Blue Ridge Recognizes Employees for Service
For Immediate Release
Contact: Renee Whitener, Director of Public Relations, Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation, (828) 758-2383 ext. 3213; Pager: 1-800-471-1323; or E-mail: Renee Whitener
Boone, North Carolina (November 23, 2005) – Employees from Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation and Blue Ridge Energies, LLC, were honored for their service during the company’s annual employee awards dinner and celebration recently held at the Helen Powers Grand Hall at the Broyhill Inn and Conference Center in Boone.
Recognized from the Watauga office of Blue Ridge Electric were: Judy Kerley, lead customer service representative, for 30 years of service; R.D. Graybeal, construction layout technician, for 20 years of service; Hal Isaacs, field service technician, for 20 years of service; Nina Bower, customer accounts representative, for 15 years of service; Keith Hensley, line technician A, for 10 years of service; Jeff Evans, apprentice line technician, for five years of service; and Gregory Ward, line technician B, for 5 years of service. Recognized from Blue Ridge Energies’ Watauga office were: Michael Bledsoe, lead service technician; for five years of service; and Jeffery Phipps, operations coordinator, for five years of service.
Blue Ridge Electric is a member owned electric cooperative serving some 68,000 member-owners in northwest North Carolina. Its subsidiary, Blue Ridge Energies, is a propane and heating fuels provider with offices in Boone, West Jefferson, Sparta, Lenoir, Newland, and Hickory. Blue Ridge Energies’ showrooms, located in the district offices of Blue Ridge Electric in Boone, West Jefferson, Sparta and Lenoir, features gas logs, fireplaces, heaters and stoves.
