POWERSOUTH SELECTS MCGUIRE, RODGERS AS 2010 YOUTH TOUR WINNERS

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PHOTO CAPTION: Elba High School Youth Tour winners are (left to right) Molly McGuire (winner), Xavier Rodgers (runner-up), Chasity Slenker (first alternate), Caroline Marler (second alternate) and Bethany Wilson (third alternate).

ANDALUSIA, ALA. – Elba High School (EHS) students Molly McGuire and Xavier Rodgers have been selected as PowerSouth’s 2010 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 capital to learn more about government, the legislative process and the rural electrification program.

As the EHS Youth Tour winner, McGuire 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 capital and meet with government leaders, along with thousands of other high school students from around the country.

The top 10 students from EHS joined area Youth Tour Program participants at Point A Lodge on Feb. 16 to learn more about PowerSouth and the electric industry, while interacting with their peers.

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

McGuire, daughter of Michael and Valerie McGuire, was selected as the EHS winner. She has demonstrated leadership as secretary of the Junior Beta Club and Student Government Representative. She was honored as a member of the all A’s and B’s Honor Roll and most valuable and best offensive volleyball player. She is a member of the Senior Beta Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Future Farmers of America. She is an EHS softball player and varsity cheerleader.

Rodgers, son of J.C. and Xandra Rodgers, was selected as the EHS runner-up. He has shown leadership through his service to the Senior Beta Club. He was honored as the most outstanding offensive lineman for the EHS football team.

>Chasity Slenker, Caroline Marler and Bethany Wilson were selected as alternates.

PowerSouth has participated in the Youth Tour program for more than 20 years, sponsoring students from Andalusia, Elba, Opp and Pike County high 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 America have participated in this unique program.

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Mark Ingram, Corporate Communication Manager

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