ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, October 15, 1996 TAG: 9610150063
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
COLUMN: Class Notes
SOURCE: HALE SHEIKERZ
Andee Sears, a Shawsville High School freshmen, won a first place award in the 20th annual Sherwood Anderson Short Story Contest. Sears was a winner in the middle school category. Sears' story is a historical fiction. "The Longest Road Home," explains the presence of the resident ghosts of the William Barnett house in Shawsville.
The contest takes place every spring and is open to residents of the Appalachian region of Virginia and West Virginia. Awards are given out near the Sept. 13 anniversary of Sherwood Anderson's birth. Anderson was an early 20th-century writer and small-town newspaper editor who lived near Marion.
Sears was recognized along with other winners at a reception in Marion. She was accompanied by her sixth-grade English teacher Idella Dishner and the Shawsville High School English academic competition coach Judith Neily.
Sears is a member of the cross country and wrestling teams at Shawsville. She also participates in forensics and academic competition. She is the daughter of Rebecca and Ed Sears.
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Fourth-graders at Christiansburg Elementary had a special guest on Oct. 2. Robin Reed, meteorologist from WDBJ (Channel 7) visited the students. Reed talked about the study of weather and sprinkled in many weather facts and stories. Reed also showed the students how rain clouds are formed by using an eye dropper, water and a cotton ball. His experiment involved two student helpers, Terrell Burkes and Meredith Spry. The students presented Reed with their school T-shirt and a gigantic card that everyone had signed.
MEETINGS, EVENTS & HAPPENINGS
Several area schools are having book fairs in the coming weeks. There are two this week:
*Price's Fork Elementary will have a scholastics book fair today through Friday in the school library. The hours will be today and Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Wednesday and Thursday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The fair will feature the latest titles from 100 publishers. Books for parents and teachers will also be available. Proceeds from the fair will be used to purchase books and supplies for the library and school. For more information, call 951-5736.
*The Gilbert Linkous book fair started Monday and will continue through Friday. Hours will be today, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Proceeds from the fair will be used to purchase materials for the school library.
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Riverlawn Elementary will have a funfest from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday. The fair will be at the school, off Virginia 114. The event will have activities for the whole family, including game booths and prizes for children, bingo, door prizes, pumpkin and cake walks, face painting and lots of food. There also will be a chance to win a $100 shopping spree gift certificate from the New River Valley Mall.
Admission is free. Proceeds from the fair will be used to purchase instructional materials and supplies for the school.
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Auburn High School will have its annual home party extravaganza from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the school cafeteria. Home party products of all sorts will be available, including Tupperware, Pampered Chef, Beauty Control, Christmas Around the World, House of Lloyd and others. Merchandise will be available and orders will be taken. For information, call Nanci Purcell at 382-0670.
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