Tri County Electric has announced that the Illinois electric cooperatives in 2015 will award nine academic scholarships to high school seniors through a memorial scholarship fund designed to financially assist deserving students in the “electric cooperative family.”   In addition, a tenth scholarship, to assist with costs in attending an electric lineworker school, will also be offered.  The total of ten scholarships of $1,500 each will be awarded in 2015 through the Thomas H. Moore Illinois Electric Cooperatives Memorial Scholarship Program.  Five scholarships will be awarded to high school seniors who are the sons or daughters of an Illinois electric cooperative member receiving service from the cooperative.  A sixth scholarship, the Earl W. Struck Memorial Scholarship, will be awarded to a student who is the son or daughter of an Illinois electric cooperative employee.  Three additional scholarships are reserved for students enrolling full-time at a two-year Illinois community college who are the sons or daughters of Illinois electric cooperative members, employees or directors.  The tenth annual scholarship, the “LaVern and Nola McEntire Lineworker’s Scholarship,” is a $1,500 scholarship that will help pay for costs to attend the lineworker’s school conducted by the Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives in conjunction with Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield. Sons and daughters of co-op members; relatives of co-op employees or directors; and individuals who have served or are serving in the armed forces or National Guard are all eligible for the lineworker’s scholarship.  For more information, contact Bruce Barkau at Tri County Electric at 618-244-5151.  All necessary paperwork has also been sent to area high school guidance counselors and is also available for download at the cooperative’s website at www.tricountycoop.com.