Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, March 11, 1991 TAG: 9103110369
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: A-4 EDITION: EVENING
SOURCE: JOEL TURNER MUNICIPAL WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Yates, 64, is a former chief of medicine and staff at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
He is a Roanoke native who attended the old Jefferson High School. He earned his bachelor and medical degrees at the University of Virginia.
Today is the deadline for applicants for the seats that are held by James Turner Jr., Marilyn Curtis and Velma Seif. All three incumbents have applied for new terms.
Turner, first appointed in 1985, is seeking his third term. He has been chairman three years. Curtis and Seif, who were appointed in 1988, are seeking their second terms.
The other applicants include:
Martha O'Neil, executive director of the YWCA of the Roanoke Valley. She is a former director of educational partnerships for city schools, a position in which she served as a liaison between the school system and businesses, industries and non-profit agencies.
E.H. Cassell Jr., vice president at Sovran Bank. He has been active in a broad range of civic and community agencies, including the Free Clinic of the Roanoke Valley and Total Action Against Poverty Housing Corp. He served on a planning committee for the Northwest magnet school.
Garry Fleming, a finalist two years ago, is an associate professor of economics at Roanoke College. He is vice president of the Grandin Court Elementary School PTA and has been active in PTA for several years.
Under the selection procedure, council announces pending vacancies and invites applications. It publicly interviews up to three applicants for each seat.
by CNB