Pictured (L-R) is Lake Land College Vice President for Business Services Bryan Gleckler, CMEC Manager of Marketing and Member Services Sam Adair and Lake Land College President Josh Bullock.
Mattoon, IL -(Effingham Radio)- Lake Land College recently received a capital credit excess check for $29,000 from Coles-Moultrie Electric Cooperative (CMEC). Sam Adair, manager of marketing and member services at CMEC, presented the check to Lake Land College President Josh Bullock.
CMEC is a not-for-profit cooperative with nearly 10,000 members. CMEC provides electrical service to residential members, large and small commercial members, manufacturing facilities, and educational facilities such as Lake Land College.
The CMEC began closing profits for the years of 1977, 1978 and 1979. Closing profits results in a credit excess. Adair explained, “Lake Land was a large user for the years of 1977, 1978 and 1979. Therefore, a larger sum of money was presented to the college.”
As a Lake Land College alumnus, Adair mentioned that he was delighted to present the check to his alma mater, as it is where he began his higher education.
Lake Land College District 517, located in Mattoon, Illinois, serves the second largest community college district in the state, with a total population of 189,869. The Lake Land College district comprises all or part of 15 counties and 31 public school districts in rural east central Illinois. Counties served by Lake Land College include: Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, Macon, Montgomery, Moultrie and Shelby.
