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EMPLOYEE NOTES<br />
TRAVIS SHIVELY<br />
Maintenance Technician<br />
Travis Shively joined<br />
Loup Power District<br />
as Maintenance<br />
Technician at the<br />
Genoa Headworks<br />
in April.<br />
He is responsible for<br />
maintaining District<br />
vehicles and<br />
equipment at the<br />
Headworks. He<br />
also troubleshoots<br />
the mechanical<br />
components of the District’s dredge,<br />
the Pawnee II.<br />
Shively is a graduate of St. Edward High<br />
School and has an associate degree<br />
in diesel technology from Northeast<br />
Community College.<br />
TRENT KONWINSKI<br />
Arborist Crew Leader<br />
Konwinski joined<br />
Loup in 2008 as<br />
Apprentice Line<br />
Technician at the<br />
Columbus Service<br />
Center. He was<br />
promoted to Line<br />
Technician later that<br />
year.<br />
WELCOME<br />
He was promoted<br />
to Journey Line<br />
15 YEARS<br />
Technician in 2012<br />
and was promoted<br />
to his current position of Arborist Crew<br />
Leader that same year.<br />
Konwinski is responsible for<br />
maintaining clearance of the District’s<br />
transmission and distribution facilities.<br />
He ensures proper trimming, removal,<br />
and disposal of trees, branches,<br />
and debris that could interfere with<br />
overhead electrical lines.<br />
Konwinski is a graduate of Columbus<br />
High School and earned an associate<br />
degree in utility line from Northeast<br />
Community College in Norfolk.<br />
He and his wife, Joni, have thee<br />
children: Brayden, Braxtyn, and Blayke.<br />
DOMINIC ZOUCHA<br />
Genoa Local Superintendent<br />
Dominic Zoucha<br />
joined Loup in 2003<br />
as an Apprentice<br />
Line Technician<br />
at the Columbus<br />
Service Center. He<br />
was later promoted<br />
to Line Technician.<br />
He transferred to the<br />
Fullerton Division<br />
in 2005. In 2009,<br />
he was promoted<br />
to Journey Line<br />
Technician and was<br />
promoted to Arborist Foreman later<br />
that year.<br />
In 2012, Zoucha was promoted to<br />
Genoa Local Superintendent. In this<br />
role, he is responsible for overseeing<br />
the maintenance and construction of<br />
Loup’s electric power transmission and<br />
distribution system in the Genoa and<br />
Monroe area. He also directs customer<br />
service in the area.<br />
Zoucha is a graduate of Clarks High<br />
School and earned an associate<br />
degree in utility line from Northeast<br />
Community College. He and his wife,<br />
Amber, have two children, Beau and<br />
Caylyn.<br />
KYLE KEMPER<br />
Line Technician<br />
Kyle Kemper of<br />
Genoa joined Loup<br />
Power District as a<br />
Line Technician in<br />
Fullerton in 2022.<br />
20 YEARS<br />
He is member of<br />
the crew that is<br />
responsible for the<br />
construction, tree<br />
trimming, operation,<br />
and maintenance<br />
1 YEAR<br />
of electric transmission<br />
and distribution<br />
systems and substations in the Fullerton<br />
Division.<br />
Kemper is a graduate of Twin River<br />
High School and has an associate<br />
degree in utility line from Northeast<br />
Community College.<br />
TYLER KLAAHSEN<br />
Journey Line Technician<br />
Klaahsen joined<br />
Loup in 2008 as<br />
an Apprentice Line<br />
Technician at the<br />
Humphrey Retail<br />
Operation and was<br />
later promoted to<br />
Line Technician.<br />
He transferred to<br />
the Columbus Line<br />
Crew based out<br />
of the Columbus<br />
Service Center in<br />
2012 and was promoted to Journey<br />
Line Technician in 2013.<br />
Klaahsen is member of the crew that<br />
is responsible for the construction,<br />
maintenance, and operation of Loup’s<br />
electric system.<br />
Klaahsen is a graduate of Clearwater<br />
High School. He earned an Associate<br />
of Applied Science Degree in Utility<br />
Line from Northeast Community<br />
College in Norfolk.<br />
He and his wife, Terin, have a daughter,<br />
Aleigha.<br />
CALEB BUNDY<br />
IT Network Coordinator<br />
Caleb Bundy has joined Loup Power<br />
District as IT Network Coordinator.<br />
He is responsible for<br />
support and maintenance<br />
of Loup’s<br />
computer network,<br />
including switches,<br />
routers, and the<br />
firewall. He will also<br />
ensure the District’s<br />
digital security and<br />
provide technical<br />
support to Loup<br />
employees.<br />
15 YEARS<br />
WELCOME<br />
Bundy is a graduate<br />
of Grand Island Senior High School and<br />
has an Associate Degree in Information<br />
Technology Systems-Networking from<br />
Central Community College.<br />
He and his fiancée, Sierra, have two<br />
children, Navy and Lucian.<br />
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