Texas Co-op Power

Texas Co-op Power is a monthly magazine you get as a member of Medina EC. It has great stories about Texas, happenings from across the state, delicious recipes, helpful tips to help you save money and electricity, and the latest updates from your cooperative!

If you have a story idea or question, email us at MyCoop@MedinaEC.org. You can also request a previous issue be mailed to you if you're missing one. To submit an event to be featured in the monthly calendar, visit www.texascooppower.com.

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			December 2019 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: A Star is Born \| P. 8 \| Read Online The Call of the Tamalada \| P. 11 \| Read Online CEO Message \| P. 18 \| Common Causes of Outages \| P. 20 \| Read Online Rooted in the Onion Business: Dixondale Farms \| P. 24 \| Read Online Nixon's Attack on Co-ops \| P. 29 \| Read Online Recipes \| Cookies & Candies \| P. 31 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Deserts \| P. 35 \| Read Online Hit the Road with Chet Garner \| Camp Street Blues \| P. 38 \| Read Online

			November 2019 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: A Leader of Kind Strangers \| P. 7 \| Read Online In the Making \| P. 8 \| Read Online CEO Message \| P. 20 \| Celebrating Our Employees \| P. 21 \| Shop and Save Locally: Co-op Connections Card \| P. 24 \| Read Online Recap: 81st Annual Membership Meeting \| P. 26 \| Read Online Alamo Survivor? \| P. 33 \| Read Online Recipes \| 2019 Holiday Recipe Contest Winners \| P. 35 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Up the Creek \| P. 39 \| Read Online

			October 2019 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: A Final Score \| P. 8 \| Read Online Putting Others First \| P. 12 \| Read Online CEO Message \| P. 18 \| Get Text Message About Outages \| P. 20 \| Read Online Medical Marvel \| P. 22 \| Read Online Recipes \| Company Dinner \| P. 31 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Giving Back \| P. 35 \| Read Online

			September 2019 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: Big Bend's Golden Triabgle \| P. 8 \| Read Online Board President and CEO Message \| P. 18 \| Year in Review: 80 Years and Counting \| P. 19 \| Read Online Board Election Details \| P. 24 Recipes \| Happy Hours \| P. 31 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Texas Vacation \| P. 35

			August 2019 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: A Commitment to Quality of Life \| P. 8 \| Read Online The Seventh Cooperative Principle \| P. 18 \| Read Online The Buzz on Pollinators \| P. 20 \| Read Online Board Approves Tariff Changes \| P. 24 Recipes \| Beef \| P. 31 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Family Ties \| P. 35

			July 2019 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: Native Soil \| P. 8 \| Read Online Grown Locally \| P. 10 \| Read Online Celebrating Employees \| P. 18 Record Electricity Use Expected This Summer \| P. 21 \| Read Online Field Guide to Power Lines \| P. 24 \| Read Online Ask the Co-op: Small Business Rates \| P. 25 Recipes \| Gulf Shrimp \| P. 31 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Trucks \| P. 35 \| Read Online

			June 2019 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: Drive In, Chill Out \| P. 8 \| Read Online Make It a Large \| P. 12 \| Read Online (Featuring Medina County's very own Dirt Road Cookers) Preparing for Hurricane Season \| P. 18 \| Read Online Lightning Safety Enlightenment \| P. 21 South Texas Students Head to DC \| P. 22 \| Read Online Do Your Part - Energy Conservation \| P. 23 Downed & Dangerous \| P. 23 Recipes \| Standout Summer Sides \| P. 31 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Feedin' Time \| P. 35 \| Read Online

			May 2019 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: This Little Piggy \| P. 8 \| Read Online Small Business Week \| P. 18 Fighting Fires With Retired Co-op Trucks \| P. 23 Work of Heart \| P. 20 \| Read Online Be the Change with Your Change \| P. 23 Power and Peaks \| P. 24\| Read Online Recipes \| DIY Takeout \| P. 31 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: On the Ranch \| P. 35 \| Read Online

			April 2019 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: What Moves You? \| P. 8 \| Read Online The Faces Behind Your Power \| P. 20 \| Read Online Drive With Care Through Work Zones \| P. 22 \| Read Online Prepping For Disaster \| P. 24 A Morning In A Lineman's Life: Setting A Pole \| P. 25 Recipes \| Layer Cakes \| P. 35 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Miles and Miles of Texas \| P. 39 \| Read Online

			March 2019 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: Gearing Up: Evoluatin of Safety Equipment \| P. 8 \| Read Online Texas: A Blues State \| P. 10 \| Read Online Employees Give Back \| P. 20 \| Read Online Nondiscrimination Statement \| P. 21 Breaking Down Your Electric Bill \| P. 22 \| Read Online Directors Earn Gold \| P. 24 Getting Lights Back on After an Outage \| P. 25 Recipes \| Winner, Winner, chicken Dinner \| P. 31 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Trees \| P. 35 \| Read Online

			February 2019 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: Hail the Halls \| P. 8 \| Read Online Cooperatives Need Your Involvement \| P. 18 Battle Winter Energy Bill Woes \| P. 19 $1.5 Million in Capital Credits Returned to Members \| P. 20 \| Read Online Warning: Beware of Downed Power Lines \| P. 21 Penny-ful to Plentiful \| P. 22 \| Read Online Recipes \| Cozy Casseroles \| P. 31 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Two of a Kind \| P. 35 \| Read Online

			January 2019 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: A Hidden Man's Gem \| P. 8 \| Read Online How Much Can You Save This Year? \| P. 18 Sharing Success: Cooperative Spirit of Giving \| P. 20 \| Read Online Quick Tips to Avoid High Winter Bills \| P. 21 Interested in Serving on Medina EC's Board of Directors \| P. 22 \| Read Online Bylaws Excerpt: Article 4 - Board of Directors \| P. 23 Recipes \| Sunny Citrus \| P. 31 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Harvest \| P. 35 \| Read Online

			December 2018 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: The Healing Power of Horses \| P. 8 \| Read Online The Power of the Sun \| P. 20 Stay Warm and Safe this Winter \| P. 22 Get Outage Alerts Texted to You \| P. 24\| Read Online Horse Play Becomes Therapy \| P. 25 \| Read Online Recipes \| Quick and Easy Holiday Appetizers \| P. 31 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: High Contrast \| P. 35 \| Read Online

			November 2018 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: Message from the CEO \| Inside Page of the Outside Cover Circle of Life \| P. 8 \| Read Online Cold Weather Equals Higher Bills \| P. 20 Pennies for Purpose \| P. 21 Day Trips in South Texas - Hebbronville: Vaquero Capital \| P. 23 \| Read Online Shop and Save Locally: Co-op Connections Card \| P. 24 Recap: 80th Annual Membership Meeting \| P. 26 \| Read Online Recipes \| 2018 Holiday Recipe Contest Winners \| P. 34 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Abandoned Buildings \| P. 39 \| Read Online

			October 2018 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: More Than Electricity \| P. 8 \| Read Online Cooperating For You \| P. 18 \| Read Online Operation Grocery Give \| P. 19 2019 Youth Tour \| P. 20 Day Trips in South Texas - Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto \| P. 21 \| Read Online Your Rights as a Customer \| P. 24 Sus Derechos Como Cliente \| P. 25 Recipes \| The Great Pumpkin \| P. 31 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Clocks \| P. 35 \| Read Online

			September 2018 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: Hill County Ramble: Culture and fun in this scenic swatch of Central Texas \| P. 8 \| Read Online Frontier Texas: Where the West - and the Texas Forts Trail - begin \| P. 14 \| Read Online Year in Review: 80 Years and Counting \| P. 18 \| Read Online Operating Statistics (2016-2017) \| P. 20 The Fun at Annual Meeting: It's not all business \| P. 23 \| Read Online Visit Laredo! \| P. 23 Board Election (director nominee biographies) \| P. 24 Annual Membership Meeting - September 30, 2017 (minutes) \| P. 25

			August 2018 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: All the State's a Stage \| P. 8 \| Read Online Our Rio Grande City Office is Moving \| P. 18 Helping Neighbors with Spare Change \| P. 19 Day Trips in South Texas - Local Libraries More than Books \| P. 21 \| Read Online Teach for America Corps Members Help Students Find Path to College \| P. 23 Empowering Communities Through Grants \| P. 24 \| Read Online

			December 2019 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: A Star is Born \| P. 8 \| Read Online The Call of the Tamalada \| P. 11 \| Read Online CEO Message \| P. 18 \| Common Causes of Outages \| P. 20 \| Read Online Rooted in the Onion Business: Dixondale Farms \| P. 24 \| Read Online Nixon's Attack on Co-ops \| P. 29 \| Read Online Recipes \| Cookies & Candies \| P. 31 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Deserts \| P. 35 \| Read Online Hit the Road with Chet Garner \| Camp Street Blues \| P. 38 \| Read Online

			November 2019 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: A Leader of Kind Strangers \| P. 7 \| Read Online In the Making \| P. 8 \| Read Online CEO Message \| P. 20 \| Celebrating Our Employees \| P. 21 \| Shop and Save Locally: Co-op Connections Card \| P. 24 \| Read Online Recap: 81st Annual Membership Meeting \| P. 26 \| Read Online Alamo Survivor? \| P. 33 \| Read Online Recipes \| 2019 Holiday Recipe Contest Winners \| P. 35 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Up the Creek \| P. 39 \| Read Online

			October 2019 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: A Final Score \| P. 8 \| Read Online Putting Others First \| P. 12 \| Read Online CEO Message \| P. 18 \| Get Text Message About Outages \| P. 20 \| Read Online Medical Marvel \| P. 22 \| Read Online Recipes \| Company Dinner \| P. 31 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Giving Back \| P. 35 \| Read Online

			September 2019 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: Big Bend's Golden Triabgle \| P. 8 \| Read Online Board President and CEO Message \| P. 18 \| Year in Review: 80 Years and Counting \| P. 19 \| Read Online Board Election Details \| P. 24 Recipes \| Happy Hours \| P. 31 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Texas Vacation \| P. 35

			August 2019 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: A Commitment to Quality of Life \| P. 8 \| Read Online The Seventh Cooperative Principle \| P. 18 \| Read Online The Buzz on Pollinators \| P. 20 \| Read Online Board Approves Tariff Changes \| P. 24 Recipes \| Beef \| P. 31 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Family Ties \| P. 35

			July 2019 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: Native Soil \| P. 8 \| Read Online Grown Locally \| P. 10 \| Read Online Celebrating Employees \| P. 18 Record Electricity Use Expected This Summer \| P. 21 \| Read Online Field Guide to Power Lines \| P. 24 \| Read Online Ask the Co-op: Small Business Rates \| P. 25 Recipes \| Gulf Shrimp \| P. 31 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Trucks \| P. 35 \| Read Online

			June 2019 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: Drive In, Chill Out \| P. 8 \| Read Online Make It a Large \| P. 12 \| Read Online (Featuring Medina County's very own Dirt Road Cookers) Preparing for Hurricane Season \| P. 18 \| Read Online Lightning Safety Enlightenment \| P. 21 South Texas Students Head to DC \| P. 22 \| Read Online Do Your Part - Energy Conservation \| P. 23 Downed & Dangerous \| P. 23 Recipes \| Standout Summer Sides \| P. 31 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Feedin' Time \| P. 35 \| Read Online

			May 2019 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: This Little Piggy \| P. 8 \| Read Online Small Business Week \| P. 18 Fighting Fires With Retired Co-op Trucks \| P. 23 Work of Heart \| P. 20 \| Read Online Be the Change with Your Change \| P. 23 Power and Peaks \| P. 24\| Read Online Recipes \| DIY Takeout \| P. 31 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: On the Ranch \| P. 35 \| Read Online

			April 2019 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: What Moves You? \| P. 8 \| Read Online The Faces Behind Your Power \| P. 20 \| Read Online Drive With Care Through Work Zones \| P. 22 \| Read Online Prepping For Disaster \| P. 24 A Morning In A Lineman's Life: Setting A Pole \| P. 25 Recipes \| Layer Cakes \| P. 35 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Miles and Miles of Texas \| P. 39 \| Read Online

			March 2019 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: Gearing Up: Evoluatin of Safety Equipment \| P. 8 \| Read Online Texas: A Blues State \| P. 10 \| Read Online Employees Give Back \| P. 20 \| Read Online Nondiscrimination Statement \| P. 21 Breaking Down Your Electric Bill \| P. 22 \| Read Online Directors Earn Gold \| P. 24 Getting Lights Back on After an Outage \| P. 25 Recipes \| Winner, Winner, chicken Dinner \| P. 31 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Trees \| P. 35 \| Read Online

			February 2019 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: Hail the Halls \| P. 8 \| Read Online Cooperatives Need Your Involvement \| P. 18 Battle Winter Energy Bill Woes \| P. 19 $1.5 Million in Capital Credits Returned to Members \| P. 20 \| Read Online Warning: Beware of Downed Power Lines \| P. 21 Penny-ful to Plentiful \| P. 22 \| Read Online Recipes \| Cozy Casseroles \| P. 31 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Two of a Kind \| P. 35 \| Read Online

			January 2019 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: A Hidden Man's Gem \| P. 8 \| Read Online How Much Can You Save This Year? \| P. 18 Sharing Success: Cooperative Spirit of Giving \| P. 20 \| Read Online Quick Tips to Avoid High Winter Bills \| P. 21 Interested in Serving on Medina EC's Board of Directors \| P. 22 \| Read Online Bylaws Excerpt: Article 4 - Board of Directors \| P. 23 Recipes \| Sunny Citrus \| P. 31 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Harvest \| P. 35 \| Read Online

			December 2018 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: The Healing Power of Horses \| P. 8 \| Read Online The Power of the Sun \| P. 20 Stay Warm and Safe this Winter \| P. 22 Get Outage Alerts Texted to You \| P. 24\| Read Online Horse Play Becomes Therapy \| P. 25 \| Read Online Recipes \| Quick and Easy Holiday Appetizers \| P. 31 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: High Contrast \| P. 35 \| Read Online

			November 2018 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: Message from the CEO \| Inside Page of the Outside Cover Circle of Life \| P. 8 \| Read Online Cold Weather Equals Higher Bills \| P. 20 Pennies for Purpose \| P. 21 Day Trips in South Texas - Hebbronville: Vaquero Capital \| P. 23 \| Read Online Shop and Save Locally: Co-op Connections Card \| P. 24 Recap: 80th Annual Membership Meeting \| P. 26 \| Read Online Recipes \| 2018 Holiday Recipe Contest Winners \| P. 34 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Abandoned Buildings \| P. 39 \| Read Online

			October 2018 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: More Than Electricity \| P. 8 \| Read Online Cooperating For You \| P. 18 \| Read Online Operation Grocery Give \| P. 19 2019 Youth Tour \| P. 20 Day Trips in South Texas - Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto \| P. 21 \| Read Online Your Rights as a Customer \| P. 24 Sus Derechos Como Cliente \| P. 25 Recipes \| The Great Pumpkin \| P. 31 \| Read Online Photos \| Focus on Texas: Clocks \| P. 35 \| Read Online

			September 2018 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: Hill County Ramble: Culture and fun in this scenic swatch of Central Texas \| P. 8 \| Read Online Frontier Texas: Where the West - and the Texas Forts Trail - begin \| P. 14 \| Read Online Year in Review: 80 Years and Counting \| P. 18 \| Read Online Operating Statistics (2016-2017) \| P. 20 The Fun at Annual Meeting: It's not all business \| P. 23 \| Read Online Visit Laredo! \| P. 23 Board Election (director nominee biographies) \| P. 24 Annual Membership Meeting - September 30, 2017 (minutes) \| P. 25

			August 2018 Digital version \| Check us out on TexasCoopPower.com In This Issue: All the State's a Stage \| P. 8 \| Read Online Our Rio Grande City Office is Moving \| P. 18 Helping Neighbors with Spare Change \| P. 19 Day Trips in South Texas - Local Libraries More than Books \| P. 21 \| Read Online Teach for America Corps Members Help Students Find Path to College \| P. 23 Empowering Communities Through Grants \| P. 24 \| Read Online

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