Blue Ridge Recognizes Employees

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

West Jefferson, North Carolina (May 12, 2007) — Employees from Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation and Blue Ridge Energies, LLC, were recognized for their service during the company’s annual employee awards dinner at Helen Powers Grand Hall at the Broyhill Inn and Conference Center in Boone.

Recognized from the Ashe office of Blue Ridge Electric were: 35 years: Rex Barker, retired warehouse specialist; Penny Harless, member services representative; 25 years: Gary Critcher, vehicle mechanic; 20 years: Tracy Davis, crew leader; Ken Hartzog, field service technician; Kay Sexton, member services representative; Steve Taylor, field service technician; 15 years: Terry Barnes, crew leader; Gail Harrell, member services representative; Tom Mash, crew leader; Dale Walton, warehouse specialist; and 10 years: Dale Mullis, sales and delivery.

Blue Ridge Electric is a not-for-profit, member owned electric cooperative serving some 70,000 member-owners in Caldwell, Watauga, Ashe, Alleghany, Wilkes, Avery and Alexander counties. Its subsidiary, Blue Ridge Energies, is a propane and heating fuels provider with offices in Lenoir, Hickory, Boone, West Jefferson, Sparta, and Newland. Blue Ridge Energies’ showrooms, located in the district offices of Blue Ridge Electric in Lenoir, Boone, West Jefferson, and Sparta, feature gas logs, fireplaces, heaters and stoves.

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