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Recipes Your Best Pies 39 Focus on Texas Photo Contest: Swings 40 Around Texas List of Local Events 42 Hit the Road Taking in Tyler by Melissa Gaskill LOCAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE EDITION APRIL 2016 Helping Local Libraries Gettysburg Casualty Best Pies. Yum! HATSON! Texas hatmakers have you covered We’re e on a mission to set the neighborhood standard. With the most dependable equipment, we create spectacular spaces. We thrive on the fresh air, the challenge and the results of our efforts. We set the bar high to create a space we’re proud to call our own. kubota.com © Kubota Tractorr Corpporation, 2016 Since 1944 April 2016 FAVORITES 5 Letters 6 Currents 20 Local Co-op News Get the latest information plus energy and safety tips from your cooperative. 33 Texas History Gettysburg’s Last Casualty By E.R. 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Linemen keep your lights on. appeared in English in When nasty storms hit and you Nita Redmon, a member of HILCO Electric Cooperative 1922, a translation of seek shelter, they grab their the French market’s and one of Antique Alley’s organizers, says it never gets old gear, charge into the teeth of name for secondhand the worst weather, repair when a visitor tells her, “This was my first Antique Alley goods, which in the damage and restore electricity. 1800s sometimes con- Texas, but it won’t be my last.” Who doesn’t appreciate that? tained fleas. Another The flea market-style event started in 1999 and includes story is that used-goods Co-op linemen also readily merchants were forced volunteer through NRECA stops in pastures along FM 916, FM 4 and Texas Highway 81.
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