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Show u I Garkane Contest Readied For Region Students High school sophomores and juniors in Garfield County whose parents are members of Garkane Power Association are eligible to enter the company's annual Qualifying Essay Contest. The contest is sponsored by Garkane and the Utah Rural Electric Association with two winners from each of Garkane's service areas to receive an all-expense paid trip to the 1987- Utah REA Youth Seminar in Cedar City in July. First, second and third place winners will also be selected in each Garkane district, receiving scholarships of $100, $75, and $50 respectively. At the summer youth seminar at Southern Utah State College in Cedar City, one student will be selected to represent Garkane at the National Rural Electric Youth Tour in Washington, D.D. in June of 1988. Last year, Roshell Proctor from Panguitch High School captured that special honor. Contest entrants will be required ) to submit a 400-500-word essay on the subject:" What Determines the Price of a Kilowatt-Hour of Electricity." Elec-tricity." Essays will be judged on the basis of knowledge of the subject (40 percent), originality (40 percent H composition (10 percent), . anJ , neatness and grammar, (10 percent). per-cent). Deadline for entry is March 27. Essays should be submitted directly to Garkane Power Association, Member Services Department, 56 East Center, Richfield, Rich-field, Utah 84701. Additional information in-formation may be obtained from Mike Peterson, Garkane Power Association, at 896-5403 or 896-8029 I (home). In addition to learning about the' benefits of belonging to a rural electric cooperative, students will attend classes on a wide range of subjects, listen to interesting speakers and have the opportunity to meet other students from five western states. Not to mention great food! Dances every night, etc. etc.! Tenaly Heaton, who had the honor of being chosen as president of the 1986 youth seminar, said, "Every student who is the least bit interested in-terested should at least apply. If you are shy or have self-doubts, that's okay because after the first day you will be a part of the group and the group will carry you. "If you have the chance to attend the youth seminar, the hardest part will be the last day. You feel so close to everyone that it is hard to leave. I cried for six hours, all the -way home, because I missed eveyone so much. But I've kept in touch. I write to everyone, the kids and the chaperones. I could go anywhere in five states and have a friend there. "All I can say is go for it. At least try. It's something you will never regret. It will change your life forever." |