2018 Annual Meeting |
Business, Gratitude on Display at NCEC Annual Meeting THERE ARE MANY REASONS NAVARRO COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE members are drawn to the co-op’s annual meeting year after year. Some show up for the door prizes. Others come to hear the business of their cooperative. And many attend simply to catch up with old friends and make new ones. For firsttime attendees like Kenneth Smallwood, it’s an opportunity to see the cooperative community in action. “I just wanted to see what it’s all about. I’ve never come before,” said Smallwood, a recently retired postal carrier of 30 years. Though he’s been a Navarro County EC member since 1999, his Saturday delivery shift in the Kerens and Richland Chambers Lake areas consistently conflicted with the annual meeting. “I always wanted to come,” he said, “but I wasn’t going to take a day off for it.” Now that he’s retired, Smallwood was able to join more than 130 other members May 5 for this year’s meeting at Navarro College’s Cook Center in Corsicana. He took a seat at the back of the hall and waited for business to commence. Meanwhile, other members continued to arrive, strolling into the sunlit foyer of the Cook Center to register and collect attendance gifts. Shortly before 10 a.m., NCEC Board President Ron Buckley called the meeting to order and introduced co-op attorney Philip Segrest, who oversaw the business portion of the meeting. Read more» |
WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE RICKY TRULL AND CHARlOTTE WEAVER for a combined 75 years of no lost-time injuries on the job. During Trull’s 40-year career in line construction and Weaver’s 35 years in member services, they have helped NCEC provide affordable and reliable electric service to its members. Employees like Trull and Weaver help set the example for safety that others should follow on and off the job. |
ALFRED LEWIS MARTIN WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 15, 1923, IN PELHAM, NAVARRO COUNTY, to Lewis and Holly Caruthers Martin. After finishing his formal education, Martin transferred to active military duty August 23, 1943. He trained at Kearns, Utah, assigned to the 3rd Army then reassigned to the Army Air Force with the 2143rd Base Unit in Tuskegee, Alabama. He served as an Air Force mechanic for the Tuskegee Airmen and as a troubleshooter and flight chief for radio communications in advanced training. He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, Medal for Outstanding Soldier in the 3rd Army in Europe and the Victory Medal. Martin was assigned to training combat units, pursuit squadron. On February 22, 1946, he was honorably discharged as a first sergeant. After moving to California, Martin purchased and operated a gas station. He returned home to Pelham and was a farmer and rancher for more than 60 years. He served on various agriculture committees and boards, including the Texas Seed and Grain Committee. He loved Pelham and served as the chairman of the Pelham Community Association for many years. He was instrumental in getting land donated to the Pelham Cemetery. Martin was named Farmer of the Year in 1984 by the Corsicana Rotary Club. He served as vice president of Texas Cotton Program and led the Navarro Pest Management Association. Martin was elected to the Navarro County Electric Cooperative Board of Directors in May 1996 and served nearly 22 years until his passing April 29, 2018. We will miss his knowledge and wisdom as well as his wry sense of humor. When he took a position, he never backed down, and we always knew where he stood on issues. He will be missed. |
IN MARCH, NAVARRO COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE GAVE a three-day, ands-on class on working with energized conductors to three level-one apprentices: Gilbert Medrano, Josh Boortz and Breezy Elder. This class covers the safety of handling energized conductors, how to correctly use the rubber cover-up material, electric potential distance and minimum approach distance. Congratulations to Medrano, Boortz and Elder for passing this first hot line class. Keep up the good work. |
In Rembrance of Director Alfred L. Martin |
April 2018 |
May 2018 |
NAVARRO COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE FACES MANY CHALLENGES each day, particularly when it comes to ensuring safety in the office, while driving pickups and large bucket trucks, conducting service and construction work, and reading meters—day and night and in all kinds of weather. We are proud to report that, as of February 28, NCEC employees have worked a combined 882,427.5 hours, or 2,517 days, without a lost-time injury. It is a great acc a lost-time injury. We would like to thank all employees, management and the board of directors for their dedication and hard work toward achieving safety. |
WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE Isaiah Solis for completing the first phase of his five-year apprenticeship program as a groundman/apprentice lineman. Solis has worked with Navarro County Electric Cooperative foremen, senior linemen and the fourth-year apprentice linemen learning to frame poles, hook up transformers, install members’ services and carry out the work of the underground crew. Solis also has completed in-house apprentice classes and field exercises. His next step will be working with secondary voltages such as 120, 240 and 208 volts. Good job, Isaiah. Keep up the good work. |
CONGRATULATIONS TO NCEC'S NEWEST EMPLOYEES NAVARRO COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE Jahaziel Luviano, Tye Barber, Shafter Henley and Myles Patton for completing 90-day training periods. These men were hired in the first quarter of 2018 and have been working in the construction department in both overhead and underground capacities. After meeting the 90-day requirements, they were offered full-time positions with NCEC. Barber joins the co-op as a lineman while the other three new hires have entered the apprenticeship program as groundmen. They have attended safety classes and received on-the-job training on power line construction and the essential requirements of safe work practices. Also, Steve Phillips (far right) returned to NCEC in May as a staking technician. He previously was employed by the co-op as a lineman and staking technician from 1982 to 2006. |
WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE Jesse Huffman AND Alex Mendez for completing Level 4 apprenticeships. This step is the last in the apprenticeship program. Huffman and Mendez soon will earn the position of lineman and continue to help provide reliable and affordable electric service to our members. |
SUPERVISOR TRAINING - NCEC congratulates Matt Cunningham and Jerad Taylor for completing supervisor training. We would also like to congratulate Taylor on being promoted to the position of overhead line crew foreman. |
TEC Loss Control Awards NCEC with a One Million Hours Worked without a Loss Time Injury |
On May 15th 2019 Navarro County Electric Cooperatives employees reached a milestone with the Cooperative achieving 1,000,053 hours without a loss time injury, this was achieved in 10 years, 5 month and 12 days, a total of 2832 working days. With the dedication of the Cooperative Employees serving our members and working safe we have reached 1,080,029 hours, 3069 days and 11 years without a loss time injury as of March 31st 2020. Congratulations to all the employees of Navarro County Electric Cooperative for their hard work and putting safety first in their jobs. |
Left to right -TEC Manager of Loss Control -Danny Williams, URD Crew Foreman -Jeff Davis, Senior Lineman- Greg Fisher & Manager of S.T. & I.- Sam Miller |
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