ROANOKE TIMES

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

DATE: THURSDAY, November 9, 1995                   TAG: 9511100022
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: N-5   EDITION: METRO 
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IN BUSINESS

PAUL OH of Optical Cable Corp. in Roanoke has been appointed president of the U.S. Chapter of the Korean Ceramic Society in Seoul, Korea. The society recently opened two overseas chapters, one in the United States and the other in Europe, to provide services to overseas Korean ceramists.

KENNETH E. WIDENER, field representative for Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society, was recognized for outstanding life insurance service during the 45th annual convention of the National Association of Fraternal Insurance Counsellors at Bloomington, Minn. He has been a representative in the Roanoke area for 10 years.

THE ROANOKE REGIONAL HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION INC. recently presented several awards. Gary Robertson, utility director for Roanoke County, was named 1995 Public Employee of the Year. He was recognized for his effort to maintain the county's standards and his working relationship with the home building industry.

Dominion Builders received the association's Star Award for receiving the most points in a business competition. Other finalists were: Boone, Boone & Loeb; Fralin &Waldron Inc., Homes By Ron; and Strauss Construction Co.

JERRY O. MOFIELD, a personal financial adviser with the Roanoke office of American Express Financial Advisors Inc., has been named to the company's Advance Planner Group - Senior Financial Advisors. Members of the group are among the highest ranked personal financial advisers in the company and are authorized to provide an expanded scope of services to clients.

THE ROANOKE ATHLETIC CLUB has announced several staff changes. Michelle Hartless, previously membership services assistant, is now membership services supervisor, and Ray Houff, formerly a lifeguard, is now housekeeping/maintenance supervisor.

Angela Kral, formerly with the All Sport Fitness and Racquetball Club in Fishkill, N.Y., has been hired as staff supervisor, and Chris Padgett has been hired as a sales representative. He came to the RAC as an intern.

JUDY FERRIS of Roanoke won a $1,000 shopping spree at Moore's Lumber and Building Supplies in a sweepstakes sponsored by Rally's Restaurant.

RANDY ALLEN, assistant service manager at Magic City Ford, is a 1994 Medallion Award winner. The medallion program, sponsored nationally by Ford Motor Co., recognizes employees in service, parts and body shops who excel in providing customer satisfaction.

R.C. "CLINT" JONES and R.C. "CHET" HANCOCK, both of the Virginia Department of Transportation's New Castle headquarters, performed well in the 1955 Salem Residency Truck Rodeo.

Jones, who has been with VDOT for 11 years, won the rodeo, and Hancock, a 10-year employee, was first runner-up. Rodeo participants drove a three-ton dump truck equipped with an 11-foot snowplow blade through an obstacle course to test safety and skill.



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