Registration for the 85th Annual Meeting of Rural Electric Cooperative will begin on Thursday, October 3, as a drive-thru only from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and an in-person only meeting on Saturday, October 5, beginning at 8 a.m. Both the drive-thru and the in-person meeting will be held at REC’s Multi Purpose Center on Highway 76 N in Lindsay.

Official notice, prize drawing information and ballot will be arriving in the mail about 10 days prior to the meeting. Please bring this information with you on either day for ease in the voting and registration process. 

During the early drive-thru registration on Thursday, members will stay in their vehicles and enter the circle driveway of the Multi Purpose Center off of Highway 76 and go through the registration line. 

For members attending on Saturday, please follow the signs to park and attend in-person. Each member who registers will automatically receive a one-time $25 bill credit in addition to their registration gift.

Cara Belt will provide the entertainment on Saturday, October 5, beginning at 8:45 a.m. Belt was born and raised in California where music was steeped in her blood. 

Belt was raised in a musical family where she learned the importance of using her voice. She has been singing since she was a little girl in church and playing guitar since her teens. In her professional career she has played and performed all around the United States in theatres, oprys and venues. Currently she resides in the Allen, Oklahoma area where she continues to pursue her music and is the Worship Minister at her church. For updates on where she will be next, and more information, you can find her on Facebook at Cara Belt Music.

After enjoying entertainment from Cara Belt, members who are in attendance on Saturday will hear reports from Board President, Gary Jones, and CEO, Dusty Ricks, updating members of activities from 2023. Members driving through on Thursday can find these reports on REC's website after the meeting at www.recok.coop.

REC will give out seventy-five, $75 gift certificates for electricity during the business session and three grand prize drawings of $500 gift certificates for electricity. All members registered on either Thursday or Saturday will be eligible for the seventy-five, $75 gift certificates for electricity. During the in-person meeting on Saturday, three members will win $500 gift certificates for electricity. To be eligible to win the grand prize drawings members must be present to win. 

Registration gifts include: an REC baseball cap, handy can cover, four port USB charger, bendable screwdriver, LED light bulbs, calendar, 2025 Farmers’ Almanac and an ink pen.

For more information about the 85th Annual Meeting, call 405-756-3104 ext. 238.