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

DATE: THURSDAY, April 14, 1994                   TAG: 9404140196
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: S-13   EDITION: METRO 
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IN BUSINESS

Miles also was chosen as a member of the President's Club and received the Bristol Cup award from Winchester Industries.

\ GILBERT E. BUTLER JR. and AL THOMASON, members of the Roanoke and Roanoke County planning commissions respectively, recently graduated from the 16th Virginia Certified Planning Commissioners' Program at Virginia Tech.

The 10-week certification program - involving class instruction, home study and a two-day workshop - is designed to provide new and veteran planning commission members with a comprehensive introduction to community planning and the related responsibilities of local planning commissions.

The program is sponsored by the Virginia Cooperative Extension's Community Resource Development Program, the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development and the Virginia Citizen's Planning Association.

\ ROBYN MORGAN and DAWN SIMPKINS, both employees at Kemper National Insurance Companies, recently received certificates from the Insurance Institute of America for successfully completing an introduction to claims course and a national examination.

The institute is an independent non-profit organization offering educational programs and professional certification to people in the property-liability insurance business.