December 2008 - McKenzie Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Would you like to win an allexpense-paid
trip to our
nation’s capital, compliments
of your rural electric cooperative,
to learn more about U.S. government,
American history and the
cooperative way of doing business?
How about meeting nearly 1,500 high
school students from across the
country to see historical sights like
the U.S. Capitol, the monuments,
Arlington Cemetery, the Smithsonian
and Mount Vernon? And if chosen to
represent your cooperative as a Youth
Tour participant, you will also have
the opportunity to visit with North
Dakota’s congressional delegation.
The National Rural Electric Cooperative
Association’s Youth Tour is
set for June 13 to 19, 2009. Compose
the winning essay and represent
McKenzie Electric Cooperative as part
of the North Dakota delegation of
young people.
This past June, Zane Frick, Watford
City, represented McKenzie Electric on
the Rural Electric Youth Tour.
C6—McKENZIE ELECTRIC NEWS • DECEMBER 2008
NORTH DAKOTA
RURAL ELECTRIC YOUTH TOUR 2009
High School Juniors and Seniors
Write a winning essay and win a trip to Washington, D.C.!
North Dakota Youth Tour delegates included, front row, left to right: Kylie Artz, North
Central Electric; Harrison Zacher, Mountrail-Williams Electric; Kadra Kalamaha, Capital
Electric; Ally Nelson, Verendrye Electric; Megan Presser, McLean Electric; and Judith
Campbell, Mor-Gran-Sou Electric. Back row, left to right: Paige Scherer, Roughrider
Electric; Andrea McMillan, Cass County Electric; Lucas Schmaltz, Northern Plains
Electric; Justin Herner, Slope Electric; Sen. Byron Dorgan; Ashlee Bernhardt, KEM
Electric; Marci Johnson, Burke-Divide Electric; Zane Frick, McKenzie Electric; and
Garrett Kubischta, Roughrider Electric.
Essay contest guidelines for the Rural Electric Youth Tour:
• Students entering the contest must be a junior or senior in high school in the
fall of 2009.
• The student and/or parent or guardian must be served by McKenzie Electric.
• The student must write an essay, not to exceed two standard 8.5- by 11-inch
typewritten, double-spaced pages, on this topic: “Identify and describe the key
qualities of leadership that are important to North Dakota young adults, and
explain where today’s young leader should be focused.”
• Essays may be submitted in either hard copy or electronic format to McKenzie
Electric. Electronic submissions should conform to the two-page, doublespaced
guideline. Each essay must be accompanied by a cover page displaying
the entrant’s name, date of birth, school and grade in 2009, parent or guardian’s
name, address and telephone number.
• Essays must arrive at McKenzie Electric no later than Monday, Jan. 5, 2009.
E-mailed entries should be directed to: brendab@mckenzieelectric.com;
hard-copy entries should be mailed to: Youth Tour Essay Contest, McKenzie
Electric Cooperative, 908 Fourth Ave. NE, Watford City, ND 58854-0649.
• Essays will be evaluated and the winner selected by impartial, qualified judges.
• Direct inquiries about this competition to: Brenda Berquist, McKenzie
Electric, at the address listed above, or call (701) 444-9288 during regular
business hours.