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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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2008 MLEC Poster Contest

In creating your poster, illustrate ways to conserve energy in your home, at school or in your community.

Where Can You Find Information?: The Tennessee Magazine your parents receive at home is a great place to start. MLEC’s website or local office is also a good resource.

Rules (Posters must meet this criteria to be judged.):
• Poster Size – One-half of a 22” x 28” poster board. Any color is fine. Please note size requirement.

• If materials are applied to the poster, they should not make it more than 2 inches thick. Do not roll or fold. Poster should lay FLAT.

• Only one entry per student.

• The theme (conserving energy) must be illustrated on the poster.

• MLEC must be identified on the poster.

• A completed identification tag must be taped or glued securely to the back of your poster in the top, right-side corner. Information can be printed directly on the poster if a tag is not available, but it must be complete. If the information is missing or incomplete, the poster will not be judged. (NO EXCEPTIONS.)

• Poster must be turned in at the school office or your local MLEC office before 9:00 a.m. on September 16.

Prizes!!!
Winning posters will be displayed and awards given at the MLEC district meetings in October. Winners in each division in each county will receive:

1st Prize:   Certificate, $25 and a bicycle
2nd Prize: Certificate and $25
3rd Prize:   Certificate and $20
Seven Honorable Mentions:   Certificate and $5

Additionally, an MLEC system-wide winner will be chosen. The one student from MLEC’s service area who receives the highest score will win a $100 gift card.

REMEMBER: FOLLOW THE RULES. THE IDENTIFICATION TAG MENTIONED IS BELOW. IT MUST BE COMPLETE AND TAPED OR GLUED TO THE BACK OF YOUR POSTER IN THE TOP, RIGHT-SIDE CORNER, OR YOUR POSTER WILL NOT BE JUDGED.

2008 MLEC Poster Contest Identification Tag Information

Student Name: ___________________________________ Male ___ Female___

Parents: ________________________________________

Mailing/Street Address: _____________________________________

City: _______________________ Phone No.: __________________

School: ____________________________________________

Teacher: ______________________ Grade: ________

Poster Checklist:

* Did you complete the identification tag or print the information on the back?
* Did you tape (or write) the information in the top, right-side corner on the back?
* Is MLEC identified in some way on the poster?
* Did you meet the September 16, 9 a.m. deadline?

Win a trip to Washington, D.C.

High school juniors attending a school located in a county served by Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative (Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Lewis and Perry) are eligible to win an expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. in June.

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, Ford’s 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.

The top student from each school will win the expense-paid trip to Washington. Additionally, the girl and boy at each high school receiving the highest score will win a $1000 scholarship. (Scholarship winners must reside in a home served electricity by MLEC.) The overall student in MLEC's service area will also 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) 729-7232.

(Eleventh grade home-schooled students are also eligible.)