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

DATE: THURSDAY, February 23, 1995                   TAG: 9503030058
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: N11   EDITION: METRO 
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IN BUSINESS

Avis, of Avis Construction Co., has been a leading force in the membership drive for the chamber. The club is comprised of 25 young Roanoke business leaders who provided $51,000 in new memberships last year.

Avis contributed $5,500 in new memberships in 1994, which surpassed his record from 1993.

HELEN M. PRICE, a registered nurse, has been included in the 1994 Directory Listing of Ethnic Minority Nurses.

Price, a retired nursing supervisor at Catawba Hospital, is the only nurse from Roanoke in the listing from the American Nurses Association's Ethnic/Racial Minority Fellowship Program.

PATRICIA QUILLEN, assistant attorney general for Virginia, has accepted the 1994 Harry A. Kuper Award honoring her as the ``most outstanding right-of-way professional in Virginia.''

Quillen, a Roanoke resident, has been with the Virginia Department of Transportation since October 1973.

Paul Jenkins of Salem earned a 25-year membership award as a transportation right-of-way specialist. He has been with VDOT since June 1962.

The awards were given by members of the Old Dominion Chapter of the International Right-of-Way Association during its annual meeting.

GAYLE STOREY of Accents on Windows has been certified as a window fashions professional at the master level.

``Window Fashions'' magazine announced Storey's certification, and she participated in a four-day educational program at a recent Window Fashions National Expo.

BILL LITTRELL of Salem and WALT SCOTT of Roanoke recently were named members of Oakwood Home Corp.'s Top 20 Sales Producers.

Littrell was the third-best salesperson and was inducted in the company's quota club and became a member of the President's Club for sales exceeding $1.5 million.

Scott was the company's fourth-best salesperson and was inducted into the Quota and President's clubs.

MICHELE R. ALLEN of Roanoke has joined Earle Palmer Brown Public Relations as an associate.

Allen, daughter of Robert M. and Barbara S. Allen of Roanoke, handles account services for Sentara Health System, a Norfolk-based company that provides health care in Greater Hampton Roads, and some Roanoke businesses in addition to directing public relations for other companies.

ROBIN KONIECZNY, a Roanoke native and vice president of Price/McNabb, won $10,000 for the city's best radio ad in the Charlotte, N.C., Addy Competition. She is the daughter of Durward and Elinor Stanley of Roanoke.