Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, September 27, 1995 TAG: 9509270057
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Botetourt County has issued a building permit for a $900,000 Rader Funeral Home at Daleville.
Ben Rogers, general manager of five Lotz and Rader funeral homes in the Roanoke Valley, said he expects the new facility to be under roof in 30 to 40 days and complete by Jan. 1. The Dana B. Kenyon Co. of Jacksonville, Fla., is general contractor.
The 9,000-square-foot building, with a chapel and three viewing rooms, will replace the Rader chapel in Troutville. That building will be sold.
Rogers said the new site will give Rader a more central location and better parking for visitors.
Both Lotz and Rader funeral homes are owned by Service Corporation International, a Houston-based firm that runs 2,550 funeral homes nationwide.
- Staff report
Apco reorganizes its line crews
Appalachian Power Co. announced Tuesday a reorganization of its transmission line crews as a result of an eight-month in-house study to provide better service.
The number of work-base locations is being increased from five to nine and crews are being redesigned, said Ron Poff, Apco's transmission manager. Crews will be located within an hour of every point in the company's system, cutting response time by up to a third in some areas, he said.
Regional crew headquarters will be in Roanoke and Charleston and Bluefield, W.Va., with supporting offices in Abingdon, Fieldale, Lynchburg and Pulaski in Virginia, and Beckley and Kenova in West Virginia. The reorganization will not affect employment, the company said.
- Staff report
CFW launches Internet access
CFW Communications Co. of Waynesboro said Tuesday it will offer access to the Internet in several Western Virginia communities where it already provides telephone service, including Covington and Lexington.
Internet services will go into the Waynesboro and Staunton areas starting this week. The service will allow Internet access with a local phone call, the company said.
Services available on what its being called "cfwnet" include e-mail, the World Wide Web, Usenet bulletin boards and file transfers.
- Staff report
Lincolns recalled for hood-latch fix
DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. is recalling 259,000 Lincoln Town Cars from the 1990-92 model years to repair hood-latch parts that could fail and cause the hoods to come open while moving. There have been no reports of accidents or injuries related to the defects, a spokeswoman said.
Of the 259,000 cars affected by the recall, 5,450 are in Canada, Ford said.
- Associated Press
by CNB