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4 Shor e l i n e S | 2014 Vol :3 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. S TAFF CONTRIBUTORS ©2014 Alabama Power BoB Bl alock, 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. M ic h a e l toM Be r l i n, a senior communications specialist at Alabama Power, spent more than two decades as an award-winning business journalist in Alabama, the last 16 years at The Birmingham News/ AL.com. He is also an artillery officer in the Alabama Army National Guard and has made two deployments to Afghanistan as part of the Global War on Terror. STAFF CONTRIBUTORS Matt BoWden Sar ah r eid harriS candy hayeS JiM heilBron Br andon Glover Bill tharpe cover iMaGe — by Billy Brown While a damp morning mist receded, Brandon Jackson fished for rainbow trout in the chilly waters of the Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior River. Cold water from the depths of Smith Lake pours into the Sipsey, creating the only spot in Alabama that supports trout fishing year- round. Photographer Billy Brown captured Jackson fishing below the dam on a late-summer day. 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.

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