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PAGE 8B PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. JUNE 10. 2021
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Family-research Foothills IGA awards Poet Cliff Brooks to speak
scholarships awarded scholarships to employees to Sassafras writers group
Family scholarship winners (l-r) Pete Bryant, Cora
Gartrell and Blake Moss. Cassidy Richards not pictured.
On Monday, four Pickens
County students were
awarded family history
scholarships.
The students were re
quired to trace their family
back at least four generations
and gather family history and
present it in a narrative for
mat.
The student winners were
Blake Moss, Cora Gartrell,
Pete Bryant and Cassidy
Richards, all graduates this
year from Pickens High
school.
Maria Boling, who heads
the scholarship committee,
commended all the students
for their work, saying they
are great writers and clearly
took time to gather and un
derstand the history of their
families.
Andrea Gartrell, Cora’s
mother, thanked the historical
society, saying this project
led them to reach out to their
oldest relatives for key facts
of their past and their fam
ily’s connection to north
Georgia. She said it had been
very worthwhile to get all
this documented.
The annual scholarships
are funded through an en
dowment from Honea-Wor-
ley families. They are
administered by the Pickens
Historical Society.
For more information on
the Pickens Historical Soci
ety, see their Facebook page
or their OldJailinJasper page.
L-R: Jeff Downing, founder/president; Summer O’Dea,
Kirsten Thrasher, and Mark Butts, vice president).
Brown, Payne earn degrees from Geor
gia
Dr. Steve Dorman, president of Georgia College, has
awarded degrees to the graduating class of May 2021. They
include Cameron Brown and Julianna Payne, both of
Jasper.
Miles named to Georgia Dean’s List
Hannah Miles of Ball Ground completed courses with
exemplary marks and made the Dean's List for the Spring
2021 semester at Georgia College. Students who make a term
average of at least 3.5 on 12 or more semester hours at Geor
gia College are named to the Dean's List.
Payne named to Georiga President's List
Julianna Payne of Jasper has completed courses with ex
emplary marks and made the President's List for the Spring
2021 semester at Georgia College. Students who make a term
average of 4.0 on 12 or more semester hours at Georgia Col
lege are included on the President's List. Georgia College,
the state's designated public liberal arts university, combines
the educational experience expected at esteemed private lib
eral arts colleges with the affordability of public higher edu
cation.
Wilkie Family Reunion
The Wilkie Family Reunion will be held on Sunday, June
13 at Old Hightower Baptist Church near Free Home. There
will be a covered dish lunch served after church services. The
Wilkie Family would like to invite all relatives and friends
to attend. Any questions call Donna Stanfield at 706-692-
5292.
By Skylar English
There are many ways
Foothills IGA strives to serve
their local community; one of
which fosters the educational
futures of employees or chil
dren of employees through
scholarships for college.
Pictured are Summer
O’Dea and Kirsten Thrasher:
this year’s recipients of the
Foothills IGA Scholarships.
O’Dea will be attending Val
dosta State University this
upcoming school year, and
Thrasher is currently pursu
ing her degree at the Univer
sity of North Georgia.
These ladies were awarded
the scholarships based on
their outstanding perform
ance at work as well as their
exceptional application sub
missions. The store has
awarded many scholarships
to members of the Foothills
IGA team like O’Dea and
Thrasher over its nineteen
years. Foothills IGA not
only provides these scholar
ships to aid their employees
in pursuing higher education,
but also to appeal to other
ambitious, hard-working,
young adults with the poten
tial to be great additions to
the store’s incredible staff.
When you walk into the
store located in Marble Hill,
one of the first things you see
is a bold display of words on
the front wall, “Hometown
Proud,” the IGA Company
Slogan. The culture of
Foothills IGA is centered
around this slogan and is ev
ident in everything they do,
including updates to the
store’s appearance, evolving
improvements to provide a
great experience for their
customers, a commitment to
serving the community, and
through the hard work of its
employees.
Submitted by
William Young
of Sassafras
Literary Ex
change
The Sassafras
Literary Ex
change gleefully
announces that
Cliff Brooks will
be guest speaker
at its June 17
meeting.
Brooks, a distin
guished poet,
will instigate a
discussion of tips
on craft, style, and successful
publication. His presence is
sure to entice and enthrall all
in attendance.
Brooks has three books in
print: “The Draw of Broken
Eyes and Whirling Meta
physics,” “Exiles of Eden,”
and “Athena Departs.” He is
head of a company The
Cliff Brooks has
several books of po
etry in print, and
will discuss tips for
aspiring writers at
the upcoming Sas
safras Literary Ex
change meeting.
Southern Collec
tive Experience
that runs the
magazine The
Blue Mountain
Review. Addi
tionally, he hosts
a sequence on
NPR known as
“Dante's Old
South.” He's also
a local tutor
building a lean
ing series on
Teachable.com.
Whether
your interest is in
writing, poetry,
learning or teaching, this talk
will be both enlightening and
entertaining.
The Sassafras meeting
will be held at the Southern
Appalachian Folk School at
6:30 p.m., Thursday, June 17.
The location is 64 D.B. Car-
roll Street behind the Old
Jail.
Georgia Tech graduation
Georgia State University’s
Spring 2021 Dean’s, Presi
dent’s List announced
To be eligible for the
Dean's List, degree-seeking
students must have earned a
GPA of at least 3.5 for a min
imum of nine semester hours
of academic credit taken at
Georgia State during the fall
or spring term with no in-
completes for the semester.
Eligible students must have a
minimum GPA of 2.0 for all
classes taken at Georgia
State.
Georgia State University
Dean's List students Jasper
and Ball Ground:
Kelsi Jones of Jasper, and
Caroline Cotton, Mathew
Rehklau, and Kevin
Tkachuk, all of Ball Ground.
Georgia State University's
LEADERSHIP
PICKENS
Spring 2021 President's List
President’s List
To be eligible for the Pres
ident's List, degree-seeking
students must have earned a
GPA of at least 4.0 for a min
imum of nine semester hours
of academic credit taken at
Georgia State during the fall
or spring term with no in-
completes for the semester.
Eligible students must have a
minimum GPA of 2.0 for all
classes taken at Georgia
State.
Students on Georgia
State's President's List from
Jasper, Talking Rock and
Ball Ground:
James Joiner, Luke
Mrozek, and Liam Gardo,
all of Jasper; Alyssa Imbri-
ano of Talking Rock; and
Renee Solange Abouem and
Mellisa Cotton of Ball
Ground.
Georgia Institute of Tech
nology presented degrees to
approximately 4,435 under
graduate and graduate stu
dents during the Institute's
260th Commencement exer
cises May 7-8, 2021, at
Bobby Dodd Stadium.
John Browning of Jasper
- Bachelor of Science in In
dustrial Engineering with
Highest Honors;
Marguerite Sinclair of
Jasper - Bachelor of Science
in Biomedical Engineering
with Honors;
Kyle Watters of Jasper -
Master of Science in Electri
cal and Computer Engineer
ing;
Jacob Hunt of Ball
Ground - Bachelor of Sci
ence in Mechanical Engi
neering with Highest Honors;
Jodi Dowis of Ball
Ground - Bachelor of Sci
ence in Mechanical Engi
neering with High Honors.
The Georgia Institute of
Technology, or Georgia Tech,
is a top 10 public research
university developing leaders
who advance technology and
improve the human condi
tion.
The Institute offers busi
ness, computing, design, en
gineering, liberal arts, and
sciences degrees. Its nearly
40,000 students, representing
50 states and 149 countries,
study at the main campus in
Atlanta, at campuses in
France and China, and
through distance and online
learning.
As a leading technological
university, Georgia Tech is an
engine of economic develop
ment for Georgia, the South
east, and the nation,
conducting more than $ 1 bil
lion in research annually for
government, industry, and so
ciety.
Georgia State graduation
More than 4,000 students
graduated from Georgia State
University at the associate's,
bachelor's and graduate lev
els during the Spring 2021
semester.
Local graduates are:
Cynthia Lara of Jasper,
earning an Associate of Sci
ence degree, with studies in
Business Administration
Eric Saye of Jasper, earn
ing a Doctor of Philosophy
degree, majoring in English
with a concentration in Cre
ative Writing
Megan Spacht of Jasper,
earning a Master of Arts In
Teaching degree, majoring in
Special Education with a
concentration in Deaf Educa
tion
Alexander Davis of Ball
Ground, earning a Bachelor
of Business Administration
degree, majoring in Manage
rial Sciences
Georgia State University,
an enterprising urban public
research university, is a na
tional leader in graduating
students from widely diverse
backgrounds.
The student body of
nearly 52,000 demonstrates
that students from all back
grounds can achieve at high
rates with unsurpassed con
nections to the city's busi
ness, government, nonprofit
and cultural organizations.
Leadership Pickens is a program of the Pickens County Chamber of
Commerce, which seeks out existing and emerging leaders from diverse
backgrounds and offers them an educational experience for exposure to
various aspects of the community.
The program consists of nine regularly scheduled sessions from
September to May. Most sessions will be held the third Thursday from
8:00 am until 5:00 pm with one weekend retreat included.
The programs will focus on team building and enhancing the quality of life
by better understanding local issues such as education,
government, healthcare, economic development, and community service.
The participants will benefit significantly from getting to know each other
during the formal and informal exchange of ideas and experiences. They
will also gain knowledge from the overall program, preparing them for a
more active leadership role in the community.
For more information or to sign up call the Pickens Chamber
at (706) 692-5600 or email Jenna at info@pickenschamber.com
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