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MONTANA

General Foreman Scott Nelson and Crews, Montana Power Company

NEW JERSEY

Dom Derasmo and Crew Member William J. Farrell, Sr., Public Service Electric & Gas Co.

General Foreman Roy Hess, Foreman Bob Wisting and Crew Member Ray Bickel, Conectiv

General Foreman Ronald B. Sprouse, Foremen George Joyce and Jeff Kolb and Crew Member Robert McMahan, Public Service Electric & Gas Co.

NEW MEXICO

General Foreman Louis Sanchez, Foreman Adam Marquez and Crews, PNM Electric Services

NEW YORK

Asplundh Railroad Division General Foremen Joseph Conigliaro, Jr. and Mike Heridia, Foreman Victor Warnagiris and Crews, Long Island Rail Road

Asplundh Construction Co. Foreman Steve Dixon and Crew Members Rick Aretz and Carl Quattropani, Long Island Public Authority

Jeff Pospisil and Dave Wagner, Jr. and Crews, Orange and Rockland Utilities

NORTH CAROLINA

General Foreman Jeff Baker and Foreman Tommy Stroud, for helping an elderly woman clear a mound of branches and debris from her yard, Duke Energy

General Foreman Mike Somers, Foreman Danny Holman and Crew Member Donald Cayton, Duke Energy

OHIO

Supervisor Mark Contat and General Foreman Jon Powell, for using their expertise and experience to save the life of a private company tree trimmer who botched a tree removal and was about to be knocked into three phase primary lines, AEP (Columbus Southern Power Co.)

Tree Preservation Foremen Tim Curry and Steve Meadows and Crew Members Ernest Conrad, Fernando Medina and Lawrence Hvizd, Cleveland Illuminating Company

Supervisor Robert Jernigan, for his participation in the Tree City Arbor Day celebration in Wooster on April 24, City of Wooster

Tree Preservation Foreman David Komora and Crew Members Michael Bailey, Tracy Hvizd and Dennis Wagner, Cleveland Illuminating Company

Tree Preservation Foremen Adrian Melendez and Rick Moye and Crew Members Scott Arty, John Boyd, Jesse Faria, Matt Oerkfitz and Mark Santiago, Cleveland Illuminating Company

Tree Preservation Foreman Jack Sebek and Crew Member Andre Hunt, Cleveland Illuminating Company

General Foreman Rich Varner, Foreman Carl Vest and Crew Members Roger Herndon and Mark Milella, South Central Power

OREGON

Richard Charlesworth and Apolinar Arellano and Crews, Portland General Electric

Manuel Miramon and William Schupp and Crew Member Prentice Snell, Portland General Electric

PENNSYLVANIA

Permission Person Jeff Carter, Foreman Mike Soltis and Crew, PECO Energy Co.

Rob Gaston, Jr., Terry Reinert, Mike Stief and Gary Walls and Crews, GPU Energy

General Foreman Rudy Lunger, Foreman Steve McQuown and Crew Members Terry Kennedy and Greg Travis, Pennsylvania Electric Co.

Jeff Schlegel and Crew Member Bryan Brackbill, Pennsylvania Power & Light

General Foreman Tom Smith, Foremen Jon Howells and Gary Martz and Crews, Pennsylvania Power & Light

Construction Supervisor John Zardecki and the employees of Region 112, for receiving the Golden Rainbow Award from the Wyoming Valley United Way for their support of the 2000 annual fundraising campaign, The United Way of Wyoming Valley

TENNESSEE

General Foreman Troy Ball and Crew Member Mike Eustice, Cleveland Utilities

TEXAS

Cass Davidson and Crew Member Joshua Bird, for delivering wood chips to the Starlite Montessori School, Texas-New Mexico Power Co.

Tony Echeverria and Tony Resendiz and Crews, Texas-New Mexico Power Co.
(two letters were received)

General Foreman Henry Galvan and Crews, for his proactive approach to fixing a customer's phone line and replacing a peach tree that had been damaged by his crews, Texas Utilities Electric Co.

General Foreman Keith McAnear, Foremen Tony Echeverria and Tony Resendiz and Crews, Texas Utilities Electric Co.

VIRGINIA

Buriel Cannon and Crew, Dominion Virginia Power

Thomas Carter and Crew Members Anita Jenkins and David Knight, Dominion Virginia Power

General Foreman Johnny Lewis, Foreman James Gwinner and Crews, Dominion Virginia Power

Brian Martin and Crew, Verizon

Danny Tennett and Crew, Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative

Robert Thompson and Crew, Dominion Virginia Power

WASHINGTON

General Foreman Bob Baker and Crews, Snohomish County PUD

Wayne Burbank, Ray Clark, Don Jones, Ron Paquette, Kevin Sprouse and Byron Starkey and Crews, Seattle City Light

John Eiseman III, for returning a fuel booklet and credit cards he found on the ground that belonged to an employee of SpectraSite Construction, Inc., Clark County PUD

Dennis Erspamer and Crew Member Paea Ngauamo, for assisting an automobile accident victim and for helping to control the accident scene until the authorities arrived, Clark County PUD

General Foreman Garry Fenster, Consulting Forester Jason Hunt, Foreman Ron Schneider and Crew Members Jerri Halvorson and Wilber Greidanus, Puget Sound Energy Co.

General Foreman Todd Watkins, Foremen Steve Albee and Alan Allen and Crew Member Travis Crowder, Puget Sound Energy Co.

General Foreman Todd Watkins, Foreman Dennis Kelleher and Crew Members Dale Lanning and Mike Van Volkenburg, for volunteering during their lunch break to put up an antenna at the Skykomish Volunteer Fire Dept., Puget Sound Energy Co.

WEST VIRGINIA

General Foreman Roger Satterfield, Permission Person Rick Hunter and Crews, Allegheny Power Co.

WISCONSIN

Supervisors Keith Erickson and Mark Fecteau, for presenting a line clearance seminar on March 12, Mid-State Technical College

Supervisor Keith Erickson, Planning Specialist Greg Tuyls and Crew, Wisconsin Public Service Corp.

Ron Nyhouse, Jr. and Crew Members Eric Giese and Mike LeMahieu, Wisconsin Electric Power Co.

Michael Teumer and Crew Members Paul Brownfield and Shane Quale, Stoughton Municipal Utilities

Bob Switzer and Crew, Wisconsin Electric Power Co.

Butch Warner and Crew, Kaukauna Municipal Utilities

STORM WORK

General Foremen Henry Ancrum and Chris Striker and Crews, for their hard work during severe weather around Sebastian over the weekend of June 23 and 24, Florida Power & Light (FL)

General Foreman Tom Kostenbader, Permission Person Rob Davis, Foremen Larry Barnes, Bob Boivin, Jr., Jim Flagg and Duane Hodgkins and Crew Members Travis Donahue, Larry Hanna and Gary Jones, for their organization and quick response in repairing damage caused by microburst thunderstorms on August 3, City of Portland (ME)

Mark Bucholz and Crew Member Travis Bottcher, for their clean up efforts after a snow storm hit Bozeman, Montana on June 13, Montana Power Co. (MT)

Paul Hauns and Jon-Paul Paulsen and Crew Members Jim Beard, Nick Ostrem and Steve Wills, for their dedication and efforts to clear tree hazards and damage caused by a devastating storm that hit Missoula on June 4, Missoula Parks & Rec. Dept. (MT)

General Foremen Robert Brown (OK), Scott Campbell (TX), Keith McAnear (TX) and Sam Tipton (KS) and Crews, for their hard work and commitment to safety while clearing storm damage and restoring power to 58,000 customers over the Memorial Day weekend in the Lawton area, Public Service Co. of Oklahoma (OK)

Planning Specialist Tony Dalsveen, Foremen Rocky Ellison and Jeff LaPlante and Crew Members Scott Holbrook, Jack Moser, Mike Ribaudo and Chris Studeman, for clearing up storm damage caused by a tornado and straight-line winds around the Siren area on June 18, Polk-Burnett Cooperative (WI)

General Foremen Dean Delsman and Jim Richter and Crews, for their storm restoration efforts from June 12-16 in Oshkosh, Stevens Point and Waupaca, Wisconsin Public Service Corp. (WI)

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