Wake Electric
	A Touchstone Energy Cooperative

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  Free Trip to Washington DC
 

For High School Juniors Only

This year Wake Electric will award two expenses paid trips to Washington, DC. All high school juniors in the Cooperative’s service area are eligible to enter the contest.

Each winner will receive a $1,000 scholarship for college.

Contestants are to write a brief (around 300 words) report from one of the five topics provided.

Trips to Washington, DC

The trip is June 9 through June 15, 2007. Winners travel by chartered bus to Washington, DC, where they interact with 1,300 counterparts from 40 states. Highlights of the trip include a boat ride and dance on the Potomac River, visits to the Smithsonian Museums, Capitol Hill, and dinner and a play.

Wake Electric has sponsored high school juniors to this event over 32 years.

Additional Youth Tour Scholarships

The $2,500 Gwyn B. Price Youth Tour Scholarship, the $2,000 Katie Bunch Memorial Scholarship and the $2,000 Youth Leadership Council Scholarship are awarded each year to youth tour participants.

All youth tourists who participate from North Carolina are eligible for the awards. They receive application forms during their senior year and a panel of judges selects the winners.

Contest Guidelines

The contest is open to high school juniors living in counties Wake Electric serves: Durham, Franklin, Granville, Johnston, Nash, Vance and Wake counties.

Criteria for contest includes:

• Originality and accuracy of written report—60 percent

• Scholastic and extracurricular activities—40 percent

Forms must be completed and returned by January 31, 2007.

Contest Topics

Important: Choose only one of the topics below and write about it in a brief (around 300-words) essay.

1. Imagine a weeklong power outage in your neighborhood, or interview someone who remembers life before electricity. Without electricity, how would your day-to-day life be different?

2. What are the basic differences between cooperatives and other forms of business?

3. What are the pros and cons of deregulating the electric industry?

4. What new or different source of energy could we see in the future?

5. What new or different ways could electricity be used in the future?

Questions?

Contact Matt Vernon, 919-863-6315 or 1 800-953-9961. Email: matt.vernon@wemc.com.

Application in Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat formats.