In Memoriam: Mereta Landes

Mereta Elaine Kiracofe Landes passed away on June 27 in Bridgewater, Va, at 104. Mereta had an amazing life. She was the 1990 recipient of the Unsung Virginian Award and the mother of co-op stalwart Hugh Landes, the former general manager of BARC Electric Cooperative...

Fred Garber Receives Top Electric Cooperative Award

Fred C. Garber of Mount Jackson, a farmer, businessman, and longtime electric cooperative director, is the 2021 Electric Cooperative Leadership Award recipient from the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives. Garber received the...

New Leaders for Electric Cooperatives Association

The Board of Directors of the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives has a new leadership team. Serving as chair of the VMDAEC board for 2021-22 is Russell G. “Rusty” Brown, a director at Northern Neck Electric Cooperative in Warsaw,...

Kris Paronto: Persist Against All Odds

Based on his combat experience, some of which is recounted in the 2016 movie “13 Hours,” the former Army Ranger stressed the importance of sacrifice, teamwork and keeping up the good fight against insurmountable odds. “You don’t know what’s going to happen, but you...

Safety and Loss Prevention Survey Shows Effective Progress

Safety first was the message as Corey Parr, Vice President of Safety & Loss Prevention for the Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange and a Certified Loss Control Professional) relayed the Culture of Safety Strategy Lab Overview results for electric...

Co-op Partnerships Lead to Excellence

Panelists discussed their partnerships with electric cooperatives during a session that touched on legislation, education and governmental actions during the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives 77th Annual Meeting on July 26. The...