DATE: Friday, March 14, 1997                TAG: 9703140686

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HAMPTON ROADS

In response to the recent tornadoes in Arkansas and floods in several states along the Ohio River, potential donors have asked the Red Cross about giving items to the relief effort.

The Red Cross isn't taking donated goods; it most needs donations of money.

However, the Red Cross has teamed up with Goodwill Industries. Donated items may be taken to any Goodwill thrift store. Donors are asked to tell store personnel that their donation is to benefit the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. In return, Goodwill is giving the Red Cross a price per pound of the goods received.

For more information on the program or the disaster relief efforts in the Ohio Valley, call Sandy Cameron at the Red Cross office, 446-7753.

For information on Goodwill Industries and its support of the Red Cross Disaster Relief, call Katherine Overkamp at 627-7733.

To make a financial donation to help the victims of this or any disaster, call 446-7743. Reynolds Metals Co. gives new cargo van to SEVAMP

Reynolds Metals Co. will donate a new cargo van to Southeastern Virginia Area-wide Model Program (SEVAMP) for use in bringing hot meals to homebound senior citizens.

The van will be presented to SEVAMP's board of directors at 1:45 p.m. Thursday at the program's headquarters at 723 Woodlake Drive, Chesapeake.

The local organization is one of 50 Meals On Wheels programs chosen to receive a new van through a program established to mark the 50th anniversary of Reynolds Wrap, a product of Reynolds Metals Co.

SEVAMP delivers meals to homebound residents in Chesapeake, Courtland, Franklin, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Smithfield, Suffolk and Virginia Beach and Southampton and Isle of Wight counties. VIRGINIA BEACH Hey youngsters, it's time to enter D.A.D. contest

Nominations are being accepted for the 1997 Virginia Beach Dad of the Year Award, to be announced at a special ceremony.

The D.A.D. (Dad's Appreciation Day) Celebration project is designed to recognize fathers who make a positive difference in the lives of Virginia Beach youth.

Public, private and home school students may enter by writing an essay of 100 words or less saying why their father or father figure should be chosen. One winner will be selected from each grade level.

Mayor Meyera E. Oberndorf and City Manager James K. Spore will honor the 12 fathers and essay writers at a May 8 ceremony.

Essays may be submitted to any Virginia Beach public library, community recreation center or school's language arts instructor by April 18. CHESAPEAKE Former mayor will speak at Easter sunrise service

Sidney M. Oman, former mayor of Chesapeake and Elizabeth City, N.C., will speak at an Easter sunrise service sponsored by the Great Bridge Clergy Association.

Oman is the first lay person invited to lead the service, which will take place at 6:30 a.m. Easter Sunday, March 30, at Chesapeake Memorial Gardens on Cedar Road. The service is usually led by a member of the clergy. Oman is a lay leader at Oak Grove United Methodist Church. He is co-owner of Oman Funeral Home in Chesapeake and the host of ``Sounding Board,'' a program on WCTV-23, the city's cable television channel. COMING UP Saturday

Suffolk - The American Red Cross will sponsor CPR training Saturday at the Family Life Center, First Baptist Church, 237 N. Main St. Adult sessions will run from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Early registration is $10. Registration is $15 the day of the classes. For more information, call 539-6645, through today. Sunday

Norfolk - The 1855 epidemic that killed nearly a third of Norfolk's population will be the topic of a talk, ``Poor Norfolk Looks Like a Deserted City: Women, Community and Yellow Fever'' at the annual meeting of the Norfolk Historical Society at 2 p.m. The public meeting will be held in the Army Corps of Engineers building adjacent to historic Fort Norfolk at the west end of Front Street, off Colley Avenue, overlooking the Elizabeth River. Monday

Norfolk - Steve Forbes, former presidential contender and publisher of Forbes magazine, will be in Norfolk to speak at a breakfast honoring Coleman Andrews, Republican candidate for lieutenant governor of Virginia. It will be held at the Omni Waterside Hotel at 8 a.m. Tickets are $40. Call 382-9245.

Hampton - The Citizens' Committee for the Bethel Landfill will meet at 7 p.m. at the Northampton Community Center. The committee acts as a liaison for citizens, the city and the landfill operator. Meetings are open to the public. ILLUSTRATION: [Photo]

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