OMPA outlet, 12/2013 v.29 no.12

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General Manager’s Report -
2014 Published Rates Increase
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Board Report -
November 14, 2013
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From the Board Chair -
The Board’s Fall Road Trip To Kingfisher
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Legislative Update - Thinking Ahead To The 2014 Election
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Lineman’s Corner -
Improving Reliability
To Our Members
DECEMBER 2013 VOL. 29 NO. 12
OMPA MEMBER CITIES:
Altus, Blackwell, Comanche, Copan, Duncan, Edmond, Eldorado, Fairview, Frederick, Geary, Goltry, Granite, Hominy, Kingfisher, Laverne, Lexington, Mangum, Manitou, Marlow, Newkirk, Okeene, Olustee, Orlando, Pawhuska, Perry, Ponca City, Pond Creek, Prague, Purcell, Ryan, Spiro, Tecumseh, Tonkawa, Walters, Watonga, Waynoka, Wetumka, Wynnewood, Yale
A member of the American Public Power Association, Municipal Electric Systems of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Power Resources Association
OUTLET is published by OMPA for our Members
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Post Office Box 1960
Edmond, Oklahoma 73083-1960
Phone: 405/359-2500
FAX: 405/359-1071
www.ompa.com
OMPA is a wholesale power company owned by 39 municipal electric utilities. OMPA provides economies of scale in power generation and related services to support community-owned electric utilities. The members of OMPA serve approximately 250,000 Oklahomans.
425 copies printed at a cost of $1,044.00.
Bruce Ackerman, Editor
Sheriff Smith emphasizes ATTITUDE
in his presentation “Laughter is Lawful”
OMPA SCADA Wide Area Network Changes… See page 7.
Sheriff J.B. Smith, Emmy Award-winning author, humorist, auctioneer and rancher, emphasized ATTITUDE during his presentation “Laughter is Lawful,” which he gave before an audience of city personnel on October 8 at the Fire Administration Building in Edmond. Sheriff Smith conducted All-Employee Training sessions during the months of October and November.
He used homespun cowboy humor and anecdotes from his 36 years in law enforcement as the sheriff of Smith County, Texas to convey the major points of his presentation. He retired as sheriff last December. “I’m a little bit of a smart aleck,” Sheriff Smith admitted.
Some of the gems he imparted to the audience included:
“My wild oats have turned into shredded wheat.”
“Don’t start a fire without your clothes on.”
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“I have been married so many times that wedding bells sound like alarm clocks.”
“There are two ways to argue with a woman - neither of them work.”
“Never take laxatives and sleeping pills on the same night.”
He also managed one of the largest jails in Texas, housing over 1,000 prisoners with a department of over 355 personnel and an annual budget of over $27 million. “Jailhouses are negative places and the dumping ground for mental problems. There isn’t nothing that I haven’t experienced in a jail cell. Someone is trying to kill you every day,” he said. He showed weapons and other items (below) that the prisoners had made using simple materials like a toothbrush to make a crude knife.
Altus Power receives MESO achievement award
During the Altus Municipal Authority meeting on October 15, Tom Rider (far right), MESO General Manager, presents (left to right) Dan Scott, Altus Power Electric Superintendent, and fellow Altus Power employees Dan Goodson, Mike Villareal and Dennis Baldock with MESO’s Clarence Fulkerson Electric System Achievement Award for providing assistance to Olustee last year. Jason Angus, Altus Times Reporter, Photo
Sheriff J.B. Smith