Lane-Scott linemen aid Oklahoma co-op

On October 25th, Ben Mann, Chad Rupp, Kevin Bradstreet, and Dellon Shelton answered the call for mutual aid crews to be dispatched to Oklahoma where a significant portion of the Sooner State experienced a historic early season ice storm. Crews from cooperatives across Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma assisted the restoration of downed lines where at the peak of the outage, more than 76,000 outages were reported. An emergency declaration was issued on Oct. 26th for 47 Oklahoma counties.

"When we needed help, others were here to help us. That's what we do." Chad Rupp said about why he volunteered to assist. This is the cooperative way, and what cooperative principle No. 6 is all about, being a Cooperative among Cooperatives.