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                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, August 13, 1994                   TAG: 9408150035
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C3   EDITION: METRO 
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LISA MERRILL

AGE: 42

BIRTHPLACE: Texas

PROFESSIONAL: Motivational and sales lecturer for real-estate companies, sales conventions and retirement communities. Former public school teacher in Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas.

EDUCATION: University of Texas, a summa cum laude graduate with a bachelor's degree in Spanish and minors in English, education and math.

GOVERNMENTAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: A member of the Roanoke County Special Advisory Committee, former member of the Kansas City (Mo.) Board of Zoning Adjustments, recipient of a governor's achievement award for her work in community development in Missouri and district commissioner of the Roanoke Valley chapter of the United States Pony Club.

FAMILY: Married with two daughters: Abby, a seventh-grader, and Annabeth, a second-grader.



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