JOPLIN, Mo.–(Business Wire)–At today`s annual meeting of The Empire District Electric Company (NYSE:EDE),stockholders re-elected D Randy Laney and B Thomas Mueller, and elected twonew board members, Bonnie C Lind and Paul R Portney All were elected to servethree-year terms Retiring from the Board were Myron W McKinney and MaryMcCleary Posner. Stockholders also ratified the appointment ofPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company`s independent registered publicaccounting firm. At the Board of Directors meeting held today, Randy Laney was elected to succeedMyron McKinney as Chairman of the Board of Directors and the following officerswere re-elected: William L Gipson, President and Chief Executive Officer;Bradley P. Beecher, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer – Electric;Ronald F. Gatz, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer – Gas; Gregory A.Knapp, Vice President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer; Harold R Colgin II,Vice President-Energy Supply; Michael E Palmer, Vice President-CommercialOperations; Kelly S. Walters, Vice President-Regulatory and Services; Janet S.Watson, Secretary-Treasurer; and Laurie A Delano, Assistant Secretary andAssistant Treasurer.
Based in Joplin, Missouri, The Empire District Electric Company (NYSE:EDE) is aninvestor-owned utility providing electric, natural gas (through its wholly ownedsubsidiary The Empire District Gas Company) and water service, withapproximately 215,000 customers in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Asubsidiary of the Company also provides fiber optic services. For those of you looking to search for us on BleacherReport, the author name is The Roundtable Hopefully you’ll keep checking us out Big night last night for my Celtics. Sure, no NBA game should last 3.5 hours, but if it has to, you might as well win Let’s see them wrap it up in Detroit.
Lots of news and notes, so let’s get to it…Joba Chamberlain’s next relief appearance could be his last. The Yankees put Ian Kennedy on the DL with a strained muscle in his ribcage and it looks like Joba will take his spot. Good news if you already own him and good news if you can go out and grab him on waivers. Chamberlain is likely already owned in most deep leagues, and that shouldn’t change. He should be added in any mixed league with at least 12 teams and is worth a flyer for guys hanging on to borderline starters (Mark Buehrle, Brad Penny) Kennedy could be in trouble. This injury is always tough for pitchers because of the force they put on their midsections.