Harvest Hills Golf Course inFairfield played host to the2017 Sun River Electric

Cooperative Golf Tournament on July29 and raised $3,500. This year’srecipient is the city of Fairfield’s newtennis courts.In the past, Sun River Electric has

donated Automated ExternalDefibrillators (AED) to local golfcourses, and money to the FairfieldCommunity Hall, Choteau Park rest-rooms, Conrad Orphium Theater,Fairfield Swimming Pool concessionstand, Choteau walking path, Conradbaseball fence, Fairfield welcome sign,Bright Eyes Animal Care and RehabCenter, Choteau Weatherbeater and theConrad historic clock. Sun RiverElectric would like to thank all of thehole sponsors and door prize contribu-tors.In all, 72 golfers showed up to play

the four-person scramble. Golfers weretreated to lunch, hole prizes, doorprizes, drawings and a BBQ. Winnersreceived SREC Golf Tournament coats.

The tournament winners were RaySchmidt, Jordan Ratliff, Ken Meyerand Josh Durocher, shooting a 58.Other flight champions were: John andLaura Buck and Paul and Mandy Wickin the Mixed Division, and JoelMarking, Chad Sealey, Lance Vescoviand Mike Palagyi in the first flight.The 2018 Tournament will be

August 4 in Fairfield.

2017 Golf Tournament Hole SponsorsWM OLSON AGENCY – MITCH JOHNSON

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Sun RiverElectric Cooperative

RRii pppp ll ee ssOffice Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.

Phone Numbers: 406-467-2527 or 1-800-452-7516Website: www.sunriverelectric.coopAfter Hours & Weekend Dispatch:406-467-2526 or 1-800-452-7516

If calling from a local number or cell phone – please use: 467-2526 or 467-2527

Be sure to check your breakers before reporting outages.

SEPTEMBER 2017

19th Annual SREC Golf Tournament

We Do Rebates!Don’t forget that Sun River

Electric Cooperative (SREC)has rebates for household

appliances. SREC offers $25 rebateson clothes washers, dishwashers,refrigerators and freezers that areEnergy Star compliant. Just downloadthe rebate form from SREC’s website,www.sunriverelectric.coop, fill it out,attach a copy of the receipt and sendit to SREC. SREC will then reviewthe rebate form and credit youraccount $25 per compliant appliance.Energy-Star rated appliances can befound at www.energystar.gov.Also remember that SREC offers a

$100 rebate on electric water heaters.To be eligible, the water heater has tobe at least 90-percent efficient.The water heater rebate form is also

on SREC’s website, download it, fillit out, and send it in with a copy ofthe receipt to get the $100 credit. Thewater heater must be at least 40-gal-lon capacity. 222193All rebates must be submitted with-

in 90 days of purchase.If you have any questions about

rebates, call Sun River Electric at467-2526 or 1-800-452-7516.

2017 Sun River Electric Golf Tournament Champions. L to R: Josh Durocher,Jordan Ratliff, Ken Meyer and Ray Schmidt.

We are pleased towelcome BethMorrow as our

newest Sun River Electricemployee! Beth is learn-ing the job of work orderclerk, where she isresponsible for accountingfor labor, materials andother costs associatedwith construction projects, main-taining inventory records and coor-dinating material purchases.Originally from Augusta, Bethgraduated high school from

Choteau, and has lots oflocal family ties. She has22 years of experience ingas and electric utilities,working with variouscompanies in Great Fallsand Spokane. Beth andher two daughters arehappy to be back in thearea and she looks for-

ward to having her youngestdaughter in school in Fairfield. Herhobbies center around crafts andshe’s very creative. Stop in and sayhi to Beth!

5SEPTEMBER 2017

SUN RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.

FOR SALE: John Deere 9400drills, 40’, 10” spacing, transport,steel-capped rock guard & mark-er; 2-2,200 bushel Butler bins, nofloors, to be moved. JohnAnderson, 627-2155.FOR SALE: Deer & elk camp,complete. Wall tent with steelframe, 12’x17’, 3-burner propanestove, cook’s table, dining table,pantry, wood heater, more,$1,000. Bill Reiter, 467-3909.FOR SALE: 2 lots (50’x140’each), 2-car garage (30’x24’) withwood stove, 1 shed, (8’x10’),fenced back yard, dug out forfootings for a house, utilitiesready to go, great school andsmall-town living, 265 Harris Ave,Highwood, MT. Bonnie Russell,733-2115, highwood101@yahoo.com.FOR SALE: 24’ pontoon, motor& trailer, $4,900; 1978 Titan

motor-home, GM chassis, 37,000actual miles, new water lines, tankand pump. Phyllis May, 750-0156or pmay1943@gmail.com.FOR SALE: Story & Clark con-sole piano, good condition, $300.Phillis May, 899-2802 orpmay1943@gmail.com.FOR SALE: Oak cabinets, top73”x78”, bottom 73”x78”, 18”deep. Includes 2 burner electricstove, never used 11’x13” sink,includes fixtures, refrigeratorincluded, 18”x46”. Like-new con-dition, $450. Diane Sather, 467-2647.FOR SALE: Sleep Number bed,hardly used, $200; wieder weightlifting, 2-station bench, $300, likenew. Frances Poitra, 438-5474. If you would like to place an

advertisement in the Ripples Swapcolumn, please contact Sun RiverElectric at 1-800-452-7516 or467-2527, or email Kathy atkscott@sunriverelectric.coop bythe first of the month.

Swap Column

Hidden numbersIf you find your account number hid-

den in this issue, it is worth a $50 crediton your next statement. There is onenumber hidden in every issue. Give us acall if you are the lucky consumer:

406-467-2527 or 1-800-452-7516

Reminder: Bills not paid by the 10thof the month will be charged a $10 late fee.

Call 811 before you dig

Board of TrusteesOfficers

John Burgmaier, President ..................406-463-2522Randy Parker, Vice President ..............406-467-2974Roberta Rohrer, Secretary/Treasurer ............................406-278-5673

TrusteesRuss Bloom ........................................406-431-0168Mitch Johnson ....................................406-467-2109Leonard Sivumaki ..............................406-264-5482Robert Pasha ......................................406-733-2028Scott Odegard, Manager......................406-467-2527

Pay as you go with prePAYelectricity from SREC.

It is easy! Call SREC to get started.

Operation Round-up is a charitable fund pro-gram designed to financially help communi-

ty groups in need within the Sun River ElectricCooperative (SREC) service area. The fund ismade of change from SREC members who haverounded up their monthly billing to the nearestdollar. For example: If you sign up forOperation Round-up and your monthly bill is$64.35, it would be rounded up to $65. Theextra 65 cents goes into the fund.At this time there are 220 members participat-

ing in the program. SREC’s Operation Round-uphas donated to the Teton County Ambulance fornew CPR training equipment, Conrad’s CityHall for handicap-accessible entrance doors,Pondera Medical Center for the purchase of anewer handicap-accessible van and to theGreenfield School for an automated externaldefibrillator (AED).If you are interested in signing up to donate or

have a request for a donation, give SREC a callat 406-467-2527.

New Employee Spotlight

Sun River Electric Cooperative will be closedSeptember 4 in observance of Labor Day

RO Operation Round-Up