MENCY, HOOKS REPRESENT POWERSOUTH AT 2012 YOUTH TOUR

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PHOTO CAPTION: Pike County High School Youth Tour winners are (left to right) Zandrea Mency (winner), Tyliyah Hooks (runner-up), Kiera Jackson (first alternate), Kristin Bradley (second alternate), and Emily Senn (third alternate).

ANDALUSIA, ALA.– Pike County High School (PCHS) students Zandrea Mency and Tyliyah Hooks 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 PCHS Youth Tour winner, Mency 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 PCHS 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.

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

Mency was selected as the PCHS winner. She has demonstrated leadership by serving in the SGA, FBLA, as an AIMS mentor, 4H, Upward Bound, Art Club and Spanish Club. She also participates in track and field and volleyball and attended the Joint Leadership Development Conference.

Hooks was selected as the PCHS runner-up. She has shown leadership through her participation in the Art Club, Junior Red Cross, Business and Finance Academy, FBLA, Delta Gems and as an AIMS mentor. She is a member of the Art Honor Society and National Honor Society.

Kiera Jackson, Kristin Bradley, and Emily 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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