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/ISILf <br /> i11WI <br /> Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association <br /> 2013 MMUA `Tom Bovitz Memorial Scholarship Award' program guidelines <br /> Contest purposes <br /> • To give something back to the community. • To increase awareness of public power. <br /> Prizes <br /> The scholarship fund is split into $2,000, $1,500, $1,000 and $500 scholarships, and awarded to <br /> essay contest winners who plan to attend a post-secondary educational institution. <br /> Guidelines for submission <br /> Because decisions by judges and disqualifications according to the guidelines are final, entrants <br /> should read and follow these guidelines closely: <br /> • Entries are to interpret one or more aspects of the theme, "Municipal utilities: good for all of <br /> us." This applies to municipal electric and natural gas utilities. Judges will look particularly for <br /> originality and the relevance of the theme to the writer and his/her city. <br /> • High school seniors are eligible. Those eligible must be, or have as a legal guardian, a <br /> customer of an MMUA-member municipal electric or gas utility. <br /> • Essays are to be original and from 500 to 750 words, typed and double-spaced. <br /> • All essays should include a cover page, with the writer's name and address. <br /> • Deadline for submitting essays to MMUA is April 19,2013. Entries shall be submitted to the <br /> governing body of the municipal utility. (The local governing body may appoint a separate <br /> individual or group to judge entries.) The local governing body will send the winning essay to <br /> MMUA for entry into the statewide contest. The MMUA Communications/Member Services <br /> Committee will select the winners, with an announcement by mid-May. <br /> • An independent person or body may be designated to select the winner of the local essay. If <br /> there is an independent body selecting the winner and they do not know who wrote which essay, <br /> relatives of utility personnel are eligible to enter the contest. <br /> Resource Materials <br /> Your local utility is the best resource for information and printed materials. You may also want <br /> to visit www.mmua.org and www.publicpower.org <br /> Payment <br /> Scholarship money will be payable upon receipt of fee statement copy from an accredited post- <br /> secondary educational institution. The award check will be made payable to the contest winner <br /> and the post-secondary institution. If the contest winner does not attend an accredited post- <br /> secondary educational institution within two years, the money will revert to a trust fund and <br /> become available to future contest winners. <br /> 3025 Harbor Lane North •Suite 400•Plymouth, MN 55447-5142•763.551.1230•800.422.0119(MN)• Fax 763.551.0459•www.mmua.org <br />