #ThanksALineworker today!
BARC Electric Cooperative A&N Electric Cooperative Community Electric Cooperative Craig Botetourt Electric Cooperative Delaware Electric Cooperative Prince George Electric Cooperative NOVEC Rappahannock Electric Cooperative Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative Southside Electric Cooperative Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative Powell Valley Electric Cooperative Northern Neck Electric Cooperative Central Virginia Electric Cooperative Choptank Electric Cooperative
Have any of you ever hiked Old Rag Mountain? If so, tell us about it! Or, read Richmond.com’s article about how it was named one of the best hikes in the world!
Also, check out the September 2016 Cooperative Living cover story about Deirdre Conroy, winner of the Virginia Outdoor Writers Association Collegiate Writing Award. Deirdre talks about her experience on Old Rag Mountain. Read it here: lsc-pagepro.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/i=513498#{"issue_id":"332189","view":"articleBrowser","article_id":"2564334"}
Old Rag named one of best hikes in the world
richmond.com
Old Rag is Shenandoah National Park’s most popular — and most dangerous — hike.
