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Dignitaries join members for our Annual Meeting. Left to right: Town of New Ellenton Mayor Vernon Dunbar, AEC Trustee Dana Moseley, Aiken City Council member Gail Bush-Diggs, AEC Trustee Assistant Secretary/Treasurer Frank Dorn, Representative Don Wells, CEO Gary Stooksbury, Aiken City Council member Lessie Price, AEC Trustee Raymond Hutto, Representative Bill Taylor, Representative Joe Wilson, AEC Trustee Wayne Furtick, Town of Johnston Mayor Terrance Culbreath, AEC Trustee P. Edward Swartz, AEC Trustee Vice President Robert Curry, AEC Trustee President Dewitt Livingston, AEC Trustee Secretary/Treasurer Linda Bramlett, AEC Trustee Theo Williams, Senator Tom Young, Reverend John Bennett, Representative Chris Corley, AEC Trustee James Stewart, Jr.
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Grand Prize winner, Leslie Burgess, sits on her John Deere lawn tractor for the first time.
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ACRE member Joseph Lain receives his TV from AEC’s Kenny Brown. Lain is a retiree of Santee Cooper and has been attending the Annual Meeting since 1958.
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Natalie Boles, 10, proves she’s brave enough to handle a live alligator! The Savannah River Ecology Laboratory also had live snakes on display.
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The Rentz brothers (from left) Jonah, Josiah, Joseph, Joel and Joshua show us their freshly painted faces—and popsicle eating-skills!
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Emcee Lou Green gave Ahmaurianah Bing Young a cash prize for being the first person to the stage with a Bible.
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Okefenokee Joe, aka Aiken Electric members Dick Flood shares stories and songs about being “Swampwise,” the name of his Emmy-wing show on Georgia public television.
Aiken Electric Cooperative hosted nearly 4,000 member-owners for their Annual Meeting May 16. Activities for the day included face painting, a health fair, unique balloons designs, blood mobile and computer recycling center. It was surely a family event, filled with fun for all!