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CONESVILLE - On Saturday , Aug . 26 , AEP celebrated its 60th birthday with a huge party for the employees , both past and present , who keep the plant going every day . A barbecue dinner was available plus plant tours and plenty of activities for children .
Brandon Wesney is a 12 year employee of AEP . He said the company is good to its employees and always treats them well . “ It ’ s great to plan a day for families so we can all get together and have fun ,” Wesney said . “ We have lots of opportunity here and many places don ’ t have that . Relaxing together is fun for the kids , too .” He brought his family – wife Brittany , son Easton , 11 , and daughters Kyndal , 10 , Kylan , 9 , and Emersyn , 1 . The kids were happily playing in the bounce houses .
All three of the older children said the “ sports house ” was the best . “ Cause it has a slide ,” said Kyndal . Kylan said it ’ s better because it bounces more and Easton believes it ’ s just the best one . Little Emersyn was having more fun with her balloon . The best flavor of snow cone was also up for discussion and what kind of ( temporary ) tattoo to get .
One of the retired employees attending the celebration was Bob Little . He started
AEP celebrates 60th birthday with day of family fun
AEP ’ s 60th birthday was celebrated on Aug . 26 with a huge party for past and present employees and their families . The Wesney family , Brandon and Brittany and
at the plant in 1968 , when it was still Columbus and Southern . He was able to retire when AEP purchased the plant and has been retired for 30 years . Little said , “ You couldn ’ t find a better place to work . We had the best supervisors and co-workers . I still miss them and always enjoyed coming to work . We were told what to do and we ’ d get it done and go
Contributed | Beacon children Kyndal , Easton , Kylan and Emersyn , were enjoying the bounce houses before getting ( temporary ) tattoos and snow cones .
see what else we needed to do . If a person wasn ’ t happy , there was something wrong with them , cause everyone here was great .”
Ten year employee , Darrell Conkle and his wife , Susan , were enjoying the lunch together . Conkle said he likes everything about his job . “ There is great teamwork and people to work with .” He also said the plant manager , Ryan Forbes , has an open-door policy and is always available to listen to any employee . “ You can ’ t ask for a nicer guy to work for . He shows appreciation to us for what we do and that makes coming to work even better .” Conkle also said the fact that supervisors know the names of employees and stop and ask how they are doing is great . Susan added , “ There are good opportunities for career advancement here , too .”
AEP is a family affair for the Shrimplin family . Stacey Shrimplin-Kaser said , “ This plant raised me – allowed me to be in 4-H and go to college . And now it ’ s doing the same for my kids .” Kaser ’ s husband , Tad , has worked at the plant for nine years and she worked there during the summers when she was in college . “ We painted and sorted bolts – it was a great job for college kids .” Kaser ’ s dad , Dan Shrimplin , worked at AEP for 37 years and she also has an uncle and cousins who are employees now . “ My childhood memories include so many of being here with these guys .”
Erich Skelley , operations manager , has been at the plant for 41 years . “ We wanted to bring back as many retired employees as we could and have a fun day for families , too .”
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COSHOCTON – Applications for the 2017 Coshocton County Fair King and Queen Contest sponsored by the Coshocton County Agricultural Society , locally known as the senior fairboard , are now available at the office at 707 Kenilworth Ave . and on their website , www . coshoctoncountyfair . org . Applications must be returned to the senior fairboard office by Monday , Sept . 4 .
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and represent Coshocton County in other fairs and festivals . Applicants must be upcoming high school seniors and an active member of a Coshocton County youth organization of FFA , Boy Scouts , Girl Scouts , Farm Bureau Youth , Junior Grange or 4-H to be eligible .
Interview will be held on Sunday evening , Sept . 10 , at the Senior Fairboard Office . Call or stop by the senior fairboard office on Seventh Street to register for an interview time .
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AUGUST 30, 2017
AEP celebrates 60th birthday with day of family fun
CONESVILLE - On Saturday, Aug. 26, AEP
celebrated its 60th birthday with a huge
party for the employees, both past and
present, who keep the plant going every
day. A barbecue dinner was available
plus plant tours and plenty of activities
for children.
Brandon Wesney is a 12 year employee
of AEP. He said the company is good to
its employees and always treats them
well. “It’s great to plan a day for families
so we can all get together and have fun,”
Wesney said. “We have lots of opportuni-
ty here and many places don’t have that.
Relaxing together is fun for the kids, too.”
He brought his family – wife Brittany,
son Easton, 11, and daughters Kyndal, 10,
Kylan, 9, and Emersyn, 1. Th e kids were
happily playing in the bounce houses.
All three of the older children said the
“sports house” was the best. “Cause it has
a slide,” said Kyndal. Kylan said it’s better
because it bounces more and Easton be-
lieves it’s just the best one. Little Emersyn
was having more fun with her balloon.
Th e best fl avor of snow cone was also up
for discussion and what kind of (tempo-
rary) tattoo to get.
One of the retired employees attending
the celebration was Bob Little. He started
Contributed | Beacon
AEP’s 60th birthday was celebrated on
Aug. 26 with a huge party for past and
present employees and their families. The
Wesney family, Brandon and Britt any and children Kyndal, Easton, Kylan and Emer-
syn, were enjoying the bounce houses
before gett ing (temporary) tatt oos and
snow cones.
at the plant in 1968, when it was still
Columbus and Southern. He was able
to retire when AEP purchased the plant
and has been retired for 30 years. Little
said, “You couldn’t fi nd a better place to
work. We had the best supervisors and
co-workers. I still miss them and always
enjoyed coming to work. We were told
what to do and we’d get it done and go see what else we needed to do. If a person
wasn’t happy, there was something
wrong with them, cause everyone here
was great.”
Ten year employee, Darrell Conkle and
his wife, Susan, were enjoying the lunch
together. Conkle said he likes everything
about his job. “Th ere is great teamwork
and people to work with.” He also said
Fair king and queen applications available
COSHOCTON – Applications for the 2017
Coshocton County Fair King and Queen
Contest sponsored by the Coshocton
County Agricultural Society, locally
known as the senior fairboard, are now
available at the offi ce at 707 Kenilworth
Ave. and on their website, www.coshoc-
toncountyfair.org. Applications must be
returned to the senior fairboard offi ce by
Monday, Sept. 4.
Th e county fair king and queen are
selected to reign over activities at the fair
and represent Coshocton County in other
fairs and festivals. Applicants must be up-
coming high school seniors and an active
member of a Coshocton County youth or-
ganization of FFA, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts,
Farm Bureau Youth, Junior Grange or 4-H
to be eligible.
Interview will be held on Sunday
evening, Sept. 10, at the Senior Fairboard
Offi ce. Call or stop by the senior fairboard
offi ce on Seventh Street to register for an
interview time.
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the plant manager, Ryan Forbes, has an
open-door policy and is always available
to listen to any employee. “You can’t
ask for a nicer guy to work for. He shows
appreciation to us for what we do and
that makes coming to work even better.”
Conkle also said the fact that supervisors
know the names of employees and stop
and ask how they are doing is great. Su-
san added, “Th ere are good opportunities
for career advancement here, too.”
AEP is a family aff air for the Shrimplin
family. Stacey Shrimplin-Kaser said,
“Th is plant raised me – allowed me to
be in 4-H and go to college. And now
it’s doing the same for my kids.” Kaser’s
husband, Tad, has worked at the plant
for nine years and she worked there
during the summers when she was in
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