Attendees enjoyed coffee and pastries and everyone received an attendance prize. On November 4th, the 85th annual meeting was held at the spacious Clearwater River Casino. To this day, the membership still meets annually to discuss the issues we all face and to elect leadership to guide us through times of prosperity and times of challenge. That cooperative grew to 11 counties in 3 states and it stands today as a testament of that determination and ingenuity. In 1937, people in the rural areas of Clearwater, Nez Perce, and Latah counties formed their own electric cooperative.