Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, July 24, 1993 TAG: 9307260328
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: A-4 EDITION: METRO
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If pilots for Flagship Airlines Inc., flying as American Eagle, strike as planned today, Roanoke Regional Airport officials don't expect the stoppage to hamper operations.
"It's a far cry from a USAir strike, as far as local impact," said Mark Courtney, the airport's marketing director. American Eagle accounts for about 5 percent of the Roanoke airport's daily departure seats.
American Eagle runs three daily flights, totaling 91 seats, between Roanoke and American Airlines' hub at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. Fort Worth, Texas-based AMR Corp. owns American Airlines Inc. and Flagship Airlines.
The Allied Pilots Association said 98.2 percent of its 1,163 Flagship members voted to strike. AMR said it will shut down Flagship during a strike. - Staff report
Software, truck firms seek court haven
Two Western Virginia companies have filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Roanoke, seeking protection from creditors during liquidation:
The Refine Group Inc. of Blacksburg, a small computer software company, listed assets of between $50,000 and $99,999 and did not list liabilities. The petition, naming James C. Canestaro of Oak Ridge, Tenn., as president, said the company had not been functioning for more than a year and is to be dissolved.
Danny Burks Trucking Inc. of Abingdon listed no assets and liabilities of $55,265. Danny C. Burks was listed as president. - Staff report
FDIC to auction Brookside building
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. plans to auction an office building on Williamson Road on Aug. 12.
Bob Munter, spokesman for Fisher Auction Co. of Pompano Beach, Fla., said the property is one of a dozen in Virginia it will sell for the FDIC, which seized a bank that had repossessed it.
The vacant building, at 5929 Williamson Road in the Brookside section of Roanoke County, contains 2,100 square feet. It was a large house remodeled for offices and was last used as a real estate office, Munter said.
Bidders can get a brochure by calling Fisher Auction at 1-800-945-2575. They can also buy more detailed information and get a bidding number by registering an hour in advance of the sale and showing proof of a $10,000 cashier's check. - Staff report
Roanoke surveyor gets S.C. reprimand
A Roanoke surveyor has signed a consent order with South Carolina saying he did not adequately supervise an unregistered employee doing design documents for renovation of a historic property at Charleston, S.C.
Robert R. Norfleet on June 16 waived his right to appear before the state's Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors and admitted that he signed documents that were not prepared by him or under his direct supervisory control in 1990. The spokesman said Norfleet also agreed not to be relicensed in South Carolina for three years. - Staff report
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Thor Inc. has won a $2.1 million contract to build a multipurpose room addition and renovate the interior of Morningside Elementary School in Roanoke. Work is scheduled to begin in early August and take about a year to complete, the company said.
\ Standard & Poor's on Friday revised its ratings outlook on Crestar Financial Corp. to positive from stable. The change affected about $200 million of long-term senior debt, subordinated debt and preferred stock issued by the Richmond-based banking company.
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