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

DATE: THURSDAY, July 1, 1993                   TAG: 9307010446
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: S-8   EDITION: METRO 
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NEW BUSINESSES

\ BEST FRIENDS PET GROOMING, at 4064 Franklin Road S.W., offers trimming, bathing, flea treatments and nail clipping for dogs and cats. JoAnn Ramey and Armand Smith own the business, whose telephone number is 774-4796.

\ FINISHING TOUCH is a home inspection and building consulting company owned by Natalie Atkins-Wheeler. Wheeler, a civil engineer with more than 11 years of experience, offers inspections of homes and grounds, and radon testing for prospective home buyers or sellers.

Wheeler's office is at 6261 Buckland Mill Road, and the telephone number is 563-9330.

\ FINE LINES SALON has opened at 2115 Crystal Spring Ave. S.W. Owner Jordan Christopher has 30 years' hairstyling experience; he worked in New York, San Francisco and Wilmington, N.C. before moving to Roanoke in 1987.

Christopher's experience includes work for theater and television, including styling the hairpieces used in a PBS production of "Cyrano de Bergerac." He also has been the hairstylist for several Mill Mountain Theatre productions.

His telephone number is 342-2346.

\ KITTY KENNEL BED AND BREAKFAST, at 7210 Branico Road S.W., is a boarding facility exclusively for cats. Owner Jane Holmgren offers large, individual boarding units with sleeping lofts, an exercise area and special rates for extended stays.

Business hours are Monday through Friday from 8:30-9:30 a.m. and 4-6 p.m., Saturday from 4-6 p.m. and Sunday from 4-7 p.m. The telephone number is 989-7636.