• Fayette student receives Piedmont academic honor
Spencer Shelton of Fayetteville has been named to the dean’s list at Piedmont College after completing the recent spring semester with a grade-point average of 3.5 to 3.99. Piedmont College is an independent liberal arts college of about 2,000 students with campuses located in Demorest and Athens, Ga. Founded in 1897, the college offers undergraduate degrees in 32 major areas and master’s degrees in education and business.

• Cuttie graduates from U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Cadet First Class Kyle Cuttie is one of 217 cadets to graduate from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy with a bachelor of science degree in management. During commencement exercises, graduates of the Class of 2008 received their commission as ensigns in the U.S. Coast Guard from Vice President Richard B. Cheney, and will serve a minimum of five years. A 2003 graduate of McIntosh High School, Cuttie is the son of Vallarie and Don Cuttie of Luthersville, Ga. Cuttie’s first tour of duty will be as a Deck Watch Officer on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Gallatin in Charleston, S.C.

• Chapman graduates from apprentice course
Air Force Airman James M. Chapman has graduated from the Aviation Resource Management Apprentice Course at Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Miss.

The course is designed to train students to maintain flight mission data of aircrew and aircraft, aircrew resource management, flying hours, training and evaluation, and flight scheduling, safety and physical requirements; perform and monitor operations systems management activities and functions, including planning and scheduling, standardization and evaluation, flying and ground training, flight records of takeoff, in-flight and landing status maintained in a computer database; and operate and maintain the Air Force operations resource management system.

Chapman will be assigned at RAF Mildenhall, Cambridge, England. He is the son of Monica T. De Luna of Atascosa, Texas and Jeff S. Chapman of Peachtree City, Ga. In 2007, the airman graduated from Southwest High School, San Antonio, Texas.

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