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CONTENTS
CL ONLINE SOCIAL MEDIA
VISIT CO-OPLIVING.COM
DEPARTMENTS
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2 Our Communities
4 Powerful Careers
4 What's a Co-op?
8 Holiday Habitats
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LIKE US ON FACEBOOK
STOP TO SMELL
THE TULIPS. Little
Leo breathes in the
fragrant aroma of
spring. Photo sent in
by his grandmother,
Linda Bursey.
FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM
RAINDROPS ON
PEONIES. Just one
of this reader's
favorite things.
Photo sent in by
Susan Lendermon.
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23 Smart Connect
24 Energy Sense
25 Farm Life
26 Cooperative Kitchen
28 Field Trip
30 Garden Muse
31 Happenings
32 Rural Living
35 Member FYI
36 Say Cheese
FEATURES
6 RULEBOOK GURU
In advance of our Lineworker Rodeo,
Clint Card explains the judging.
12 GET UP AND GET OUT
From a drive-in movie to a rare beetle's
dwelling, here are some neat date ideas.
COVER PHOTO OF TANTIVY FARM
COURTESY BRIAN ROSS
10 ON THE ELK TRAIL
Our outdoors writer takes a close-up
look at an Appalachian success story.
28 DOWN A DIRT PATH
Read Rachel Conrad's winning essay in
our annual collegiate writing competition.
VIEWPOINT
The Return of Our
High-Climbing Heroes
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his month, we are excited to welcome
back our Gaff-n-Go rodeo, where
lineworkers compete in events that test
their skills, endurance and teamwork, with a focus on safety.
It is a great opportunity to see them in action without the
wind, ice, rain, cold and heat usually involved when they are
working. This also gives their families a chance to see what
they do. Watching the face of a lineworker's young son or
daughter as their parent climbs a pole, changes a crossarm or
replaces a transformer is a sight that you'll remember long
after the event is over.
One of our members, Central Virginia Electric
Cooperative, started the rodeo in 2003 to give local
cooperatives an event focused on work safety and efficiency.
From those humble beginnings in Lynchburg, it has grown
co-opliving.com
into one of the largest rodeos on the East Coast, with more
than 150 lineworkers from seven states participating in our
2019 event. The Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association
of Electric Cooperatives assumed coordination of the rodeo
in 2007 with the help of a working group of representatives
from our participants.
This year's event will be held May 13-14 at Meadow
Event Park in Doswell, Va. Admission is free. Along with
apprentice and journeyman team events, a variety of vendors
will showcase the latest advancements in utility tools,
equipment and vehicles. Our Youth Art Contest will be
on display, with interactive games and crafts for children.
Come join us to see these lineworkers participate
together and compete against each other in an atmosphere
of skill and safety. 
Brian S. Mosier, President & CEO
Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives
May 2022 ● Cooperative Living ●
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