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DATE: Friday, August 25, 1995                TAG: 9508250741
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: METRO BRIEFS 
DATELINE: SUFFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   23 lines

COUNCIL POSTPONES RETREAT

The Suffolk City Council on Thursday postponed an annual retreat scheduled for this weekend due to a death in the family of Mayor S. Chris Jones.

The two-day retreat was scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. today at Tidewater Community College's Portsmouth campus. The council was scheduled to meet again from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

The retreat, at which the council planned to discuss utility policy issues, funding capital projects and other long-term city issues, has been rescheduled for Friday, Sept. 22, from 1 to 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 23, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at TCC's Portsmouth campus. by CNB