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2022 WVRA Award Winners

December 23, 2022

2022 Madge McDaniel Award Winner This award honors the memory of our first elected President of the West Virginia Reading Association, Madge McDaniel (1904-2004). Ms. McDaniel was – and continues to be – an inspiration to WVRA members and local reading councils.  This year’s nominees were Eva Warner (Boone County), Connie Mundy (Barbour County), and Lori Cottrell (Roane County).     2022 Eddie C. Kennedy Award Winner This award is named in honor of West Virginia University professor, Dr. Eddie C. Kennedy. Dr. Kennedy is an inspiration to the many students he taught (1953-1976) and to his membership in the West Virginia…

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