Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, February 4, 1993 TAG: 9302040291
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: N-5 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
IN BUSINESS
PETROLEUM MARKETERS INC. in Roanoke is a Gold Division winner in Exxon's Commitment to Excellence Program.The Gold Division is Exxon's highest level of achievement and recognizes distributors that excel in business operations, community affairs and environmental and safety issues.
\ MATTHEW B. BROUGHTON of Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore in Roanoke has been named the 1993 secretary-treasurer of the Young Lawyers Section of the Virginia Bar Association.
\ WOODWARD/WHITE INC. of Aiken, S.C., has released the names of Roanoke Valley lawyers to be listed in its upcoming edition of "The Best Lawyers in America." They are:
Bankruptcy law - M. Caldwell Butler of Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove.
Business litigation - William B. Poff of Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove; and William R. Rakes of Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore.
Corporate law - Douglas W. Densmore and Talfourd H. Kemper of Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove; and G. Franklin Flippin of Glenn, Flippin, Feldmann & Darby.
Criminal defense - Robert F. Rider of Rider, Thomas, Cleaveland, Ferris & Eakin.
Family law - Harwell M. Darby Jr. of Glenn, Flippin, Feldmann & Darby; G. Marshall Mundy of Mundy, Rogers & Frith; and Arthur E. Smith.
Health care law - Heman A. Marshall of Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove.
Labor and employment law - Bayard E. Harris of The Center for Employment Law; Donald Wise Huffman of Bird, Kinder & Huffman; and Clinton S. Morse of Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove.
Personal injury litigation - James R. Austin and S.D. Roberts Moore of Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore; David B. Hart and George W. Wooten of Wooten & Hart; James F. Johnson of Johnson, Ayers & Mathews; G. Marshall Mundy of Mundy, Rogers & Frith; and William B. Poff of Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove.
Public utility law - Allen Glover of Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove.
Real estate law - W. Heywood Fralin of Jolly, Place, Fralin & Prillaman; and Talfourd H. Kemper and Michael K. Smeltzer of Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove.
Tax law - Frank W. Rogers Jr. of Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove; and Bruce C. Stockburger of Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore.
Trusts and estates - Frank W. Rogers Jr. of Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove.
\ GALA INDUSTRIES INC. of Eagle Rock has announced its 1992 honor roll recognizing employees who have made outstanding contributions during the year.
Those receiving awards are: Fred Barnett, Matthew D. Broughman, George Bryant, Glen Bryant, Mike Bursey, John Clark, John L. Crawford, Tim Falls, Gordon Fridley, Samual F. Hannah, Luther Huffman Sr., Cromer Johnson, Timothy W. Keyser, Earl E. King, Paul A. King, Steven King, Gatewood W. Leathers III, Marlon E. Rickman, Donald H. Saville, Rodney Smith Jr., Mark Tate, William D. Woodson and Gregory A. Young.
\ PATRICIA H. BOLT, assistant professor in the office systems technology department of Virginia Western Community College, has been named outstanding member for 1992-93 by the Roanoke chapter of Professional Secretaries International.
Bolt has been a member since 1983.
\ CHARLIE CHANG, executive chef and owner of the Fiji Island Restaurant in Roanoke, has been named chef of the year by the Southwest Virginia chapter of the American Culinary Federation.
Chang, who volunteers as a guest chef for charity projects, also was elected chairman of the chapter's board.
Other officers are: Jack Harteis, president; Curtis Carter, vice president; Steve Williams, treasurer; Jeff Shupe, secretary; and Bobby Simmons, newsletter editor.
\ BOB BOEHLING of Roanoke has been promoted to senior account executive in the small business division of AT&T Global Business Communications Systems in the mid-Atlantic area.
Boehling, a graduate of Radford University, is responsible for sale of telephone systems and telecommunication products to small businesses in Roanoke and Southwest Virginia.
\ EDWARD BARNES, a personal financial planner with IDS Financial Services Inc. of Roanoke, was recognized for having completed his 25th year with the company.
Barnes, a 1960 graduate of Virginia Military Institute, recently completed study and testing requirements to receive a certified financial planner designation.