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When You Are the Product

Understand your web presence and how you can keep your information secure and private By Sheena Marrs If you have ever had a conversation and were subsequently showered by the topic or related products in ads and your news feed, you are not alone. You may have thought it was a coincidence or, worse, that […]

December 2021 Back Page – Let it Snow

Although elders are expected to be the source for wise words, we often hear wisdom from any number of sources. So often these days proverbs and platitudes come from the inexhaustible well of truth and fiction provided by the internet. My daughter shared some words the other day that rang true, “You can choose to […]

AVEC Spotlight on Pam Lyons

Learn what it takes to be an electric utility procurement specialist By Sheena Marrs Every project needs materials and equipment. The people who can get those are often just as valuable. Pam Lyons started with Alaska Village Electric Cooperative as an engineering secretary in March 2000, shortly after moving to Anchorage from Fairbanks. She welcomed […]

How to Add or Upgrade Streetlights

By Sheena Marrs Thank you to the AVEC village chairpersons and secretaries who held community meetings in 2021. A special thanks to community members who attended. Delegates have done an excellent job addressing resolutions and concerns discussed during those meetings. Due to the pandemic, the time allowed for members to hold their community annual meetings […]

November 2021 Back Page – Giving Thanks

I could fill the page with the names of people that make our cooperative great, and that is just with people whose names I know. The coop’s members and employees immediately come to mind but people around the state contribute to keeping the lights on. From the baggage handler at the airport to the material […]