Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, July 7, 1994 TAG: 9407070173
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S-4 EDITION: METRO
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Richard S. Kazabee and Erica Frances Sunshine, both of Roanoke were the professional winners for the 1994 Student/Associate/Young Architect Award.
\ HOUSECALL HEALTHCARE recently raised $250 for its Indigent Fund by dunking co-workers for $1. The fund is used to purchase necessities such as medications and medical equipment for citizens who cannot afford them. HOUSECALL Healthcare, a home health company, offers nursing or therapeutic service that can be rendered in the home.
\ EDWARD A. WORKMAN, a neuropsychiatrist and pain medicine specialist in Roanoke, has been named to the editorial board of Pain Digest, an international medical journal.
Workman is in private practice, as well as co-director of psychiatric research at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salem.
\ THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION of Roanoke City Health Department recognized 1993 winners of the Silver Spoon Award for excellence in commitment and dedication to sanitation and safe food handling practices for the dining public. This year's winners were: D.J. Brasserie, full-service restaurant; Orange Dog Snack Bar at Towers; and Burger King on Orange Ave. Certificates of recognition were given to other nominees, including: Lowell's Restaurant and Supper Club, New Yorker Deli, and Burger King at Valley View Mall.
\ DAPHNEY GROGAN AND JOHN EAKIN, both of Roanoke, won a $1,000 shopping spree during the recent three-day grand opening celebration at the newly remodeled Hills Department Store in the Hills Plaza. Ten other residents were each awarded a $50 Hills gift certificate, and seven youngsters also won prizes.
\ CHRISTLE N. MORRIS of Roanoke was recently promoted to consumer credit officer at the First Union Roanoke Operations Center. She first joined Dominion Bank in 1984 which later merged with First Union.
\ WANDA P. SEARS, a personal financial planner with IDS Financial Services Inc., has been named as IDS Master Planner.
\ JON M. DABAREINER, a personal financial planner with the local office of IDS Financial Services, Inc., was recently appointed to IDS' President's Advisory Council and will attend the annual conference in Athens, Greece, in September. He qualified to join the council based on superior performance and client service.
\ E.L. DERRING, president of PWH Corporation in Manassas and native Roanoker, is retiring. Previously he was an assistant administrator and then administrator at Roanoke Memorial Rehabilitation Center. He also was associate director at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
\ ROGER WEDDLE, son of Gladys Weddle of Roanoke, recently received the Nalley-Graves Award for placing first in the staff essay event at the Virginia Society of Radiologic Technologists annual meeting in Richmond. He is a staff technologist and assistant clinical instructor in the radiologic technology school at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredricksburg.
\ JULIA ALLEN, daughter of Wade H. and Alice H. Horton of Catawba, is the 1994 recipient of the Brown, Edwards & Company Accounting Achievement Award.
\ FRED BURTNER, owner and operator of the Rent-A-Wreck franchise in Roanoke, has been named to the company's new advisory council.
The Roanoke location recently moved to 2006 Peters Creek Road N.W.
\ AMERICAN BIOSYSTEMS INC. in Roanoke recently received a Governor's Award for Excellence for its participation in and sponsorship of the Virginia Department of Economic Development's International Market Planning program.
In the program, teams of graduate business students at Virginia colleges and universities are paired with Virginia companies interested in expanding their exports.
\ HILLS DEPARTMENT STORES in Roanoke recently gave pins, representing years of service to several employees.
Receiving 15 year pins are: Agnes W. Chambers; Sarah G. Cline; Harriett M. Duke; Lori F. Helvey and Irene B. Jones.
Receiving 10 year pins are: Yvonne Arrington; Norma J. Conner and Rita Shepherd.
Receiving five year pins are: Angela N. Burnette; Sarah S. Cheatham; Joyce G. Craft; Bertha F. Grubb; Patsy J. Holland; Emma R. Hudson; Lorene E. Markham; Virginia B. Moran; Vinnie A. Saunders and Martha E. Toliver.
\ LIN CHAFF PUBLIC RELATIONS & ADVERTISING recently received a Medallion Award at the 47th annual Virginia Public Relations Awards.
The award, in the Special Projects, Business/Industry or Government, Low Budget category, was for the firm's managing of publicity surrounding the sale of Tanglewood Mall.
\ JUNE HODGE of Roanoke has been nominated for a national Reminisce Club award for provided outstanding service to senior citizens.
Winners of the award receive a free trip to Hawaii.
Hodge, who was nominated by Harold Gibson fo Roanoke, is an employee of First Union National Bank of Virginia.
\ PITZER TRANSFER AND STORAGE CORP. has announced that six of its commercial drivers from the Roanoke area have received safe driver awards for a one-year qualifying period. Those drivers are, Elliot Finney, Houston Goad, Daniel Jenkins, and Fred McCoy, all of Roanoke; and Douglas Flowers and Teddy Sloan, both from Vinton.
\ DR. KEITH C. EDMUNDS of Roanoke has completed continuing medical education requirements to retain active membership in the American Academy of Family Physicians, the national association of family doctors.
\ MICHAEL W. KURTZ of Roanoke has received Liberty Mutual Insurance Company's Auto Plus award for 1993 in recognition of his outstanding achievement in sales of auto policies.
\ CLIFFORD A. WRIGHT of Roanoke recently retired after 25 years with the Department of Transportation service. Wright jointed VDOT in 1968, and at his retirement was a senior materials technician.
\ JAMES N. HINSON JR., president and chief executive officer of First Virginia Bank-Southwest, recently presented $1,200 to the Roanoke Chapter of the Easter Seal Society. The contribution was made on behalf of the children who participated in the eight, valleywide Easter egg hunts held on March 19.
\ ANDREA G. MULLINS of the Southwest Virginia Agency of the Principal Financial Group, has qualified for the company's Premier Club. Premier Club honors those agents who are leaders in providing life and health insurance, financial need analysis, pension and profit sharing services and other financial services.
\ LLOYD CHRISTIAN has been named North American Van Lines Relocations Services Division Vanguard Trip winner. He also was named to the Royalguard Program, a group of van operators who have been in service with North American Van Lines for a minimum of 10 years and participated in the Vanguard Program for that length of time.
\ LEE F. BROOKS, a personal financial planner with IDS Financial Services, Inc., has achieved the professional designation Certified Financial Planner.
\ MARY B. BLANTON has been promoted to cash management sales officer for First Union National Bank of Virginia. She joined Dominion Bank in 1990; the bank merged with First Union in 1993.
\ JAMES A. WARDLE of Salem has attained the Fraternal Insurance Counsellor designation. He is a Modern Woodmen of America representative for the Roanoke area. The FIC title is an educational designation that can be earned by career life underwriters associated with fraternal insurance societies.
\ DR. J. JOE YAZEL, of Roanoke, has been elected a fellow in the American Psychiatric Association. Yazel joined the staff at the Salem Veteran Affairs Medical Center in 1992 to develop and direct the University of Virginia Roanoke-Salem Psychiatric Medicine Residency Program.
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\ ZELDA CARROLL and MIKE PUGH have been named winners of the 1994 David C. Williamson Jr. Award of Excellence by Lewis-Gale Hospital.
Two winners - one from direct patient care and one from indirect care - are selected annually in recognition for their service, commitment and provision of excellence in patient care.
Carroll, direct patient care winner, is the night charge nurse in the hospital's intensive care department.
Pugh, indirect care winner, is a purchasing specialist for surgical services in the hospital.
\ RAYMOND P. SMITH, fleet maintenance manager for Roanoke Restaurant Service Inc. in Salem, has been named a certified private fleet manager by the National Private Truck Council.
The designation honors a fleet manager's education and professional experience.
Smith is one of 100 people who have earned this title.
\ LEE F. BROOKS, a personal financial planner with IDS Financial Services Inc., has been named a certified financial planner by the International Board of Standards and Practices for Certified Financial Planners Inc.
Brooks, a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College, is a member of the International Association for Financial Planning and serves on the board of directors of Camp Virginia Jaycee and the executive committee of the Roanoke Symphony Volunteer Association.
\ ROY M. CARPENTER of Roanoke has received the T.P.A. Merit Award from the Virginia Division of the Travelers Protective Association of America.
The award recognizes members' volunteer work. Carpenter's activities in the association involve safety and community service programs.
\ TONYA D. MITCHEM has been elected operations officer of First Union National Bank of Virginia.
The operations officer is responsible for the proof department service for offices in Roanoke, Martinsville, Bedford, Blacksburg and other parts of Western Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley.
Mitchem is a graduate of National Business College and joined the bank's item processing department in 1985.
\ LIN CHAFF PUBLIC RELATIONS & ADVERTISING INC. of Roanoke has been named "Employer of the Year" by business students in the Cooperative Office Education program at Patrick Henry High School. The criteria for the award include acting as a positive role model to guide students in the development of work ethics and appreciation of business, as well as giving students an opportunity to develop and refine their skills by providing a variety of work experiences.
The firm has been affiliated with Patrick Henry's COE program for five years.
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