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

DATE: THURSDAY, June 2, 1994                   TAG: 9406020059
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: METRO 
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MICHAEL W. STOVALL

HOMETOWN: Vinton.

EDUCATION: William Byrd High School. Virginia Western Community College, Administration of Justice curriculum.

PROFESSIONAL: Investigator, Vinton Police Department, 1991-present; formerly a police officer and dispatcher with the same department.

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: Roanoke Valley Chamber of Commerce Crime Prevention Committee; Southwest Crime Prevention Association; adviser to the Vinton Police Department's Cadet Program; past affiliations include the Vinton Fire Department, Dixie Youth Baseball and Boy Scouts of America.

FAMILY: Married with three children.

AWARDS: Mothers Against Drunk Driving award for Vinton Police Department's most drunken-driving arrests in 1987 and 1988.