Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, February 23, 1995 TAG: 9503040002
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: W-11 EDITION: METRO
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The award is presented to Beltone specialists who have made significant contributions to the education and well-being of the hearing impaired.
LINDA MOODY of Friendship Manor has been elected president of the Roanoke Valley Apartment Association for 1995.
Other officers are: Terri Taylor of Cedar Point Apartments, first vice president; Emily McCallum of McKinney Furniture Rentals, second vice president; Peggy Houck of Cedar Ridge Apartments, secretary; and Marilyn Kingma of Kingma Productions Inc., treasurer.
EAST COASTERS CYCLING AND FITNESS in Roanoke earned the Trek Bicycle Award of Excellence for outstanding retail achievement in 1994.
This is the second consecutive year that East Coasters has won the award that annually recognizes two dealers in the North Carolina-Virginia sales area for significant growth, quality service delivery and community activity.
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.
STEPHEN M. KREHBIEL of the Beltone Hearing Aid Center in Roanoke has earned the Pacesetter Award, which is presented to Beltone hearing-instrument specialists who have made significant contributions to the education and well-being of the hearing-impaired.
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.
JACK AVIS has been named the 1994 Top Producing Backbone Club Member by the Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce.
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.
OVERNITE TRANSPORTATION CO. of Richmond has named its Roanoke service center as a service center of the year for its Southeast region.
The award, in the small-to-medium category, was presented to center Manager Jerry Gallimore at Overnite's annual leadership conference.The Roanoke center, which has 76 employees, had an on-time service record of 93 percent, the best in the region.
CATHY A. SIGMON completed the life and health insurance course and state examination. Sigmon is the office administrator for American National Insurance Co. in Roanoke.
R. SCOTT FISHER, the multi-line general agent for American National Insurance Co. for the Roanoke area, recently completed two National Association of Security Dealers examinations, which resulted in his being registered with Securities Management and Research in Galveston, Texas.
GREG HICKS of John Hancock Distributors Inc. and F. GARY OSBORNE of Wheat First Butcher Singer have been selected for membership in the Nuveen Advisory Council.
The council is a select group of investment professionals across the country who are recognized for continuing excellence in financial counseling in the field of tax-exempt securities.
TRACY OVERSTREET was named Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce 1994 Ambassador of the Year.
Overstreet has been an active part of the Ambassador Club since its inception in 1988, serving as co-chairman for two years and chairman for the last two years. Under Overstreet's leadership, the Ambassadors provided customer satisfaction calls to more than 850 chamber members during1994.
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