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COMMUNICATOR WILKES -- •Father’s Day -June 15th •Customer Appreciaon Day- June 19th from 11am-2pm • Will be announcing soon when a convenient second retail locaon will be opening • If you find your account number in the newsleer, you will receive a $20 credit on your next bill. Commercial Office Hours 336-973-3103 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday Repair Office Hours 336-973-4000 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Saturday Wilkes Internet Technical Support 336-957-TECH (8324) Open 24/7 JUNE 2014 New Noteworthy Office Hours phone numbers & & Wilkes Communicator is published monthly for members of Wilkes Telecommunicaons (the trade name of Wilkes Telephone Membership Corporaon). Wilkes Telecommunicaons was established in 1951 as a member-owned cooperave serving four exchanges in Wilkes County: (Boomer (921), Clingman (984), Champion (973) and Lomax (957, 928). Wilkes Telecommunicaons provides complete communicaon services such as local telephone access and business telephone systems. Internet, high-speed Internet and long distance services are provided through its subsidiary, Wilkes Communicaons, Inc. Wilkes Telephone Membership Corporation (WTMC) started awarding scholarships in 2002 and since its beginning has given out over $115,000 in scholarship funds. is year, 38 seniors of the 2014 Wilkes County Graduating Class have been awarded a $1000 scholarship. Scholarship appli- cants are considered based on academic achievement, educator recommendations, and school and community involvement. Applicants must have service in their home or office provided by Wilkes Communications. Recipients are selected by a scholarship committee made up of members of the Board of Directors for WTMC. Awarded 38 Scholarships in 2014 Wilkes Central: Parker Jordan Rachel Minton Courtney Huffman Mariah Elledge Kristy Barlow Arian Minton Makayla Estep Ellen Cleary Hannah Blake Taylor Parker Trevor Royall East Wilkes: ShaNisha White Ashley Wagoner Katie Huffman Hannah Welborn Laken Pardue Kayla Pardue Zachary West Jacob Pardue Cody Colbert Benjamin Hall North Wilkes: Guadalupe Rosales Jacob Johnston Jacob Reeves West Wilkes: Callie Joines Parker Church Meghan Breden Zachary Triplett Kirstyn Shew McKenna Wellborn Emma Parsons Kelly Dancy Krista Dancy Holly Church Ellie Whittington FRS Scholarship & Youth Tour e Foundation for Rural Service (FRS) offers an an- nual scholarship program to help further higher education amoung rural youth. FRS awards $2500 scholarships to students from Rural America for their first year of college, university or vocational-techincal school. Each student is sponsored by a NTCA member company. FRS funds $2000 of each scholarship, and the sponsoring company funds the remaining $500. e FRS College Scholarship Program seeks to encourage students to return to their rural com- munities . is year North Wilkes High School graduate, Guadalupe Jose Rosales was awarded one of the scholarhips. Wilkes Early College: Cody Eller Millers Creek Christian: Christopher Church Cornerstone Academy: Peter Wages FRS also holds an annual Youth Tour. Every summer, the FRS Youth Tour brings high school students from across rural America to visit Washington D.C. Here the students will form bonds learning about rural telecommunications. ey will meet with regulatory, legislative and government figures. NTCA member companies can sponsor a student to attend from their community. is year Wilkes Communications is sponsoring Cynthia Bowers from North Wilkes High School and Sierra LaPlante from West Wilkes High School to attend.(Pictured Leſt to Right: Eric Cramer, CEO; Cynthia Bowers, NWHS; Guadalupe Rosales, NWHS; Sierra LaPlante, WWHS. )
