Community News
Knox County Touch-A-Truck
Vincennes Park and Recreation Department held the 3rd annual Touch-A-Truck event Saturday September 24, 2011 at Gregg Park in Vincennes. Children were able to get a hands on experience with many different types of vehicles, including a WIN Energy REMC bucket truck. Many children got an idea of what it is like to be a lineman by trying on a hard hat and lineman gloves and exploring the bucket truck. Some chose to get inside the bucket while others preferred to turn the steering wheel and honk the horn. To the right is a slide show of the day's event.
2011 County Fairs
This year we had booths at three county fairs: Gibson, Knox and Sullivan counties. The focus of our booths was electrical safety. The slideshow above includes pictures from all three fairs. We took the opportunity to educate the public on important safety information. Safety demonstrations were presented several nights at each county fair. Knowing how to live, work and play around electricity safely is information that is not only important but may even save a life. Also, in an effort to help combat the extreme heat we distributed free bottled water and hand fans to those attending the fairs. If you visited one of our booths at the fair this year we thank you and hope that you found the safety demonstration beneficial.
South Knox Summer Program
South Knox Elementary offers an excellent opportunity for their gifted and talented students in grade levels 4, 5 & 6 who maintain good grades and conduct records. The program runs two weeks in the summer and students have the opportunity to hear from guest speakers from the area and to be involved in advanced learning activities.
Leslie Beard, Manager of Marketing and Communications at WIN Energy REMC visited the students on July 8 to talk about energy efficiency in the home and at school. Students learned how electricity is generated in the power plants and about the effect that burning coal has on our environment. The focus was on what they can do in their homes and school to save energy.
Students were shown the importance of having an energy efficient home including proper insulation, window and door sealing, thermostat settings, energy star appliances and the installation of compact fluorescent (CFL) light bulbs. They were able to see a demonstration of how much electricity an incandescent light bulb uses compared to a CFL bulb. A display using an electric meter was used to show the students that the meter spins much faster when the incandescent light bulb is on and that it also radiates more heat than a CFL bulb.
