Peter White has been named the Pete Nance Boys & Girls Club 2014-15 Youth of the Year. He is a sophomore at Greene County High School.
The Cherokee Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad control board members presented retiring Cherokee Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Vic West and retiring City of Canton Police Chief Robert Merchant with plaques recently for their dedication and support the two have provided to C.M.A.N.S. Left to right, C.M.A.N.S. Commander Phil Price, Holly Springs Police Chief Ken Ball, Ball Ground Police Chief Byron Reeves, City of Canton Police Chief Robert Merchant, Cherokee Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Vic West, Cherokee County District Attorney Shannon Wallace, Georgia State Patrol Sergeant First Class Tim Nichols and Cherokee County Sheriff Roger Garrison.
The Center for Black Women's Wellness has added six new board members, Dr. Jada Bussey-Jones, Denise Dauphin, Lee Eastwood, D'Andrea J. Morning, Adaora Oraefo and Beena Thomas.
Jill Roberts, manager, communications and new media at the National Health Council, was recently elected to the board of directors.
Eve Israel of Roswell and Brittany Chambers of Mount Berry recently graduated from Berry College.
Woodward Academy senior Meghana Gudur was recently selected as a winner for the 2015 National Center for Women and Information Technology Award for Aspirations in Computing Georgia Affiliate.
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School's Professor Jonathan Rapping was recently named a 2014 MacArthur Genius Fellow by the MacArthur Foundation.
Haley Templeton, a 2014 Chattahoochee graduate and current setter for the University of Miami volleyball team, has been named the 2014 ACC Freshman of the Year.
Kyle Whitaker of Marietta has earned Dean's List status for the fall 2014 semester at Dean College in Franklin, Mass.
Representatives from the Sons of the American Revolution presented Public Safety Awards during the Forsyth County board of commissioners December meeting. Mike Jones presented the awards on behalf of the Robert Forsyth Chapter of the SAR. David Bradley received the Firefighter of the Year award, Daniel Anderson received the EMS Person of the Year award and Duane Piper received the Sheriff Deputy of the Year award.
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