Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, October 22, 1995 TAG: 9510230009
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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PULASKI - The Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce's 43rd annual meeting and banquet is Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. at Edwards Hall on the New River Community College campus.
The chamber will announce its Business Executive of the Year, its Business Excellence and Medical Volunteer awards, and the Southwest Times Civic Award. Charles "Sonny" Smith, basketball coach at Virginia Commonwealth University, will speak.
Reservations are due by Tuesday, Oct. 31. Tickets are $15. Call 980-1991.
McQuail moves up at Mary Kay
BLACKSBURG - Nancy McQuail is the first sales director for Mary Kay Cosmetics in Blacksburg, a position she achieved after recruiting 12 women to become independent sales consultants and meeting a four-month sales quota.
McQuail gets to drive a maroon Pontiac Grand Am for her efforts. If she can get 50 people to sell Mary Kay products, she'll get the use of a pink Grand Prix, and if she can get 75 people, she'll get to drive a pink Cadillac. McQuail hopes to be behind the wheel of the Cadillac by the end of next year.
McQuail said she has found the New River area has plenty of opportunity for Mary Kay consultants. At a business showcase for students at Virginia Tech in August, she had 600 requests for makeovers. At a professional secretaries' meeting at Radford University last spring, she took in 250. She sells the products most often in private demonstrations in homes.
Giles Chamber banquet Oct. 26
PEARISBURG - The Giles County Chamber of Commerce will hold its fall banquet Thursday in the Rich Creek Community Center.
A social hour will begin at 6 p.m., with dinner at 7. Dress is casual, and tickets are $20. Reservations can be made by calling 921-5000.
Internet Business Technologies opens
BLACKSBURG - The newest of a bumper crop of Internet businesses in Blacksburg is Internet Business Technologies, offering home page design and Internet access.
The company, located in Virginia Tech's Corporate Research Center, has four employees and maintains home pages for at least seven customers, ranging from a local real estate firm to a General Assembly candidate. The company's president and founder is Robert D. James, a Tech staffer.
by CNB