2008 Leadership Through Learning Youth Program Sponsored by NECA
For the seventh year in a row, NECA sponsored the Foundation for Rural Education and Development (FRED) Leadership Through Learning Youth Program. From March 9 to March 15, 2008, 14 high school juniors and seniors who live in or attend school in an OPASTCO member’s service area will travel to Washington, D.C., on this all-expense-paid trip. The students hailed from all parts of the country— from Vermont to Montana!

2008 Leadership Through Learning Program Participants
and Nominating Telephone Companies
David Tomporowski, Perham, MN
Arvig Communications Systems
Julia Robertson, Kincardine, ON
Bruce Telecom
Kirsten Nikki Greenway, Crowder, OK
Canadian Valley Telephone Company
Jessica Crase, McAlester, OK
Canadian Valley Telephone Company
Jean Brunsman, Sunman, IN
Enhanced Telecommunications Corporation
Shawna Kennedy, Leoma, TN
Loretto Telephone Company
Kurt Berning, Mt. Angel, OR
Mt. Angel Telephone Company
Megan Taylor, Rolla, KS
Pioneer Communications
Wyatt Robinson, Hill City, KS
Rural Telephone Service Company Inc.
Angelica Engel, Rudolph, WI
Solarus
Hannah Westfall, Nineveh, NY
TDS Telecom
Sarah Lamoureux, Schoharie, NY
The Middleburgh Telephone Company
Bethany Gamble, Chapel Hill, TN
United Telephone Company
Abby Zarotny, Waitsfield, VT
Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom
Alternates
Joshua Maples, Elkmont, AL
Ardmore Telephone Company
MegAnna Schlais, Naknek, AK
Bristol Bay Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Travis Ryder, Chapel Hill, TN
United Telephone Company
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