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Briefs
Seventy jobs are
coming to Nash County
Gov. Mike Easley announced last week that
American Food Resources LLC, a national food
wholesale and distribution company, plans to expand
its facility in Nashville, investing $3 million and
adding 70 jobs during the next three years. The
expansion was made possible in part by a $50 ,000
grant from the One North Carolina Fund.
Nashville-based American Food Resources
serves the retail, food service and industrial market,
manufacturing and distributing cheese and dairy
products, and offers public storage services for
canned and refrigerated food products. The compa
ny plans a new line of meatless vegetable products
and vegetarian soups and chili. The company is pur
chasing part of an out-of-state business and moving it
to the facility in Nashville, where a new canning line
and vegetable cooking will be added.
S^aries for the 70 new positions will vary by job
type, but the average annual wage will be $35,523
not including benefits. That is more than the Nash
County average annual wage of $31,148.
The One North Carolina Fund provides financial
assistance through local governments to attract busi
ness projects that will stimulate economic activity
and create new jobs in the state. Through the use of
the One North Carolina Fund, more than 35 JOOO jobs
and $6.5 billion in investment have been created
since 2001. All of these grants require local match
es.
Three trustees named
Julia Cardwell Archer, Elizabeth (Betty) Becher
and Susan Ivey, all of Winston-Salem, have joined
the Salem College Board of Trustees.
Archer is the new president of the Salem
Academy Alumnae Association for 2008-2010. A
graduate of Salem
Academy, she earned her
undergraduate degree from
Davidson College and her
J.D. cum laude from the
University of South
Carolina School of Law.
She has been a partner in
the law firm of Enns and
Archer, LLP since 2001.
Becher is a graduate of
Salem Academy, St. Mary's
lvey College and the University
of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. She is the owner and
president of Gazebo, an exclusive ladies clothing
store in Reynolda Village, and was named Salem
Academy's Outstanding Alumna in 2008.
Ivey holds an undergraduate degree from the
University of Florida and earned her MBA from
Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky. She
is currently chairman, president and CEO of
Reynolds American and chairman, RJ. Reynolds
Tobacco Company. Ivey was recently named one of
the 50 most powerful women in America by Fortune
magazine.
UPS employee honored
for perfect driving record
Ronald Gay, a tractor trailer driver for UPS, was
recently recognized by the company for completing
30 years without an accident.
Gay works out of the facility located at 3100
Flagstone Road in Greensboro. He presently pro
vides service in the Greensboro area.
Manager David Sherman presented Ronald Gay
with the 30-year safe driving award, recognizing his
achievement.
UPS has long enjoyed an outstanding reputation
for safety in the transportation industry. UPS drivers
log over two billion miles a year on U.S. roads and
average less than one accident per million miles driv
en.
New members of BB&T
management team added
BB&T has announced that Chief Financial
Officer Chris Henson will be named chief operating
officer and Assistant Chief Financial Officer Daryl
Bible will succeed Henson
as CFO, beginning Jan. 1,
2009. Bible will join the
executive management
team immediately.
BB&T said in August
that Chief Operating
Officer Kelly King would
succeed longtime Chief
Executive Officer John
Allison when he retires at
the end of the year. Allison
will remain as chairman AUUoh
until the end of 2009 and
serve on the board of directors thereafter.
Henson. 47, joined BB&T in 1985 and has served
as CFO since 2005.
Bible joined BB&T in January after a 24-year
career with U.S. Bailcorp, the last 10 years as treas
urer.
After Allison retires, the 10-member BB&T exec
utive management team will consist of King,
Henson, Stames, Goodrich, Bible, Banking Network
Manager Ricky Brown, Risk Management and
Administrative Services Manager Rob Greene,
Operations Division Manager Leon Wilson, Chief
Marketing Officer Steve Wiggs and Electronic
Delivery Channel Manager Barbara Duck.
Top employee honors
presented at Wake Forest
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Two of Wake Forest University's best were honored last week ^y.ith the school's Employee of the
? ' ? ? "Tr*"? ? ? 1 Year Award.
Jan Scales and Willie
Williams were recog
nized for their service to
the university and devo
tion to their jobs during
an Oct. 28 luncheon.
All regular full-time
or part-time staff employ
ees with five or more
years of service are eligi
ble to be nominated for
the award. Winners are
selected based on their
achievements or service.
Scales, of Lewisville,
is the client coordinator
in the School of Law's
Willie Williams and Jan Scales claim their Employee of the Year ^lder La^ 5linic ?,S|ie
awards during a recent ceremony. has worked ?* Wake
s Forest since 1989.
Williams, of Greensboro, is assistant director for textbook operations in the University Stores. He
has worked at Wake Forest since 1997.
Downtown Community Law &
Business Clinic will be a win-win
Steven
Virgil
Guest
Columnist
By all indications, our economy
is headed toward or has already
begun a prolonged and difficult
downturn. Over the next several
years, many people in our commu
nity will face a diminished quality
of life as they see their incomes
reduced, their housing threatened
and their plans for higher education
challenged. It is the connections
individuals share with others that
has always made such times bear
able. Community mediates the
power of the market and of govern
ment, in our lives. It is through the
connections we share with others
and the affinity that tie us together
that the powerful forces of econom
ic and political change are damp
ened, and it is these connections
that give the places we live the fab
ric of meaning and value.
With these issues in mind, the
Wake Forest University School of
Law has embarked on a project to
help build that fabric in our city,
state and region. The law school
has always been a philanthropic
force through the knowledge of its
faculty, the skill of its students and
its service to humanity.
The Wake Forest University
School of Law is taking its outreach
efforts even further with the open
ing of the Community Law &
Business Clinic in downtown
Winston-Salem in mid-Novembe/.
The Community Law &
Business Clinic represents a signifi
cant investment by Wake Forest
University in new initiatives that
extend the resources and expertise
of a world-class university to serve
community development needs and
social entrepreneurs within
See Law clinic on A6
Dave Odom
Odom .
returning
to his
alma mater
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Former Wake Forest
University Men's Basketball
Coach Dave Odom has joined
the staff at Guilford College.
Odom, whose storied
career began at Guilford in the
1960s when he was a student
athlete, will work as a part-time
assistant to President Kent
Cliabota. In this consulting
role, he will have a variety of
responsibilities in fundraising
and alumni and student
engagement.
"Having Dave Odom, one
of our most successful and vis
ible alumni, working to build
support for Guilford among
alumni and current students
will be of great value to the col
lege," President Chabotar said,
"Dave has a lifetime of experi
ence to share, and he loves and
believes in this college's mis
sion and tradition. He is excit
ed, as are we, for this opportu
nity as he starts a new phase in
his career."
As the college seeks sup
port for major capital projects,
including a wellness-fitness
center, the school says that
Odom will assist with targeted
alumni and donor discovery
and cultivation, including occa
sional public speaking engage
ments. Odom will also assist in
student recruitment, advise stu
dent-athletes, create internship
opportunities for sport manage
ment majors and serve as a
guest lecturer.
"I am both honored and
excited by the opportunity to
return to Guilford as a consult
ant and assistant to President
Chabotar," said Odom. who
most recently coached at the
University of South Carolina.
"Guilford continues to serve its
students and alumni well, and I
am proud to be called a
Guilfordian. I am anxious to
get to know our students and to
visit our many fine alumni."
Odom retired as a college bas
ketball coach earlier this year
with more than 400 head
coaching wins, three NIT titles
and 15 NCAA Tournament
appearances in 22 seasons with
East Carolina, Wake Forest and
South Carolina. He was
National Coach of the Year in
1995 and a Coach of the Year
in the Atlantic Coast and
Southeastern Conferences.
Entrepreneurship Day features slate of movers and shakers
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
A slate of business heavy
weights will be on hand today,
Nov. 6, to help N.C. A&T State
University School of Business
and Economics observe
"Entrepreneurship Day." The
school's Interdisciplinary Center
for Entrepreneurship and E
Business (ICEEB) is behind
today's activities, all of which are
themed around the topic of
"Financial Literacy."
LaTasha Best-Gady, of the
North Carolina Institute for
Minority Economic
Development, will host the first
workshop, "Managing Your
Credit," from 10 - 11:30 a.m. in
Merrick Hall.
The Distinguished
Entrepreneur Lecture will be
given by Replacements Ltd.
President Scott Fleming from 1 -
2:30 p.m. in the Merrick Hall
Auditorium.
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Ted Daniels chats with students at Albany State University.
Replacements Ltd., is the
world's largest supplier of old
and new china, crystal, silver and
collectibles. Fleming joined the
company as a college student in
1983 and was named
Replacements' president in 2006.
He attended the U.S. Military
Academy and UNC -Greensboro .
Ted Daniels, CEO of the
Society for Financial Education
and Professional Development,
will lead the workshop, "How to
Manage and Protect Your
Money," from 4:30 p. m. - 5:50
p.m. in the New Classroom
Building Auditorium of the
College of Arts and Sciences
Daniels is also a registered
investment advisor and an attor
ney. He has more than 32 years
of experience in the areas of
financial management and
investments.
He has a B.S. degree in eco
nomics from Fort Valley State
University and a bachelor of laws
degree from John Marshall
School of Law.
ICEEB is a joint project of
the School of Business and
Economics, the School of
Agriculture and Environmental
Sciences, and the School of
Technology. Located in the
School of Business and
Economics, the Center coordi
nates the certificate in entrepre
neurship, an entrepreneurial
internship, business plan compe
tition. lecture series, and the
entrepreneurship concentration
for management majors.