POWERGRAMS

CONTENTS SAFETY The Presidential Award of Honor was given to two Alabama Power employees for their efforts in saving or sustaining another person's life during the past year. Page 1 DAY IN THE LIFE Customer care associates provide service around the clock, every day of the year. We take an inside look at the job these special employees perform behind the scenes. Page 3 PROFILE Former Distribution Vice President Danny Glover has retired to his family, church and farm after 40 years with Alabama Power. Page 5 ENERGIZERS Energizers member Becky York helps organize the annual Tuscaloosa Honor Flight of veterans to the national memorials in Washington, D.C. Page 9 APSO Members of the Mobile and Plant Barry chapters of the Alabama Power Service Organization work closely with Ronald McDonald House to make sure the families of young patients are able to enjoy good meals while away from home. Page 13 EDUCATION Each year, the Alabama Power Foundation awards a four-year college scholarship to an outstanding high school senior who is a dependent of an employee or retiree. Connor Posey, son of Tuscaloosa Meter Tester Tom Posey, is this year's recipient. Page 15 EDUCATION Twenty students across the state have been awarded $2,500 college scholarships from the Alabama Power Foundation, bringing the total to more than $4 million given to about 1,200 students since 1991. Page 15 BEST SHOTS Four Alabama Power employees were selected for the top honors in the 2017 Powergrams Photo Contest. Page 17 PROFILE Online and Operations Support Manager Wesley Higgins and his family spend many nights and weekends designing and building scale models with Legos. Page 19 OUR TOWN Monroeville couldn't be anonymous if it wanted to, not since Nelle Harper Lee was born there and became childhood friends with Truman Capote. But tales of the famous authors aren't all the town has to offer. Page 21 OUR TOWN SIDEBAR The Monroe County Museum is inside the old Monroe County Courthouse, which is often confused with the movie location of "To Kill A Mockingbird." Page 30 HYDRO For the first time in nearly seven decades, giant turbines at Jordan Dam were raised from inside the giant concrete structure and replaced. Page 33 HYDRO Former residents of the Lay Dam village returned to the site of their early years for a second reunion. Page 37 HAPPY TRAILS Hillcrest Office Assistant Manager Thelma Scott was known as "Sarge" before moving into retirement after 42 years with Alabama Power, all in the Mobile Division. Page 39 INNOVATION Reddy Kilowatt was invented by an Alabama Power employee, with the cartoon figure soon becoming recognized around the world as the ambassador of electricity Page 41 HISTORY Two world wars gave women the opportunity to make employment inroads around the United States and at Alabama Power. Page 43 RETIREES Page 45 POSTCARDS TO POWERGRAMS Page 46 IN MEMORIAM Page 47 THUMBS UP Page 48 JULY-AUGUST • 2017 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 Sarah Reid Harris Bill Tharpe Allison Westlake CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Simo Ahmadi Dan Anderson Billy Brown Wynter Byrd Phil Free Chris Jones Nik Layman Meg McKinney ON THE COVER Powergrams Photo Contest winner Wayne Lewis took the cover shot while on vacation along the Yangtze River in China. Story on Page 17 POWERGRAMS © Alabama Power Company 2017 The Monroe County Courthouse is world-renowned. (Page 30)

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