ROANOKE TIMES

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

DATE: THURSDAY, August 4, 1994                   TAG: 9408310008
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: E-8   EDITION: METRO 
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IN BUSINESS

MARK L. DENNIS of Salem has been promoted to assistant vice president of Signet Financial Services. He joined Signet in 1992 and is a licensed insurance and securities broker.

JEFF WILSON, a representative of Equitable Life of Iowa's Roanoke agency, teamed with people from Equitable Life of Iowa, the University of Arizona and Westin Hotels to build a playground facility for children on the San Zavier Mission in Tucson, Ariz. The school is on an Indian reservation and is operated by the Catholic Mission.

CLARENCE CALDWELL, the former vice president of finance for Roanoke College, received the Trustee of the Year Award in recognition of his service to the development of the Brandon Oaks Healthcare Center. The award was presented by the Virginia Association of Nonprofit Homes for the Aging .

DOUG WILLOUGHBYof Roanoke has qualified for membership in Putnam Mutual Funds' Golden Scale Council. He is an investment professional with Investors Security Co. Inc. The council consists of investment professionals who have achieved the highest professional standards in serving investors during the previous year.

LEE F. BROOKS, a financial planner with IDS Financial Services Inc., has achieved the professional designation Certified Financial Planner. He passed the certification examinations in financial planning process, risk management, investments, tax planning and management, retirement and employee benefits, and estate planning.

Brooks 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.

DOMINION CAR COMPANY of Salem has been named a recipient of Chrysler Corp.'s top dealership award. The "Award for Excellence" is presented to Chrysler dealerships demonstrating outstanding achievement in the areas of customer satisfaction, sales performance, administrative efficiency, professional facilities and community relations. This is the second time that Dominion Car Company has received the award.

TERESA KELLEY and CHRISTOPHER FERRIS recently received scholarship grants from the Hooker Educational Foundation which provides grants to qualified children and spouses of employees of Hooker Furniture Corporation. Kelley is pursuing a medical office assistant degree at Dominion Business School, and Ferris is pursuing a degree in commercial art at Virginia Western Community College.

MOORE'S LUMBER & BUILDING SUPPLIES of Roanoke raised more than $43,000 at a recent golf outing with its participating suppliers helping the City of Hope National Medical Center and its Beckman Research Institute. The event was part of the Hardware/Home Improvement Industry's yearlong fund-raising campaign for the City of Hope.

OAKEY'S VINTON CHAPEL recently received a Gold Public Approval Award from the International Order of the Golden Rule for the excellent service its staff has shown to families.

The International Order of the Golden Rule is an association of dependable funeral directors with about 1,400 members. All members must go through a careful screening process which includes written recommendations of families and businessmen.



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