DeRidder, LA – Beauregard Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BECi) announces that three directors have been elected without opposition during the 2011 Board of Director Election Campaign. According to BECi ByLaws, Section 4.04, "When there is only one nominee from a particular Directorate District, secret balloting may be dispensed with and that nominee may be declared elected.” The three directors will officially begin a three-year term on Saturday, March 26, 2011 during the BECi Annual Meeting of Members.

Donald R. Bush, District One Incumbent Director, is a retired school teacher and administrator from the Vernon Parish School System and has represented his district members for the past twenty-two years. He attends Cooper Baptist Church, is a member of Pickering Lodge #477, serves on the board of directors for the West La. Forestry Festival and is a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Freemason. Bush holds a Master of Education and a Bachelor of Science from McNeese. Bush resides in Pickering with his wife, Nelwyn, and they have four children, twelve grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Incumbent Director, J.R. Hickman, was re-elected to represent District Three for a seventh term. Hickman, a retired educator from the Beauregard Parish School System, is a member of Grace Church, past president and current member of the Assn. of La. Electric Cooperatives Board of Directors and serves as secretary/treasurer of the Beauregard Parish Covered Arena Board of Directors. He has also served on the Beauregard Parish Fair Board, the Beauregard Cattleman’s Assn. Board, past board member of the High School Rodeo Assn., and board member of the Beauregard Parish Farm Bureau Assn. Mr. Hickman is a charter member and past president of the Beauregard Parish Assn. of Professional Educators in Louisiana (APEL) and a past state board member. He is a member of the Merryville and DeRidder Lodge and is a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Freemason, attended Northwestern State and holds a master plus 30 degree in education from McNeese State and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He and his wife, Mary, reside in DeRidder and have three children and ten grandchildren.

District Nine Incumbent Director, L. W. Peto Sellers, was re-elected for a third term this year. Sellers, who is a real estate developer, is a member of the Moss Bluff United Methodist Church, Moss Bluff Civic Club, Moss Bluff Merchants Association, and the Moss Bluff Optimist Club. He is also a former member of the Moss Bluff Economic Board and past president of the Moss Bluff Gravity Drainage Board. Sellers and his wife, Tina, reside in Moss Bluff. They have three children and one grandchild.

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