Carroll EMC Newsletter

September 2020

Five Things to Know About CEMC's First-ever Mail-in Annual Meeting:1. Carroll EMC’s 84th Annual Meeting

will not be held in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the safety and well-being of our Members, employees and stakeholders, the meeting will be conducted by mail-in registration and ballot.

2. All Members who were Members as of August 14, 2020, should have received an Annual Meeting Newsletter in the mail. The newsletter contains a Voter Registration Card and an Official Ballot that should be completed and returned by 5 p.m. September 21.

3. By completing the Voter Registration Card and Official Ballot, Members are entered in the adult door-prize giveaway. Include valid email and current phone number to complete the process.

4. The grand prize is a 2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer SUV, so make sure you return your Voter Registration Card and Official Ballot by the deadline! The grand-prize winner will be shared on carrollemc.com/annualmeeting and on social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram).

5. Visit carrollemc.com/annualmeeting for a digital copy of the Cooperative’s Annual Report, Responsibility Report, 2019 Annual Meeting Minutes and Annual Meeting Newsletter. You will also find video instructions for completing the Voter Registration Card and Official Ballot.

Annual Meeting Mail-in

Carroll EMC’s 2020

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1. Cut and weigh the goat's milk soap, then place in microwave safe measuring cup or bowl.

2. Add the cinnamon and microwave until soap base is melted (roughly 30 seconds). Stir in the quick oats.

3. While still liquid, but slightly cooled, add the apple fragrance (too hot will dissipate it, the oats help cool it, so just wait 30-60 seconds).

4. Stir gently while pouring into mold to ensure uniform oat distribution, yet not create bubbles.

5. Cool until firm, then pop bars out of the mold.

Source: https://beautycrafter.com/apple-cinnamon-soap-recipe/

• 5.5 oz pour and melt goat’s milk soap base• 1/8 tsp ground cinnamon• 2 tbsp quick oats• 10-12 drops apple fragrance oil• 3-4 drops cinnamon fragrance oil • Soap mold

Ingredients

Directions

Clothes dryers make up a large portion of your appliance energy consumption. Clean the lint filter after each cycle, and scrub the filter with a tooth-brush once a month to remove film and increase air circulation.

Energy Efficiency Tip of the Month

CornerCarroll EMC Awards Eight Lineman School ScholarshipsEight local individuals were named Carroll EMC’s 2020 Lineman School Scholarship recipients. Carl Cooke, Wynston Denney, Zeb Hand, Jake Harrod, Brystol Phillips, Caden Raines, Benjamin Ranger and Nathan Urquhart were awarded scholarships to attend a lineman school in Georgia.

The winners were required to submit an essay explaining why they wanted to be a lineman, submit two letters of recommendation and complete an interview with the scholarship selection team. The scholarships cover tuition, textbooks and other related institutional fees and are available up to 24 months after award date. In addition to the scholarship, the award winners are paired with a lineman mentor from Carroll EMC.

Harrod, Phillips, Raines, Ranger and Urquhart plan to attend North Georgia Technical College in Clarkesville, where Cooke has already begun courses. Denney and Hand will attend the Southeast Lineman Training Center in Trenton.

For more information about the Lineman School Scholarship, please visit carrollemc.com/scholarships or contact Taylor Key at taylor.key@carrollemc.com.

Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Soap

Benjamin Ranger Brystol Phillips Caden Raines Carl Cooke

Jake Harrod Nathan Urquhart Wynston Denney Zeb Hand

October Blood DriveTuesday, October 13, 2020

10 a.m.-3 p.m.Tisinger Community Center

155 N. Hwy. 113Carrollton, GA 30117

To sign up for an appointment time, call (770) 832-3552.

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Keep a close eye on the mailbox in the coming month. Carroll Electric Membership Cooperative is preparing to distribute Capital Credit checks and you might be eligible for one.

Are you unfamiliar with the phrase "Capital Credits"? They are one of the biggest and most misunderstood advantages to being a Member of Carroll EMC. As a Member, you are also an owner, which means a portion of the Co-op’s profit is returned to you if there are excess revenues at the end of the year. This is what sets us apart from investor-owned utilities and is just one of the many benefits you enjoy because you receive your electric service from a not-for-profit cooperative.

Carroll EMC’s Board of Directors announces the retirement of funds from a specific set of years. The amount a Member

receives is calculated based on her or her use of electricity during those years. Last year, Carroll EMC returned 100 percent of the remaining margins for 1999, 50 percent of 2006’s margins and 50 percent of 2018’s margins. Eligible Members will receive their checks after the Board of Directors have finalized financial conditions.

The Cooperative is also looking for Members with unclaimed Capital Credits from previous years. We would like to find a current address and refund these Capital Credits, if possible. There are lists posted on our website and at our Carrollton, Franklin and Buchanan Carroll EMC offices. Please call Carroll EMC during regular business hours at (770) 832-3552 if your name is on the list or if you have a current address for anyone on the list.

Partnership Brings Broadband to West Georgia Broadband deployment efforts by SyncGlobal Telecom and Carroll EMC are coming together with the announcement of USDA/RUS grant money awarded for the region through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Broadband ReConnect Program. The official partnership to deploy fiber optic networks and broadband speed internet (up to 1 Gbps) in the Cooperative’s rural service territory was announced in late June.

The project has identified an initial footprint spanning across much of Heard County and southern Carroll County and follows scattered infrastructure into northern Troup County and across the Georgia line into eastern Alabama. It will serve 125 square miles and more than 7,300 residents, more than 200 farms and businesses, one school and four fire stations. Long term, the intent is to expand the fiber network and broadband speed internet access across all Carroll EMC territories and beyond.

SyncGlobal Telecom and Carroll EMC are committed to a shared goal: to eliminate the digital divide that plagues rural residents and businesses in our communities. We will work hard to deliver broadband as quickly as possible to as many underserved areas as possible and will communicate timeline and service area updates when they become available.

Potential subscribers are encouraged to contact SyncGlobal Telecom for more information and to register their address.

Check's In the Mail!Check's In the Mail!

Carroll County

HeardCounty Top image: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has worked to bring broadband to

rural Georgia since he ran for state governor in 2002.Bottom image: This map only shows areas funded by the grant, and details are subject to change depending on grant requirements.

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Carroll EMC Newsletter

155 N Hwy 113Carrollton, GA 30117

member.services@carrollemc.comwww.carrollemc.com

(770) 832-3552

PRESIDENT/CEOTim Martin

BOARD OF DIRECTORSRonnie Jordan, Chairman

Emmett Harrod, Vice ChairmanNan Philpot, Secretary-Treasurer

Donnie BrannonDon DeFoor Alvin Ginn

Max GoldinEddie GoreLynn Joyner

OFFICE HOURSCarrolltonBuchanan

Franklin (closed Wednesdays)8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday through FridayVilla Rica

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.Monday through Thursday

9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Friday

24-HOUR OUTAGE LINETo report a power outage, call

(770) 832-3552, option 1.

Remember, if you have multiple accounts, you will need to enter your

account number for that location.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

EDITOR Kelly Hester

WRITER Brittany Shadix

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62015 through 2019 Best Places to Work, Atlanta Business Chronicle

Statement of NondiscriminationCarroll Electric Membership Corporation is the recipient of federal financial assistance from the Rural Utilities Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and is subject to the provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, as amended; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, as amended; the Age Discrimination In Employment Act, as amended; the Vietnam Era Veterans Re-adjustment Assistance Act, as amended; the Jobs for Veterans Act, as amended, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the ADA Amendments Act, as amended, the Genetic Information Nondisclosure Act, as amended, which provide that no person in the United States on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (includ-ing gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assis-tance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs), shall be excluded from participation in, ad-mission or access to, denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subjected to discrimination under any of this organization’s programs or activities. The laws also prohibits retaliation against an individual for filing a charge of dis-crimination, participating in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposing discrimi-nation.

The Manager of Human Resources is respon-sible for coordinating this organization’s non-discrimination compliance efforts.

Persons with disabilities who require alter-native means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audio-tape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the responsible Agency or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877- 8339. Addition-ally, program information may be made avail-able in languages other than English.

If you wish to file a Civil Rights program com-plaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, or at any USDA office, or call (866) 632-9992 to request the form. You may also write a letter containing all of the information requested in the form.

Send your completed complaint form or letter to us by mail at U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secre-tary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, by fax (202) 690-7442 or e-mail at program.intake@usda.gov.

Carroll Electric Membership Corporation is an affirmative action, equal opportunity pro-vider and employer.

Statement of Affirmative Action EmployerThe purpose of Carroll EMC’s Affirmative Ac-tion Compliance Program is to specify those plans, actions and procedures necessary to accomplish the objectives of the policy of the corporation on Equal Employment Opportuni-ty and to comply with all applicable federal re-quirements including Executive Order 11246, as amended and state laws, as amended.

All applicants for employment shall be consid-ered and hired on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual ori-entation, gender identity, age, national origin, marital status, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

All employment practices shall ensure equal treatment of all employees, without discrimi-nation toward, but not limited to, the fol-lowing: employment, promotion, demotion or transfer, recruitment or recruitment ad-vertising, layoff or termination, rates of pay, benefits or any other forms of compensation, selection of training including apprenticeship, or other opportunities for advancement be-cause of the employee’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, marital status, genetic infor-mation, disability, or veteran status.

It is the responsibility of the President and CEO, managers and supervisors to assure compliance with meeting the goals and objec-tives of the corporation’s Affirmative Action Plan and to adhere to and practice the equal opportunity program of Carroll EMC.