ROANOKE TIMES 

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, June 9, 1994                   TAG: 9406100059
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: E-9   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

COUNCIL, MEMBERS GET STATE READING AWARDS

The Roanoke Valley Reading Council was recently honored by the Virginia State Reading Association.

The group earned the state Merit Council Award and the international Honor Council Award. The council also received the President's Club Award for a 20 percent increase in membership.

The council also received the Anne Henry Award for the largest number of returned members, and the Betty Yarborough Award for the greatest percentage of increased membership.

Pam Jones of Botetourt County received a literacy award, and Shirley Boone of Oak Grove Elementary School was named the Roanoke Valley Reading Council's Teacher of the Year. 


 by CNB