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in this issue Cover With a stunning sunset as a backdrop, canoe craftsman Steve Ambrose paddles across Lake Martin in one of his wood and canvas canoes. Ambrose has been building and repairing these floating works of art for a decade. Contributors Bernard Troncale Cover photographer Birmingham photojournalist Bernard Troncale has been documenting the people and places of the Southeast for more than 40 years, most recently as a senior photographer with The Birmingham News. He has been the Alabama Associated Press Newspaper Photographer of the Year many times, and has also won a Green Eyeshade Award. His work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Sports Illustrated and other publications. Larry Bleiberg Featured writer Birmingham travel journalist Larry Bleiberg has written for USA Today, Better Homes and Gardens and National Geographic books. He was part of a Pulitzer Prize team at the Louisville Courier-Journal, was honored for producing the best newspaper travel section in North America at The Dallas Morning News, and is a seven-time Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award winner. Bleiberg founded CivilRightsTravel.com, a website devoted to historic civil rights sites. photographers - Wynter Byrd, Sarah Cusimano-Miles, William Dickey, Christopher Jones, Meg McKinney 2 Shorelines Staff Bob Blalock, a senior communications strategist at Alabama Power, was an award-winning journalist in Alabama for more than three decades, mostly at The Birmingham News. He was named The News' first senior reporter, and as editorial page editor led a project that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Allison Westlake is a communications specialist at Alabama Power. She has served on the staffs of Coastal Living and Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade magazines, with work published in Celebrate magazine and Julep, an online publication. Dan Guffey is a visual communications specialist at Alabama Power whose work has won ADDY awards, a Utilities Communicators International award as well as an appearance in Print's Regional Design Annual. writers - Brandon Glover, Theresa Helms Shorelines - Published by Alabama Power for the pleasure of our great lake lovers. ©2012 Alabama Power

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