Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, May 13, 1993 TAG: 9305130489
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: N-14 EDITION: METRO
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A senior at James River High School won first place in the 11th annual Young Artists' Award competition of the Roanoke Youth Symphony.
Violinist Carrie Lynn Hundley, daughter of William and Sybil Hundley of Fincastle, won the $200 first prize. She is a member of the Chancel Orchestra of First Baptist Church on Third Street and last summer attended the North Carolina School of the Arts, where she was concertmaster of the string orchestra.
In second place was Jeremiah Shaw playing the cello. He won $100. The seventh-grader at Blacksburg Middle School is the son of Clyde Thomas and Teresa C. Shaw of Blacksburg.
Winning third place and $50 was Jason Painter Price, a senior at Blacksburg High School. He is the principal trumpet for the high school symphonic band and lead trumpet in the marching band. Jason is the son of Howard and Marianna Price of Blacksburg.
The competition, open to members of the Roanoke Youth Symphony, was held April 4 in Olin Recital Hall at Roanoke College and is sponsored by the Roanoke Symphony Volunteer Association.
Judges were Jill Coggiola of the music faculty at Radford University; John Hussar III, bassist and librarian of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra; and James Sochinski, trombone bass of the Roanoke Symphony.
Roanoke County Fair at Green Hill Park
The Roanoke County Parks and Recreation Department's annual Roanoke County Fair will begin Wednesday at Green Hill Park west of Salem.
Events will start at 6 p.m. Wednesday with "Old Fashion Night," featuring 50-cent carnival rides until 10 p.m.
Rides and other entertainment will continue May 13 and 14 from 6 to 10 p.m.
Saturday will be the fair's main day, featuring the following events: the fourth annual Advance Auto car and truck show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; an arts and crafts show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; the Stride and Ride biathlon from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.; an antique tractor pull at noon; a fiddle and banjo show from 11 a.m to 6 p.m.; a family horse show all day; and a Civil War encampment.
For more information, call Eddie Ford or Bill Thorne at 387-6086.
75-year-old man named `Older Worker of the Year'
Roland Pridgen, an employee of Friendship Manor, has been named Roanoke Valley's "Older Worker of the Year" for the League of Older Americans Area Agency on Aging.
Pridgen, 75, was one of 32 people, ranging in age 55 to 80, nominated for the designation. The worker of the year was selected by a committee composed of Roanoke Valley human resources professionals.
The nomination letter said Pridgen occasionally wears clown makeup, "hoping to bring a smile or laugh from someone who seemed to have lost or forgotten that emotion for a long time."
Pridgen seems "to be everywhere day and night . . . feeding a resident, hugging someone, or holding someone's hand," according to the nomination.
Certificates of recognition were given to the 31 other nominees for their contributions to the workplace.
by CNB