June 18, 2001

Western's Public Radio Announces Poetry Contest Winners

Bowling Green, Ky. - The Public Radio Service of Western Kentucky University has announced the winners of the fifth annual Classical Music Poetry Contest.

The winner in Category I (grades 7-8) is Katie Huber of Glasgow. Whitney Bishop of Glasgow finished second.

The winner in Category II (grades 9-12) is Derek McDowell of Buffalo. Amanda Rochefort of Hodgenville finished second.

The winners received a $200 U.S. Savings Bond while the second place finishers received a $100 bond. The winning poems will be published in the September issue of Choice, the station's program guide.

Terry Reagan, director of development for Western's Public Radio, said there were more than 150 entries from across Kentucky in the contest, which was co-sponsored by the law firm of Harned, Backert and Denton.

Poems were based on Chopin's "Grand Waltz" or Bach's "Arioso."

Western's Public Radio is WKYU-FM in Bowling Green/Glasgow, WDCL-FM in Somerset, WKPB-FM in Henderson/Owensboro and WKUE-FM in Elizabethtown.

For more information, contact Terry Reagan at (270) 745-5489. More WKU news is available on the World Wide Web at www.wku.edu. If you'd like to receive WKU news via E-mail, send a message to WKUNews@wku.edu.