Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, November 30, 1995 TAG: 9511300093
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S-22 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
SANDRA COMPTON TEAGUE, daughter of Minnie Compton and the late Raymond Compton of Roanoke, recently was named Air Traffic Control Specialist of the Year by the Federal Aviation Administration and the Air Traffic Controllers Association for outstanding achievements and contributions to the air traffic system. Teague is employed by the FAA at the Reno Nevada Automated Flight Service Station.
THE ALPHA WOLF GROUP, a division of Sipos Marketing Services Inc. in Salem, is the recipient of a national marketing communications award for a project it performed for Lewis-Gale Clinic Inc. Sipos Marketing won the award in Healthcare Marketing Report's 12th annual Healthcare Advertising Awards competition. The award was given for a print advertising campaign for radial keratotomy created by the clinic's opthalmology department.
CHARLES "CHICK" RAKES of Roanoke was selected to attend the Standard Life and Accident Insurance Company's 1995 Marketing Conference in Banff, Alberta, Canada, based on his sales and service to policyholders during 1994 and 1995.
KENNETH E. WIDENER, field representative for Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society, was recognized for outstanding life insurance service during the 45th annual convention of the National Association of Fraternal Insurance Counsellors at Bloomington, Minn. He has been a representative in the Roanoke area for 10 years.
THE ROANOKE ATHLETIC CLUB has announced several staff changes. Michelle Hartless, previously membership services assistant, is now membership services supervisor, and Ray Houff, formerly a lifeguard, is now housekeeping/maintenance supervisor.
Angela Kral, formerly with the All Sport Fitness and Racquetball Club in Fishkill, N.Y., has been hired as staff supervisor, and Chris Padgett has been hired as a sales representative. He came to the RAC as an intern.
PAUL OH of Optical Cable Corp. in Roanoke has been appointed president of the U.S. Chapter of the Korean Ceramic Society in Seoul, Korea. The society recently opened two overseas chapters, one in the United States and the other in Europe, to provide services to overseas Korean ceramists.
THE ROANOKE REGIONAL HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION INC. recently presented several awards. Gary Robertson, utility director for Roanoke County, was named 1995 Public Employee of the Year. He was recognized for his effort to maintain the county's standards and his working relationship with the home building industry.
Dominion Builders received the association's Star Award for receiving the most points in a business competition. Other finalists were: Boone, Boone & Loeb; Fralin &Waldron Inc., Homes By Ron; and Strauss Construction Co.
JERRY O. MOFIELD, a personal financial adviser with the Roanoke office of American Express Financial Advisors Inc., has been named to the company's Advance Planner Group - Senior Financial Advisors. Members of the group are among the highest ranked personal financial advisers in the company and are authorized to provide an expanded scope of services to clients.
CLINT JONES and CHET HANCOCK, both of the Virginia Department of Transportation's New Castle headquarters, placed high in the 1955 Salem Residency Truck Rodeo.
Jones, who has been with VDOT for 11 years, won the rodeo, and Hancock, a 10-year employee, was first runner-up. Rodeo participants drove a three-ton dump truck equipped with an 11-foot snowplow blade through an obstacle course to test safety and skill.
ADRIENNE GREER, daughter of Kim and Joy Greer of Roanoke, has passed the North Carolina Certified Public Accountant examination. She works at Price Waterhouse in Washington, D.C.
by CNB