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

DATE: THURSDAY, February 3, 1994                   TAG: 9402030109
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-5   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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NAMES IN BUSINESS

RAYMOND SMOOT, vice president for finance and treasurer of Virginia Tech, has been appointed chairman of the board of directors for Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, Inc. JOE MEREDITH, director of the Corporate Research Center, has been appointed president, and JAMES COLE, secretary-treasurer. Cole is also director of business affairs and controller of the Virginia Tech Foundation and associate controller of Virginia Tech.

\ ARNOLD A. LAFON, president of the Montgomery County Farm Bureau, represented local members at the 1994 American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Florida last month.

\ LaVERNE BLANKENSHIP of Christiansburg has been promoted to director of housing and resident services at Warm Hearth Village. KATHLEEN SADLER, administrative assistant for development and marketing, has been named employee of the quarter, and BRE SMITHSON, R.N. and director of Showalter Center, has been chosen to serve on the health issues advisory council for Del. Jim Shuler.

\ TIMOTHY A. LAWRENCE, president of Blue Ridge Home Improvement, Inc. of Blacksburg, has successfully completed the Graduate Builders Institute's requirements for certification.

\ ANNETTE IRENE SPARKS has been promoted from branch manager to officer for Central Fidelity Bank at the University Mall branch in Blacksburg.

\ GENE B. WRIGHT, president and chief executive officer for Montgomery Regional Hospital, has been appointed to the advisory board for First National Bank of Christiansburg's Blacksburg branch office.

The NEW RIVER VALLEY ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, the largest association geographically in Virginia, recently honored several agents for outstanding sales volume in 1993.

Diamond Award for more than $4 million in sales: Joseph Ardito, William Bondurant, Janie Cassell, Evelyn Clark, Dan Dodson, Mike Eggleston, Wayne Elliott, Judy Fithian, Carol Lavinder, W.H. Maddy Jr., Priscilla Morris, Vicki Powell, John Skelton and Kay Stratton.

Platinum Award for $3 million to $3,999,999: Louise Baker, Gene Cox, Joe Jones, Thomas Kyle, Mike Norwood, Joanne Palmer and George Poole.

Gold Award for $2 million to $2,999,999: Pat Adams, Dennis Bullins, Nancy Corvin, Charlotte Chan, Jeannie Chang, Charles Cox, Linda Deemer, Kerry Gillespie, Agnes Heller, Rebecca Isenhour, Pam Jones, Susan LaBrie, Marylou, Wayne McGlothlin, Terry McCraw, Patty Mastaghimi, Linda Phillips and Carol St. Clair.

Silver Award for $1,500,000 to 1,999,999: Nancy Agee, Beatrice Ake, Dan and Joanne Bell, Wanda Cox, Ernestine Foresman, Kimberly Frazier, Roger Gallimore, Catherine Kincaid, Shirlee Loan, Mary Lynch, Barbara Prillaman and Betty Strauss.

Bronze Award for $1 million to $1,499,999: Joyce Alderman, Christie Alley, Beth Ballard, Gerald Bolen, Regina Cook, Stuart Covey, Lucy Draper, Todd Halwas, Darlene Hylton, Grace Kelley, Pat Kirkland, Mary Madis, Sandra Martin, Thomas Moser, Margaret Nicholson, Bill O'Neil, Pete Petrone, Ila Rye, Judy Smith, Irma Stephens, Vasso Sugas-Tellionis, Brenda Underwood, Erin Wigginton, Diana Wimmer and Betty Woodfin.

by CNB