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• Elizabeth Thames of Dalton was named among the top 10 percent of graduating college seniors who took the Major Field Test in Business, an exam produced by the Educational Testing Service of Princeton, N.J. Thames attends Belmont College of Business Administration.
• Shelley Brooke Adamson, daughter of John and Barbara Adamson of Dalton, graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She has taken a job with the University of New Mexico as a research scientist in the psychology department and will reside in Albuquerque.
• Amber Tucker of Chatsworth graduated from Berry College with a bachelor of arts in government. Her parents are Percy and Ramona Walker.
• Elizabeth Boyd of Dalton graduated from Berry College with a master of education in secondary education.
• Tom Lanier of Dalton was selected recently to become an ambassador for Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. A junior rural studies major, he is the son of Bill and Mary Margaret Lanier. He is vice president of the ABAC Ambassadors. The Ambassadors assist the offices of public relations and admissions, representing and promoting the college at a variety of community and college events. Members must maintain at least a 2.5 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale and commit at least 35 hours of service to the Ambassadors each semester.
• Whitney Albertson Smith of Dalton has been awarded a doctor of audiology by Salus University George S. Osborne College of Audiology. Smith, the daughter of Rowland and Karen Albertson of Dalton, earned both a bachelor of education degree in communication sciences and disorders and a master of education degree in audiology from the University of Georgia in Athens. Her husband is Hunter Smith.
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Helpin’ and paintin’
With his bracket busted and interest in the men’s college basketball tournament waning, Pierce Montgomery spent Saturday re-painting the Dalton home of a Vietnam veteran who couldn’t do the work himself.
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DSC officials explain possible cuts
Dalton State College officials know the state budget cuts they planned for almost a month ago won’t be as deep as expected. What they don’t know is exactly which of the proposed cuts they’ll have to implement.
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Higher education funding is at center of debate
More than 4,000 students, including several at Dalton State College, have banded together to push back against proposed state cuts to higher education funding.
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Local officials view possible cuts at college with concern
Dalton State College plays a big part in plans by local leaders to grow and diversify the area’s economy, so they are viewing proposed cuts to the college with some concern.
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Woodlawn archery team takes first
Woodlawn Elementary School just hit the bull’s-eye with a first place win among 21 schools competing in Georgia’s National Archery in Schools state tournament.
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New Hope Middle awarded recycling cart
Recycling Ben, mascot for the Target Recycling program, presented the seventh-grade class at New Hope Middle School an award for having the highest recycling rate during the second quarter of the 2009-2010 school year.
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Brochu a finalist for S.C. superintendent job
Katie Brochu was one of 99 candidates who applied to head up Richland School District Two in Columbia, S.C. According to the school district’s Web site, there are more than 24,000 students enrolled, and the budget is more than $322 million.
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Published authors
Coker hosts student book signing.
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Dalton band marches in Savannah parade
The DHS band marched at the 1965 inauguration of president Lyndon Johnson and in the 1987 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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Students protest state budget cuts
About 20 Dalton State College students joined the ranks of hundreds of college students around Georgia on Monday in a budget protest rally at the state Capitol.
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