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CONTENTS CUSTOMER SERVICE Alabama Power is on top of Southern Company's proprietary Large Business and Residential Customer Value Surveys for 2016. Page 1 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT APC employees played a pivotal role in recruiting Airbus, which has opened a $600 million plant employing more than 1,000 in Mobile. Page 2 ENERGIZERS The retiree volunteers are celebrating 20 years of giving back to Alabama communities. Page 5 APSO The Southern and Southeast Division chapters prepare snack packs to help their fellow man. Page 9 PROFILE Oak Grove Office Manager Steve Marlowe has been a football official on weekends for 26 years and has reached the highest collegiate level. Page 11 PROFILES Paul Boschung, Wesley Britt, Marcus Powe, Quentin Riggins, Courtney Rose, DeWayne Taylor and Spencer Williams all played college football. Page 15 SAFETY While many people are cooking out on Labor Day and other holidays, some Alabama Power employees are at work keeping the lights on. Page 19 SAFETY Rodney "Bo" Powell, Greg Coleman and Brett Arnold were presented the Presidential Award for their lifesaving efforts. Page 22 COVER Residents of Florala enjoy the small town life on the border of Alabama and Florida. Page 25 OUR TOWN SIDEBAR Lake Jackson in the Florala State Park attracts visitors from across the South. Page 31 THE ARTS Artwalk, the free annual celebration along historic Morris Avenue, and First and Second Avenues North, celebrates its 15th year. Page 34 COMMUNITY A $250,000 donation from the Alabama Power Foundation helped spur development of Troy University and Phenix City's riverfront district. Page 37 EDUCATION The Yellowhammer Learning Program, backed by the Alabama Power Foundation and others, has helped students for nearly a quarter-century. Page 41 COMMUNITY APSO volunteers do their part to make sports normal for kids on a special baseball field in Oxford. Page 45 HYDRO Smith Dam and Weiss Dam are celebrating 55 years of providing power, recreation, flood control and economic impact to their communities. Page 47 HISTORY In the spring of 1921, APC President Tom Martin set in motion the efforts that would lead to formation of the Corporate Archives. Page 50 RETIREES Page 51 TARGET ZERO HEROES We salute the employees who continue working safely every day. Page 52 IN MEMORIAM Page 55 THUMBS UP! Page 56 POSTCARD Page 56 SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER • 2016 EDITOR Chuck Chandler 205-257-3651 cchandle@southernco.com ART DIRECTOR Jay Parker WRITERS Donna Cope Carla Davis Gilbert Nicholson CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Leah Rawls Atkins Linda Brannon John Herr Anna Catherine Roberson Bill Tharpe Allison Westlake CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Airbus Billy Brown Joey D'Anna Christopher Jones Meg McKinney Arik Sokol Bernard Troncale Ted Tucker ON THE COVER James Cobb combs 4-year-old Jack Caraway's hair as the boy enjoys a lollipop at Cobb's Barber Shop in Florala. Photo by Meg McKinney Story on Page 25 POWERGRAMS © Alabama Power Company 2016 An Alabama Power Foundation donation helped boost the Phenix City riverfront district, which includes world-class whitewater. Story page 37.

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