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

DATE: SUNDAY, April 9, 1995                   TAG: 9504070041
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 5   EDITION: METRO 
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A BIG THANKS

``Casual Fridays'' was shot at Ferguson, Andrews & Associates in the Liberty Trust Building on Jefferson Street in downtown Roanoke, and at Con-feddy's Restaurant & Bar (photo at right), 32 Market Square, downtown Roanoke. Thanks to owners Ann Akers, Donnie Akers and Mike Wood.

Thanks to photo assistant, Lisa Applegate, who is an editorial assistant and staff writer at this newspaper.

Our models:

Max Matthews, 39, is a technical writer/editor and German translator. His interests include historic preservation in Roanoke's Old Southwest neighborhood, language, literature and his family. He and his wife, Elena, have a 1-year-old daughter, Francesca.

Matt Owens, 26, a computer science major at Virginia Western Community College. He plays bass for OX3, an alternative and hard-rock band. He and his wife, Lee, have an eight-month-old daughter, Victoria.

John Sexton, 31, is the owner/operator of Sexton Landscaping, and he also models for local and regional businesses. A Roanoke native, he enjoys golf, skiing and camping.

John Yokum, 21, is from Philadelphia. He is a junior business major at Roanoke College.

by CNB