Ruliffson wins grand prize in 2011 local competition
Allen J. Ruliffson has won the local economic education competition sponsored by the Harrisonburg Rotary Club and the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce. The winning project was “Getting Real with Economics.” Ruliffson’s project guided students through career choice, personal finance and economic decision-making on their way toward mastering the seventh grade civics and economics Standards of Learning. The prize carries a $1,000 cash award. All the local winners are to be recognized at a meeting of the Rotary Club on October 3.