Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, February 3, 1995 TAG: 9502090002
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-14 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: MELISSA DeVAUGHN STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: RADFORD LENGTH: Medium
She designed it.
The 12-year-old sixth-grader from Belle Heth School was the winner of the foundation's citywide logo contest held last year. The foundation unveiled the finished product in January.
"I had no idea that I won until the principal told me," Sarah said this week. "I was really surprised. At the school assembly, I got to shake the mayor's [Tom Starnes] hand and I got a $100 savings bond."
Lewis "Bud" Jeffries, president of the newly formed foundation (it started in 1993), said Sarah's logo best represented the foundation's mission for the city.
"We were established to identify, document, preserve and promote Radford's heritage, the past and the present, for the future," Jeffries said. "There have been [significant] things Radford has had in its past and we've lost them because they've been torn down."
Jeffries said the city supports the foundation's goals and already has asked its members to develop a historic preservation plan to be incorporated into all city planning.
Sarah's logo was chosen from four categories: elementary, junior high, high school and adult.
"There were no adult entries, which we pretty much expected, but we did get entries from all of the other levels," said Bob Thomas who was on the committee that chose the winning entry. "Sarah's entry just stood out like a sore thumb, because not only did she came up with the logo concept, but she also came up with the words. The entire committee just kept coming back to hers."
Thomas said Sarah's entry, which was perfected by artist Anne Sayers, "somehow said exactly what we wanted - we had not thought of a key at all until we saw her design. It's so perfect for what we're trying to do."
It's almost as if Sarah knew exactly what the Radford Heritage Foundation was all about.
"I know that they're trying to do some work on preserving houses that are older and might have some historical importance in Radford," Sarah said.
Sarah is the daughter of Robert and Denise Turner. She has four brothers - one is her twin - and a sister. Her hobbies include reading, riding her bike "and getting in trouble with my brother."
She said she likes to draw "but I'm not that good at it."
The Radford Heritage Foundation will display the new logo at its next meeting, Feb. 12 from 3-5 p.m. at the Radford Senior Center. Anyone joining the foundation by Feb. 12 will become a charter member. There are approximately 200 charter members now. Membership is $10 for adults, $1 for students. For further information, call Jeffries at 731-3656.
by CNB