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1970s Scott Hample (ABJ ’77) has joined
McCormick & Company (spices and herbs
Harriet Monroe Brown Gattis (ABJ ’71) is
tourism manager for the Conyers
Downhome: Dispatches from Dixie The Romance
Christie Canada Pieper (ABJ ’79) is a manufacturer) as a marketing research Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Bob Dart (MA ’73) has published his first book after working for almost four decades Readers Book Club
freelance training specialist (Customer as a newspaper reporter.
manager in Baltimore. He is also a part-time Julie L. Cannon (ABJ ’85) has released her
Service Skills and Writer) in the metro David Wilson (ABJ ’71) is executive vice
marketing professor at Towson University, a Downhome: Dispatches from Dixie is a collection of true-life fourth Southern fiction novel. The
Atlanta area. She resides in Woodstock. president of the Tennessee Credit Union
unit of the University of Maryland system, Southern yarns that he likes best. Some of the locales and Romance Readers Book Club was released
League, Chattanooga. He is the former
Sally Painter (ABJ ’78) owner of Sally and a part-time marketing professor with names are familiar. Virginia Tech. Music Row. Junior Samples. last December by Penguin/Plume.
editor-in-chief of Voice of the Tennessee
Painter Photography, Portland, Ore., has over University of Phoenix. Willie Nelson. A family reunion. But others concern places and
Walking Horse magazine. The story revolves around
20 years experience photographing the built Carlton Roberts (ABJ ’77) recently joined events most folks have never heard about. A tiny island in the
environment in the Pacific Northwest and Linda Matheson Cartwright (ABJ ’70) is Chesapeake Bay that time forgot. A Moonpie Murder. The beach Tammi Lynn Elco, a
the staff of Odyssey Marketing Group, a
throughout the country. Her photography vice president of Cartwright/Matheson game of Halfrubber. The Santa Train. 15-year-old girl living a
hybrid marketing/advertising firm as Account
includes architecture, interiors, construction Investments, Cumming. sheltered life in the
Director. He resides in Roswell. With often humorous, insightful prose, Dart’s pieces blur the
and landscapes and has been published in religious southern town of
Laura Bennitt Wright (ABJ ’70) is a teacher boundary between journalism and literature.
Sunset, Architectural Record, Fine Homebuilding Barry Jones (MA ’76) has retired from the Rigby, Ga. When Tammi
at Eckerd Academy. She resides in
and more. University of Georgia. He resides in Athens. A national correspondent in the Washington bureau of Cox gets her hands on a stack
Brooksville, Fla.
Denise Schoerner Bunch (ABJ ’75) is a legal Newspapers, Dart lives in Vienna, Va. He covered the South for of forbidden romance
1960s
Ed Campbell (ABJ ’77) has been named
assistant at Gary Bunch, PC in Carrollton. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution before moving to the Cox bureau novels, she forms a
senior vice president, HR & marketing, for
in 1983. Since then, Dart has embedded with an infantry scout reading club with
Atlantic Southern Bank. The Atlanta native Jane Vandiver Kidd (ABJ ’75) is chair of the Dixon Haynes (MA ’69) has self-published her two girlfriends
now resides in Macon, the headquarters for Democratic Party of Georgia. She resides in troop during the invasion of Iraq and has covered presidential
his first book titled The Neocon Aberration, and eccentric Aunt
the bank. He oversees all human resource and Athens. Elected to a four-year term in campaigns, earthquakes, national political conventions, terrorist attacks, hurricanes
published by Trafford Publishing. The retired Minna.
advertising functions. January, 2007, she is traveling around the and the Olympics—even carrying the torch. But his favorite stories have always come
writer lives in Cataula.
state to re-energize Democrats for the 2008 from the back roads and colorful characters of his native South. Then the town
elections and beyond. Dixie H. Kinard (ABJ ’68) Dalton, Ninth experiences a
Congressional District Representative, was drought that local
Gerald W. (Jerry) Long (ABJ ’75) is appointed to the Board of Early Care and Color Mastery preachers claim has
currently serving as pastor of the First Learning by Governor Sonny Perdue. Kinard
To say that Maria Peagler (ABJ ’87) has an eye for been caused by sin, and Tammi must come
Presbyterian Church, Andalusia, Ala. He is the relocation and marketing director for
graduated in 2006 with a Master of Divinity color would be an understatement. The Big Canoe to terms with her guilt, her emotions and
Coldwell Banker-Kinard Realty, Inc. She and
from Columbia Theological Seminary in resident has just authored Color Mastery: 10 Principles the strict expectations of her community.
her husband, Robert, have three grown
Decatur. for Creating Stunning Quilts.
children and five grandchildren. Cannon describes her new book as “a
Phillip Scoggins (ABJ ’74) is an anchor at Peagler created all 16 quilts in the book with fabrics coming of age story about how powerful
James Nowlen (ABJ ’62) is a minister for
WRBL-TV, Columbus. only from her stash. She challenged herself to words and what we read can be.”
FREEintheLORD Ministries. He is presently
living and working on the campus of The squeeze outstanding color out of everyday, ordinary
Thomas Boutwell (ABJ ’73) retired with 30 Cannon lives in Watkinsville and is working
fabrics. “The key to transforming fabrics you already
Looking for Alumni years’ experience in Georgia education. Most
recently assistant principal of Stockbridge
KEY Ministries in Euless, Texas where he
conducts counseling, deliverance ministry, and have in your stash is to change the way you approach
on her fifth novel, Judas That I Was, which
will be her first story set in Athens.
music ministry and handles bookstore orders. your quilts,” she said.
WUOG 90.5 FM, the all-volunteer student High School, Boutwell is opening Bright Star Her first three books are part of a series
voice of UGA, announces the formation of Apalachee Learning Center, a daycare center Wesley “Pat” Pattillo (ABJ ’62), New York Whether you’re a traditional quilter trapped in a color
called the “Homegrown” series. They are
the WUOG Alumni Association. Coinciding off Highway 316, in Winder. He recently City, has been director of the communication rut or an art quilter looking for a deeper understanding
of color, this book offers a revolutionary way to approach color in quilts. Truelove and Homegrown Tomatoes
with the station’s 35th anniversary, the married and resides with his wife in Monroe. division of the National Council of Churches (2001), ‘Mater Biscuit (2004) and Those
Alumni Association was formally chartered USA since 2001. The council is an Peagler has won awards for both her fine art quilts and her writing. Her background as
David Levie (ABJ ’73) is managing partner Pearly Gates (2005). For more information
on October 13, 2007. association of 35 Christian denominations a watercolor artist and an instructional designer for the nation’s top training company
of LEDO Investment Properties, LLC. He on Cannon and her books, visit her Web
resides in Montezuma. representing 45 million members nationwide. enables her to take a fresh approach to color coaching for quilters. Color Mastery is
The mission of the WUOG Alumni site at www.juliecannon.info
Association is to create a culture of Chris Clark (ABJ ’60) retired as lead news published by Willow Ridge Press and her blog has additional color lessons available at
Charles Johnston (ABJ ’72) is president/
engagement among former station anchor on May 23, 2007 from Nashville’s www.colormastery.com.
publisher of Shelby Publishing Co., Inc.
volunteers. Serving as a booster WTVF Channel 5 News. Clark (real name
Diane Carver Sekeres (ABJ ’72) is an Chris Botsaris) had been a consistent anchor
organization to existing station initiatives,
assistant professor in the College of at the station since 1966, but retired after 41
the organization is dedicated to supplying
the current student volunteers with a
Education at the University of Alabama. She years, making him one of the longest-tenured Thank You Power
resides in Tuscaloosa. anchors in television history.
wide resource pool and an active alumni Deborah Norville (ABJ ’79) said she “didn’t set out to write a book” but that she was “just trying to
population.
WUOG Alumni Association is open to
Philip Lee Williams (ABJ ’72) was named
winner of the Georgia Governor’s Award in 1950s prove a hunch.” Her idea that saying “thank you” could be beneficial to your health began as a
personal quest. It resulted in a new book, titled Thank You Power, that she authored and published.
the Humanities in spring 2007. Williams is Mary Evelyn “Bootie” Gowen Wood (ABJ
all former UGA students with at least the author of 12 published books and also “I felt my life was working better when I focused on the positive, but as a skeptic by function as a
’58) is a retired educator with the State of journalist I wanted to see if it worked,” the Inside Edition host said.
one semester (or quarter) of WUOG won the Michael Shaara Award for his novel Georgia. She currently resides on St. Simons
involvement and who left the station in A Distant Flame (St. Martin’s, 2004). He is Norville used her free time to research the literature. “Credible research looked into the notion of
Island. Her favorite Grady memories include
good standing. currently assistant dean for public benefits from consciously living on the bright side,” she said. “But there was nothing to back them
Louis Armstrong at Little Commencement
information in UGA’s Franklin College of and Kappa Alpha Theta Kite Day. up, so I found something that started to scratch the surface of a new field in positive psychology.”
If you or someone you know was involved Arts and Sciences.
with the station during your time at UGA, Floyd Davis (ABJ ’53) is a doctor at the “I pulled it together into a book, and it’s unbelievable the responses I get,” she said. Norville hopes
please email wuogalumni@gmail.com. James Daniel (ABJ ’71) is president/CEO of Fayette Eye Clinic, Alpharetta. He received to follow up Thank You Power with another book in the near future.
Daniel and Daniel Resources. He resides in his Grady degree in broadcast.
Bishop. “This experience really has been humbling,” she said. “I didn’t know where it would take me, and
it’s validating to recognize that there are still new paths and ways to impact others.”
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