Blue Ridge Recognizes Employees for Service

For Immediate Release

Contact: Renee Whitener, Director of Corporate Communications, Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation, (828) 758-2383 ext. 3213; Pager:1-800-471-1323; or E-mail: Renee Whitener

Boone, North Carolina (October 21, 2004) – 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 and celebration held recently at Broyhill Inn and Conference Center in Boone.

EmplServAwardRecipients_Boone Recognized from the Watauga office of Blue Ridge Electric were: Rachel Jolly, district operations coordinator, for 20 years of service; Tim Jones, crew leader, for 20 years of service; Patrick Hayes, crew leader, for 15 years of service; Mikeal Kincaid, crew leader, for 15 years of service; Duane Rhymer, warehouse specialist, for 20 years of service; Jay Erwin, customer accounts representative; for five years of service; Terry Hamby, warehouse assistant, for five years of service and Kevin Norris, line technician, for five years of service. Recognized from Blue Ridge Energies’ Watauga office were: Morris Critcher, heating fuels service supervisor, for five years; and Ricky Miller, heating fuels sales and delivery representative, for five years.

Blue Ridge Electric is a not-for-profit, member owned electric cooperative serving over 67,000 consumer-members in northwest North Carolina. Its subsidiary, Blue Ridge Energies, is a propane, heating fuels, and commercial gasoline provider with offices in Boone, Newland, Lenoir and West Jefferson and Hickory. Blue Ridge Energies’ showrooms located in Blue Ridge Electric district offices in Boone, West Jefferson and Lenoir feature gas logs, gas fireplaces, stoves and heaters.

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