POWERGRAMS

Powergrams is published biweekly by Alabama Power for its employees, retirees and friends. Please report address changes by calling the editor. Thumbs Up! The Gaston Chapter of the Alabama Power Service Organization (APSO) partnered with Grace Baptist Church and Winn-Dixie to sponsor the first communitywide Thanksgiving lunch at Limbaugh Community Center in Childersburg. The Gaston employees helped purchase the food. Church volunteers served about 50 people at the center and delivered about 250 meals to store clerks, residents in various neighborhoods and anyone else who would miss out on Thanksgiving dinner. Substation Construction Crew 42 won Transmission's Superstar Award for working eight years without any recordable injuries. The group has not had a preventable vehicle accident since Jan. 1, 2001, when Transmission began keeping track of each crew's safety record. to buy rain gear for children under protective or foster care. "We are very fortunate to have such caring and giving individuals who reach out to those less fortunate in our county," Floyd wrote. The donation was from the APSO Alex City/Dadeville Chapter. Market Specialist Brenda Randall received the 2013 Distinguished Service AwardAssociate Member from the Home Builders Association of Tuscaloosa. She has been with Alabama Power for 37 years, as well as an active member of the association. She is associate area vice president of the Home Builders Association of Alabama. RETIREES Earl Alonzo Cooper III Director – Major Accounts, Corporate Headquarters Service: 35 years, six months Lynnell W. Frazier Accounting assistant, Corporate Headquarters Service: 33 years Tallapoosa County Department of Human Resources Director Brenda Floyd wrote Dadeville Customer Service Representative Paula White to express thanks for a donation used Randal D. Moran Field service representative, Dadeville Service: 41 years, six months Jean Angel Reilly Administrative assistant, Hillcrest Service: 27 years, six months. Ann Orr Israel Customer service representative, Haleyville Service: 22 years, eight months Send us your photo holding Powergrams in an exotic locale. Target Zero Heroes The Ozark Line Crew has achieved 14 years of Target Zero, which is the longest streak by a Power Delivery group. From left to right are Tony Jones, Jeff Bonner, Wes (Bob) Davis, Shane Moore, Judson Danner, Justin Davis and Reagan Webb. Engineer Brittany Stegall, Rate Special ist George Stegall, Rate Specialist John Smola and his wife, Cassi, traveled to Turkey where they shared Powergrams with people from Austral ia to Switzerland at a hot air balloon festival . Editor: Chuck Chandler 205-257-3651 Assistant editors: Donna Cope and Carla Davis Photo editor: Bill Snow Art director: Jay Parker Thumbs Up: 205-257-1433

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