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Annual Meeting gift box, title "Keeping It Local"

Posted 4/16/2025

Inside This Year’s 2025 Annual Meeting Gifts: A Reflection of Our Members 

At this year's Annual Meeting, we're celebrating the diverse places our members call home with a gift box filled with thoughtful selections that reflect who we are--something members can take with them. We hope each attendee left feeling inspired, appreciated, and connected to what makes our cooperative so unique.

Experiencing Tri-State's Annual Meeting 

Every year, our members from Wyoming, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Colorado gather to hear how we are working together to advance initiatives to preserve reliable and affordable power, while finding new, innovative ways to best serve our membership. It’s a purposeful time to meet in-person and review accomplishments, discuss financial reports, and business programs. 

At Tri-State, we believe our cooperative power is in partnership with our members. The Annual Meeting brings us together to address issues and deepen connections while we continue making positive changes in our communities. 

Locally Sourced Gifts from Our Rural Communities 

As part of our appreciation, we thoughtfully selected locally sourced gifts from each of our members’ states for attendees. 

We hope the gifts brought as much joy to our members as we felt discovering the stories behind each business. Here is a list highlighting the details of each piece:  

BOWEN POTTERY – Mountain View Electric Association 

Randy and Shannon Bowen create unique, handmade stoneware pottery in Black Forest, Colo. Their collection includes a wide variety of colorful pieces, featuring both wheel-thrown and hand-built slab designs. Whether large or small, functional or decorative, each piece is a perfect gift. For our members, we selected a beautiful mug to use for coffee, tea, or any other beverage.  

www.bowenpottery.com  

BEE CHAMA – Socorro Electric Cooperative 

Located in Polvadera, N.M., Bee Chama is family-owned and operated with over 20 years of bee-keeping experience. They have skincare products, candles and 22 varieties of honey. Since 2014, Bee Chama has partnered with nonprofits to help find sustainable solutions to poverty through farming, gardening, and community compassion projects. 

www.beechamahoney.com 

FUSION JERKY – Roosevelt Public Power District 

For nearly 50 years, Fusion Jerky has cultivated unique flavors with a soft and tender texture through the delicate art of creating traditional Asian jerky. Quality is critical to KaiYen Mai, which is why she decided to build her own state-of-the-art processing facility in Scottsbluff, Neb. 

www.fusionjerky.com 

QUEEN BEE GARDENS – Big Horn Rural Electric Company

In a valley at the foot of the Rockies, Clarence and Bessie Zeller raised six children while producing honey from wild “Little Johnny” bees. In 1976, inspired by a Scottish family recipe, they began making candy. With multiple storefronts in Wyoming, their confections are farmed and produced deep in the heart of Big Horn Rural Electric Company’s service territory in Lovell, Wyo. 

www.queenbeegardens.com 

These gifts emphasize the heart of the rural communities we serve alongside our members. We were grateful to host another rewarding and effective Annual Meeting. Thanks to all who attended and made a difference in our co-op community.  

 

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About Tri-State 

Tri-State is a power supply cooperative, operating on a not-for-profit basis, serving electric distribution cooperatives and public power district member-owners in four states. Together with our members, we deliver reliable, affordable and responsible power to more than a million electricity consumers across nearly 200,000 square miles of the West. Visit www.tristate.coop.   

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