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Contributors 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. A llison 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. 2 S hor el i ne s | 2013 Vol:3 guests 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. Cover image This issue's cover photograph is of Leah Marie Rawls, Alabama's world-champion water skier, at Cypress Gardens, Fla., in December 1953. The photo shoot came after the 18-year-old Rawls won the national and world tournaments that year. Photograph courtesy of Leah Rawls Atkins. C arolanne Roberts Contributing writer Carolanne Roberts is a Birmingham journalist whose experience ranges from newspapers and public relations to a 26-year career at Southern Living, where she served as travel editor, features editor and special regional sections editor along the way. While her writing assignments have taken her from restaurant kitchens to sports arenas and beyond, the West Virginia native delights in the natural beauty of her adopted state. Staff contributors Brandon Glover K atie K ilcoyne Bill Snow ©2013 Alabama Power

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