BSA changing its name; Two area Girl Scouts honored; Special day in the history of Lake Lanier

*A name change is in the works for the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Details here: Boy Scouts of America changing name to more inclusive Scouting America after years of woes – SRN News

*Girl Scouts from Gainesville and Winder are among five recently honored by the Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia with its 2024 Gold Award. Find out who they are by clicking here: 2024 High Awards Region 1 (gshg.org)

*Tuesday was a special day in the history of Lake Lanier. It was on May 7, 1954, that the bill calling for the creation of Lake Lanier was introduced in Congress by then-9th District Congressman Phil Landrum. The development was noted in a front-page article in the Atlanta Constitution but was only a dozen lines long and was placed “below the fold.”

About the Author

Ken Stanford is Online News Editor for GLORY 97.5, a position he has held since August 2022.

Ken was born in Moultrie, Georgia, and says he knew from the time he was 5 or 6 he wanted to be a “radio announcer.” That dream was realized when he was hired by Moultrie radio station WMTM in 1960 at the age of 15 as a weekend disc jockey. A 1963 graduate of Moultrie (now Colquitt County) High School, he has spent his whole career in Georgia working for stations in Atlanta, Marietta, and Gainesville – most recently as News Director for 40 years at WDUN in Gainesville. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force Reserves.

Ken retired in 2011 but came out of retirement last year to help GLORY, on a part-time basis, beef-up its online news presence.

He is the recipient of many Associated Press awards and is a former judge of state and national Associated Press broadcast news contests. In 2005, he was presented with the Georgia Associated Press Broadcasters Association’s President’s Award for Excellence in Journalism and in 2019 was inducted into the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame.

He lives in Gainesville with his wife of 52 years, the former Sandra McKnight of Clio, Alabama, and they have one child, a daughter, Lisa, who lives in Cumming with her family.