THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, April 22, 1996 TAG: 9604200223
SECTION: BUSINESS WEEKLY PAGE: 05 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY MELISSA GUNDEL, BUSINESS WEEKLY
LENGTH: Short : 44 lines
Jeff Kaiser has turned his hobby as a photographer into a career. Kaiser, who has been practicing photography since age 12, left the insurance business to purchase The Sports Section of Chesapeake.
Kaiser shoots photos of children and puts them on posters, trading cards and T-shirts, even imitation sports magazine covers that look like the real thing.
``It's a keepsake parents love, too,'' said Kaiser.
Kaiser and his wife, Lyn, bought the franchise from The Sports Section, a Norcross, Ga.-based company with more than 100 franchises nationwide.
Wintergreen Financial Group Inc., a broker-dealer based in Tarrytown, N.Y., has opened a sales office in the Dominion Tower building in Norfolk.
The firm sells non-proprietary mutual funds, variable and fixed annuities and insurance products. Norfolk is the company's 7th sales location.
Lillian Vernon Ultimate Clearance Store has opened in the Wards Corner section of Norfolk. It offers returned goods at discounts.
Suffolk residents Terrie and Benny Sherman bought the skydiving business at West Point Airport and renamed it Westpoint Skydiving Center Inc.
Benny had worked for former owners Dave Ropp and Ruth Sondheimer.
Newport News last week honored 13 businesses in the city started in 1896 or earlier: Names and ages:
W.J. Smith & Son Funeral Home, 142; CSX Corp., 115; Riverside Funeral Home, 108; Newport News Shipbuilding, 107; Benson-Phillips, construction supplies, 106.
Also, Cooke Bros. Funeral Chapel, 105; Umphlett Funeral Home, 105; W.T. Chapin Insurance, 104; Spencer's Furniture Co., 102; also:
Virginia Transfer & Storage, 101; Barclay & Sons Jewelers, 100; The Daily Press, 100; Pentran bus system, 100.
Fort Eustis Federal Credit Union has changed its name to 1st Advantage Federal Credit Union. ``The marketing appeal is that it has unlimited branding possibilities: Advantage Visa, Advantage checking,'' said Paul J. Lucas, the credit union's vice president for business development. by CNB