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

DATE: THURSDAY, April 14, 1994                   TAG: 9404140226
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: W-6   EDITION: METRO 
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IN BUSINESS

TERESA SEVERIN of Teresa Severin Marketing has been named Rookie of the Year for 1993 by Roanoke Regional Home Builders Association Inc.

Severin was selected for the award because she recruited new members, attended a required number of meetings and events, became a member of the Sales and Marketing Council, served on the Associate Advisory Council and is chairwoman of the association's monthly publication.

\ THE ROANOKE VALLEY PARALEGAL ASSOCIATION recently elected the following officers for 1994: Lois A. Sumpter, president and member of the board of directors; Sarah Ferguson, vice president; Beth Ritter, secretary; and Casey Dugan, treasurer.

Margie Bowman, Pamela Eakin, Lee Slenker and Laura Skeen were elected to the board of directors.

\ DONALD L. HELMS, senior manager of the Roanoke No. 3 Branch of Avco Financial Services, recently was named to the company's distinguished Circle of Excellence.

Winners were rated on service and performance. Helms received the award by placing in the top 15 percent of all Avco branch managers in his operating area for 1993.

by CNB