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Show . " v. . I! m? Wednesday, April 27, 2005 New Moon, Lake Electric director elected -Vernal Express. Moon Lake Electric General ManagerCEO, Grant J. Earl reported that this year's Annual Members' Meeting, April 21 at Union High School, resulted in a new director for District 6 which includes the communities of Gusher, Ouray, Jensen, Flaming Gorge and Dinosaur. Tamara Vincent defeated Dale Snow in a close race and will replace her husband, Randy Vincent, on the Moon Lake Board. Randy completed his last term on the seven-member Board and was unable to run for re-election due to term limitations. Members at this year's meeting meet-ing enjoyed a beautiful art display dis-play from the Crossroads Art Club and the Utah Fine Arts League and entertainment by the Rose String Quartet prior to the meeting. During the business meeting reports were presented on the Cooperative's financial condition and plans for an accelerated maintenance and modernization program to assure an efficient and dependable depend-able source of power for Moon Lake members. Board President Pat Lollar expressed appreciation for all those who have served, or are currently serving, our country in the defense of freedom and honored the veterans who were in attendance at the meeting. She expressed appreciation for the employees whose primary mission is to keep the lights on. She assured the members that rural areas no longer take a back seat when it comes to electrical energy delivery and pledged Moon Lake's resources resourc-es in strengthening our local economy and serving the citizens citi-zens who reside here. The audience also heard a report from Grant J. Earl, Moon Lake's General Manager CEO, who discussed Moon Lake's extensive power system sys-tem which involves nearly 3,500 miles of power line from the head of Daniels Summit to Rangely, Colo. He reported that energy sales grew last year by 3.6 percent and total sales of electricity has increased 17 per- if i ' '"jj a , i A Jl Tamara Vincent cent over the past 5-year period, adding welcome stability to the Moon Lake system. He discussed dis-cussed several projects involving involv-ing a variety of loads that will require a substantial commitment commit-ment by Moon Lake, from oil and gas production to new residential resi-dential and commercial building. build-ing. Earl explained that, while having a commendable record in keeping the power on, there are certain areas, such as Lapoint, Leota, Jensen and Dinosaur, that experience far more outages than other areas during long periods of winter fog. To address this problem, Moon Lake will begin replacing the lower cross arm on structures struc-tures in these areas to allow separation of the conductors so that the wires will be less likely like-ly to come in contact with one another as the lines unload ice buildup. Earl discussed other areas of maintenance, which include replacement of aging primary pri-mary underground cable and upgrades of overhead distribution distri-bution lines and substations. He explained that continuing improvements, though costly, are very important in maintaining main-taining a safe and reliable system. sys-tem. Given the need for accelerating accel-erating Moon Lake's maintenance mainte-nance program, future cash requirements may reduce or even curtail the amount of the rebates and patronage refunds Moon Lake has returned to its members in past years. Earl explained that Moon Lake has held electric rates steady for the past 20 years, and even reduced rates 10 in 1991, in spite of inflationary pressures. The Cooperative continues to remain financially healthy, while reducing long-term long-term debt However, Moon Lake and all federal hydro power customers have been notified by Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) of a proposed 25 increase in power rates starting start-ing in October of this year. The impact of the increase on Moon Lake will be over $1.7 million annually, but the Cooperative doesn't anticipate having to raise rates this year to cover the increased costs, due to the fact that the increase won't take effect until later in the year. One bright spot in Moon Lake's wholesale power supply continues to be the favorable pricing for power purchased from Deseret Power. Favorable power markets have enabled Deseret to avoid rate increases when many in the industry have experienced substantial rate increases over the past couple of years. Earl expressed appreciation apprecia-tion to the employees and the members for their support and involvement in Moon Lake Electric. A drawing for door prizes concluded the meeting and Marlene Rasmussen of Ballard won the grand prize of a new freezer. y Kristie Putnum teaches dribbling to future Jr. Jazz players. Spring session of future Jr. Jazz ends Saturday morning was the last day of the Uintah Recreation District's growing program of Future Jr. Jazz. The Future Jr. Jazz program gives youth ages 5-8 the opportunity oppor-tunity to learn and develop the basic fundamentals of basketball. bas-ketball. The clinic during this session was taught by Coach Kristie Putnum, Richard and Sherry Henderson, Sara Cushing and a couple other girls from the high school basketball bas-ketball program. Four sessions were offered allowing a total of 72 youth to participate. This year the Uintah Recreation District also offered a special clinic for 3 and 4 year olds. This special clinic had 15 more participants. Youth were taught basics in ball handling, dribbling, shooting and pass ing. 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