DATE: Saturday, March 8, 1997               TAG: 9703080337

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HAMPTON ROADS

The Redevelopment and Housing Authority's effort to renovate the Professional Building, one of the city's two high-rises, is on again.

While plans aren't definite for the downtown structure, the housing authority board says it may rehabilitate the building for commercial and residential use.

The city owns the building, and housing officials hope it will be donated to them.

The agency has been discussing the redevelopment project for months but wanted to allow the executive director time to study the building.

The decision to pursue the project followed a presentation to the board Thursday night. NORFOLK Navy man killed after being hit by a truck

A Navy man was killed Friday morning when the bike he was riding was struck by an 18-wheel tractor-trailer.

Police said the accident happened about 6:40 a.m. in the 8100 block of Hampton Blvd. The man was traveling north in the right-hand lane on the road when he was hit by the truck traveling in the same direction.

Police declined to identify the man, who was in his early 20s, until relatives could be notified. He was taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital where he died at 7:26 a.m.

No charges were placed against the driver of the truck, which is owned by Quality Carriers, police said. Admirals owners, city discuss team

Admirals owners Page Johnson and Mark Garcea met for an hour Friday with Norfolk Mayor Paul D. Fraim and City Councilman W. Randy Wright in an apparent effort to extend the team's lease at Scope.

Johnson, Wright and Fraim declined comment on what was discussed.

The Admirals have been alarmed by recent reports of groups interested in putting an American Hockey League or International Hockey League team at Scope when the Admirals' lease ends following the 1997-98 season.

City officials have been approached by several prospective IHL or AHL owners, including Charlotte businessman George Shinn.

Shinn, who owns the NBA's Charlotte Hornets, led a failed effort this winter to bring an NHL expansion franchise to Hampton Roads.

He said Wednesday that he's talked with the IHL and AHL about putting an expansion franchise in Norfolk. REGION Telethon will raise money for local Catholic schools

Singing nuns and Polish dancers will be among the acts featured today on the 1997 Catholic Schools TV Telethon.

The live, four-hour fund-raiser will be broadcast today from noon to 4 p.m. on WGNT, channel 27.

In addition to performances by clergy, the fifth annual fund-raiser will feature Hampton Roads Catholic school elementary students, local church choirs and other community talent.

The costs for production and airtime were underwritten by corporate sponsors, and 80 percent of what is called in will go directly to participating Catholic elementary schools.

Approximately 500 volunteers worked to make the program possible.

To call in pledges, call 397-CALL between noon and 4 p.m. VIRGINIA BEACH Stolle hosts campaign rally to kick off his state tour

State Sen. Ken Stolle will announce his intention to seek the Republican nomination for attorney general of Virginia Monday at 5:30 p.m. in the Clarion Hotel.

Stolle will make the announcement at a campaign rally and reception of family and friends in his hometown. He plans to make a statewide announcement in early April after a 30-day tour of Virginia. NEWPORT NEWS School Board won't remove blemish on child's record

The city School Board has denied a request to remove the suspension from the record of a 5-year-old kindergarten student who brought a beeper on a field trip.

Ryan Hudson, a student at Kiln Creek Elementary School, received national attention in October when he was suspended for a day. Last month, Kim Hudson, his mother, appealed the suspension to the board. She was recently notified that the appeal was denied.

All Newport News students are prohibited from bringing beepers to school. The maximum punishment is expulsion.

At a private hearing last month, an attorney hired by Hudson argued that the beeper policy should not apply to very young students like Ryan. PORTSMOUTH Local author will speak at women educators lunch

The Delta Kappa Gamma author luncheon is set for noon today at the Scottish Rite Temple on Cedar Lane.

Speaking on ``Finding the Courage to Write'' will be MaryAnne Gleason, the Virginia Beach author and teacher whose mystery romance thriller ``Forbidden Obsession,'' set in the Ghent section of Norfolk, was published last year.

The Portsmouth chapter of the international society of women educators was founded in 1937, and the author's luncheon was started in 1983 as a means of funding the Katherine B. Woodard Award, named after the chapter's founder, which is given to a graduating senior from a Portsmouth public school. Tickets are $12.50. For information, call Iris Wise at 484-1233 or Marilyn Peacock at 484-7923. Weekend events scheduled to celebrate historic battle

The 135th anniversary of the Battle of Hampton Roads, commemorating the world's first battle of ironclads between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia, is being celebrated this weekend.

A symposium will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the parish hall of Trinity Episcopal Church, 500 Court St. A Commemorative Banquet will begin at 6:30 tonight at the Dry Dock Club at the Naval Shipyard.

An authentic 1862 worship service will begin at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Trinity Church, and a living history display with a mock battle between replicas of the famous ships will start at 1 p.m. Sunday on the Elizabeth River between City Hall and the Naval Shipyard.

The Sunday events are free. Tickets are required for the other activities. For information, call (800) 748-7921. ALSO . . .

Chesapeake - The city has hired William L. Lindley as the first conference and tourism manager of the Chesapeake Conference Center, currently under construction in Greenbrier. Lindley, who has more than 20 years experience in marketing destinations and hotels, assumed his new duties March 3.

Portsmouth - Those with tickets for comedian Paula Poundstone's Willett Hall performance are reminded that the show, originally scheduled for today, was canceled several weeks ago. COMING UP Today

Portsmouth - Portsmouth Public Schools will hold a districtwide parent conference at Waters Middle School. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Workshops will address parenting gifted children, using computers to enhance learning, conflict resolution and other topics. For more information, call 393-8743 or 393-8411.

Chesapeake - The Central Library will hold its ``shelving party'' from 5 to 9 p.m. to shelve about 10,000 books that have piled up. Pizza and other refreshments will be on hand. Volunteers can sign up at the circulation desk at the library, at 298 Cedar Road. Sunday

Suffolk - The Hampton Roads Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association will sponsor a fund-raiser, including a concert and ice cream buffet, at 2 p.m. at Nansemond Point Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, 200 W. Constance Road. A $10 donation is requested. Tuesday

Virginia Beach - The City Council will hold a public presentation and hearing at 2 p.m. in City Council Chambers, City Hall Building (NU)1 at the Municipal Center to solicit input on the proposed Multi-Stadium to be built on the Lake Ridge propoerty off Princess Anne Road. No decision will be made until a second public hearing March 25. MEMO: Staff writers Ida Kay Jordan, Mike Knepler and Katrice Franklin

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