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 February 17 and May 15, 2000. For their outstanding job performance or special volunteer efforts, we say . . .
Thank you and congratulations!

ALABAMA
Supervisors Jim Marsh and Wendell Smitherman, for participating in the Job Fair at the W.A. “Bing” LeCroy Career/Technical Center in Clanton, Alabama Power Co.
Steve Nash and Crew, Alabama Power Co.
Todd Payne and Crew Member Aaron Law, for assisting emergency personnel by directing traffic around a serious car accident, Alabama Power Co.
Permissions Person James Self, Foremen Michael Burt, Steve Caldwell, Lee Heard, and Blake Self, and Crews, Alabama Power Co.
General Foreman Jim Wilson, Permissions Person Don Hogan, Foreman David Long, and Crew Member John Mann, for putting on an exhibition at the Greenville Arbor Day Fair, Alabama Power Co.

ARIZONA
Bill Shoemaker and Crew Member Troy Maas, Mesa Electric Utility

AUSTRALIA
David Kennedy and Crew Member Jodi Walker, for going above and beyond the call of duty to help out a woman whose car had gone into the Hawkesbury River at Wiseman’s Ferry in New South Wales. They gave her a ride to a friend’s house, kept the car from floating away and retrieved her purse and important documents from the submerged vehicle, Riverlands Contract

CALIFORNIA
General Foreman Tony Ortiz, for stopping to assist a victim of an auto accident and then acting as a translator between the injured person and police, Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

CONNECTICUT
Tom Hoefle, Private Property Work
Tom Hoefle, Joseph Keeley and Crew Member Matt Mongeon, Private Property Work
Joseph Keeley, Alan Robinson and Crew Member Matt Mongeon, Private Property Work
Jason Olden and Alan Robinson, Private Property Work
Justin Olden and Crew Members Pete Sokolovsky and Dale Thibodeau, Connecticut Light & Power Co.

DELAWARE
Josh Cannon and Crew Member Jessie Harris, for helping to free a tractor trailer stuck on a patch of ice,
Delaware Electric Cooperative
Josh Cannon and Crew Member Jessie Harris, Delaware Electric Cooperative
John Halsey Jr. and Crew Member Daniel Roach, Smyrna Electric Department

FLORIDA
General Foremen Tommy Bishop, Dan McGuire, David Orehosky and Jim Rhodes, and Crews, Gulf Power Co.
Eric Carver and Crew, Clay Electric Cooperative
General Foreman Tim Clark, Foremen Jermaine Golfin and Terry Lowmark, and Crews, Florida Power & Light Co.
Supervisor Kevin Dove, for supporting the annual Forestry Conclave of the PJC Forestry Club, Gulf Power Co.
Wayne Duvall and Crew, Florida Power & Light Co.
General Foreman Mike Farkas and Foremen Johnny Edgar and Terrance Walker, Florida Power & Light Co.
General Foreman Charlie Harris, Foreman Allen Parker and Crew, Florida Power & Light Co. (two letters were received)
General Foreman Gary Henderson, Florida Power Corp.
Foreman Walter Herrin and Crew, for being so kind and returning a lost wallet to an elderly woman, Florida Power Corp.
General Foreman Gire Hill and Crew, Florida Power Corp.
General Foreman Steve Jonas, Foremen Pierre Moise and Amiot Pierre, and Crews, Florida Power & Light Co.
Don Magyar and Crew Members Mike Hern and Robert Lemar, Ocala Electric Utility
Mussoluine Michaud and Crew Member Dieumercy Noel, Florida Power & Light Co.
Foreman Terry Peacock and Crew Member Steven Ray, Florida Public Utilities
General Foreman William Pearson, Florida Power & Light Co.
General Foremen Randy Pooley and Todd Smith, Foreman Ron Heard, and Crew Members Tyrone Cunningham and Matt Murphy, Gulf Power Co.
General Foreman Israel Rosario and Crew, Florida Power & Light Co.
Manager Roger Skenes, for generously donating to the “Seeds of Success” program, which educates 90,000 students in Central Florida about free enterprise, Florida Power Corp.
Leo Weatherspoon and Crew Members Raymond Cutchins and Lerome Williams, Gulf Power Co.
William Williams and Carson Vessels and Crews, Florida Power & Light Co.

GEORGIA
Cecil Copeland and Crew, for repairing the bus that had stranded the men of the Brooks United Methodist Church not once, but twice, on their way to a Macon Braves baseball game, Flint Electric Membership Corp.
Larry Mooney and Crew, Georgia Power Co.
Bobby Terrell, and Crew, Georgia Power Co.
Dwayne Wilson and Crew, Cobb Electric Membership Corp.

HAWAII
General Foreman James Ranta, for taking the initiative to personally remove a large tree that had fallen on power lines in the middle of the night, Hawaiian Electric Co.

ILLINOIS
Permissions Person Ray Schumacher, Commonwealth Edison Co.

INDIANA
General Foreman Tracy Huff, for returning a lost wallet that he had found in the street, City of Booneville

KANSAS
Ron Gillispie and Crew, Kansas Power & Light Co. (two letters were received)
Brian Louderback and Crew, Kansas Power & Light Co. (two letters were received)
Billy McBee and Crew Members Dave Allison and Darrell Conley Kansas Power & Light Co. (two letters were received)

KENTUCKY
Foremen John Chenault, Ronald Sparks, Earl Whittaker, and Crew Member Travis Rice, Kentucky Utilities Co.
General Foreman Tim Petitt, West Kentucky Rural Electric Co.
Supervisor Teresa Willis and Crew from the One-Call After Hours and Disaster Recovery Center, for continually improving service to our customers, New England Dig Safe Center

LOUISIANA
General Foremen Raphael Venable and Brad Legros and Crews, Entergy

MAINE
Foremen Vince Crommett and Robbie Davis and Crews, Central Maine Power Co.
Curtis Fanjoy and Crew Member Tim Coffin, Central Maine Power Co.

MARYLAND
General Foreman Mike Morris, Foremen John Widener and Willie Forsythe and Crew Member Mike Myers,
Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.
Permissions Person Pat Shaw, Potomac Electric Power Co.

MASSACHUSETTS
Jason Olden, Al Robinson, and Scott Schmitter, and Crews, Private Property Work

MICHIGAN
Permissions Person Joe Couke, Detroit Edison Co.

MINNESOTA
John Holmes and Crew Members Steve Metzen and Vladimir Savchenko, Northern States Power Co.

MISSISSIPPI
Brian Cohoon and Crew Member Roy Letson, Alcorn Co. Electric Power Assn. (two letters were received)

MISSOURI
Mike Blanner, Steve Hale, and Ken Kirk and Crews, Ameren
Joe Coe and Crew, Kansas City Power & Light Co. (two letters were received)
Mitch Decker and Crew, Kansas City Power & Light Co.
George Dewey and Crew, Kansas City Power & Light Co.
Anthony Ford and Crew, Kansas City Power & Light Co. (two letters were received)
Robert Stanley and Crew, Kansas City Power & Light Co. (two letters were received)

MONTANA
Art Hampton and Crew Member Chad Hedges, Montana Power Co.

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Scott Bishop and Crew Member Rick McGregor, Public Service Co. of New Hampshire
Foremen Scott Bishop and Jim Thibault and Crews, Public Service Co. of New Hampshire

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