POWERGRAMS

Powergrams is published biweekly by Alabama Power for its employees, retirees and friends. Please report address changes by calling the editor. Thumbs up! Target Zero Heroes The Southern Transmission Maintenance Center Substation crew won the Superstar Award for working four years without a recordable injury or preventable vehicle accident. They are (from left to right) Mike Cleckler, Josh Adams, Leighton Nelson, Daniel Camacho, Joey Holmes, Wayne Traywick, Larry Littlejohn, Jeff Verscheure, Brett Arnold, Michael Owens and Stanley Buchanon. On Oct. 21, Western Division Alabama Power Service Organization (APSO) members worked at Oak Hill School to build a pond in one day. APSO volunteers moved stones, plants and other materials, and then dug the pond, which the students will use for educational purposes. On Nov. 1, Alabama Power sponsored the Central Alabama BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) competition at the Talladega Superspeedway. The competition was the culmination of a six-week workforce development program. Teams from 20 schools built and designed a functioning robot using PVC pipe, plywood, piano wire, an assortment of screws, aluminum paint and other items before putting their creations to the test. Employees mentored the teams and served as judges for the competition, the student marketing presentations and engineering notebooks. The Customer Service Civic Team held a sock drive benefiting the Fire House Shelter for men in Birmingham. Employees from the Customer Service Centers-North and South donated socks and about $147 in support of the cause. The civic team delivered 148 pairs of socks to the shelter on Oct. 24. Assistant editors: Donna Cope and Carla Davis Art director: Jay Parker THUMBS UP: 205-257-1433 Editor: Chuck Chandler 205-257-3651 Columbiana Office retiree and Energizers member Marrene Wilson and her granddaughter, LanYu Wilson, of Portland, Oregon toured Washington, D.C. sites, including the U.S. Capitol. Send us your photo holding Powergrams in an exotic locale. IN MEMORIAM Danny F. Beuk, 71, retiree, MoBile Division oFFice, oct. 22. Walter leon Davis Jr., 79, retiree, corporate HeaDquarters, oct. 18. Jerry M. HooD, 77, retiree, H. neely Henry DaM, oct. 1. layton M. toDD, 38, leave oF aBsence, Miller steaM plant, oct. 18. Volunteers from Western Division helped build school pond.

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