Eden to seek new term; GHCC student Arbor Day winners; Trump takes N.H.

*Hall County Tax Commissioner Darla Eden Tuesday announced plans to run for re-election this year. Eden is completing her 12th year in the office.

*The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce Beautification Committee and the Georgia Forestry Service Tuesday announced the winners of the 2024 Arbor Day Student Art and Essay Contest. Dozens of student art entries and 67 essays were submitted with the topic “I Speak for the Trees.” The winners are:

Art by 3^rd Grader: Melany Nova, Enota Multiple Intelligences Academy

Winning Essay by 5^th Grader: Sahara Alvarez, Centennial Arts Academy

Winning Vision 2030 Art by 3^rd Grader: Alayna Waldrep, Riverbend Elementary

*Donald Trump won New Hampshire’s Republican presidential primary election on Tuesday, moving closer to a likely November rematch with President Biden. Meanwhile, his only remaining rival, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, vowed to stay in the race. (FROM SRN NEWS)

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.