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EnerStar Electric Cooperative has announced that the Illinois
electric cooperatives will again in 2012 award seven academic
scholarships to high school seniors through a memorial scholarship
fund designed to financially assist deserving students in the
“electric cooperative family.” In addition, an eighth scholarship –
to assist with costs in attending an electric lineworker school –
will also be offered. The eight
scholarships of $1,250 each will be awarded in 2012 through the
Thomas H. Moore Illinois Electric Cooperatives (IEC) Memorial
Scholarship Program.
Four scholarships will be awarded to high school seniors who are the
sons or daughters of an Illinois electric cooperative member
receiving service from the cooperative. A fifth scholarship, the
Earl W. Struck Memorial Scholarship, will be awarded to a student
who is the son or daughter of an Illinois electric cooperative
employee. The sixth and seventh scholarships are reserved for
students enrolling full-time at a two-year Illinois community
college who are the sons or daughters of Illinois electric
cooperative members, employees or directors.
A new eighth annual scholarship, the “LaVern and Nola McEntire
Lineworker’s Scholarship,” was awarded for the first time in 2011.
This $1250 scholarship will help pay for costs to attend the
lineworker’s school conducted by the Association of Illinois
Electric Cooperatives in conjunction with Lincoln Land Community
College, Springfield, Ill. LaVern McEntire served as a lineman for
McDonough Power Electric Cooperative from 1949 until 1991. He and
his wife, Nola, endowed the new scholarship to financially assist
deserving individuals in becoming trained lineworkers. Sons and
daughters of co-op members; relatives of co-op employees or
directors; and individuals who have served or are serving in the
armed forces or National Guard are all eligible for the lineworker’s
scholarship.
“We hope to assist electric cooperative youth while honoring past
rural electric leaders with these scholarships,” says
EnerStar CEO Peter E. Kollinger. “EnerStar and the other
Illinois electric cooperatives are always seeking ways to make a
difference in our communities. One of the best ways we can do that
is by helping our youth through programs like this one. In addition,
we are very pleased to offer the electric lineworker’s scholarship.
It will benefit not only electric cooperative youth but also
those fine men and women who have served their country through their
military service and may now be wanting to become a trained
lineworker.”
Thomas H Moore IEC Memorial Scholarship Application & Rules
McEntire Lineworker's Scholarship Application & Rules
To receive scholarship
information by mail, contact EnerStar's Angela Griffin at
1-800-635-4145,
extension 103, or by
email at agriffin@enerstar.com.
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