EPILOGUE--

Thursday dawned with brilliant sunshine; the first in about three weeks of wet and stormy days.  But, the celebration was tarnished when by 4 p.m., yesterday afternoon we passed 24 hours with no electric service.  Finally I was shaken awake near midnight with a blast of illumination from a near-by lamp I had left on for just that purpose.

Let the ceremony begin!

Here's a big Tip-of-the-Hat to the American Electric Power Company line crews who obviously were working around the clock to restore service to the balance of their customers.

But, here's an equally large vote of no confidence to the local radio station which continuously broadcast the fact 2,000 Richland County AEP customers--among many others--remained without power while never once exercising journalistic initiative and informing customers of efforts or areas of success in getting power restored.