PRIDE hosted the sixth annual PRIDE Envi Awards on May 8, 2006, at The Center for Rural Development in Somerset. The awards program was recorded for broadcast on WYMT-TV and KET in June 2006.

Neil Middleton, vice president of news at WYMT-TV, was the master of ceremonies, and the special guests were Congressman Hal Rogers (KY-5), PRIDE co-founder; Cynthia Rogers, First Lady of Kentucky’s Fifth Congressional District; Jill Crawford, daughter of PRIDE co-founder, the late James E. Bickford; and Geraldine and Courtney Turner, family members of the late Tony Turner. The ceremony featured entertainment by Carl Hurley, the Harlan Boys Choir, Alison Wasson and Shady Grove Express, Shefton Kash, and Brittany Moore.

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Elementary School Campus of the Year Award

Finalists:
• Prestonsburg Elementary
• Southside Elementary (Lee County)
• Botts Elementary (Menifee County)

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Winner: Prestonsburg Elementary School, for promoting environmental education with an outdoor classroom, wetland, rain garden, butterfly garden, vegetable garden and school-wide recycling.

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Middle School Campus of the Year Award

Finalists:
• North Laurel Middle (Laurel County)
• Roy G. Eversole Middle (Perry County)
• Russell County Middle

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Winner: North Laurel Middle School, for its expansive outdoor-classroom projects, aquaculture studies, mentoring program, school-wide recycling program and participation in local cleanups.

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High School Campus of the Year Award

Finalists:
• Adair County High
• Letcher County Central High
• Corbin High

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Winner: Letcher County Central High School, for its unique courses that combine science, community service and public policy by challenging students to research environmental issues and recommend possible solutions.

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College/Community Project of the Year Award

This award was presented to the McCreary County Extension Service for raising awareness about bird habitat through an annual bird house construction project with the county’s fifth-grade students, scout troops, and youth and adult day-care centers.

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Tony Turner Volunteer of the Year Award

Finalists:
• Lakis Mavinidis, Harlan County
• Kiwanis Club of Paintsville
• Cory Gearlds, Monroe County

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Winner: Kiwanis Club of Paintsville, for its environmental cleanup and education efforts, such as coordinating the Paintsville Lake Cleanup, and maintaining a handicap-accessible fishing pier and walking trail at the lake.

This award was presented by Geraldine and Courtney Turner, family members of the late Tony Turner.

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Rogers-Bickford Environmental Leadership Award

Finalists:
• A.L. Sinclair, Adair County Solid Waste Coordinator
• Darlene Thacker, Friends of Fishtrap Lake (Pike County)
• Deb Bledsoe, Appalachia – Science in the Public Interest (Rockcastle County)

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Winner: A.L. Sinclair, for implementing a variety of cleanup activities, establishing a strong PRIDE presence in the local schools and inspiring others to care for the environment.

This award was presented by Congressman Hal Rogers, PRIDE co-founder, and Jill Crawford, daughter of PRIDE co-founder, the late James E. Bickford.

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Kentucky PRIDE Award

This award was presented to Penny and Robert Brown of Corbin for their contribution to the future of environmental education through a land gift for the development of an Riverwoods, the PRIDE Environmental Education Center, which is now in the planning stages.

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