Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, December 1, 1994 TAG: 9412230140
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Engineering Design Systems Inc. sells hardware and software for use in manufacturing, engineering and architectural design professions. It has customers in Southwest Virginia, and West Virginia.
SUSANNAH FRANCIS of Raleigh Court Health Care Center in Roanoke has earned certification as an Activity Director Certified from the National Certification Council for Activity Professionals.
Activity professionals develop and lead activity programming in nursing homes, senior centers, retirement housing and adult day care.
CURTIS CARTER, executive chef at Hunting Hills Country Club, has been inducted into the American Academy of Chefs, a subsidiary of the American Culinary Federation and an honor society of chefs. Carter has been involved with the federation for 16 years and is vice president and certification chairman of the Roanoke Valley chapter of the federation. He has worked at Hunting Hills for 15 years.
WANDA Z. DUNNIGAN and LORA S. LAMPHEY, employees of Lemons' Jewelry Inc., recently received diamond certificates after attending a two-day diamond seminar.
Dunnigan is a sales consultant, and Lamphey is an assistant manager.
DR. EDWARD A. WORKMAN, a Roanoke neuropsychiatrist, has been elected to fellow status in the American Academy of Pain Medicine.
AAPM is a national physician organization that studies the sources and treatments of pain. Workman is the first physician in Southwest Virginia to attain fellow status in the organization.
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY has announced that four agents in the Roanoke Valley have been qualified for its 1994 Executive Council. They are: Henry B. Monsour, F. Courtney Hoge, J. Len Hale and Janet Whitfield. Council membership is based on 1993-94 sales performance.
WANDA BEARD of Roanoke, was honored at Trigon Blue Cross Blue Shield in Roanoke for selling 12,700 individual policies over the phone. Beard was the company's top salesperson for 25 consecutive quarters.
In her honor, the company held "Wanda Beard Day." Only five other salespeople have come close to Beard's mark, each having sold about 8,000 policies.
Beard has worked at Trigon for six years and is a charter member of the 10K club, which recognizes telemarketers who have sold 10,000 policies.
RICHARD A. MELK and DWAYNE TROTTMAN, workers at the Chick-fil-A at Tanglewood Mall, have earned $1,000 scholarships from the company's Team Member Scholarship Program. Students must work at least 20 hours per week for two years and be recommended by a supervisor to earn a scholarship.
MUTUAL OF NEW YORK has announced its 1993-94 Honor Club qualifiers. They are Chris Caveness, Frank Foley and Tony Mullins. The club recognizes sales performance and client service.
THE ROANOKE VALLEY LEGAL SECRETARIES ASSOCIATION recently named Judge Jack Coulter, retired judge of the 23th Circuit Court of Virginia, as its boss of the year.
The group's member of the year is Betty C. Moorman, a legal secretary with Coulter & Coulter in Roanoke and past president of the association.
SUSIE KINGERY of Roanoke has received the Spirit of Longaberger award, the highest level of national recognition within the Longaberger Co.
Kingery is an independent consultant for the company, volunteers with the hearing impaired, translating church services and other church-related meetings, and does other community service work.
STEVE McGRAW Roanoke County Circuit Court clerk, has been designated a certified Circuit Court clerk. The accreditation program is given by the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service and Division of Continuing Education.
DANIEL H. FENDLEY and TIMOTHY L. BARNETT have been name vice presidents at Martin Bros. Contractors Inc. in Roanoke.
Fendley is a graduate of Virginia Tech and is vice president of project management.
Barnett is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and is vice president of estimating.
WAYNE THOMPSON, a public relations specialist in the Office of Public Relations and Marketing at Bowman Gray/Baptist Hospital Medical Center, won first place for Best Feature Story and third place for Best Personality Profile for articles in VISIONS, the Medical Center's quarterly magazine.
Thompson, son of James V. and the late Barbara Thompson of Roanoke, has worked at the center since 1990.
DAVE GORDON, vice president and general manager of Salem's Homeshopping Network Fulfillment of Virginia, has received the U.S. Postal Service's Mail Order Industry Excellence Award. He was recognized for his achievement in successfully implementing Postal Service programs at his company.
PESCO and VIRGINIA TRANSFORMER CORP., two Roanoke Valley businesses, recently participated in the International Trade Fair Assistance Program in Guadalajara, Mexico, sponsored by Appalachian Power Company's parent, American Electric Power. They were among six companies selected because their products or services best match business opportunities available in that part of Mexico.
PESCO designs and builds modular liquid chemical recovery and recycling equipment, and Virginia Transformer manufactures electric power transformers, substations and voltage regulators.
C. THOMAS ROBINSON, former executive vice president of the Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce, has earned the Certified Chamber Executive designation, the highest professional designation awarded to a chamber of commerce executive.
JEANETTE C. WEBBER has been named office manager at Mount Regis Center in Salem. She will be responsible for human resource development and personnel policies and procedures and will also oversee support activities at the chemical dependency treatment center.
Webb has formerly held administrative assistant and personnel positions with Hall, Vogler & Flemming and Community Hospital of Roanoke Valley.
She is a member of the Roanoke Valley Society for Human Resource Management.
THE ROANOKE REGIONAL OFFICE SALES STAFF of the Virginia Lottery has been selected Sales Team of the Year. Members of the sales team are Jeff Ferguson, Kellye Foster, Arthur Grubb, Cliff Hughes, Bobby Noell and Robery Via. Grubb was named Salesperson of the Year.
MARTHA HIGGS and CHARLENE McCADDEN, both registered nurses and infection control practitioners at the Salem Veterans Affairs Center in Salem, have received awards for developing innovative in-service educational programs and successful quality assurance studies. The awards were presented by the Virginia Chapter of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology at its 20th educational conference.
JAMES L. WOLTZ of Woltz and Associates Inc., Real Estate Brokers and Auctioneers of Roanoke, has been appointed the 1995 chairman of the National Association of Realtors Auction Subcommittee on Professional Development.
THE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER in Salem has received a check for $3,400 from the Roanoke Bowling Association on behalf of the Bowlers Victory League Fund to help support recreational therapy programs for hospitalized veterans.
DOWNTOWN ROANOKE INC. recently presented the 1994 Golden Trowel awards, its highest honor, to several businesses that completed construction projects in the downtown area in the last year.
The winners were: N&W Properties for work at 25 W. Church Ave.; Oakey's Funeral Services-Roanoke Chapel for work at 328 W. Church Ave.; and Relish Realty for renovations at 118 E. Campbell Ave.
RHONDA ANDREWS has been installed as president of Collegiate Secretaries International, Virginia Western Community College Chapter. Other officers are: Angela Burnette, vice president; Laura Overbay, recording secretary; Roxann Shaver, corresponding secretary; and Dedra Hogue, treasurer.
RITA CORBITT has been elected president of the National Association of Women in Construction. Other recently elected officers are: Susan Kaiser, vice president; Pat Whitlock, recording secretary; Vicki Cromer, treasurer; and Iris Brickey, corresponding secretary. Pat Dougherty and Sherrie Tunstell were named to the board of directors.
LISA SNOW, employed by Roanoke Construction Specialities, has received the WIC of the Year Award from the National Association of Women in Construction for her contributions to the Roanoke Valley Chapter No.226.
DR. PAUL M. SHOENFELD, a podiatrist with Roanoke Podiatry and Foot Surgery P.C., recently was re-elected president of the American Board of Podiatric Orthopedics and Primary Podiatric Medicine.
The board was created and incorporated in 1992. More than 2,500 podiatrists are board certified or board qualified.
Shoenfeld has worked as a podiatrist in Roanoke for more than 16 years.
LENDEN A. EAKIN, a Roanoke lawyer, has been chosen as the estate-planning speaker representative for the Education Forum, a nonprofit public-service organization and speakers bureau.
Eakin, president of Rider, Thomas, Cleaveland, Ferris & Eakin law firm, has more than 10 years experience in estate planning and administration; corporate and business law, and wrongful death cases.
WAL-MART INC. on U.S. 220 has donated $500 to Clearbrook Elementary School to assist in an education on environmental issues progam. Each Wal-Mart store in the company's 47-state trade territory is making a donation to a local school for the benefit of environmental education. Projects funded include: plant-a-tree program, recycling efforts or the purchase of educational literature.
ANN-MARIE DIXON and NORMAN AMDAHL, employees of Lutheran Brotherhood, recently were installed as officers to fraternal organizations.
Dixon is the president of the Virginia Fraternal Congress; Amdahl is the president of the Virginia Association of Fraternal Insurance Counselors.
Both organizations represent more than 20 benefit societies in the state.
CARROLL HUFFMAN, formerly of Roanoke was named director and general partner of Palm City Brokers, a real estate
development in Fort Meyers, Fla. He is a 1955 graduate of Jefferson High School.
NATIONAL POOLS OF ROANOKE INC. was selected as one of the top 100 businesses in the spa and pool industry by the AQUA 100 list published in the November issue of AQUA, the business magazine for spa and pool professionals.
Those on the list are selected by their industry peers.
LAURA GLAZIER and BETTY TOM BRADSHAW, have received the Columbia/HCA Healthcare employee and volunteer Humanitarian Awards at Lewis-Gale Hospital.
Glazier is a physical therapy assistant in the rehabilitation department, and Bradshaw is an emergency department volunteer. They were honored at a banquet at the hospital to recognize all employees and volunteers nominated this year and will represent Lewis-Gale in the national competition for the 1994 Columbia/HCA awards.
G.E. ROBERTSON STILES II has passed the first of two examinations required for certification as a Certified Safety Professional. Stiles is a loss control consultant with the Rutherfoord Companies.
LEONARD D. HATCH JR., a retired bank examiner, recently was elected as chairman of the Service Corps of Retired Executives for 1994-95.
Also elected were: Ernest D. Kaufman, Kaufman Associates, vice chairman; John T. Ryan, retired from IBM, secretary; Ruth S. Spradlin, retired from Colonial American Bank, treasurer; and Robert E. Carter, retired from Burroughs/Unisys, district manager for statewide operations.
ZANE HARDY and STEPHEN SNEAD have been presented the Robert H. Marion Branch Employees of the Year Award by the Erie Insurance Group. Both men work in the Roanoke office.
The award is given annually to employees who best exemplify spirit, commitment and dedication to service.
Hardy is a claims secretary, and Snead is a material damage adjuster.
JOHN FELDVARY, a USAir captain, has been re-elected to a second two-year term as executive vice president of the Air Line Pilots Association.
Feldvary is the son of Louis and Eve Feldvary of Roanoke.
PETROLEUM MARKETING, INC. based in Roanoke, has earned Citgo Petroleum Corp.'s presidential award for outstanding service to the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the "Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon" for the fourth year in a row.
Jerry Lewis joined Citgo President and CEO Ronald E. Hall in recognizing the company for raising $100,000 in the 1994 campaign.
Citgo and its branded distributors have raised more than $14.5 million in contributions and pledges for the MDA during eight years of sponsorship.
GARRETTB. LAUTENSCHLAGER, director of Western Virginia EMS Council in Salem, was recently awarded the Governor's Award to the Outstanding EMS Administrator at the Annual Virginia Emergency Medical Services Symposium. The award winners received a certificate of recognition from Allen and were presented an emergency medical services medallion encased in a Lucite pyramid.
KIMBERLY H. STOGNER, a 1982 Cave Spring High School graduate, recently joined the law firm of Petree Stockton L.L.P., with offices in Charlotte, Raleigh and Winston-Salem, N.C.
Stogner, daughter of Vincent and Glennis Hemintoller of Roanoke, received a juris doctor degree with cum laude distinction from Wake Forest University in 1994. She earned a bachelor of arts degree with cum laude distinction in economics/Spanish from Wake Forest in 1986.
Stogner practices in the area of estate planning at the Winston-Salem office.
GREGG M. FLETCHER recently was appointed vice president of finance at Hickory Business Furniture. Fletcher is a graduate of Virginia Tech with a bachelor of science management degree.
Fletcher is the son of Charles and Joy Fletcher of Roanoke.
CATHY COOK, development review coordinator for Roanoke County, was named the Roanoke Regional Home Builders Association Inc.'s 1994 Public Employee of the Year.
The award is presented to those working within the operational jurisdiction of the association. Nominations are made by members of the Board of Directors and builder membership.
FRANK VAN BALEN has been elected president of the Roanoke Valley Chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. He is president of VFP Inc. and a former Businessman of the Year as chosen by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce.
Other officers elected were: Lynda McGarry, vice president; Beverly DeSchon, treasurer; Marie Reid, corresponding secretary; and Sandy Obenshain, recording secretary.
ROANOKE REGIONAL HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION INC. named David Vaughn of Dominion Builders its 1994 Sales and Marketing Council Builder of the Year.
The association also named several sales award winners.
The Gold Hammer Award winners who sold six or more new homes are: Vivian Frank and Sylvia T. Wilson, both of Boone and Company; and Anita Mills, MKB Realtors.
The Silver Hammer Award winners who sold four to five new homes are: Viola Campbell, Campbell Realty Inc.; Egon M. Hofmann, Barker Realty Co.; Betty J. Kirkland, MKB Realtors; and Betsy Settles, Boone and Company.
Winning the Bronze Hammer Award, which recognizes those who sold one to three new homes were: Betty T. Anderson, Frances Witt and Paula Bumgarner, all of MKB; Pat Dew, Wayne Goodman, W.H. Maxwell, David A. Pollock and Doris S. Smith, all of Barker Realty Co.; Gwynn "G.K." Kinsey and Beth Wilson, both of Owens and Co.; and Tim Toohig, Boone and Company.
AVIS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC., which represents Butler Manufacturing Co. as the authorized dealer for Roanoke and Montgomery counties, has been ranked 47th in the Metal Construction News listing of the 75 largest metal roofing contractors in the country.
The award is based on tonnage of pre-engineered metal reroofing components purchased during 1993. The company purchased 108 tons.
Earlier this year, Avis was No. 33 in metal building sales.
LISA BENNETT DOWNIE has been promoted to senior account executive for Virginia's 13 WSET. She works in the Roanoke bureau.
Downie, who has been with the television station for nine years, was promoted based on performance and tenure requirements. Her responsibilities include regional sales and marketing throughout Virginia and North Carolina.
RONALD MILLER, building commissioner for the city of Roanoke, was elected president of the Virginia Building and Code Officials Association this month.
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