Letters and telephone calls were received complimenting the following foremen and their crews working on the property of the utility or organization listed below the employees' names. This listing covers all “Orchids” that were received in the Corporate Communications Dept. between November 13, 1999 and February 16, 2000. For their outstanding job performance or special volunteer efforts, we say . . .

Thank you and congratulations!

ALABAMA
Ken Howard and Crew Members Johnny Lassiter and Dale Sudduth, Alabama Power Co.

ALBERTA
General Foreman Darryl Bruce and Foreman Robert Tregillus and Crew, City of Airdrie
General Foreman Dunc Lawrence, Foremen Wayne Clark, Reg DeForest, Bob Gordon, Robert Haywood and Crews, County of Lamont

CALIFORNIA
Rory Axelson and Crew Member Ben Bennett, San Diego Gas & Electric Co.
Rory Axelson and Crew Members Ben Bennett and Jim McFalda, San Diego Gas & Electric Co.
Brian Bigley, Jason Fordyce and Crew Members Victor Arreola and Bobby Jarrell, San Diego Gas & Electric Co.
Juan Castillo, Salvador Lopez, Adalberto Mendoza, Luis Ramirez, Lauro Vasquez and Crew Members Victor Blanco, Matias Lepe and Juan Valderrama, for volunteering to work New Years' eve and day to make sure everything went smoothly for Y2K, Southern California Edison Co.
General Foreman Ken Peters and Crew Members Luis Gonzalez and Rigoberto Valdez, for assisting in an extensive renovation of the Clover Flat Elementary School, San Diego Gas & Electric Co.
General Foreman Ken Peters and Foreman Ed Norvel, when they witnessed a truck go over the side of a highway, hiked 150 feet down to administer first aid, clear vegetation and help extricate the victim, San Diego Gas & Electric Co.

COLORADO
General Foreman Dick Beebe and Crews, for sponsoring the 1999 Christmas Tree Recycling Program in Pueblo County, Utilicorp United Inc.

CONNECTICUT
General Foremen Mark Bovat and Margaret Samela, Foreman Paul Neves and Crew Member Modesto Juarez, Connecticut Light & Power Co. (two letters were received)
Ed Strong and Crew Members Ryan Graff and Jason Gregware, for saving the life of a great blue heron, Connecticut Light & Power Co.
Shane Thrall and Crew Members Nergin Jusuf and Nesedzan Jusuf, for saving the life of a driver and putting out the flames which had engulfed his pickup truck, Connecticut Light & Power Co.

FLORIDA
Arthur Amisial and Crew, Florida Power & Light Co.
John Bailey, Wayne Duvall and Crews, Florida Power & Light Co.
General Foreman Ermal Baker, for successfully becoming an ISA Certified Arborist, Florida Power Corp.
Cario Bonilla and Crew, Florida Power & Light Co.
Kenny Brown, Alphonso Figgers, Mark Hudson, Pete Tracy, Crew Member Jim Rogers and Family, for articipating in Tallahassee's Arbor Day 2000 Celebration, Tallahassee Electric Department
General Foreman Francis Chase, Foreman Marvin Snider and Crew Member Emilio Mareus, Florida Power & Light Co.
Belony Corvil and Crew Members Aline Noel and C.J. Louis, Florida Power & Light Co.
Alphonso Figgers and Crew Members Lacey Jones, Milo Jordon and Jonathon Young, for participating in the Mothers in Crisis Clean-Up Project, Tallahassee Electric Department
Tom Honnett and Crew Member Julian Beard, Florida Power & Light Co.
General Foreman Marvin Hudson, Jr., Permissions Person James Cantrell, Foreman Mark Hudson and crew Member Johnny Martin, for quick action on a downed electric line and house fire, Tallahassee Electric Department
General Foreman Steve Jonas and Crew, Florida Power & Light Co.
William Meredith and Crew Member Edward Faircloth, for performing CPR and taking good care of the victim's young daughter during the crisis, Florida Power & Light Co.
General Foreman Kim Nicholson, Foreman Floyd Marlow and Crew Member Gerald Sanford, for providing firewood to Troop 44 in Tallahassee for their recent camporee, Tallahassee Electric Department
General Foreman Robert Oen and Crew, Florida Power & Light Co.
Permissions Person Ben Ramos, Florida Power Corp.
General Foreman Mark Smith and Crews, Florida Power & Light Co.
General Foreman Kevin Strobel, Florida Power & Light Co.
General Foreman Mike Werner, Foremen Elisandro Perez, Bill Yartz and Crew Member Exantice Fabre,
Florida Power & Light Co.
Vice President Pat White, General Foremen Jim Gude and Tom Rogers, Foreman Sam Morgan, Jr. and Crew Member Gerald McDaniel, Florida Power & Light Co.

GEORGIA
General Foreman Bobby Hall, Foremen Mike Smith and Jason Yeomans, and Crew Members Jonahs Molden, Jr. and Devens Smith, for donating their time to make the "Great Christmas Tree Round-Up" in Warner Robins a great success, Flint Electric Membership Corp.

ILLINOIS
Bob Bajzek and Crew Members Bill Buntin and Ed Johnson, Commonwealth Edison Co.
General Foremen Greg Great and Jude Solis, Foremen Scott Anderson, Scott Greenenwald, Mark Kurz, Andrew Meyers and James Motter and Crew Members Kurt Baughman, Craig Couillard, Eddie Del Valle, Ben Gonzalez, Desmond Ross and Antonio Solis, Commonwealth Edison Co.
Kevin McPartlin and Crew Members Joe Jeffries and Jodi Klimes, Commonwealth Edison Co.
General Foreman Chris Miessner, Foreman Duane Schmuck and Crew Members Roy Bowen and Joe Sliva,
Commonwealth Edison Co.

INDIANA
Foremen Ron Forrest and Mike Williams, Indianapolis Power & Light Co.
Marc Mesaros and Crew Member Ryan Musick, for helping a mail carrier get out of deep snowy ditch, Cinergy/PSI Energy
Manager Tom Sharritts, Supervisor Tim Cornett, Permissions Person Gary Lane and son Blair, for devoting time to helping out the Monon Greenway Beautification Project in Indianapolis, Indianapolis Power & Light Co.

KANSAS
Tim Gunn and Crew, Kansas City Power & Light Co.
Bruce Koehn and Crew Members Tony Ainesworth and Jason Baker, Western Resources Inc.
Brian Louderback and Crew, Kansas City Power & Light Co. (two letters were received)

KENTUCKY
Tim Adams and Crew Members Andy Adams and Bob Adams, for helping out a woman who was having a fainting spell until her daughter could get there, Kentucky Utilities Co.
Tim Adams and Crew Members Andy Adams and Bob Adams, Kentucky Utilities Co.
General Foreman Rob Earlywine, Foreman Julian Farmer and Crew, Kentucky Utilities Co.
Todd Gammon and Crew Member L.B. Brown, Frankfort Electric & Water Plant Board (two letters were received)
Todd Gammon and Crew Members L.B. Brown and Ron Douglas, Frankfort Electric & Water Plant Board

LOUISIANA
Leonard Hano and Crew, Dixie Electric Membership Corp. (two letters were received)
General Foreman Billy King, Jr., Permissions Person Jose Reyes, Foremen Al Benoit, Valentin Gonsalez and Clyde Thomas and Crew Members William Espana, Henry Horton, Derrick Jackson and Garland White, for doing great work in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, Entergy Corp.

MAINE
General Foreman Tom Chouinard and Crew, for donating brush chipping services at the First Congregational Church in Durham, Central Maine Power Co.
Curt Fanjoy and Crew, Central Maine Power Co.

MARYLAND
Mary Bryant and Crew, Maryland State Highway Admin.
Mary Bryant and Crew Member Mike Harris, Maryland State Highway Admin.
Carl Collins and Crew Member Rodney Lammott from Dayton, Ohio, Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.
Carl Collins, Adam Luster, Tim Vancil and Crew Member Rodney Lammott from Dayton, Ohio, Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.
James Mitchell and Crew Members Franklin Johns and Michael Neville, for taking down a tree struck by lightning for the North Glen Baptist Church in Glen Burnie, Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.

MASSACHUSETTS
Vice President Don Cummings, General Foreman Larry Bronner, Foremen Ryan Breen, Darin Chevalier, Andy Zajac and Bob Zajac, for volunteering their time to help in the placement of holiday decorations throughout the town of Ware, Massachusetts Electric Co.

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