DATE: Thursday, March 20, 1997              TAG: 9703210931

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SOURCE: Staff writers Cindy Clayton, Bill Sizemore and Rebecca Myers

        Cutchins contributed to this report.

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HAMPTON ROADS

SUFFOLK

City worker named

disabled professional

person of the year

Gary S. Cisco, a supervisor in the city's emergency operations center, was presented the ``Disabled Professional Person of the Year'' award by the Suffolk Pilot Club Wednesday.

Cisco, 39, has been paralyzed from the waist down since an accident on Sept. 16, 1988. A former city firefighter, he was on his way to work when a car collided with his pickup on Holland Road, causing the pickup to flip twice before landing upright in a ditch.

His 4-year-old son, David, who was riding in the front seat, was unhurt.

Five months after the accident, Cisco returned to work as a dispatcher, thanks to extensive rehabilitation at the Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center in Fishersville.

He has been a supervisor since November 1992.

Cisco and his wife, Nancy, have two sons - David, now 13, and Brian, 9.

Cisco will be honored at a Pilot Club banquet on April 21, and his nomination will be forwarded to the state organization for consideration for the Outstanding Professional Person of the Year in Virginia.

NORFOLK

Men's shirt store in Ghent

damaged by fire and smoke

A men's shirt and accessory store in Ghent was damaged by fire Tuesday morning.

No one was hurt.

Firefighters were called to The Edge at 1900 Colley Ave. about 11:10 a.m., said Jack Goldhorn, spokesman for Fire and Paramedical Services. Firefighters had the blaze under control in about 10 minutes, he said.

The fire was caused by a malfunctioning gas heater mounted on the ceiling inside the store. Fire damage was minimal, but smoke damage to the store was moderate, Goldhorn said.

PORTSMOUTH

Mayor Holley will deliver

State of the City Address

Mayor James W. Holley III will outline issues facing Portsmouth's citizens in the annual State of the City Address Tuesday.

The breakfast address will begin at 8 a.m. at the Holiday Inn-Portsmouth Waterfront. Holley's speech will touch on economic development, education, tourism and quality of life.

Tickets are $12 a person or $84 for a table of eight. Reservations are required. For more information, call Jan Burton at 664-2561. For reservations, call 664-2558.

Antique Show and Sale

will raise money for EVMS

The Portsmouth Service League's Spring Antique Show and Sale will be held Saturday and Sunday at Hunt-Mapp Middle School, with all proceeds going to Eastern Virginia Medical School.

Money from the event will support outreach efforts at EVMS Portsmouth Family Medicine. League officials hope to double last year's $5,000 gift.

The show will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5 a person.

For $25, participants can attend all weekend events, including a preview party Friday that includes a cocktail party at the Women's Club of Portsmouth from 6 to 8 p.m., and cocktails and hors d'oeuvres from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

For details, call 399-0111.

WILLIAMSBURG

Local assistant principal

honored with state award

The Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals has selected Chuck Maranzano, assistant principal of Lafayette High School, as Virginia's Assistant Principal of the Year.

The state awards program is co-sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the nation's largest school leadership organization.

Maranzano will be honored at the ``McDonald's/NASSP Leadership Forum for the 21st Century'' April 26-29 in Oak Brook, Ill., and will represent Virginia at the NASSP convention in Orlando, Fla.

Maranzano has been assistant principal at Lafayette High School since 1990. He has been credited with revision of disciplinary policies and procedures, reform of staff and teacher evaluations and the planning and implementation phases of the high school renovation and the new Jamestown High School design.

HAMPTON

Christian says she'll seek

her final term in Assembly

Del. Mary T. Christian said she will seek one more term in the General Assembly, but it will be her last.

Christian, a Democrat, was first elected in 1986.

``She wanted to retire this time,'' said Hampton Commissioner of Revenue Ross Mugler, a longtime Democratic activist. ``She was persuaded to stay on.''

Christian, 72, had been in ill health for part of this year's session. She said Tuesday she will devote her final two years as a legislator to reaching troubled black youths.

``I'm going to try to help these young people get out of jail and give them a helping hand to get back into the community,'' she said.

ALSO . . .

Norfolk - Mohammed S. Al-Sabah, the Kuwaiti ambassador to the United States, canceled a planned appearance Wednesday night before the World Affairs Council of Greater Hampton Roads because of inclement weather in Washington. The diplomat was to have spoken at Virginia Wesleyan College. His visit has been rescheduled for April 7.

The Norfolk office of 2nd District Rep. Owen B. Pickett will be relocated to 3841 E. Little Creek Road, Suite L, effective April 1. Office hours - 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday - and the telephone number - 583-5892 - remain unchanged.

TODAY

Chesapeake - American Express financial advisers will conduct a free workshop on new tax laws at 7 p.m. in Chesapeake Central Library, 298 Cedar Road. Call 382-6591.

FRIDAY

Virginia Beach - The 1997 Mid-Atlantic Home and Garden Show will be held Friday through Sunday at the Pavilion. The show features ideas and products for remodeling, decorating and landscaping.

Norfolk - The Ocean View Beach Kiwanis Club will hold a silent auction from 7 to 10 p.m. at Sewell's Point Golf Course Atlantis, 1460 Blandy Road, Building NH-21. Admission is $12.50 at the door or call 588-6728 for tickets.

Chesapeake - The Chesapeake Poetry Festival will be held Friday and Saturday at the Russell Memorial Library, 2808 Taylor Road, and will include several poetry readings and workshops, as well as a ``Poets on Tour'' program at Great Bridge and Western Branch high schools.

SATURDAY

Newport News - The Tidewater Men of Integrity is sponsoring a men's fellowship from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at Newmarket Baptist Church, 8309 Orcutt Ave. All men regardless of race or denomination are invited. The group rotates its meetings throughout the Peninsula and Southside and represents men from a variety of churches. For more information, call Dale Wyatt at 465-0040 or Robert Lee at 487-9171.

Norfolk - The Lindenwood community will sponsor a yard sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lindenwood Elementary School to raise money for the Norfolk PTA Scholarship Auction, which will air on cable TV Channels 47 and 48 April 16. All proceeds will be donated to the PTA Scholarship Fund. Tables are available for $5 each. Call 441-2357 for more information.

Suffolk - The Peanut City Cloggers and Department of Parks and Recreation will sponsor a St. Patrick's barn dance from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the National Guard Armory. It will feature clogging exhibitions, popular country and bluegrass music and grand champion clogger Bill Denison. Admission is $3 at the door. ILLUSTRATION: Cisco

Holley

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