SIMS, MESSER REPRESENT POWERSOUTH AT 2012 YOUTH TOUR

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PHOTO CAPTION: Opp High School Youth Tour winners are (left to right) Mason Sims (winner), Daulton Messer (runner-up), Hannah Hughes (first alternate), Tyler Ferguson (second alternate), and Tori Puckett (third alternate).

ANDALUSIA, ALA.– Opp High School (OHS) students Mason Sims and Daulton Messer were 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 OHS Youth Tour winner, Sims 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 OHS 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.

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

Sims was selected as the OHS winner. He has demonstrated leadership through his participation in the Student Government Association (SGA), Peer Helpers, Mu Alpha Theta and Beta Club. He is SGA Vice President and was chosen for the Capstone Leadership Conference.

Messer was selected as the OHS runner-up. He has shown leadership by serving as a member of the Science Club, Mu Alpha Theta, Beta Club, FFA Blue, FFA Gold and Spanish Club. He has consistently been on the All A Honor Roll.

Hannah Hughes, Tyler Ferguson and Tori Puckett 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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