POWERGRAMS

CONTENTS HISTORY Leah Rawls Atkins tells how the company could have gone down with a ship. Page 3 SAFETY Farley Nuclear Plant has been running smoothly and safely for nearly 40 years. Page 5 COMMUNITY Leeds Business Office makes life easier on customers. Page 6 APSO Gaston employees help area food bank feed needy citizens. Page 9 ENERGIZERS Dan Farmer uses his talent to raise money and help his community. Page 13 EDUCATION Company teams with Bevill State Community College to train apprentices. Page 15 OUR TOWN Alexander City is the latest community served by Alabama Power to be profiled. Page 19 THE BROTHERHOOD Williams quartet of local operating linemen served company for nearly 160 years. Page 25 COVER Alabama Power and others helped the Lyric Theatre shine again in Birmingham. Page 27 100% CONNECTED Employees among those in Anniston celebrating Knox 70th anniversary. Page 33 EDUCATION Female engineers' iCan program has had huge impact on engineering intern. Page 35 RETIREES Page 38 POSTCARDS People go around the world with their Powergrams. Page 39 TARGET ZERO HEROES We salute the employees who continue working safely every day. Page 40 IN MEMORIAM Page 42 THUMBS UP! Page 43 MARCH-APRIL • 2016 EDITOR Chuck Chandler ART DIRECTOR Jay Parker WRITERS Donna Cope Carla Davis Gilbert Nicholson CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Leah Rawls Atkins Jacki Lowry Anna Catherine Roberson Allison Westlake CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Dan Anderson Billy Brown Wynter Byrd Joe De Sciose Phil Free Mark Jerald Christopher Jones Mike Kittrell Nik Layman Meg McKinney Bernard Troncale Ted Tucker ON THE COVER Photo by Joe De Sciose. The Lyric Theatre reopened on the 102nd anniversary of its original opening. Page 27 POWERGRAMS © Alabama Power Company 2016 Restored balcony of the Lyric Theatre. Page 27.

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