DATE: Wednesday, October 29, 1997           TAG: 9710290446

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LOCAL SCENE

CHESAPEAKE

STINE APPOINTED VICE PRESIDENT: D.D. Jones Transfer and Warehouse Co. elected Charles Stine to vice president for information systems and finance. He has been with the company for 10 years and was the controller.

SUFFOLK

NEW WAL-MART TO OPEN: Wal-Mart will open its fourth Hampton Roads superstore on North Main Street today. The opening of the Suffolk Wal-Mart Supercenter marks a 75,000-square-foot expansion of the orginial Suffolk Wal-Mart that opened in October 1991. The new store doubles the number of employees at the store, from about 230 to 475, said customer relations director Audrey Copeland. The opening of the expansion, which includes a grocery store, will be celebrated with a ribbon-cutting, promotions, sales, exhibits and about $3,500 in contributions from store employees, matched by the company, to local charities. A $1,250 contribution will be made to Kilby Shores Elementary School, the store's ``partner in education,'' Copeland said. Another Wal-Mart Supercenter opens today in Newport News. Others are located in Hampton and Virginia Beach.

VIRGINIA BEACH

EYRE APPOINTED TO MANAGER POSITION AT SOUTHLAND: Jeff Eyre was appointed manager, manufacturing engineering for Southland Technologies, Automotive Injection Molding and Engineered Components/Systems groups on Baker Road. He will be responsible for the coordination of all factory activities. Additionally, he serves as the key coordinator of all manufacturing programs related to achieving continuous improvement objectives. He joined the company in July.

MACIOCE JOINS INVESTIGATIVE FIRM: John Macioce has joined Cardinal Investigations. He will be handling cases involving criminal matters, domestic violence and personal injury along with cases involving insurance fraud. Macioce is a retired detective with the Virginia Beach Police Department.

VIRGINIA

ADVERTISING AGENCY MAKES TOP 500: Barber Martin & Associates in Richmond has been ranked among Inc. Magazine's 1997 list of the nation's fastest-growing privately held companies. The ad agency ranked at No. 381. Clients include The Virginia Port Authority, Chartway Federal Credit Union, The Virginia Peninsula Economic Development Council and Virginia Beach Dodge. This is the third consecutive year the agency has made the list. ILLUSTRATION: Eyre

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