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* Invite MLEC into your classroom! MLEC has something for all ages, from Louie the Lightning Bug, an Electrojuice movie, free goodies and more! Just e-mail us at gene.hale@mlec.com with your name, grade, school name and teacher’s name. If your e-mail results in a visit from MLEC to your classroom, you will receive a prize!

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Win a trip to Washington, D.C.

High school juniors attending a school served by Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative are eligible to win an expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. in June. (Eleventh grade home-schooled students are also eligible.)This fun, educational trip will be well chaperoned and will include visits to many historical landmarks in our nation's capital. Some of the sites include Mount Vernon, Monticello, the Capitol, Washington National Cathedral, Holocaust Museum, Fords Theatre, Peterson House, Arlington National Cemetery, Union Station, and Vietnam and Korean Memorials.

MLEC sponsors the Rural Electric Youth Tour, along with other cooperatives from across the state. Students are asked to write a 900-word, short story on a topic related to electric cooperatives. (The topic is announced each September.) The short story is graded on originality, knowledge of subject, grammar and treatment of theme.

A girl and boy from each high school in MLEC's service area will win $50. The top student from each school will win the expense-paid trip to Washington. The overall student in MLEC's service area will compete for statewide scholarships of $3000, $2000 and $1000.

Junior English teachers are given the program material to aid students in writing a short story. No additional resources are needed to write the story other than the program booklet. However, MLEC makes available information requested by the students to help them further understand the theme. This Web site is a great source of information on the services and programs offered by MLEC, our rates and detailed community involvement.

For samples of past short stories or additional questions, contact MLEC Member Services Supervisor Vanessa Clayborn at vanessa.clayborn@mlec.com or (931) 729-3558, extension 232.