The 2010 Lane-Scott Junior Board of Trustees

2010 Jr. Board Visits Central Plains Wind Farm

On November 24, 2010 seven members of the Lane-Scott Electric Jr. Board of Trustees travelled to Central Plains Wind Farm near Merinthal, KS along with Lane-Scott Electric General Manager, Earl Steffens and employee, Rebecca Campbell. The group learned of the Westar Energy owned wind farms 99 megawatt facility consisting of 33 wind turbines on nearly 6,000 acres. Their guide was Rick Mastell, Westar Energy site manager, who informed the group that the wind farm produces more than 310 million kilowatt-hours of energy annually.

Top Picture: Group on the stairs to the wind turbine. Bottom Picture: Front row from left: Chad Myers, John Clark, Sarah Mulville, Alyssa Scheuerman and CJ Shaffer. Back row from left: Rebecca Campbell, Darrick York, Austin Vieux and Rick Mastell, Westar Engery site manager.

2009 Jr. Board Learns About Electrical Generation

On April 11, 2009 three members of the Lane-Scott Electric Jr. Board of Trustees took an educational trip to the Cimarron River Power Station near Liberal to learn about how power is generated for Lane-Scott Electric.

From left: John Clarke from Ness City High School; C.J. Shaffer from Dighton High School; Shane MacNair from Jetmore High School; and Tharn Pepper, Cimmaron River Powere Station employee.

2007 Jr. Board Tours Sunflower Power Plant

Lane-Scott's Jr. Board of Trustees made a visit to Holcomb Power Plant on November 10, 2007. Six members of the Jr. Board along with Bob Venters, Lane-Scott Member Services Manager, traveled to Holcomb to tour Sunflower Electric's coal-fired power plant.

Corey Linville, Sunflower, directed the tour and taught the Jr. Board about how the power plant generates electricity and how electricity is transported to their homes. Jr. Board members able to make the trip were Courtney Klitzke, Adria Doll, Heather Applegarth, Tyrel George, T.J. Penka and Shane MacNair.

2006 Jr. Board of Trustees trip

On August 11, 2006, the Jr. Board of Trustees took a field trip to the Cimarron River Power Plant near Liberal KS. The plant has both gas and steam turbines, with the steam being utilized by a neighboring gas processing plant.

Tharn Pepper, Plant Manager, conducted the tour. It was very interesting to hear him talk about touring the plant when he was in the second grade, the impression it left on him at that time, and now being the manager of the operation.   

Jr. Board members making the trip were Tracy Goebel from Jetmore, and Cameron Shay from Healy. Bob Venters of Lane-Scott also made the trip.

Junior Board Tours Sunflower Plant and Dispatch Facilities

On June 8, 2004 seven out of the eight junior board members along with Clare Gustin, Sunflower Electric Power Corporation and Gary Eitel, Lane-Scott Electric toured the Holcomb Plant and the Garden City Dispatch Facilities. The board members attending were Camron Shay, Seth Scheuerman, Ashley Ming, Steven Frank, Traci Goebel, Joanna Fay, and Ellen Huschka. Ian Huck was not able to attend. Below are some photo highlights of the tour.

Lane-Scott Junior Board of Trustees Policy

Each of the members of the Board of Trustees shall appoint a freshman, sophomore, junior or senior in high school to serve as a member of the Junior Board of Trustees for Lane-Scott Electric Cooperative, Inc. for a period of one year. The length of service to this Junior Board of Trustees shall not exceed two years.

No person shall be eligible to become a member of the Junior Board of Trustees:
a) Whose parent or guardian is not a member and bona fide resident of the county or counties that the member is to represent.
b) The parent or guardian is not using, receiving, or purchasing a Cooperative Service in the county or counties that the member is to represent.

This is an educational program to encourage youth of our community to learn about cooperatives. This will include field trips and boardroom discussions on the operation and organization of cooperatives in general with emphasis on electrical cooperatives.

This Junior Board of Trustees will meet 4 times a year, once each quarter. The timing of the meetings will be such as not to interfere with other activities.

Previous Members of the Lane-Scott Junior Board of Trustees

The 2002-2004 Junior Board of Trustees

The 2007 Junior Board of Trustees

The 2008 Lane-Scott Junior Board of Trustees