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@CACReunion and @TNTHOF historian awards. Ex-newspaper guy (alas). Go Hoos. linktr.ee/steelbeltsteve
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High Spirits on the Farm: Illinois Co-op Boosts Grain-to-Bottle Endeavor

High Spirits on the Farm: Illinois Co-op Boosts Grain-to-Bottle Endeavor

NRECA in the News — Eastern Illini Electric Co-op taps REDLG program to boost unique organic distillery in Illinois.
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Going the Distance: Illinois Lineworker's Ultrarunning Benefits Local Greenway

Going the Distance: Illinois Lineworker's Ultrarunning Benefits Local Greenway

NRECA in the News — Illinois lineworker tests ultrarunning endurance courses to raise money for local greenway.
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At North Carolina Co-op, GI Bill Program Helps Veteran Chart Career Path

At North Carolina Co-op, GI Bill Program Helps Veteran Chart Career Path

Electric.coop — The GI Bill apprenticeship program is providing an opportunity for career advancement for co-op employees who have served in the military.
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Delaware, Maryland, Virginia Co-ops Restore Power Amid Their Worst Blizzard in Years

Delaware, Maryland, Virginia Co-ops Restore Power Amid Their Worst Blizzard in Years

Electric.coop — A blizzard knocked out power to tens of thousands of co-op members in Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, with full restoration expected to take days.
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Emptying the Toolbox: Co-ops Relied on Creativity to Combat Hurricane Helene's Onslaught

Emptying the Toolbox: Co-ops Relied on Creativity to Combat Hurricane Helene's Onslaught

RE Magazine — Looking back one year later at the co-op recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene.
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Partnerships, Preparation Equal Power for Florida Co-op After Hurricane Double Whammy

Partnerships, Preparation Equal Power for Florida Co-op After Hurricane Double Whammy

Electric.coop — Hurricane Milton caused catastrophic flooding and damage that Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative and its members continue to wrestle with.
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Storm Soldiers: Lineworkers Travel From Far and Farther to Battle Hurricane Helene

Storm Soldiers: Lineworkers Travel From Far and Farther to Battle Hurricane Helene

Electric.coop — Electric cooperative lineworkers by the hundreds traveled from faraway states to help restore power at co-ops devastated by Hurricane Helene.
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'All Eyes on Us': How Electric Co-op Communicators Rose to the Occasion in the Aftermath of Helen...

'All Eyes on Us': How Electric Co-op Communicators Rose to the Occasion in the Aftermath of Helen...

Electric.coop — An opportunity to shine: Communicators work Helene with diligence, transparency, creativity.
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The Ties That Bind: A South Carolina Co-op Was In the Dark After Hurricane Helene, but It Was Not...

The Ties That Bind: A South Carolina Co-op Was In the Dark After Hurricane Helene, but It Was Not...

Electric.coop — Hurricane Helene caused massive devastation at a small South Carolina co-op, but it couldn't blemish the principle of cooperation among cooperatives.
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Rivers Rerouted, A Truck in the Water: Mountain Electric Remembers Helene

Rivers Rerouted, A Truck in the Water: Mountain Electric Remembers Helene

Electric.coop — The physical and financial damage Hurricane Helene inflicted in just a few hours will challenge Mountain Electric Cooperative for years to come.
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'We'd Never Seen Anything Like That': For Co-ops in the Carolinas, Helene Was Uncharted Territory

'We'd Never Seen Anything Like That': For Co-ops in the Carolinas, Helene Was Uncharted Territory

Electric.coop — Hurricane Helene caused unheard-of destruction in the Carolinas; power restoration involved help from electric cooperatives across the country.
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'The Storm That Sticks Around With Us for a Long, Long Time': A Year Later, Co-ops Reflect on Hel...

'The Storm That Sticks Around With Us for a Long, Long Time': A Year Later, Co-ops Reflect on Hel...

Electric.coop — A year after Hurricane Helene walloped co-ops in seven states, CEOs, lineworkers and staffers discuss the struggle behind and the road ahead.
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The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: Classic Characters

The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: Classic Characters

www.barnesandnoble.com — The newest addition to the popular Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame series by Steven Johnson and Greg Oliver takes a close-up look at some of the characters, good and bad, who made the business what it is today.
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A Kiwi Role: Remembering Mat Historian Dave Cameron - Slam Wrestling

A Kiwi Role: Remembering Mat Historian Dave Cameron - Slam Wrestling

SLAM! Wrestling — With more than a quarter-century as a fan, accumulator, researcher and author, the breadth of David Ian Cameron’s knowledge of boxing and wrestling was staggering.
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Mat Matters: Discovering and rediscovering Jim Londos

Mat Matters: Discovering and rediscovering Jim Londos

SLAM! Wrestling — For 20 years Slam Wrestling has been the leader in sports entertainment, wrestling news.
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'The Bridges Are Gone, the Roads Are Gone': How One Co-op Is Coping With Helene

'The Bridges Are Gone, the Roads Are Gone': How One Co-op Is Coping With Helene

Electric.coop — Amid tragedy, the cooperative spirit promises to drive French Broad to restore power to devastated parts of North Carolina.
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Hardest-Hit Co-ops Face Weeks of Restoration Work in the Wake of Helene

Hardest-Hit Co-ops Face Weeks of Restoration Work in the Wake of Helene

Electric.coop — A week after Hurricane Helene rammed ashore at Florida's Big Bend and left a devastating path of damage through the Southeast, some of the hard work is over. But even harder work lies ahead.
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For Co-ops Grappling With Helene's Destruction, It's All Hands on Deck

For Co-ops Grappling With Helene's Destruction, It's All Hands on Deck

Electric.coop — As electric cooperatives deal with damage from Hurricane Helene, co-op personnel do whatever needs to be done.
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Line Crews Lean on Cooperative Spirit in the Wake of Helene's Destruction

Line Crews Lean on Cooperative Spirit in the Wake of Helene's Destruction

Electric.coop — Power restoration work continued for following devastation inflicted by Hurricane Helene, which has caused as much as $160 billion in damage.
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'This Is an Unprecedented Situation': Co-ops Pick Up the Pieces After Helene

'This Is an Unprecedented Situation': Co-ops Pick Up the Pieces After Helene

Electric.coop — Three days in, electric cooperatives are still struggling to assess damage from Hurricane Helene.
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Hurricane Helene: Tracking the Co-op Response

Hurricane Helene: Tracking the Co-op Response

Electric.coop — Electric cooperative crews in the Southeast responded quickly to restore power after Helene made landfall Sept. 26 as a Category 4 hurricane.
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Electric Co-ops Faced With 1.25 Million Outages in the Wake of Hurricane Helene

Electric Co-ops Faced With 1.25 Million Outages in the Wake of Hurricane Helene

Electric.coop — Lineworkers from across the country encountered catastrophic damage from Hurricane Helene as they laboriously started restoring power in the wake of one of the most consequential storms in the 87-year history of electric cooperatives.
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It's true, Kurt Angle a CAC hero

It's true, Kurt Angle a CAC hero

SLAM! Wrestling — LAS VEGAS-Lou Thesz would be proud. The legendary world champion knew Kurt Angle was the real deal when he saw him named a future legend at the annual Cauliflower Alley Club reunion, which Thesz headed, more than two decades ago. On Aug.
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Grit and Determination Bring an Iowa Co-op and a Community Back From Disaster

Grit and Determination Bring an Iowa Co-op and a Community Back From Disaster

Electric.coop — An optimistic spirit pervades Farmers Rural Electric Cooperative as it helps a community and co-op employees recover from a devastating tornado.
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