North Western Electric Cooperative’s annual meeting held at Fairview High School

Five hundred and eighty-eight members and guests attended North Western Electric Cooperative’s (NWEC) annual meeting at Fairview High School, where the co-op announced the upcoming launch of its new propane company, NW Ohio Propane, LLC. The for-profit business was approved by the NWEC board of trustees last year to offer members more energy choices. David Dietsch recently was secured as operations manager, and site excavating began this month after warmer-than-usual February temperatures delayed construction. On a sad note during the meeting, Board chairman Andy Farnham honored the late Gertrude Studer, one of NWEC’s oldest members. This annual meeting marked the first year Studer wasn’t in attendance. She passed away in February at the age of 109.