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Powergrams is published biweekly by Alabama Power for its employees, retirees and friends. Please report address changes by calling the editor. Retirees IN MEMORIAM Harland E. BlockEr, 81, rEtirEE, BlountsvillE, april 8. EugEnia pugH, 88, rEtirEE, BirmingHam division officE – corporatE HEadquartErs, marcH 7. paul lEon rEid, 75, rEtirEE, moBilE division, oct. 31, 2014 JamEs l. rodEn, 74, rEtirEE, WEiss dam, april 5. EnocH Y. sims, 81, rEtirEE, gardEndalE arEa officE, april 10. cHarlEs r. spEarman, 85, rEtirEE, gaston stEam plant, fEB. 7. ada B. WalkEr, 93, rEtirEE, soutHEast division officE, april 8. Mark Newman Engineer, Southern Division Complex Service: 34 years, two months Newt Perkins III Customer service supervisor, Birmingham Division Service: 33 years, four months James Randall Plyler Transmission Construction general manager, Corporate Headquarters Service: 39 years, three months Cary Joe Poe Utility fleet technician, General Services Complex 3 – General Garage Service: 20 years, five months Gay K. Roberts Asset management supervisor, Corporate Headquarters Service: 33 years, eight months Jimmy Howard Roper Protection and Control Field Services team leader, Corporate Headquarters Service: 34 years, nine months Wiley Joseph Ryckeley Chemical technician, Barry Steam Plant Service: 36 years, nine months Vernon Gregory Smith Technical Support and Compliance manager, Corporate Headquarters Service: 33 years, 10 months William Merle Smith 44 kilovolt system planning team leader, Corporate Headquarters Service: 39 years, two months James Wesley Sparks Condition-based maintenance specialist, Gaston Steam Plant Service: 35 years, two months Marceline Leon Tarrant Meter reader, Anniston Service: 36 years, nine months Dawn Michelle Taylor Employee development coordinator, Barry Steam Plant Service: 34 years, two months Richard Randolph Taylor Operations team leader, Barry Steam Plant Service: 42 years, two months Hiram Lanier Templeton Manager, Bay Minette Service: 40 years, one month Bobby Joe Thacker Local operations lineman, Jasper Service: 42 years, 10 months. Assistant editors: Donna Cope and Carla Davis Art director: Jay Parker THUMBS UP: 205-257-1433 Editor: Chuck Chandler 205-257-3651 Alabama Power retirees Steve Pearson and wife, Deloris, Billy Cross and wife, Joyce, and Charles Breland and wife, Kay, recently toured the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C. Send us your photo holding Powergrams in an exotic locale. Target Zero Heroes The Southern Transmission Maintenance Center Line Crew won the Star Award for working two safe years. The team includes Wayne Foster, Jack Walker, Wayne Cobb, Ross Baker, Scott Harmon, Travis Burnett, Greg Hawk, Chris Ingram, Parker Taylor, Matthew Sammons, Tony Burnett and Jamison Tuck.