Wreaths placed on veterans' graves; Locals among NGTC scholarship winners

*Several groups came together recently to place Christmas wreaths on the graves of 1,200 veterans buried at Gainesville’s Alta Vista Cemetery. (Photo courtesy Republican Women of Hall)

*The North Georgia Technical College (NGTC) Foundation recently awarded 126 scholarships totaling $46,654 for the 2024 fall semester. The scholarship recipients – several from Hall and surrounding counties – were composed of current NGTC students from all three campuses. Scholarships ranged in award amounts from $100 to $1,000 and assisted in paying for tuition, fees, books and dormitory expenses. You can check out the full list of recipients here: NGTC Foundation Awards Over $46,000 in Student Scholarships – North Georgia Technical College

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.