
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, February 2, 1991                   TAG: 9102020125
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV3   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: New River Valley bureau
DATELINE: DUBLIN                                LENGTH: Short

BLUE RIDGE WORLD TRADE GROUP TO HEAR SOVRAN SPEAKER

Dewey Chester, Sovran Bank's Richmond vice president for international matters, will speak at a Blue Ridge World Trade Association meeting Feb. 20 at the Johnny Appleseed Restaurant.

The meeting will be 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., and will be followed by dutch-treat lunch. Chester will be available to answer questions about financing products abroad.

The focus of the meeting will be on international financing and understanding letters of credit for foreign trade, as well as procedures and experiences companies encounter when operating abroad.

The Blue Ridge World Trade Association was organized Oct. 11 by business people from throughout Southwest Virginia, the only part of the state lacking an organization to help its people do business overseas.

The organization has created a resource center at Wytheville Community College and has brought in several speakers with expertise in international trade.

Membership in the Blue Ridge World Trade Association is $35 for a company, $20 for an individual and $5 for a student.

More information on the group is available from Chairman Jill Burcham, director of marketing at Darco Southern in Independence (773-2711), or Rick Williamson, continuing education director at Wytheville Community College (228-5541). The Roanoke Times & World-News cor-rects errors in its news columns that come to its attention. It also publishes in this space clarifications and amplifications to provide a better understanding of the news.

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