TWICE AS NICE - Co-op Web Builder 3heartlandpower2.coopwebbuilder2.com/sites...TWICE AS NICE Seeing Double: HPC Director Mark Kingland (R) presents two $1,000 checks to representatives

Rain, rain, and even more rain...that was the story of early to mid July for much of North Iowa as a handful of summer storms swept through the area. Unforunately for many, these storms were accompanied by strong winds, hail, and flooding.

The most severe of these storms came at 2:30 A.M. the morning of July 7th. Overhanging trees were the cause of the outage for over 120 of the 200 members without power early that morning.

I’d like to thank our dedicated line crew for their hard work to restore power quickly and safely. I’d also like to recognize them for their constant efforts to inspect and improve line, poles, and other equipment year-round. By going the extra mile, we are able to increase reliability and minimize the outages we do have during severe weather.

In return, I’d also like to thank you, our member-owners, for your patience during these interruptions in service and for calling in to report your outage. We’d like to remind you to always contact us if you are out of power. The more calls we receive, the easier it is to determine

where the cause is. In addition, it is not uncommon for a fallen tree branch or lightning strike to be effecting only the tap line heading to your home. By calling in, you guarantee that we know about your outage and get your power back on with everyone else’s.

I’d also like to thank you for your cooperation with the tree trimming we do at Heartland. A majority of our outages are still caused by overhanging tree limbs or trees close to the power line. With your support in tree-trimming, we can continue to make our system more reliable.

On a different note, I want to mention that over the past year, we have been studying our rates to ensure that we meet the requirements of our lenders and that each class of membership is paying their fair share of the costs. We will be finalizing the rate study later this summer and will be talking with the board to determine if rate changes will be necessary. Please stay tuned for more information.

Severe WeatherSafety | p 2We’re not in the clear yet! Find severe weather safety tips inside.

Appliance Pick Up | p 3Appliance Recycling Pick-Up will be September 12-16. Find more information inside!

A L S O I N T H I S I S S U E

A monthly publication for members of Heartland Power Cooperative | August 2016

Work From Above: Heartland Power Lineman Justin Gasteiger (L) and 1000 Hour Lineman Colton Scarpol-Ost (R) work on a line.

Reminder: The summer rate of 11.6 cents/kWh is in effect June - August.

Have a question? Join us in discussing avariety of cooperative topics at the upcoming member meetings to be held August 24th at the Round-Up Room in Thompson and August 31st at the new Osage Fire/Police Station. For those attending in Osage, please park in the lot shared with the library and enter through the police station doors.

THOMPSONWED. AUGUST 246:30 P.M.Round-Up Room, BI

OSAGEWED. AUGUST 316:30 P.M.Osage Fire/Police Station

Twice as Nice | p 3Giving is a good thing. Partnering together in giving...now that’s even better!

RAINS & RATESA MID-SUMMER CO-OP UPDATE

Jon Leerar, CEO/GM

$25 BILL CREDIT WINNER

The lucky winner of last month’s drawing was Dale & Colleen Keh-ret of Charles City!

LAST MONTH’S ANSWER

Submissions for the photo contest are due September 11.

THIS MONTH’S QUESTION

When and where is the member meeting closest to you?

QUIZ GUIDELINES

Each member who sends in the correct answer by the 20th of the month will be entered in a drawing for a $25 bill credit.

Mail or email quiz answers [email protected]

2 | NEWS AND VIEWS: AUGUST 2016

- Always assume downed power lines are live and dangerous. Stay away and keep others away. If you are driving and come in contact with a power line, stay in your vehicle.

- Never enter a flooded basement if electrical outlets are submerged. The water could be energized.

- Make sure electricity and gas are turned off before entering storm- damaged buildings.

SEVERE WEATHERSAFETY

TAKE THECO-OP QUIZ

Bring this registration slip to the Rural Electric Cooperatives of Iowa lot at the Farm Progress Show to register for a chance to win a generator or freezer!

NAME* ______________________________________________

BUSINESS __________________________________________

ADDRESS* __________________________________________

CITY* __________________________ ST* ____ZIP* _________

PHONE* __________________________

E-MAIL ______________________________________________

My Electric Cooperative** _______________________________

*Required information. **Must be a member of a Rural Electric Cooperative in Iowa to win.

The 2016 Farm Progress Show is Aug 30 - Sept 1, at the intersection of Hwy. 30 and Hwy. 17 near Boone, Iowa.

Planning to Attend theFarm Progress Show?Stop by the Rural Electric Cooperatives of Iowa booth to register for a chance to win a generator or freezer and learn about electric safety and energy efficiency!

The Farm Progress show will be held August 30 - September 1 in Boone, IA.

Fill out your registration slip>>

Heartland Power Co-op

HEARTLAND POWER COOPERATIVE | [email protected] | www.heartlandpower.com | www.facebook.com/heartlandpower

Two area food banks were seeing double last month as Heartland Power Cooperative board members handed each of the organizations not one, but two $1,000 checks.

The first donation was from Heartland Power Cooperative. The second, a generous matching grant from CoBank, our primary financing partner, through its Sharing Success program.

Sharing Success was established in 2012 to celebrate the International Year of the Cooperative. The response from the bank’s customers was overwhelmingly positive and the bank has renewed the program each year since. Since the program’s inception, CoBank and its customers have together provided nearly $14 million in support to charitable organizations across the nation.

The $4,000 in donations will be used to help the Mitchell County Food Bank in St. Ansgar and Neighborhood Food Bank in Forest City provide food and supplies to needing area residents.

TWICE AS NICE

Seeing Double: HPC Director Mark Kingland (R)presents two $1,000 checks to representatives of the Neighborhood Food Bank in Forest City.

Heartland Power will be sponsoring an appliance pick-up on qualifying appliances the week of September 12-16. Call our office by September 1 to have your extra working refrigerator, freezer, or window air conditioner picked up during that week free of charge.

Other appliances may be collected at a cost of $15 per appliance, which will need to be paid to our pick up service provider the day of pick up. Contact our office so these additional appliances may be added to the list.

Please have appliances sitting out and easily accessible. No appliances will be carried out of basements.

That extra refrigerator or freezer in the garage is probably costing you more money than you think. Did you know that old refrigerators and freezers could use up to five times more electricity than a newer, energy efficient model? Ditch the second refrigerator, or consider purchasing a new energy efficient model.

Are these energy hogs costing you?

APPLIANCE RECYCLING PICK-UP WEEK

The Trading Place...Heartland Power Cooperative publishes free ads as a service for our members with the fol-

lowing guidelines: Any Heartland Power member or employee may submit ads, the members’ name, account number and phone number are required for all ads. Ads will be printed for one

month only. We will only accept two ads per member per month. No ads will be taken over the phone. Heartland Power reserves the right to reject ads. Please mail your ad to PO Box 65, Thompson, Iowa 50478; or you can email your ad to [email protected]. Deadline is

the 20th of the month prior to publication.

Providing members with safe, reliable, affordable electricity and enhancing the quality of life for members and their local communities.

GENERAL INFORMATIONOffice Hours 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. M - F

Thompson 216 Jackson St | P.O. Box 65Thompson, IA 50478

641.584.2251

St. Ansgar 605 East 4th St. | P.O. Box 70St. Ansgar, IA 50472

641.713.4965

Outage Reporting Thompson 641.584.2200 St. Ansgar 641.713.4646

System Wide 888.417.3007

Digging & Line Location Call 811

Website www.heartlandpower.comEmail [email protected] facebook.com/heartlandpower

CEO/GENERAL MANAGER Jon Leerar

BOARD OF DIRECTORSRichard Rosenberg, President 641.736.2378Roger Solomonson, Vice President 641.590.0049Mark Kingland, Treasurer 641.590.4400Larry Tjaden, Secretary 641.220.0114Gary Pearson Asst. Secretary-Treasurer 641.420.2990

Roger Tjarks, DPC Director 515.341.5444Vince Morische, Director 641.732.4076Don Knudtson, Director 641-590-1416

Acreage For Sale: 4054 410th St, Buffalo Center, 3 bedroom ranch house with 1 ½ baths, unfin-ished basement, 2 stall detached garage, 16’x24’ storage building, 26’x48’ machine shed. $109,900 Call 641-590-0612.

For Sale: 2011 Palomino Puma – 31DBSS, 31ft., 7873 Weight, Front Master Bedroom with Bath-room with Tub Shower, U Shaped Dinette, Jack Knife Couch on Slide Out , Left Rear Corner Toilet with Outside Door, Bunk House Slide with 1 Twin Bunk and Lower Queen Fold Out Floor Mat, 16’ Power Awning, Brown Interior, Asking $13,950 Jeff Lewis 641-220-1549

For Sale: Bruno VSL 6900 Curb Slider Scooter/Power Chair Lift - This Unit Lifts & Stores any Mobility Device up to 400 LBS. Compact Design requiring Minimal Space . Mount in Truck, Van or Sport Utility. A Mini Hoist Run by your Vehicle Bat-tery, This Unit is Like New & Just Removed from a Dodge Mini Van. It is Complete with all Brackets, Hardware & Wiring Harness, Has Optional Hand Held Controls, Can Let You Run it before You Purchase. These Units are Around $3,000. New. I’m Selling this for Only $1,500. Best Part is Made in the USA. Possible Installation. Jeff Lewis 641-220-1549

For Sale: 10” craftsman radial arm saw with metal bench stand and extras: $250. 10” craftsman cast iron table saw: $200. 10 hole metal wall mount hen layer box,:$50 641-592-5635 after 6:00.

For Sale: Farm Star 3 point post hole digger with 9” and 12” augers. Like new. 641-832-0030.

For Sale: 2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue, 200,000 plus miles, $750.00. Call 507-653-4340.

For Sale: IH 806 gas with bucket and quick hitch blade. 4138 hours. Always stored inside. Has been used to push snow and grade driveway. Runs well. Solid tractor. Also have heat houser and stands for loader bucket. $7900.00. 641-832-7556.

For Sale: Wood Furnace, fairly new, very efficient. Comes with some duct work and some chimney. $400. 641-228-2081.

For Sale: 500 bu. Lowry grain dump pit. Tank is in excellent condition. Unload auger is rebuilt . the auger tube needs minor repairs. $2000.00. Phone: 641-732-5768.

For Sale: Nearly new Swisher 60” pull behind finishing mower. New $1,400. Asking $700. Bad back, have to quit mowing. Call 956-358-3710. Thompson.

For Sale: 4-skidloader belting wheels, 8-blot center and steel cleats. 14” wide x 33” high. Good cond. $1,900 OBO. 641-228-3305.

For Sale: 18 - stewing hens and 2- roosters. $2.00 each. 641-228-3305

Wanted: Someone to hire to mow my road ditch with “batwing” mower twice this summer. 6 mi. NW of Forest City. Timothy Palmer, 641-581-4500.

For Sale: Olive green Wall Away Recliner. Excellent cond. $200. Call 641-590-0221.

Property For Sale: 10 acres, large 2-story house, 5 bedroom, 2 bath, detached 2-car garage, 32’x32’ shop, cattle floor, and other buildings, approx. 4 acres pasture, $210,000. OBO. New Haven, IA. 319-330-8142, 319-430-3113.

For Sale: (2) 18 ft. H&S Forage Boxes, 12 ton Westendorf running gear 2/ 16x16 in. rubber. Always stored inside. 641-732-3049.

For Sale: New Holland silo blower. Model 28. Always shedded. 641-732-3049.

For Sale: 3 pc bedroom set with a full size bed; $425. 641-228-7481.

For Sale: Queen size bed. $95.00. Call 641-228-7481.

Property For Sale: 3397 Hickory Ave. Osage. 3.9 A. 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths, (1 with lg. hot tub), main floor laundry, central air, new French doors, insulated 2 car garage, 60 x 64 shop built in ‘11, finished interior, in floor heat, 18’ overhead door, 1/2 bath, air conditioned, spray booth with exhaust, fruit trees, grapevine, lg. garden with strawberry patch, asparagus row, swing set sur-rounded by sandbox 641-330-1406.

For Sale: Nursing Uniforms. Matching tops, bot-toms & Jackets. Name Brands, different colors and patterns, good condition, some new, never worn. Sizes L & XL. 641-430-6600.

For Sale: 4 Superior Turbine style mag wheels. 15x8 fits 5.5 inch 6 bolt Chev trucks. Includes lug nuts, caps & P235/75R15 tires - $300 or best offer. Front Spoiler fits 1984 Chev pickup. Includes hardware - $30. 641-430-6684.

For Sale: 2011 Honda CRV, LX. 2.4 Liter, automat-ic, fuel injected. AWD. Power steering, win-dows, locks, brakes. AM/FM CD. Air, cruise, tilt, telescope. Alloy Wheels. 67k actual miles. Black with black cloth. Asking $11,700. Mark Jahnel 641.732.3678.

For Sale: 2005 Hyundai GX 350. V6, automatic. Air, cruise, tilt. AM/FM CD player, Alloy wheels. Power steering, brakes, locks, windows, seats. Alloy wheels. Heated seats. Sunroof. Like brand new tires. 81,000 miles. Silver with black leather. Asking $4,650. Mark Jahnel 641.732.3678.

For Sale: Hutchinson 8” inch take out auger with power sweet, 7 1/2 HP for 42 foot diameter bin. Also aeration floor panels and 3 Chicago 24 inch 5 HP fans. PH: 641-581-4500.

For Sale: New electronic treadmill. Pro-Form 580 LT Model No PFTL 49908.0. Made to use with I Pod. Still in shipping carton. Top of the line. Orig-inally $1,850, will sell for $1,200. Call 641-581-5284. Cell 641-251-4664.

Sun-Filled June Brings Record High Members participating in community solar saw a record month this June as each unit generated 53 kWh. That’s a value of $6.15 per panel!

Looking to protect yourself from future energy rate increases? Visit our website or give us a call for more information on Heartland Power’s community solar array or to purchase units.