PHOTO CAPTION: Pike County High School Youth Tour winners are (left to right) Kelsey Ginyard (third alternate), Brittany Rodgers (second alternate), Cory Blake Moulden (first alternate), David Nguyen (runner-up) and Bryan Deion Nickson (winner). 

ANDALUSIA, ALA.  – Pike County High School (PCHS) students Deion Nickson and David Nguyen 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 PCHS Youth Tour winner, Nickson 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 PCHS 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.

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

Nickson, son of Joe and Lesa Nickson, was selected as the PCHS winner. He has demonstrated leadership through his participation on the PCHS football and baseball teams, and he was selected winner of the Heart of the Bulldog Football Award and as a member of the all A’s and B’s Honor Roll. He is a member of the Art Honor Society, National Honor Society and Academy of Business and Finance.

Nguyen, son of Thuan Nguyen, was selected as the PCHS runner-up. He has shown leadership through his role as vice president of the Latin Club. He is a member of the Future Business Leaders of America and National Honor Society.

Cory Blake Moulden, Brittany Rodgers and Kelsey Ginyard 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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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.

 

For more information:

Mark Ingram, Corporate Communication Manager

334.427.3330

mark.ingram@powersouth.com

www.powersouth.com

 

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