Thanks Martha

Martha Nelson has become a star The 93-year-old andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t minot-ndandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt Minotandamp lt aandamp gt resident recently became the star of a video presentation at a national convention And today Martha and two other coop pioneers were honored at a special ceremony at Edgewood Vista in Minot Martha served as the featured speaker in a series of video clips presented at the National Information Solutions Cooperative convention in St Louis And she was a hit as she reminisced about her time on the farm in andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t north-dakotaandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt North Dakotaandamp lt aandamp gt as electricity and phone service came to the state thanks to cooperatives In fact all of the convention-goers got andamp quot Marthaandamp quot pins to remind them of the roots of coops Bruce Carlson of Verendrye Electric Coop says Martha made a big impression Bruce Carlson Verendrye Electric Coop andamp quot So once these video clips were shot they were shown at a national training event in St Louisandamp quot Martha Nelson Minot andamp quot It was just like the heavens and the earth had exchanged places There were the yard lights showing all over the country - those yard lights looked like stars out of the heaven had just exchanged places andamp quot Bruce Carlson andamp quot Well all of the people we re talking thousands of the folks that were there just loved this woman and they re asking for these video clips all over the country to use at annual meetings and use at employee meetings andamp quot For her part Martha says she doesn t understand all the fuss - she was just telling the story of growing up in North Dakota