Electric co-op members fund local causes . . .

Checks totaling $6,050 were awarded to local area organizations by Clearwater-Polk Electric Co-op’s Operation Round Up. Fourteen checks ranging from $200 to $500 were handed out. This latest round of donations brings the total contributed via Operation Round Up to $397,569 since its inception in 1997. Operation Round Up funds are derived from members of the cooperative allowing their monthly electric bill to be rounded up to the nearest dollar, with the difference going into the funds managed by a board of trustees. Above, Trustee Cindy Benson stands with recipients: (from left, front row) Caliber Gray, Gladys Luecken, Lorraine Brustad, Gage Gray, Teresa Dunn, Amy Kent; (back row) Benson, Marty Cobenais, Tamara Edevold, Brenda Rouland and Cassie Dahl. Donations went to: Bagley Elementary Library, Cassie Dahl’s class at Bagley Elementary, Bagley High School, BHS Robotics, Bagley Elementary newspaper, Clearbrook-Gonvick After-Prom, Clearbrook-Leonard Sr. Center, Clear Waters Life Center, Clearwater County Historical Society, Community Christmas Day dinner, Northern Exposure to Lifelong Learning, Clearwater Christmas Project, Farm by the Lake.