ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, October 5, 1996 TAG: 9610070045
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: A-4 EDITION: METRO
NS honored for supporting arts
Artrain, a national art museum that travels by train, plans to honor Norfolk Southern Corp. on Monday for the railroad's work in promoting the arts.
NS, a supporter of Ann Arbor, Mich-based Artrain, will be recognized as the museum's 1996 National Rail Sponsor at a dinner in Detroit.
"Numerous communities have been enhanced and countless individuals have benefited because of the Norfolk Southern commitment," said Debra Polich, president of Artrain. The organization noted NS' contribution to the arts in Roanoke, Norfolk and Atlanta.
Artrain is a five-car rail museum that travels around the country with exhibitions stopping in communities without access to large museums.
- Staff report
Investors buy up boat-rental firms
Halesford Marine and Captains Quarters Boat Rental, both located at Halesford Bridge on Smith Mountain Lake, have been purchased by two Roanoke investors.
The buyers are Dale J. Hanslik, who previously was a partner in a financial consulting firm, and Jim H. Guynn, a lawyer who will continue his legal practice.
William C. Bundy of Bundy and Co., a business brokerage firm, who handled the transaction with associate Dick Baynton, said terms of the sale would not be disclosed.
Bundy said the seller, Richard A. Stiff, will remain with the business after the deal for the sale is closed.
Halesford Marine and Captains Quarters Boat Rental, founded in 1989, have seven employees. They sell a variety of boats and outboard motors. The company also offers boat rentals, a supply store and a boat maintenance facility.
- Staff report
Cleaning service opens in Bedford
Shine-A-Blind of Virginia Inc., a new Bedford-based business, is offering ultrasonic cleaning of window blinds, light diffusers, filters and other hard-to-clean fixtures.
The company founded by partners Dave Shelton and Mark Stukey, uses a mobile ultrasonic cleaning unit, which creates tiny bubbles of air in a solution that knock dirt and smoke buildup off surfaces. The company does all work on-site and includes take-down and reinstallation in its prices. It will serve the Roanoke-Lynchburg region, Shelton said.
- Staff report
Bankruptcies
Three bankruptcies with business affiliations have been filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Western Virginia at Roanoke. One of them is a personal bankruptcy that the court listed as a business because it has commercial connections and could be of interest to business creditors and customers.
* Daniel Natale of Bristol, Tenn., and Washington County, Va., filed for liquidation with assets of $9,050 and liabilities of $28,444. Natale owns Napoli's restaurant in Bristol, Va.
* Debra Keen Whitt of Mavisdale in Buchanan County filed for a wage-earner plan for repayment of creditors, estimating both assets and liabilities less than $50,000. She is a lab technician who draws blood samples and provides analyses of them.
* Gus J. Williams of Roanoke, a self-employed barber, filed for liquidation with assets of $71,400 and liabilities of $114,447.
- Staff report
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