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

DATE: THURSDAY, March 3, 1994                   TAG: 9403030210
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: W-5   EDITION: METRO 
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IN BUSINESS

Miles also was chosen as a member of the President's Club and received the Bristol Cup award from Winchester Industries.

\ AL WOOLDRIDGE of Salem Tools has been named president of the Salem/Roanoke County Chamber of Commerce.

Other officers for this year are: Frank Longaker, National Business College, vice president; Phyllis Sutphin, Southwest Virginia Savings Bank, treasurer; Judy Griesenbrock, secretary; Steve Smeltzer, Blue Ridge Office Systems, past president.

Division vice presidents are: Mark Hancock, First Virginia Bank, community betterment; Rick Poplstein, economic development; John Chambliss, Roanoke County assistant administrator, legislative affairs; Steve Smeltzer, Blue Ridge Office Systems, organizational development.

\ GILBERT E. BUTLER JR. and AL THOMASON, members of the Roanoke and Roanoke County planning commissions respectively, recently graduated from the 16th Virginia Certified Planning Commissioners' Program at Virginia Tech.

The 10-week certification program - involving class instruction, home study and a two-day workshop - is designed to provide new and veteran planning commission members with a comprehensive introduction to community planning and the related responsibilities of local planning commissions.

The program is sponsored by the Virginia Cooperative Extension's Community Resource Development Program, the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development and the Virginia Citizen's Planning Association.

\ HARRY W. KESSLER III of the Beltone Hearing Aid Center in Roanoke recently received the Pacesetter Awards from owner Carl E. McCurdy.

The award recognizes Kessler's contributions to the education and well-being of the hearing impaired through his testing, evaluation, and application of hearing aid technology.

\ UNITED WAY OF THE ROANOKE VALLEY has named the following winners in its 10th annual Employee Communication Contest: WDBJ, employee publications category, for a United Way information pamphlet; Crestar Bank, audio-visual programs category, for a video recognizing employee participation; Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern, campaign communications category, for its "United Way Week"; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Virginia, special events category, for its version of "Let's Make a Deal" and the photography category, for color photographs of its campaign kickoff.