UNSUNG VIRGINIAN AWARD
Electric Cooperative Members and Cooperative Living Readers are Invited
to Submit Nominations for the Unsung Virginian Award!
The Unsung Virginian Award recognizes a Virginian who has done great philanthropic work with no public praise or recognition.
The VMDAEC Awards Committee is inviting readers of Cooperative Living magazine to nominate candidates to be considered for this prestigious statewide award.
Recipients of the Unsung Virginian Award are chosen by an awards committee of the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives (VMDAEC). This committee is made up of members of the boards of directors of VMDAEC’s 15 member cooperatives. Recipients will be recognized at a time and place of the nominee’s choosing, typically their hometown. Nominees must be residents of Virginia.
To make a nomination, please provide the information requested below by November 8 of each year to be considered for up to two additional years. Also, please provide a minimum of two letters of endorsement for your nominee. These letters can be uploaded electronically with your nomination using the form below, or mailed as hard copies to Phyllis Long, c/o Cooperative UV/GS Awards, 4201 Dominion Blvd., Suite 101, Glen Allen, VA 23060. For additional information, email Phyllis Long.
To read Margo Oxendine's latest Rural Living column (titled "Wildlife in My Living Room"), click here: www.co-opliving.com/lifestyle/rural-living/
It's National Pasta Day!! Share a link to your favorite pasta recipe in the comments below -- or tell us about your favorite pasta dish!
"Contrary to popular belief, Marco Polo did not discover pasta in Asia and bring it to Italy. In fact, in 1279 a.d., a will drafted by Ponzio Bastone was found bequething a storage bin of macceroni when Marco Polo was still in the Far East. Early Romans used a very simple flour and water dough. Pasta is the Italian word for dough. Thomas Jefferson introduced pasta to the Americas after first tasting it in Naples, Italy. In 1789, he brought the first pasta machine, along with crates of macaroni, back to the United States. Pasta became a common North American food in the late 19th century with the surge in Italian immigration." -- Source: www.nationalpastaday.com/
Doug Puffenbarger of Blue Grass, Va., one of our loyal readers, contributed this gorgeous photo from Highland County. Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative
