Biele, a Virginia Tech

graduate, previously worked on numerous large-scale

master-planned communities during his tenure at Mobil

Land Development.

- Terry Russell,

president of John Wieland Homes & Neighborhoods and

Mike Langella, Vice President of South Region, presented Carol

Giles , top selling agent at Coldwell Banker

Bullard Realty in fayetteville, $5000 in Rich's Gift

Certificates for closing 5 new John Wieland homes within

the past year.

Carol has been a consistent

seller of John Wieland Homes and is a member of Wieland's

Silver Circle, which recognizes those Realtors that have

sold 12 or more new John Wieland homes throughout their

career. Carol was presented this reward at the south

regional meeting of the Wieland Board of Councilors held

at Whitewater Country Club last month. Four of the five

homes Carol sold are located in Wieland's Lakeside on

Redwine, a swim & tennis neighborhood offering a

variety of homes priced from the $180s.

John Wieland Homes &

Neighborhoods celebrates 29 years and 14,000 satisfied

customers and is currently building in more than 60

neighborhoods across the Southeast. The company also

builds in Charlotte and Raleigh, N.C.; Charleston and

Columbia, S.C.; Nashville, Tenn. and Jacksonville, Fla.

The company's approach to

quality was recognized with the National Housing Quality

Award from the National Association of Home Builders and Professional

Builder magazine.

For more information about

John Wieland Homes & Neighborhoods or the Wieland

Bonus Club, call our information hotline at 770-996-6065.

- Cyndee

Lizana-Gause has joined the Newnan branch of Griffin

Financial Services as a fulltime loan officer.

Mrs. Lizana-Gause, who has

10 years of experience in the mortgage and consumer loan

field, joined Griffin Financial Services in 1990. She has

previously worked in their Secondary Marketing Department

and has been originating loans part-time for the last two

years.

She has extensive knowledge

of all conventional, jumbo and government financing

programs and also specializes in sub-prime lending.

Griffin Financial Services

has its operations and underwriting departments, as well

as a mortgage loan office, in Fayetteville. In addition

to McDonough, there are branch offices in Newnan,

Jackson, Barnesville, and Griffin, and a new branch

office is opening in Peachtree City.

- "North

American Mortgage Company , the nation's sixth largest

residential mortgage lender, has named Martina A.

Jimenez loan officer at their Fayetteville

office," announced Robert Odom, vice president and

district manager of the Southeast Retail District.

"We are delighted that

Martina Jimenez has joined our team of mortgage

professionals. Her bilingual communication skills will

greatly enhance our ability to serve the needs of local

Realtors and borrowers, including the Latin market,"

stated Odom. "Jimenez' existing relationships and

new business development skills will go far to increase

our coverage in the greater Atlanta area, a very

important market to North American Mortgage Company.

Jimenez has worked in the

residential lending industry for over three years. She

has been a resident of the Atlanta area for nearly five

years, and holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from

University of Georgia. She earned the top producer of

sales for her region at her previous lending institution.

Martina Jimenez may be

reached by phone at 770-650-3160 or by fax at

770-649-6707.

In addition to a complete

line of fixed- and adjustable-rate loans, and sub-prime

loans, North American Mortgage Company is also a FHA

direct-endorsement and VA automatic-approved lender. The

company has also developed several proprietary loan

products, including Purchase ExpressR, a pre-approval

with its own "credit card" and the means to

lock in a rate - before house hunting begins.

North American Mortgage

Company, the nation's sixth-largest residential lender,

funded $30.8 billion in loans in 1998. A full-service

mortgage banker, the company has been providing mortgage

loans since 1948, and currently maintains over 260 loan

production offices from Hawaii to maine, and most metro

areas between.

- Century 21

Southern Crescent is pleased to announce Marlene

Futch has joined its firm as a sales associate. She

will specialize in- residential sales in Fayette,

Clayton, Henry. Coweta, and South Fulton Counties.

"We are thrilled to

have Marlene join our team," said Broker/Owner, Anne

Minter. "It's an exciting time to be with the

CENTURY 21 System as we increase our presence in Fayette,

Clayton, Henry, Coweta, and South Fulton Counties."

Marlene believes that

customer service is extremely important in the real

estate business, especially when considering what

customers are looking for in both a house and an agent.

"I love people, and I

look forward to helping someone find their dream

home," she says.

Previously, Marlene was a

proprietor of a nursing home in the U.K., and she worked

for almost twenty years for Saudi Arabian Airlines. She

is presently a resident of Peachtree City.

In her spare time, she

loves attending concerts and the theater with her husband

and daughter. She also enjoys football, ice hockey, scuba

diving, and flying light aircraft. She is a member of the

Atlanta Botanical Gardens and the American Alzheimers

Association.

To contact Marlene Futch,

please cal her at CENTURY 21 Southern Crescent at

770-461-5111.

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