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CONTENTS ENVIRONMENT For more than 40 years, the Alabama Wildlife Center staff and volunteers have cared for injured wild animals, returning untold thousands back to nature aer medical help and rehabilitation. Page 1 SAFETY In 2018, Alabama Power employees are looking to remain commied to safety as their highest priority, taking every possible step to identify hazards and prevent injuries at home and work. Page 7 HONORS In addition to overseeing 32 hydroelectric dams in Alabama and Georgia, Herbie Johnson is in his second year as president of the National Hydropower Association. Page 8 HISTORY Former Alabama Power Vice President Julian Smith raised thousands of dollars for the Selma to Montgomery march commemorations as a member of the civil rights group's foundation board. Page 10 PROFILE Dadeville Customer Service Representative Robin East is also a representative of several sports companies aer becoming one of the nation's top archery athletes. Page 11 PROFILE Power Delivery Technical Services General Manager Pam Boyd is an inspiration to high school and college students, as well as her co- workers, achieving a number of firsts for a female at APC. Page 14 EDUCATION Many Alabama Power employees are involved in an important program at Auburn University – 100+ Women Strong – that is recruiting and supporting female engineers. Page 17 APSO When the Mt. Vernon Theatre was set to open its doors for the first time in a half-century, members of the local Alabama Power Service Organization stepped in to help make the premiere perfect. Page 19 ENERGIZERS Students at Anniston Middle School are geing lessons they may not hear in their reading, writing or arithmetic classes. Retiree James Glover is helping many become a Class Act in their own right. Page 23 OUR TOWN Jacksonville's population isn't much bigger than the enrollment of Jacksonville State University, but the town in Alabama Power's Eastern Division has lots to offer for students and longtime residents. Page 24 OUR TOWN SIDEBAR People across the state, and the nation, may not have heard about Jacksonville State University but the Gamecocks don't take a back seat to any university in many educational and athletics endeavors. Page 32 MILESTONE In 2017, electrical engineer Larry Clark zoomed past the half-century mark of employment with Alabama Power and in 2018 he just keeps on as a sought-aer industry expert. Page 36 HAPPY TRAILS Liz McGill and her husband, Mark, are happily traveling and devoting more time to their church aer she retired last year from the Economic and Community Development team at APC. Page 38 COMMUNITY A locomotive that worked the rail yard at Gaston Steam Plant for many years is being renovated for new duties at the Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum in Calera. Page 40 MILESTONE Assistant Plant Control Operator DeCorey Hale has published a book, "Ebeneezer the Sneezer," based on one of the bedtime stories he told his daughter years ago. Page 45 RETIREES Page 46 IN MEMORIAM Page 47 THUMBS UP Page 48 MARCH-APRIL • 2018 EDITOR Chuck Chandler 205-257-3651 cchandle@southernco.com ART DIRECTOR Jay Parker CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER Phil Free WRITERS Donna Cope Carla Davis Gilbert Nicholson CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Erin Harney Sarah Reid Harris Shirley Jackson CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Jeremy Cole LeRoy Coleman Alan Dismukes Marcus Kluz Jacki Lowry Meg McKinney Drew Nelson Tracy White ON THE COVER A rehabilitated red-tailed hawk lis its wings among the many injured animals being nursed back to health by doctors, staff and volunteers at the Alabama Wildlife Center. Photo by Phil Free. Story on Page 1. POWERGRAMS © Alabama Power Company 2018 College students enjoy the Chief Ladiga Trail in Jacksonville.

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