Tideland Electric Member Cooperative supplies the electricity to Ocracoke. Each month, members receive its magazine “Carolina Country,” which also includes “Tideland Topics,” a magazine specific to this area. The May issue contains information about two men running for a District 2 seat on the board of directors and a paper ballot. Those two are incumbent Mark Carawan of Scranton and Jeff Credle of Sladesville, both of Hyde County. The paper ballots are specific to each magazine/member so that they can be registered for a chance to win a $500 electric bill credit, said Heidi Jernigan Smith, Tideland communications director. The ballots must be received in the mail by May 12.
The May Tideland Topics online his here, but the ballots are only in the print magazine.
The letter below is from islander Albert O’Neal.
Editor:
I’m writing to express my long-time support for my friend Jeff Credle who is running for a seat in the Tideland EMC board of directors.
Jeff is a lifelong resident of Hyde County mainland but has always maintained a close relationship with his friends here on the island.
When Jeff retired in 2017 he and his wife Gina founded Currituck Oyster Company they commercially raised oysters in the Pamlico Sound with their sons Zack and Ethan.
Jeff’s career includes many years with the NCDOT Ferry Division, where he retired as Manager of the Bayview-Aurora ferry Terminal. He also helped manage ferry operations at the Stumpy Point to Rodanthe and Stumpy Point to Hatteras emergency ferry route after several Hurricanes that made Hwy 12 impassable.
He is no stranger to what it takes and the importance of maintaining access and services to our Island. Jeff also served as Hyde County Manager and Emergency Management Coordinator in the late 1990’s which was a time we had multiple Hurricanes hit Ocracoke. He worked closely with then County Commissioners David Styron and Wayne Teeter on our pre-storm preparedness and post storm recoveries.
the Tideland EMC Board and would give us another voice on that board in Carolina ountry magazine that all Tideland Members receive. It is important to cast your ballot
I would appreciate all my friends and neighbors supporting Jeff.
–Albert O’Neal, Ocracoke
