OUR MISSION To inform you about your cooperative and its efforts to serve your energy needs; how to use electricity safely and efficiently; and the people who define and enhance the quality of life in communities served by electric co-ops. There shall be eternal summer in a grateful heart. – CELIA THAXTER VISIT CO-OPLIVING.COM READER PHOTO: TORI NICHOLS, STAFFORD, VA FEATURES LIKE US ON FACEBOOK 7 PRETTY IN PINK. Lora Jenkins, Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative member, sent us this photo of dogwood blooms. BEAR CUB BAILOUT No bunny for this BARC Electric crew. Their Easter entailed another kind of critter. 10 GREATEST GENERATION Remembering the bravery and bloodshed of World War II, 75 years later. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM 15 GOT THIS LICKED! Gina McConnell, Choptank Electric Cooperative member, sent us this photo of her grandpuppy, Dutch, licking the beaters. TAI CHI TEACHER For Lonnie Calhoun, calming moves amid a lifetime of activism. 29 SIMPLY SCRUMPTIOUS Take a bite out of your backyard with flavorful flowers and weeds. THIS MONTH’S COVER The Pacific campaign entailed some of the bloodiest battles of World War II. C over photo: Marines trek through Okinawa in spring 1945 co-opliving.com DEPARTMENTS 2 4 4 5 Viewpoint Brights Mailbag Training Tracks 6 13 14 16 Say Cheese Co-op People Your Business Happenings 26 28 34 40 Energy Sense Garden Muse Kids’ Korner Rural Living PHOTO BY U.S. MARINE CORPS/ ROBERT BAILEY/NATIONAL ARCHIVES Please recycle. June 2020 | Cooperative Living | 1
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