During its local board of directors meeting on Thursday, August 28th at its Sandersville Campus, Oconee Fall Line Technical College (OFTC) welcomed five new local board members: Mr. Tuttle Barksdale of Washington County, Mrs. Judy Deal of Glascock County, Mr. Robert Herndon of Telfair County, Mr. Gary Hutchins of Jefferson County, and Mr. Benji Tarbutton of Washington County.

Judge Sherri McDonald, Juvenile Court Judge for the Middle Judicial Circuit for the state of Georgia, presided over the swearing-in of the new members.

The fifteen-member board is made up of community leaders representing the OFTC service delivery area, which includes Bleckley, Dodge, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Laurens, Telfair, Warren, Washington, Wheeler, and Wilkinson counties:

Dr. Lloyd Horadan, President of Oconee Fall Line Technical College, is pleased to announce the 86 students on the President’s List and 314 students on the Dean’s List for the 2014 summer term.

To be eligible for the President's List, the student must maintain a GPA of 3.5 or higher with a course load of at least 12 credit hours during the semester. To be eligible for the Dean's List, the student must maintain a GPA of 3.0 with a course load of at least 7 credit hours during the semester.  



President’s List Students for:

Bleckley County:  Steven Bates, Harold Bozeman, Kenneth Dent, Malinda Floyd, Shellie Huff, Erika Jenkins, Dennis Kirkpatrick, Stacy Maddox, Shirley Mayne, Sandra Staples, Beverly Tharpe, Linsey Wyatt

Dodge County:  Robin Cook, Danny Edge, Diesha Floyd Roberson, Alicia Guyton, Courtney Snelgrove, Jessica Spires, Jhirmany Walker, Keithia Walker, William Whiggum

The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for portions of middle GA for this afternoon.

Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Crisp, Dooly, Dodge, Hancock, Houston, Jones, Laurens, Macon, Peach, Pulaski, Taylor, Telfair, Twiggs, Treutlen, Washington, Wheeler, Wilcox, and Wilkinson counties are in a Heat Advisory beginning today at 12pm through 8pm.

A Heat Advisory means a period of dangerous heat is expected. Hot temperatures mixed with high humidity creates high heat index values. Heat index values will likely reach near 105° this afternoon.