FOSTER, MACHADO REPRESENT POWERSOUTH AT 2012 YOUTH TOUR

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PHOTO CAPTION: Elba High School Youth Tour winners are (left to right) Ashley Foster (winner), Korie Machado (runner-up), Brinley Williams (first alternate), Tatiyunna Conner (second alternate) and Ashton Senn (third alternate).

ANDALUSIA, ALA.– Elba High School (EHS) students Ashley Foster and Korie Machado have been selected as PowerSouth’s 2012 Youth Tour winner and runner-up, respectively.

In March the students will join hundreds of other Youth Tour winners from across Alabama in the state capitol to learn more about government, the legislative process and the rural electrification program.

As the EHS Youth Tour winner, Foster will receive an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C., in June to participate in the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s (NRECA) Youth Tour to visit the nation’s capitol and meet with government leaders, along with thousands of other high school students from around the country.

The top 10 students from EHS will join area Youth Tour Program participants at Point A Lodge on Feb.15 to learn more about PowerSouth and the electric industry, while interacting with their peers.

Foster and Machado were chosen based on their performance on written essays, written tests and an interview competition at PowerSouth’s headquarters in Andalusia.

Foster was selected as the EHS winner. She has demonstrated leadership by serving in the FCCLA and EHS Marching Band Color Guard. She is Color Guard Captain.

Machado was selected as the EHS runner-up. He has shown leadership through his service on the Senior Beta Club, Marching Tiger Band, Journalism staff and light and sound crew. He is also co-editor of the Elbala Yearbook.

Brinley Williams, Tatiyunna Conner and Ashton Senn were selected as alternates.

PowerSouth has participated in the Youth Tour program for more than 20 years, sponsoring students from Andalusia, Elba, Opp and PikeCountyhigh schools.

The Electric Cooperative Youth Tour has brought high school students to Washington, D.C., every June since the late 1950s, and more than 40,000 students from across Americahave participated in this unique program.

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About PowerSouth:

PowerSouth serves the wholesale energy needs of 16 electric cooperatives and four municipal electric systems in Alabama and northwest Florida, with more than a million consumers in 39 Alabama and 10 Florida counties. PowerSouth is dedicated to providing reliable energy at the lowest possible cost to its members.

 

 

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