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A Lifetime of AchievementsBob Hill

June 19, 2008KSU CenterKennesaw, Georgia

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DEAN POLING Waiting for Willie Dean Poling is a multiple winner of the Georgia Press Association’s first-place award for his serious and humorous columns and stories. He has won more than 30 individual writing and journalism awards. A West Virginia native, he lives in Valdosta, GA with his wife and three sons.

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NED WHITE

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Life long resident of Villanow, Georgia, White graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 1996 and is employed by the National Park Service at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park as a Park Ranger. White co-wrote Great Things Are Expected of Us. William Lee White also writes articles and essays on History.

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CARMEN ACEVEDO BUTCHER

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JACKIE GINGRICH CUSHMAN 5 Principles for a Successful Life: From Our Family to Yours

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PETER WALLACE

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Dr. Carmen Acevedo Butcher

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