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Press Release
For Immediate Release
For
more information contact:
Anna Taylor,
Director of Public Relations and Career Services
770.233.5560
Home Builders Associati=
on of
Midwest Georgia Awards Scholarships to GTC Students
Griffin, Georgia, June =
29, 2009–
Even at a time when the resident= ial building industry is facing challenges on every front, the Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia (HBA) is still continuing its philanthropic efforts to support education by awarding three scholarships to Griffin Technical College students. <= o:p>
Students Jimmy Wade Dunn, Air
Conditioning Technology; Clifford M. Ledford, Industrial Electrical Technol=
ogy;
and Steven Elton Williams, Electrical Construction and Maintenance Technolo=
gy were
recognized as 2009 scholarship recipients on May 21, 2009, during a dinner
hosted by the HBA.
The scholarship is named after t=
he
late Jerry Ballard, a prominent home builder in the area, who believed stro=
ngly
in education. He ensured that=
his
own employees were always well-trained by continuously enrolling them in
additional and advanced training.
His long-time employee and business successor, Eddie Lusher, remembe=
rs
Jerry as always promoting education and said that education “kept you
from making the big mistakes in life and helped you fix the small mistakes =
you
did make.” Mr. Lusher w=
ent on
to say to the recipients, “If Jerry could have been here today to pre=
sent
the scholarship to you, he would tell you to make the most out of each day =
and
situation, learn from every experience presented to you, and never stop
learning and bettering yourself.”
Mr. Dunn, Mr. Ledford, and Mr.
Williams will also be awarded the Lewis Cenker Scholarship from the Home
Builders Association of Georgia in late July 2009. This, in addition to the Jerry Bal=
lard
Memorial Scholarship, will award each of these individuals at least $1,000 =
for
his use in the purchase of tools, books, and tuition.
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(l to r) Steven Williams, Cliffo=
rd
Ledford, and Jimmy Wade Dunn, 2009 Griffin Technical College Jerry Ballard
Scholarship recipients from the Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgi=
a.
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