MLEC Honors Teacher of the Year

All service issues from Bucksnort explosion are resolved

(October 10, 2025 – Centerville, TN) – Meriwether Lewis has restored power and broadband service related to this morning’s Bucksnort explosion.

However, service interruptions continue in other areas due to a vehicle accident. Approximately 1,750 members in the Nunnelly, Hidden Valley, Sugar Creek, Dodd Hollow and Taylor’s Creek areas remain without power after a vehicle hit a power pole on Highway 48 N near the Centerville Municipal Airport in Hickman County. MLEC crews are on site and expect repairs to take approximately three more hours.

 “Safety remains our top priority, and we are working to restore power as quickly as possible,” President and CEO Keith Carnahan said. “We encourage our community to keep those impacted in your prayers.”

If you are an MLConnect subscriber and power has returned but Internet has not, unplug the router from the power source for a few minutes instead of using the reset button. If this does not restore service, submit a ticket online at www.mlec.com/mlconnect/. Or, call your local MLEC office; then press OPTION 3, then OPTION 2.

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October brings National Cooperative Month Celebration

(September 30, 2025) — October is National Cooperative Month, and as part of the nationwide observance, Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative will celebrate its cooperative principles and commitment to members by hosting an event in each county.

The MLEC 86^th Annual Meeting will be in Hickman County along with a district meeting on October 30 at Hickman County High School. A district or informational meeting will also be held in Houston, Humphreys, Lewis and Perry counties, where members in that district can hear MLEC’s annual report, meet poster contest winners and win door prizes. Dates and locations are as follows:

• Perry County High School – Monday, Oct. 13
• Lewis County High School – Tuesday, Oct. 14 (the new Lewis County High School)
• Houston County High School – Monday, Oct. 27
• Waverly Central High School – Tuesday, Oct. 28

Members can also participate in board elections. While Hickman County Director David Wayne Qualls and Lewis County Director Bill Webb are running unopposed, voting will take place in two counties. Humphreys County candidates are incumbent Larry Douglas Mayberry and John Hubert Curtis. In Houston County, serving director Sam Fussell is retiring, and candidates for his board seat are Ray H. Fussell, Jr., Wesley Mitchum, and Robert Sugg. (No director’s term expires this year in Perry County.)

Voting and registration for Houston and Humphreys counties will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Registration for all other meetings begins at 6:30 p.m. All meetings begin at 7:00 p.m.

At each location, attendees will receive a Meriwether Lewis power strip and can register for the following door prizes to be given away:

• Smokeless Fire Pit
• Countertop Nugget Ice Maker
• Apple iPad 11^th Generation (donated by MLConnect)
• Ring Doorbell and Outdoor Camera (donated by MLConnect)
• Shark Robot Vacuum
• DeWalt Cordless Drill/Driver with bag, batteries and charger
• Ninja CREAMi Ice Cream Maker

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Cooperative members file declaration forms for October election

(September 8, 2025 – Centerville, TN) — Every October, Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative members gather for district membership meetings to help shape the future of their cooperative. These meetings are where members elect their Board of Directors for a four-year term. The candidates who filed papers by the July 15^th deadline and qualified are listed below:

District I Hickman County: Incumbent David Wayne Qualls

District II Lewis County: Incumbent Bill Webb

District IV Humphreys County: Incumbent Larry Douglas Mayberry and John Hubert Curtis

District V Houston County: Ray H. Fussell, Jr., Wesley Mitchum, and Robert Sugg

(No director term expires this year in Perry County, so the district is not listed.)

Membership meetings include an annual cooperative report, door prizes and poster contest winner announcements alongside an election in districts with qualified candidates. They are tentatively scheduled to be held at local high schools in each county this October. Members can view the September edition of The Tennessee Magazine and MLEC.com for dates, times and other details.

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