Oct. / Nov. / Dec. 2009 - Nebraska Public Power District

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ENERGY INSIGHT • OCTOBER / NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2009
Kearney / Lisa Willson, Administrative Assistant /
lmwills@nppd.com
from around the state
In March 2008, Customer Services Leader Nicole
Brumbaugh issued a monthly challenge to the
customer services support specialists in Aurora,
Kearney and York asking them to try to sign up
1,000 customers for the Pennies for Power Program.
In November, the group celebrated their success
of signing up 1,063 customers. Congratulations
to Customer Services Support Specialists Connie
Stover, Brenda Norris, Patty Freburg and Carol
Lentell of Kearney; Karen Wilshusen of Aurora;
and Wendy Rathjen and Stacey Schlueter of York.
Across the state, 5,396 customers and 89 employees
contribute an average $3,357 to the program each
month.
NPPD employees walked in the annual University of
Nebraska-Kearney band day parade in September.
Pictured from left, front row: Shaina Meier; Kearney
Engineer Corey McIntosh; Customer Services Specialist
Connie Stover; Financial Analyst Renee Coughlin and
her daughter, Tara, and grandsons, Will and Alex. Back
row: District Engineering Manager Jay Dring; Utility
Service Technician Jim Fitzgerald and grandson, Ryan,
granddaughter, Madison, and son, Matt; Administrative
Assistant Lisa Willson, Customer Services Specialist
Brenda Norris; and, Customer Services Leader Nicole
Brumbaugh and her son, Cale.
Wild West was the theme for the University of
Nebraska-Kearney Homecoming Parade in late
October. NPPD was among the more than 150 parade
entries.
Pictured from left: Administrative Assistant Lisa Willson;
Kelsey Graham, daughter of Journey Line Technician Chet
Graham and her friend; Distribution Support Specialist
Sandy Stroh; Community Relations/Education Specialist
Diana Luscher; Planner Scheduler Dan Persson; Engineer
Doug Jebens and his daughter, Kalie, and son, Nick; and
Senior Line Technician Ray Panowicz. Chelsea Willson,
daughter of Lisa Willson, was Cowboy Louie for the event.
Norfolk / Barb Keating, Customer Contact Specialist /
bjkeati@nppd.com
November is the time of the year when we remember
to give
thanks for
all that
we have.
This year,
NPPD
Call
Center
colleagues
helped
support
This pictures shows some of the items Call
two local Center colleagues collected for our troops.
causes.
Through Veteran’s Day week, colleagues collected
items for “Care Packages” to be sent to our troops. On
Nov. 23, nine full boxes of food were delivered to the
Improved Living Food Bank in Norfolk to help those
struggling to put food on their tables.