Guest Clarice Kesler, Oct. 5, 2026 (#262)

"It only took 30 minutes at a little coffee shop in Carrington, ND, to form what became the North Dakota Rural Electrical Administration (REA, now known as ND AREC)," notes Clarice Kesler, Bismarck, ND.

Clarice, Communications Director of the ND AREC, vividly tells the story of how electricity has steadfastly shaped and brightened the lives of ND farmers and ranchers since the 1940s.

In all likelihood, your Baby Boomer history book recalls that triumphant day when a switch was flipped bringing marvelous light into your farm home. Clarice will fill in all of the details of how that "switch-flipping happiness" ushered in progress for the rural ND homemaker, farmer, and rancher.

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