THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, April 11, 1996 TAG: 9604090134
SECTION: NORFOLK COMPASS PAGE: 14 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Medium: 93 lines
HUMANITARIAN AWARDS DINNER: The National Conference of Christians and Jews will sponsor its Tidewater Chapter Humanitarian Awards Dinner at 6:30 p.m. April 18 at the Omni Waterside Hotel. The awards are given annually to individuals who have made significant humanitarian contributions to the community.
This year's recipients are James V. Koch, president of Old Dominion University; Jerome James, Circuit Court judge for the city of Norfolk; and Zelma Rivin and Bernard Rivin, longtime Portsmouth residents and community leaders. Funds raised through the awards dinner support programs that promote intercultural, interreligious and interracial acceptance. Call 359-2137 for reservations.
ARTRAIN: America's ``Museum in Motion'' will pull into Norfolk to premiere its new traveling exhibition, ``Art in Celebration!'', on the first leg of its three-year tour of the country. Artrain will be open from noon to 7 p.m. today and Friday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Redgate Avenue Station in West Ghent, 2200 Redgate Ave.
The exhibition includes 34 artworks commissioned by The Smithsonian Associates to commemorate important events since 1972. Artrain comprises five cars, including three gallery cars, a studio car featuring local artist demonstrations, and a caboose. For more information, call 664-4330.
GOLF TOURNAMENT FOR CHKD: Applications are being accepted for the Walter W. Wood Golf Tournament, May 9, at Ocean View Golf Course, to benefit Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters. Participants will be grouped into foursomes by tournament officials to compete in the four-man Florida best-ball event, which will have a shotgun start. Entry fee of $65 must be received by May 3. Fee includes green and cart fees, cookout and prizes. Call 480-2094 for more information.
MARCH OF DIMES POSTER-BIKER CONTEST: The March of Dimes Ride For Healthier Babies is holding its first Poster-Biker contest to choose the ``biker'' who will represent the March of Dimes on the event poster and at kickoff events. The winner also will lead off the Ride For Healthier Babies Oct. 27. Money raised will help support local programs. Anyone who rides may enter the contest by filling out an entry form and mailing it, with a photo of themselves in full regalia, to the March of Dimes by May 3. Call 486-1001 for more information.
NAUTICUS PARTY: Nautifest, a block party for grownups, will be held May 2 at Nauticus. The party will feature roast pig with all the trimmings, oyster stew, live entertainment, virtual reality competition and more. All proceeds will benefit the National Maritime Center Foundation. Tickets are $25, or $30 after April 26. Members who purchase tickets before April 15 pay $18. Call 664-1000 for tickets.
COMMUNITY LINK: WHRO and Hampton Roads' public libraries are expanding Community Link (http://www.communitylink.org), the World Wide Web-based electronic communications and information system, to seven more libraries, plus the Norfolk Law Library and 11 Norfolk Public Library branches.
Community Link was launched in August 1995 and initially was available only in two Norfolk libraries: Kirn Memorial and the Blyden Branch Library. The initiative is designed to develop and encourage free public access to education and information online services.
On Tuesday, April 16, at 10 a.m., libraries from throughout Hampton Roads will participate in Log-on at the Library Day as part of National Library Week. Mayors and city officials will be chatting online with each other at their main public library sites in Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, Portsmouth and York County.
Residents are invited to their main libraries to cruise the Internet and the Community Link service, which provides users with access to city agencies, museums and more.
Other activities open to the public April 16 include ``Cybertours of Law-Related World Wide Web Sites'' at the Norfolk Law Library from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Law Library is in Dominion Tower on Waterside Drive.
Also that week, the Hampton Roads Internet Association will host a program that includes a discussion called ``Can you Protect Your Children on the Internet?'' at 7 p.m. April 18 in the auditorium at the Central Library in Virginia Beach.
Community Link also can be found with WHRO's Home Page: http://www.whro.org
WOMEN'S FORUM SCHOLARSHIP: The Women's Forum, a local organization of women business owners and executives, is accepting applications for its 1996 scholarship program through April 30. The scholarships are awarded to assist women in achieving substantial educational goals. Recipients are selected on the basis of resumes demonstrating past education, work, civic and community experience and financial need.
Applicants must submit a resume and cover letter indicating how the money will enable them to meet professional goals, a transcript of grades and a reference letter from a faculty member or adviser. A candidate must be 21 or older, a resident of Hampton Roads and registered or attending a Hampton Roads college, have completed at least one year of higher education with 3.0 grade-point average and eligible for a degree or with a declared major. Forum members and past recipients are ineligible.
Information should be sent to Women's Forum Scholarship Chair, P.O. Box 3914, Norfolk, Va. 23514. Call 857-2666 for more information. by CNB