Congratulations to Vian students Declan Herriman (right) and Halli Russell (left) for being named a Top 10 semi-finalist in the Cookson Hills Electric Cooperative Oklahoma Youth Tour Competition. As a semi-finalist they will each receive an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C and $500 each in scholarship money. For decades, Cookson Hills Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CHEC), along with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives (OAEC), and other Oklahoma rural electric cooperatives have been sponsoring the Washington Youth Tour Essay and Scholarship Contest for high school juniors.