Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 25, 1993 TAG: 9303250456
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S-8 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
IN BUSINESS
GRANNY'S TEPEE, at 5217 Williamson Road, has new owners, Barry Booher and Gary Baldwin.The business, a craft mall that houses more than 65 crafters and artists, is open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sunday, 1-6 p.m.
\ ROBERT A. BONWELL, formerly of Roanoke, has been named to the newly created Senior Alliance of Prudential Securities Inc.
The alliance recognizes the contributions and dedication of the company's financial advisers who have attained Chairman's Council status each of the past 16 years.
Bonwell, who joined Prudential Securities in 1964, is senior vice president of investments at the company's Charleston, W.Va., branch.
\ JEFFREY T. CLARK of Roanoke, a medical representative for Key Pharmaceuticals since 1986, recently received the certified medical representative designation.
He belongs to the Virginia Pharmaceutical Association, the Virginia Society of Hospital Pharmacists, the American Diabetes Association and the Pharmaceutical Sales Association of the Roanoke Valley.
\ W.W. BOXLEY CO., based in Roanoke, has received the 1992 Gold Medallion Good Neighbors Award for Excellence, the highest honor in the National Stone Association's Community Relations Program.
The program, in its fourth year, recognizes association members for building and maintaining closer ties between aggregates producers and their neighbors.
\ RUSSELL A. ATKINSON, son of Dr. and Mrs. Leigh O. Atkinson of Roanoke, has been named employee of the year for the Transportation Engineering Agency, a Department of Defense organization in Newport News.
Atkinson, a mechanical engineer, was recognized for his technical expertise and contributions to the agency's computer-aided design and engineering program.
He received a bachelor of science degree in 1988 from the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia.
\ ALLSTATE INSURANCE CO. has announced the 1992 winners of its Sales Achievement Awards.
Pat Hall, office agent in Roanoke, has earned Chairman's Conference status. Roger Rakes, office agent in Salem, and Joyce McElwaine and Larry Fallen, office agents in Roanoke, earned the National Conference designation. Each of these agents also won the Honor Ring award.
Other Roanoke Valley Honor Ring agents were Steve Nash and Fred Price, office agents in Roanoke. Also, agency managers Bill Richards and Donna Mason of Roanoke earned the Key Manager distinction.
\ GREG SNODGRASS, manager of Orkin Pest Control in Roanoke, has been named to the president's manager's council in recognition of excellence during 1992.
This is the fourth year Snodgrass has been named to the council.
\ MUTUAL OF NEW YORK has named four Roanoke Valley residents to its 100 Club, which recognizes representatives who rank in the top 10 percent in client development.
They are Chris Caveness, Frank Foley, Leon Louthen and Tony Mullins.
\ KAREN BARSFIELD-SOWERS, an account manager for Adia Temporary Services, has been elected Woman of the Year by the North Roanoke Chapter of the American Business Women's Association.
Sowers, a graduate of James Madison University, joined the North Roanoke chapter in 1991 and currently is program chairman.
She is a member of Business and Professional Women and the Roanoke Valley Society for Human Resource Management.
\ FLORENCE F. GUSLER, a benefits accounting supervisor in the Employee Benefits Division of Dominion Trust Co., has been promoted to trust officer.
Before joining Dominion Trust in 1990 as a plan allocation analyst, Gusler was a pension administrator with Pension Design Center in Greensboro, N.C. She has been in her present position since 1992.
\ DENISE BURRELL WEBB, daughter of Pauline Burrell Pullins of Roanoke and the late Robert C. Burrell, recently passed the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination. Webb lives in Richmond.
\ JOHN W. CHILTON, a Modern Woodmen of America representative from Salem, has earned the Fraternal Insurance Counselor designation.
Chilton completed field assignments in estate planning and in developing personal and business insurance programs.