ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, December 19, 1996 TAG: 9612210004
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S-5 EDITION: METRO
THE ROANOKE VALLEY CHAPTER OF THE SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT has won an award and $1,000 from the group's national office for staging a class in people skills that drew 780 area personnel managers and others last year.
The Society for Human Resources Management, based in Alexandria, and Olsten Staffing Services gave the chapter its Pinnacle Award. The local chapter put the training program together with the Roanoke-based Management Association of Western Virginia and the Martinsville chapter of the personnel managers group. The program will be repeated next year.
"This is very meaningful," said Joe Sgroi, Roanoke County's human resources manager and president of the Roanoke Valley Society for Human Resources Management.
LAWRENCE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS INC., an agent of St. Louis-based United Van Lines, was recognized for achievement during United's recent convention in Puerto Rico. Lawrence received the "President's Club" award for agents with at least $1 million in sales during the past year. Lawrence was recognized at the $8 million level.
JONATHAN SECRIST, district manager of Omelet Shoppe restaurants in Salem and Princeton, W.Va., recently was honored by Blue Ridge Best Foods Inc. as District Manager of the Year in Virginia and West Virginia. Secrist was presented with an awards trip to Las Vegas for the third consecutive year.
JEFFREY OWENS, broker of Owens and Co. Realtors in Roanoke, has been named Realtor of the Year by the Roanoke Valley Association of Realtors.
THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA CHAPTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE HOUSEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION presented awards at a luncheon during National Housekeepers Week in September. The Housekeeper of the Year award winners were Sherlene Thomasson of Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center, Vince Rervekant of Hollins College and Robert Frasure of Virginia Tech. The Executive Housekeeper of the Year award was given to Floyd Welton of Hollins College, who is president of the Central Virginia chapter of the housekeepers association. Special recognition was given to board members Diana Lewis, Toni Lee, Margie Lawrence, Lois Childress, Veneda Leslie and Charlie Hall.
WILLIAM R. STOUT of Stout Insurance & Financial Services Inc. and DENNIE P. DENISON III, both Roanoke insurance agents, have been recognized by Trigon Blue Cross Blue Shield for exceptional service to their customers and the company. They were among more than 50 agencies and brokers to qualify for Trigon's 1996 Broker Performance Recognition Program, which is based on superior sales performance and other criteria.
CASIMIR J. "KI" LUCZAK of Roanoke has been elected to the Million Dollar Round Table's 1996 Honor Roll, which recognizes members who have qualified by meeting or exceeding the Round Table's production requirement 15 or more times. Luczak is a 30-year Round Table member. The Million Dollar Round Table is an independent, international association of life insurance producers who have excelled in sales performance.
WALTER J. BAUMOEL JR., a district leader in Roanoke for the Franklin Life Insurance Co., has qualified for Franklin's Circle of Champions Club, a national honor organization of the company's most successful managers. Baumoel's qualification was based on outstanding recruiting activity.
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