Blue Ridge Energies Employees Shine in Competition

For Immediate Release 

Contact: Renee R. Whitener, Director of Public Relations, Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation, Phone: (828) 758-2383, Pager 800-471-1323, or E-mail:  Renee Whitener

Lenoir, North Carolina (August 9, 2007) - Four Blue Ridge Energies employees recently participated in the Western Regional Bobtail Competition in Hickory, North Carolina. The North Carolina Propane Gas Association (NCPGA) sponsored event included a written test, inspection test and driving skills course. All four sales and delivery employees placed in the top ten! Watauga employees Ricky Miller, Brantley Taylor and Jim             McConnell placed 1st, 3rd and 5th               Pictured: (l-r) Blue
consecutively; Caldwell employee Marty        Ridge Energies’
Walker placed 6th.                                    employee Marty
                                                             Walker and Kemp
The top ten finishers in the regional             Johnson, NCPGA
competitions qualified to participate in the     President, at regional
state competition held in Raleigh several       competition in Raleigh
weeks later. A total of 28 competitors
were on hand at this event and Marty Walker
placed 3rd. The State competition recognized
the top three with a trophy and a $100 cash award.

Blue Ridge Energies is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation and offers heating fuels and hearth products from its offices in Lenoir, Boone, West Jefferson, Conover and Sparta. For more information, visit Blue Ridge Energies’ web site
 at www.BlueRidgeEnergies.com.


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