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
23, 2000 and February 16, 2001. For their outstanding
job performance or special volunteer efforts, we
say . . .
Thank you and congratulations!
ALABAMA
General
Foreman Maxie McCoy, Foreman Patrick Prude and Crew
Member Troy Cameron, for decorating the Christmas
trees in the Springhill Development,
Alabama Power Co.
General
Foreman Gary Parker and Foreman Ed Youngbird, for
hanging banners for Birmingham's City Center Running/Walking
Trail Project,
Alabama Power Co.
General
Foreman Troy Rice, Foreman Larry Leviner and Crew
Members Chris Kelley and Scottie Smithey,
Huntsville Utilities
ARIZONA
Martin
Hernandez and Crew Members Geraldo Planells and
Luis Vigil,
Salt River Project
ARKANSAS
Supervisor
Jeff Lynch, for sponsorship of two Arbor Day
Celebrations in April,
Hot Springs/Garland County Beautification Commission
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
Jason
Arcand and Crew Members Adam Hildebrand and Doug
Jewell,
B.C. Hydro
CALIFORNIA
Enrique
Avalos and Crew Members Guillermo Aquiniga and Fernando
Garcia,
Pacific Gas & Electric
Rod
Clark and Juan Pintor and Crew Member Rolando Salazar,
Jr., for reporting to the police a home that
was apparently broken into,
Modesto Irrigation District
General
Foreman Bill Parnell, Foremen Shawn Duett and Bob
O'Rourke and Crew Member Frank Glass,
Pacific Gas & Electric
General
Foreman Jose Sanchez, for donating woodchips
at the Christmas tree lots for Delancy Street Foundation,
Southern California Edison Co.
General
Foreman Philip Smith,
Pacific Gas & Electric
CONNECTICUT
Permission
Person Mike Coleman, Foreman Dean DiDomizio and
Crew Member Julio Castanheira,
Connecticut Light & Power
Dean
DiDomizio and Crew Member Julio Castanheira,
Connecticut Light & Power
Permission
Person Reuben Eddy, Foremen Ed Brasche and Ben Hurd
and Crew Members Mike Uptagraw and Shane Wood,
Connecticut Light & Power
Supervisor
Carl Junghans and General Foreman Margaret Samela,
Connecticut Light & Power
Permission
Person Roger Semeraro, Foreman Rocky Pelletier and
Crew Member Mike Kowalewski,
Connecticut Light and Power
DELAWARE
Josh
Cannon and Crew Members Winford Bostick, Jr. and
Sean Woodhead,
Delaware Electric Cooperative, Inc.
James
Cuomo and Crew,
Conectiv/Delmarva Power & Light
Mike
Drejka and Crew Member Charles M. Smith, for
helping Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County
remove a tree and chip up brush,
Conectiv/Delmarva Power & Light
General
Foreman Sam Patchett, Foremen Kevin Gant and David
Lundeen and Crew Members Art McCloskey II and Alex
Rodriquez,
Conectiv/Delmarva Power & Light
FLORIDA
Hubert
Brown, Johnny Gooden and George Wilson and Crew
Members Willie Patterson and Herbert Pompey,
for helping to plant trees for the City of Tallahassee's
Arbor Day,
Tallahassee Electric
Alex
Cox, John Hopkins and Ronnie Martin and Crew Member
Chris Sage,
Florida Power Corp.
Daniel
Hatcher, Justin Metz and Dale Taylor and Crew Members
Patrick Carney and James Edenfield,
Jacksonville Electric Authority
General
Foreman Gary Lee, Foreman Ronald Harvey, Sr. and
Crew Member Steven Wilkerson,
Florida Power & Light
Brian
Miniard and Crew Member Kevin Scavitti,
Florida Power & Light
General
Foreman Jim Rhodes, Foreman Mark Winston and Crew
Member Wayne Eicher, Jr., for removing a limb
above the ARC Group Home before Christmas,
Gulf Power Co.
General
Foreman Doug Speakman,
Florida Power & Light
General
Foreman Kevin Strobel, Foremen Rick Cushing, Brian
Miniard, Kevin Reardon and Sylvester Roberson and
Crew Members David Blundell, Sean Justice, Paul
Mooney, Pedro Perez and Eugene Ryan, for volunteering
to beautify and make the grounds safer at the Hacienda
Girls Ranch in Melbourne,
Florida Power & Light
General
Foreman Mike Venezia and Crew Members Richard McCurdy
and Hector Torres, for volunteering to help
with the United Way of Citrus County's Day of Caring,
Sumter Electric Cooperative
General
Foreman Mike Werner, Foreman George King and Crew
Member Dessalines Pierre,
Florida Power & Light
Paul
Whitfield and Crew Member Gary G. Sanford
Tallahassee Electric
GEORGIA
Chris
LeMaster and Crew,
Georgia Power Co.
Supervisor
Willie McWhirter, General Foreman Bobby Hall, Foreman
Stacy Williams and Crew Member Devens Smith, for
their help in chipping trees during the annual Christmas
tree round-up for Warner Robins,
Flint EMC
General
Foreman Dan Yarger, Foreman Larry Mooney and Crew
Member Dwight Alexander,
Georgia Power Co.
(Two letters were received. One was for volunteering
to chip up trees for the Grant Park Conservancy.)
INDIANA
Asplundh
Brush Control Supervisor Randy Beemer, Foremen Steve
Barton and Troy Nine, and Crew Member James Nine,
Trunkline Gas Co.
ILLINOIS
General
Foreman Joe Beilke, Foreman Tim Nosser and Crew
Member Rufino Cortes,
ComEd
General
Foreman Bob Branka, Foreman Rick Parker and Crew,
ComEd
General
Foremen Jeff Ness, Foreman Ralph Markham and Crew,
for helping to untangle the flag at Richmond-Burton
Community High School,
ComEd
Richard
Wagner and Crew Member Randy Douglas,
Ameren CIPS
KANSAS
Tim
Alexander and Crew,
Kansas City Power & Light Co.
Mickel
Gasper and Crew,
Kansas City Power & Light Co.
(three letters were received)
Ron
Gillispie and Crew,
Kansas City Power & Light Co.
(eleven letters were received)
Tim
Gunn and Crew,
Kansas City Power & Light Co.
(two letters were received)
Brian
Louderback and Crew,
Kansas City Power & Light Co.
(fifteen letters were received)
Jason
Mitchell and Crew,
Kansas City Power & Light Co.
(three letters were received)
Carlos
Torres and Crew,
Kansas City Power & Light Co.
(five letters were received)
KENTUCKY
Manager
Dave Ellifritz, General Foreman Bobby D. King and
Crews,
Blue Grass Energy Cooperative Corp.
Joey
Williams and Crew,
LGE Energy
MAINE
General
Foreman Jeff Clapperton, Foreman Shawn Clapperton
and Crew Member Jamie Madruga,
Central Maine Power Co.
Shon
Erskine and Crew Member Dustin Carter, for removing
a large collection of ice over the Superior Courthouse
entrance in Belfast,
Central Maine Power Co.
Neil
Mooers and Crew Member Travis Bard,
Maine Public Service Co.
MARYLAND
General
Foreman Andre Carter,
Prince George's County
MASSACHUSETTS
Doug
Feener and Crew,
Massachusetts Electric
Roy
Joffre and Crew Member Shaun Richardson,
Massachusetts Electric
Scott
Kirk and Crew Member Jim Barnes,
Massachusetts Electric
MICHIGAN
Rick
Burris and Scott Klein and Crew Members Todd Bilyeu,
Frank Engel, Brad Scott and John Shasteen,
Great Lakes Energy
General
Foreman William Gould and Permission Person Russell
Stacknik,
Consumers Energy
General
Foreman Mike Miller, Foreman James Tomchick and
Crew Member Larry Flores,
Consumers Energy
MINNESOTA
Job
Planner Lief Haugland, Foreman Mitch Anderson and
Crew Member David Wandtke,
XCel Energy
Foreman
Joel Mohagen and Crew Member Arlene Wiegers,
XCel Energy
MISSOURI
John
Becker and Crew Member Floyd Brown, Jr.,
Kansas City Power & Light Co.
George
Dewey and Crew,
Kansas City Power & Light Co.
Anthony
Ford and Crew,
Kansas City Power & Light Co.
Thomas
Harpham and Crew Members Brad Burbridge and Gary
Exline,
Columbia Water & Light
Jim
Harrison and Crew,
Utilicorp
David
Kirchhoff and Crew,
Utilicorp
Willie
Plake and Crew, for dropping off woodchips for
a rose garden,
Independence Power & Light
Kevin
Yowell, for picking up Christmas packages that
had fallen from a truck and turning them in to the
police so their owners could be found,
Sho-Me Power Corp.
MONTANA
Arden
Butt and Crew Member Jay Zimmer,
Montana Power Company
Paul
Hauns and Crew Member Tom Landry,
Montana Power Company
NEVADA
General
Foreman Karl Shisher, Foreman Jim Meek and Crew
Member Hector Henriquez, for volunteering to
change the light bulbs at the Mineral County School
District high school football field,
Sierra Pacific Power Co.
NEW
HAMPSHIRE
David
Fortin and Crew, for removing ice overhanging
the entrance to Groveton Elementary School so the
children would be safe,
Public Service Co. of New Hampshire
David
Fortin and Crew Members Tracey Lawrence and Travis
McMann, for removing ice from the roof of the
fire station and library, as well as a wreath from
the Baptist Church in the town of Stratford,
Public Service Co. of New Hampshire
Tony
Tavares and Crew, for volunteering to untangle
the Town of Washington's flag and enabling them
to hang a new one for Veterans Day,
Granite State Telephone Co.
Tom
Ward, Jr. and Crew Members Scott Robinson and Robert
Whiting,
Public Service Co. of New Hampshire
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