PARKER, BOTTA REPRESENT POWERSOUTH AT 2012 YOUTH TOUR

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PHOTO CAPTION: Andalusia High School Youth Tour winners are (left to right) Will Parker (winner), Jennifer Botta (runner-up), Savannah Ricks (first alternate), Sung Mo (second alternate) and Christopher Gerhart (third alternate).

ANDALUSIA, ALA.– Andalusia High School (AHS) students Will Parker and Jennifer Botta 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 AHS Youth Tour winner, Parker 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 AHS 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.

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

Parker was selected as the AHS winner. He has demonstrated leadership through his participation in varsity football, the Peer Helpers Club and Chorus. He has volunteered with Community Christmas and attended a church mission trip to Haiti.

Botta was selected as the AHS runner-up. She has shown leadership through serving as a member of the AHS band, volleyball team, SGA, FBLA, Key Club and Spanish Club. She serves as first chair on the AHS band trumpet section.

Savannah Ricks, Sung Mo, and Christopher Gerhart 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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