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 September 4 and November 12, 1999. For their outstanding job performance or special volunteer efforts, we say . . .

Thank you and congratulations!

ALASKA
Railroad Division General Foreman Buford Shepard and Crews, Alaska Railroad
CALIFORNIA
General Foreman John Morlan and Crews, Private Property Work in Chula Vista
Manager Danny Rampani and General Foreman Pat Devlin, Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
CONNECTICUT
Brian Bernardi and Nergin Jusuf, Connecticut Light & Power Co.
Lead Foreman Ed Brasch, Foreman Ned Jusuf and Crew Members Dave Castro, Jr., Nes Jusuf, Mario
Ramos, Eli Rosario and Shane Thrall, Connecticut Light & Power Co.
(two letters were received)
Rocky Pelletier and Crew Member Jose Torres, Wallingford Electric Division
(two letters were received)
DELAWARE
General Foreman Gary Brittingham and Crew, Delaware Electric Cooperative
Steve Loveland and Crew Member Mike Ruark, Maryland State Hwy. Administration
FLORIDA
Larry Askew and Crew Member Walter Thomas, Florida Power Corp.
Blaine Davis and Crew, Florida Power & Light Co.
General Foreman Michael Farkas, Foreman Oscar Rodriguez and Crew Members Jose Abrego and Wilson Vega, Florida Power & Light Co.
Danny Gray, Edward Gray and Jerry Wickstrom, Lee County Electric Cooperative Inc.
Foreman David Hawley, for taking extra care of a bald eagle nest, Florida Power & Light Co.
General Foreman Steve Jonas, Foreman Raoul Corvil and Crew Members Vaguener Maccius and Ferere Celestine, Florida Power & Light Co.
General Foremen Dan Mcguire, David Orehosky and Jim Rhodes, for volunteering a day of tree trimming
for ARC/Escambia 1999 United Way Day of Caring in association with Gulf Power in Pensacola, Gulf Power Co.
Willy Previl and Crew Member Mirabo Francois, Florida Power & Light Co.
Ben Ramos and Crew, Florida Power Corp.
Kenny Williams II and Crew, Gulf Power Co.
GEORGIA
Supervising Foreman Freddy Dowdy, for delivering a load of wood chips to the Alexander II Math Science
Magnet Elementary School in Macon for the school’s nature center, Georgia Power Co.
Underground Construction Foreman Ronnie Taylor, for his quick response in putting out a mobile home
fire, Georgia Power Co.
General Foreman Dan Yarger and Crews, Georgia Power Co.
ILLINOIS
Todd Shelton and Crew Members Pat Cunningham and Jeremy Hunt, Commonwealth Edison Co.
Foreman Tyrone Jones, Ameren CIPS
INDIANA
Terry Cooper and Crew Members Jim Conley and Todd Cooper, City of Terre Haute
Marvin Craig, Jr., and Crew Member Travis Craig, Southeastern Indiana REMC
Ron Forrest, Mike Williams and Crew Member Mike Williams, Jr., Indianapolis Power & Light Co.
Railroad Division Foreman Frank Merritt and Crew, CSX Transportation
Tony Sink and Crew Members Steve Denton and Mike Sink, Indianapolis Power & Light Co.
KANSAS
Steve Jimmerson and Crew Member Paul Martin, West Plains Energy
KENTUCKY
Hershell Coleman and Crew, Jackson Energy
Roy Fite, Glen Scott and Crews, Kentucky Utilities Co.
General Foreman Mike Shelton, Foreman Roger Johnson and Crew Member Chris Renner, for clearing debris from a lot in Junction City where Boyle County Habitat for Humanity will be building a home for efugees from Bosnia, Kentucky Utilities Co.
LOUISIANA
Terrance Blaine and Crew, Entergy
MAINE
Erik Carmichael and Crew, Private Property Work in Jefferson
Bob LeVesque, for becoming certified by the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) as an Arborist, Maine Public Service Co. & Maine Dept. of Transportation
Neil Mooers and Crew Member Normand Saucier, Maine Public Service Co.
MANITOBA
Dave McCaveney, Sean O’Hara and Crews, Manitoba Hydro
MARYLAND
Efrain Bonilla and Crew Members Carlos Lemos, Jose Rogue and Angel Sierra, Potomac Electric Power Co.
General Foreman Cody Burkindine and Foreman Brett Hanson, for their generous support and participation
in the Maryland Arborists Day Project at Mount Clare Mansion in Carroll Park, Private Property Work
Greg Jones and Crew Members Sharlene Conaway, Benjie Miller and Ralph Rodeheaver, Jr., Maryland Dept. of Transportation
Foreman Stewart McNerney, for coming to the rescue of a kitten stuck up in a tree, Potomac Electric Power Co.
General Foreman Greg O’Hare, Potomac Electric Power Co.
Jaime Salvador and Crew Members Junior Bonilla and Santos Garcia, for removing trees for the Compassion Center in College Park to build their new bereavement sanctuary, Potomac Electric Power Co.
Permissions Specialist Patricia Shaw, Potomac Electric Power Co.
General Foreman John White, Foreman Terry Thomas and Crew Member Mike Kline, Allegheny Power Systems/Potomac Ed (two letters were received)
Foreman Eric Vasquez, Potomac Electric Power Co.
MASSACHUSETTS
General Foreman Ron Boucher, Foreman Norman Boucher and Crew Member Mike Rivera, for rescuing
an eight-year-old boy who got stuck in a playground’s monkey bars, Massachusetts Electric Co.
Nils Lange and Crew Member Walder Hutchinson, Massachusetts Electric Co.
MICHIGAN
Manager Barry Hooper and Crews, for donating a centerpiece for the 4th annual auction for the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Gratiot/Montcalm Counties, Consumers Energy
MINNESOTA
General Foreman Wayne Bailey, Foreman Earl Hall, Mark Robin and Crew Members Ron Eells, Chris
Magistad and Brent Wistrom, for volunteer work at Camp Sunrise, a YouthCare camp, Northern States Power Co.
Mark Rustad and Crew Member Tom Abrahamson, Northern States Power Co.
MISSISSIPPI
General Foreman Ray Peach, Foreman Stewart Caudill and Crew, Natchez Trace Electric Power Assoc.
NEW MEXICO
General Foreman Ronnie Collins, Foremen Donald Lovato and Joseph Woods and Crew Member Aaron Vargas, Public Service Co. of New Mexico

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