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Cairo student wins character contest
Feb 01, 2012 2:19 am
[caption id="attachment_17433" align="alignright" width="238" caption="Ryan Holdridge with his English teachers, Mrs. Erin Murphy, left, and Mrs. Donna Howell."]
[/caption]Cairo-Durham sixth grader Ryan Holdridge won Scholastic’s Storyworks Magazine’s “Create A Character” contest, the school announced Tue., Jan. 31. Barbara O’Connor, an award-winning children’s book author known for books such as "How to Steal a Dog" and "Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia," selected Ryan’s entry out of five thousand others from around the country. O'Conner will use Holdridge's character, Roy Rigatoni, in a story the April/May issue of magazine.
[/caption]Cairo-Durham sixth grader Ryan Holdridge won Scholastic’s Storyworks Magazine’s “Create A Character” contest, the school announced Tue., Jan. 31. Barbara O’Connor, an award-winning children’s book author known for books such as "How to Steal a Dog" and "Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia," selected Ryan’s entry out of five thousand others from around the country. O'Conner will use Holdridge's character, Roy Rigatoni, in a story the April/May issue of magazine.