J.R. Knouff Scholarship Application

Ten $2000 scholarships are given at the Annual Meeting in April.

Name

Address

City________________ State_______ Zip Code

Day Phone_______________ Evening Phone

Social Security #_________________ Birth date

JWEMC Account # (available on your bill)

Member’s Relationship to Applicant

*If last name is different, please indicate reason

Most Recent Grade Point Average (GPA)

This GPA is for (circle one): High School College

University or College you plan to attend

If in high school, which school do you attend?

Are you planning to be a full-time student (12+ hours)?

Yes No (circle one)

*In order to receive a scholarship, you must be a full-time student.

I have read and understand all of the requirements for the JWEMC J.R. Knouff Scholarship Program, and I agree to meet all of them. If I am selected as a recipient, I agree to allow JWEMC to use my name and/or photo in future promotion of this program.

Applicant’s Signature_________________________________________ Date_______________

JWEMC Member’s Signature___________________________________ Date_______________

Deadline: March 31, 2023 or

Application Requirements

1. You must be at least a senior in high school to enter. First-time freshmen, continuing college students or persons returning to college to finish an undergraduate degree are also eligible to enter.

2. All blanks must be filled out or your application will be voided. Your application must be signed on the space provided.

3. Your application must be postmarked on or before March 31, 2023 or it will be voided. Only one application allowed per applicant. Duplicates will be voided.

4. If you are living on your own, away from home, you cannot apply under your parents’ name. YOU must be a JWEMC member to apply. EXCEPTION: If you are living away from home specifically to attend college, but your PERMANENT address is still your parents’ home and your parents are JWEMC members, you may apply.

5. Graduate or doctoral students are ineligible.

* If you are applying for a student loan, please check with your school’s financial aid office to see how this scholarship might affect you.

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| Deadline: February 28

Co-ops respond to devastating severe weather

Numerous strong to severe thunderstorms cut through central Alabama on Jan. 12, and several of those storms spawned significant tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service. An EF3 tornado that tracked from Autauga County into western Chambers County had a longtrack path of over 76 miles and was at least 1,500 yards wide; this tornado caused seven fatalities and 16 injuries.

This storm left more than 9,000 Central Alabama EC members without power, and the co-op needed to replace more than 300 poles. Several sister co-ops responded to help Central Alabama with the restoration of power: Dixie EC, Marshall-DeKalb EC, Tallapoosa River EC, Baldwin EMC, Clarke-Washington EMC, Cullman EC, Coosa Valley EC, Black Warrior EMC and Wiregrass EC sent a total of 85 men as well as trucks and materials to the affected areas in Central Alabama’s territory. They were in place by the morning of Jan. 13, and all were released by the evening of Jan. 15.

But several co-ops had their own damage to contend with. Black Warrior EMC, Pioneer EC, Southern Pine EC, Clarke-Washington EMC, Joe Wheeler EMC, South Alabama EC, Pea River EC and others saw large-scale outages from the band of storms that tore through Alabama.

Alabama’s co-ops always stand ready to help sister co-ops both in-state and across the Southeast after a devastating weather event.