Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 16, 1995 TAG: 9503210004
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: E-5 EDITION: METRO
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Cox's territory, which includes Roanoke, West Virginia and portions of Pennsylvania, is rated No.1 by the company.
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.
HARRY W. KESSLER III of the Beltone Hearing Aid Center has received the company's Pacesetter Award.
The award is presented to Beltone specialists who have made significant contributions to the education and well-being of the hearing impaired.
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.
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.
Konieczny is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School and the College of William and Mary. She received a master's degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. Konieczny is the daughter of Durward and Elinor Stanley of Roanoke.
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.
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.
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.
THE FRANKLIN ROAD STORE of Moore's Lumber & Building Supplies, has been recognized as branch of the year by the corporate offices. The award was presented to Dave Greene, store manager, during a recent company-wide training conference.
BRENT MUNRO BURTON, formerly of Roanoke, is an intern in Theater Training/Traveling Young Players at the Kennedy Center in Washington. Burton also is working on the Billy Taylor Jazz Series and the Red Badge of Courage Tour at the center.
Burton, a 1991 graduate of Patrick Henry High School, received a bachelor's degree in English and a minor in history in 1994 from Virginia Tech.
GREG HICKS of John Hancock Distributors Inc. and F. GARY OSBORNE of Wheat First Butcher Singer have been selected to 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.
KEN WOODS, safety coordinator for Sybron Chemicals Inc. in Salem, has been named Syborn's nationwide employee of the month. Woods was chosen because of his work in averting a major price increase in the disposal of used drums. Woods, who has been with Sybron Chemicals Inc. for nearly two years, will receive a monetary award, as well as a personalized plaque and a company watch.
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.
Overstreet contributed the largest number of member calls.
BELL ATLANTIC'S ADOPT-A-SCHOOL PROGRAM has awarded $3,350 to the William Ruffner Magnet Center.
Ruffner received the grant to help pay for its automated telephone home notification system for reporting student absences, and to support its Literacy Passport remediation efforts, including materials for Ruffner's Saturday School program.
ROANOKE COLLEGE has raised $350,000 for its new foreign language instruction facility. Renovations are under way in Lucas Hall, and the lab will be available for student use at the opening of fall semester.
JOHN W. FELTON, son of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Felton of Roanoke, recently was elected president of The Institute for Public Relations Research & Education in Sarasota, Fla.
Felton, who recently retired as vice president of corporate communications at McCormick & Co. in Baltimore, is a visiting professor at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications.
Since it was established by a group of senior public relations professionals in 1956, the institute has promoted academic and professional excellence in the field.
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO. and GERALD W. GODSEY, a representative of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S., have received the 1994 Professional Growth Award from American College in Bryn Mawr, Penn.
FRAN HUNT of Roanoke has been named director of the Bureau of Land Management program for The Wilderness Society.
Hunt, who has specialized in public lands issues during a 12-year career, has worked for the National Wildlife Federation, the American Forestry Association, the American Land Forum and the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the College of William and Mary where she earned a bachelor of science degree in biology. She also holds a master's degree from the Duke University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
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