WCEC Awards $10,000 to East Texas Students
Ten local high school students, residing within WCEC’s 9 county service area, will each receive a $1,000 scholarship towards his or her continuing education. The program is funded entirely by unclaimed capital credit payments returned to WCEC by the state of Texas.
The judges were comprised of three WCEC members, Ernard Baxter, Jr., Robert Blackwell and June Foster. They used various criteria to down-select the ten, who were chosen from forty three applicants. The judges were each tasked with reviewing the applications, accompanying academic records and lists of civic and community achievements. Additionally, each student was required to submit an essay, which was read by each judge. Based on their exceptional submissions and past achievements, the 2008 scholarship recipients are:
Laura Delilah Blalock Harmony High School
Sammie Hanks Mt. Vernon High School
Emily Harwell Van High School
Anthony Hill Grand Saline High School
Britney Hudgins Mineola High School
Andrew Mikel Ramirez Alba-Golden High School
Thomas Blaine Shackelford Quitman High School
Cristen J. Smith Mineola High School
Lindsey Weems Quitman High School
Autumn Paige Wood Mineola High School
Of those selected, WCEC CEO/General Manager Debbie Robinson said, “It is an inspiration to see how many well-rounded and hard working students we have in East Texas, as evidenced by this year's applicants. They are a credit to their parents, our local school systems and fine educators. It will be interesting to follow each of these young men and women as they achieve their various goals.”
Wood County Electric Cooperative, Inc. is a not-for-profit electric cooperative with the mission of providing member-customers reliable electric service at a reasonable rate.
WCEC serves over 31,000 meters in parts of nine counties throughout northeast Texas, including Camp, Franklin, Hopkins, Rains, Smith, Titus, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood.
