Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, May 8, 1994 TAG: 9405090114
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-9 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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WYTHEVILLE - Wytheville will lose one councilman next month and have a previous council member return to the governing body.
Voters elected John Jones, a former councilman, in Tuesday's voting along with newcomer Bill Weisiger, a Wytheville pharmacist. Weisiger led the balloting with 776 votes, and Jones had 738.
Councilman Jack Hunley ran third with 573, not enough to be re-elected, and newcomer Richard Gustafson drew 268.
Mayor Trent Crewe was re-elected with 1,034 votes without opposition.
In Rural Retreat, Mayor Doug Humphrey won re-election over challenger Jack Weaver by a 207-107 margin.
The three council winners were Larry Arnold, 181; Thomas Cassell, 167, and Jayne Hall, 119. The other candidates were Betty Wingo, Charles McMillan, Larry Bollinger, Virginia Naase, Robert Furr Sr. and James Gordon.
Wordsprint honored
WYTHEVILLE - Wordsprint Inc. has been recognized for management excellence in the 1993 Management Plus Awards program sponsored annually by the National Association of Printers and Lithographers.
It came in second among seven companies chosen for Silver Awards in competition open to all 93,000 printing and graphic arts organizations in North America.
Wordsprint was cited for its financial record, employee participation in management, and quality work. It employs 18 people in Wytheville and Galax, specializing in multi-color printing for industry and graphic design and direct mailings for businesses.
News director honored
WYTHEVILLE - A news director at a Wytheville radio station has received a regional award from the Radio-Television News Directors Association for coverage of the blizzard that hit this area.
The award to Danny Gordon of WYVE news was announced in Richmond at the Region 13 RTNDA awards program. It is the first regional news award won by the Wytheville station and will automatically be entered in national competition.
``This recognition of Danny's work by the RTNDA affirms WYVE's commitment to reporting local news,'' WYVE General Manager Wayne Thomas said. ``Considering the caliber of competition in the Washington, Richmond and Baltimore markets, this award acknowledges that WYVE's news coverage is on a level with the best.''
The region covers Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.
Commencement speaker
WYTHEVILLE - Rick L. Andrews, assistant professor of business administration at the University of Delaware, will be the commencement speaker at 6:30 p.m. Friday when Wytheville Community College expects to graduate 273 students.
Andrews graduated from the community college in 1985 and from Radford University in 1987. He earned a master's of business administration from Radford in 1988 and his doctorate from Virginia Tech.
The commencement exercises will be held under a tent on the Galax Hall parking lot. The WCC Concert Band will begin performing at 6 p.m. and will also perform during commencement.
New dean at WCC
WYTHEVILLE - Terrance E. Suarez will become dean of instruction and community services at Wytheville Community College this spring.
He succeeds Dorothy J. Harnish, who left for a position at the University of Georgia. Gary T. Laing, chairman of the Division of Engineering Technologies and Mathematics, will continue as acting dean until Suarez takes over.
Suarez has been at the college since 1979 and is currently chairman of its Division of Allied Health and Science. From 1973 to 1979, he was employed at J. Sargent Reynolds Community College.
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