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ABAC selects ambassadors for 2009-2010
TIFTON — Nineteen students at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College have been selected to participate in one of the most prestigious organizations on campus, the ABAC Ambassadors.
Students serving as Ambassadors include Brandi Bishop, a freshman agriculture education major from Zebulon; Savannah Brown, a freshman optometry major from Wray; Courtney Collins, a freshman family and consumer sciences major from Villa Rica; Elizabeth Dukes, a freshman occupational therapy major from Tifton; Colton Farrow, a sophomore pre-veterinary medicine major from Pitts; Bernard Green, a freshman business administration major from Tifton; and John Grist, a junior golf turf management major from Rabun Gap.
Other Ambassadors include Laurel Higginbotham, a freshman pre-dentistry major from Baxley; Kim Jacobs, a junior early childhood education major from Bainbridge; Jessica Kalina, a sophomore pre-veterinary medicine major from Griffin; Andrew Kicklighter, a sophomore biology major from Sycamore; Tom Lanier, a junior rural studies major from Dalton; Whitney Mitchell, a sophomore agriculture education major from Adel; Felipe Pedraza, a sophomore agriculture education and horticulture major from Sylvania; and Drew Richardson, a sophomore biology major from Tifton.
Other Ambassadors are Katie Thigpen, a freshman agriculture communications major from Folkston; Cain Thurmond, a freshman animal science major from Jefferson; Thomas Turcotte, a sophomore pre-veterinary medicine major from Ranger; and Meagan Williams, a sophomore biology major from Nicholson.
Richardson serves as president; Lanier is vice-president; Turcotte is secretary; and Brown serves as treasurer of the ABAC Ambassadors. Mitchell serves as parliamentarian, and Dukes is the historian.
Through a process involving application, letters of recommendation, and interviews, college administrators choose students whom they believe to be motivated and who show leadership potential to serve as Ambassadors.
The Ambassadors assist the offices of public relations and admissions, representing and promoting the college at a variety of community and college events. They work to maintain positive relationships between students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the community.
To continue in the organization, students must maintain at least a 2.5 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale and commit at least 35 hours per semester to their service as Ambassadors.
Ambassador advisors are Director of Public Relations Mike Chason, Executive Administrative Assistant to the President Pam Leonard, Public Relations Assistant Ashley Williamson and Director of Student Enrollment Services Donna Webb.
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Mac Frampton dinner concert to benefit library
Renowned pianist Mac Frampton is coming to Tifton for a special evening of music and dining at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2 at the UGA-Tifton Campus Conference Center.
The catered dinner and show, sponsored by the Tifton-Tift County Public Library Foundation, benefits the local public library to enhance its collections and programs. This is the only fundraiser the non-profit Library Foundation is holding this year to benefit the public library. - Rough seas expected off Georgia from hurricane
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Some bunker down, some flee as Earl approaches US
Tourists were largely gone from North Carolina's Outer Banks, but those resolute residents who stayed behind say they were prepared Thursday to potentially face down the most powerful hurricane to threaten the coast in years.
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Woman arrested for check forgery
A home healthcare worker has been charged with forging checks belonging to an elderly Ashburn woman under her care.
According to Lt. Porter Jackson of the Tifton Police Department, he was initially called by a Turner County Sheriff’s Office agent about the case. Jackson said members of the elderly woman’s family looked through some of the woman’s checks and notices that some of those written were out of numerical sequence.
“They looked into her bank account and discovered that several checks had been written for a good amount of money,” Jackson said. “They figured that the only person who came to the woman’s house was a caretaker.” -
Hannah’s Hope takes second place in the Pepsi Refresh Campaign
After a recent online vote, Hannah’s Hope finished second in the Pepsi Refresh Campaign. With the second-place finish, Tifton’s Lottyn Bates will be helped.
Since he was 2 1/2 years old, Bates has suffered from Giant Axonal Neuropathy, a neurological disorder similar to Lou Gehrig’s Disease, that strikes in childhood and progresses rapidly, taking away the ability to walk, talk and breathe. A group of scientists has developed a drug for this disorder.
Hannah’s Hope will be awarded a $250,000 grant to help with his clinical trials. This win has given Bates and his family a surreal feeling of gratitude and appreciation for the public’s support. - Ex-DA slaying case headed for Jesup jury
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Talent at the Tift: 'America's Got Talent' to perform here
America’s Got Talent 2009 winner Kevin Skinner will perform at 8 p.m. Oct. 9 at the Tift Theatre and Tifton singer and songwriter Kirsten Underwood and her band will open the night.
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Man gets 24 years for armed robbery
A Tift County jury has found a man guilty of the December armed robbery of the Dixie Food Store and sentenced him to serve 24 years in prison. Also, a young Tifton woman pleaded guilty to the stabbing death of her brother and is awaiting sentencing.
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Local school system facing additional cuts
The local public school system has again been asked to cut additional funding for 2011 and will lose an additional $900,000 in equalization funding in 2012 because of the declining tax base.
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Omega's Pepper Festival set for Sept. 10
Before kicking off the seventh annual Pepper Festival, the City of Omega will be introducing Christian Saslo, a magician and illusionist from Atlanta, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9 at Ponder Park.
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