Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, June 14, 1990 TAG: 9006150732
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: W-4 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Ryland Hogan of Overnite Transportation in Roanoke tied with a Richmond driver for grand champion in the recent Truck Safety Roadeo, sponsored by the Safety Council of Southwest Virginia.
Roanoke-area trophy winners in the separate categories were:
Five-axle van - Hogan, first place; Leonard Huffman, WHPT Co. Inc., second.
Five-axle flatbed - Wayne Ramsey, Overnite Transportation, second.
Five-axle tank - Cecil Wolfe, Estes Express, second.
Three-axle van - Marty Hogan, Overnite Transportation, first.
Roanoke man receives state Jaycee award
Mark S. Lawrence of Roanoke has been selected by the Virginia Jaycees as one of five Outstanding Young Virginians for 1989-90.
Lawrence, an administrative assistant to the president of Appalachian Power Co., is chairman of the board of the Roanoke Jaycees and is a past president of the chapter. He also has served on the boards of directors of the Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce, Junior Achievement of Southwest Virginia, Total Action Against Poverty, and currently serves on the board of directors of the American Cancer Society and the board of trustees on the Virginia Jaycees Foundation.
Bank manager named club's woman of year
Nedra Gordon has been elected Woman of the Year by the Shenandoah chapter of the American Business Women's Association.
Gordon is assistant vice president at Dominion Bank and manages the Towers branch. She has served as chairwoman of several chapter committees and currently serves as corresponding secretary.
VFW Post 1264 elects officers for 1990-91
John H. Keyser has been elected commander for 1990-91 of Howard J. McDowell Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1264.
Other officers are Harvey Barker, senior vice commander; Harold Worrell, junior vice commander; Richard Assaid, chaplain; Irving Manning, quartermaster; and William L. Carter, trustee.
The post recently bought the former Fiesta Cantina building at 3805 Melrose Ave. N.W. and is remodeling the interior to be used for meetings and a club. The building is expected to be ready for occupancy in June.
The post also gave a $250 donation to Jeffrey Willoughby, a Cave Spring High School student who has been invited to compete in a track and field meet this summer in the Soviet Union.
Management group elects new officers
E.C. Dunbar, president of Roanoke Gas Co., has been elected chairman of the Management Association of Western Virginia, formerly Roanoke Valley Industries. He follows Robert D. Webster, Roanoke Division manager of Appalachian Power Co.
Other officers named are Tom Jones, vice chairman, and Spencer Frantz, secretary-treasurer. New directors elected by the association are Houston Bell Jr., John Clarke, Floyd Firing, William Neal, Tim Layton, Ken Laughon, Karl Miller, Kent Greenawalt, Clinton Morse, Lawrence Ptaschek, John Higgins, John Frye, Dunbar and Jones, all of the Roanoke Valley, and Abe Essig, Rocky Mount.
Banking association elects 1990-91 officers
Jackie Welch of Crestar Bank has been elected president of the Roanoke chapter of the American Institute of Banking.
Other officers for 1990-91 are Ron Doss, First National Bank of Rocky Mount/Bedford, vice president for education; Bonnie Evans, Crestar, vice president for marketing; Earl Gravely, Crestar, vice president for finance; and Rita Ferguson, First Virginia Bank/Franklin County, secretary.
Five schools complete environmental projects
Five Roanoke public schools have successfully completed Environmental Awareness Grants Program projects.
The schools developed environmental-awareness objectives and implemented staff and student activities to carry them out. Examples of the activities include separation of recyclable trash, adoption of a cleanup area in a public park, implemenation of an environmental-awareness study unit, development of home energy audits by pupils and planting trees and flowers on school grounds.
Each school selected for the program received $3 per pupil to be used for instructional materials and supplies. The grant money came in part from proceeds of the schools' paper-recycling program.
The grants provided to each school were: Garden City Elementary, $873; Monterey Elementary, $1,392; Raleigh Court Elementary, $1,077; Addison Middle, $1,065; and Woodrow Wilson Middle, $1,260.
Businesswomen elect officers for 1990-91
Helen Watson has been elected president of the Roanoke Business & Professional Women/USA for 1990-91.
Other officers are Barbara Shelton, president-elect; Patricia Quillen, first vice president; Carlyn Benson, second vice president; Mary Lee Loope, recording secretary; Pat Honts, corresponding secretary; Janet Pratt, treasurer; Barbara Weddle, nominating chairman; and Mary Crotts, parliamentarian.
Salvation Army captain reports on Hugo relief
Seven months after Hurricane Hugo ripped through Charleston, S.C., Salvation Army Capt. James Worthy said the recovery effort is still in full force.
Worthy, commander of the Salvation Army in Charleston and former commander in Roanoke, has been coordinating the organization's relief and recovery efforts during the months since Hugo hit.
During a recent visit to Roanoke, Worthy praised residents of the Roanoke Valley who donated more than $80,000 in cash and truckloads of clothing and food. "I think the people here remembered how much they suffered during the flood of '85 and how people from other areas helped them recover," he said.
Speaking at the Salvation Army's annual civic dinner, Worthy recounted several stories demonstrating the force of the storm, the devastation it caused and the impact it had on people, animals and the entire area.
"We had one lady who refused to go back into her house because she heard sounds coming from the wall," Worthy said. "When they took the wall apart, here was this pool of water and a shark thrashing about inside the wall."
Since the storm, Worthy said much of the city has recovered, but outlying rural areas still need assistance. "We've gone from relief efforts, through recovery, to the rebuilding stage for most of the area," he said.
by CNB