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'Cut from a special cloth': Power suppliers voice gratitude for line workers
Snapping Shoals EMC
A lineman for Snapping Shoals EMC participates in a lineman's rodeo at the Newton County power supplier's training yard April 13. The rodeo was held to allow apprentices and groundmen the chance to demonstrate and refine the skills necessary and essential to restoring power. (Special | Snapping Shoals EMC)
Linemen — the kind who climb poles and work to keep your power on at all hours of the day, and not the big guys you see playing football on Sundays — are cut from a “special cloth,” Snapping Shoals EMC CEO Shaun Mock said.