Laurens Electric Cooperative is offering four local students an expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. or Columbia, S.C., this summer. The annual Washington Youth Tour and Cooperative Youth Summit contest includes submitting an application, securing two references and participating in an interview process. After co-op officials judge the entrants, four students will be awarded one of…
Laurens Electric Cooperative has named Field Service Technician Jamie Tumblin its Employee of the Year for 2019. Supervisors submit nominations and a committee consisting of co-op senior staff discusses and selects a winner based on the following criteria: Performing beyond the call of duty, exemplifying the co-op’s core values by putting forth extra effort, and…
Cashier Jean Hester paid forward $500 to Simpsonville First Baptist Church’s Music Ministry for the Wilma Jones Ringers Handbell Choir. Jean, who has been a member of the church for 40 years and has played handbells for 30 of them, said, “The Wilma Jones Ringers is a great ministry. We have a 5 octave choir…