LE MARS LINEMAN ON GUATEMALA MISSION
A Le Mars lineman for Northwest REC will soon join 13 others from Iowa and Minnesota to lend their expertise to a community in Guatemala. Mike Berkenpas is the lead journeyman lineman at Northwest REC. He will be part of an international project organized by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. The group will bring light and power to the community of Las Penas in Guatemala. Their project includes extending line, wiring homes, building a schoolhouse, and distributing water filters to each home in Las Penas. This is the second time Berkenpas will take part in this international effort.
