DATE: Friday, April 18, 1997                TAG: 9704180678

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HAMPTON ROADS [BRIEFS]

NORFOLK

Students sweep up

cigarettes, litter for

Campus Cleanup Day

Middle, elementary and high school students are making the city a cleaner place to live today on the first Glad Bag-A-Thon Campus Cleanup Day.

Fifty students at Northside Middle School and Mary Calcott Elementary School will clean both school campuses from 1 to 2 p.m., focusing on the removal of cigarette butts.

The collected butts will become part of an exhibit at the Ernie Morgan Environmental Action Center opening June 5.

Ten classes of students at Booker T. Washington High School and 350 students at Willoughby Elementary School will clean up their campuses.

The Glad Bag-A-Thon program is America's largest litter-cleanup program.

About 20,000 Norfolk residents are expected to participate in the city's 11th annual program this spring.

NSU conference goal:

share teaching strategies

Norfolk State University will hold its 10th annual African-American Student in Today's Schools Conference today in its Nursing Education Building.

The goal is to share strategies to teach African-American and other minority students. The keynote speakers are Michael A. Mallory, a former University of Virginia admissions official who is now director of the Ron Brown Scholar Program, and Darryle Craig, an Americans With Disabilities Act employment opportunity specialist at George Mason University.

The conference, jointly sponsored by the schools of education at NSU, George Mason and U.Va., will last from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

For more information, call 683-8714.

VIRGINIA BEACH

Buying a brick will benefit programs at historic house

Buy a brick for $50 at the Francis Land House and your donation will help build the furniture collection and educational programs at the landmark.

Your brick, engraved with your name or the name of someone you wish to honor or memorialize, will be a part of a decorative border for a path that ties the Francis Land House to a new history park proposed for the property behind the house.

The Friends of Francis Land House, sponsors of the Memorial Brick Campaign, will start their campaign with a reception from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Land House.

A ceremony to honor the first 50 charter brick owners will be at 3 p.m.

The Friends have a goal of selling at least 500 bricks, said Johnnie Miller, Friends Brick Project chairman.

For more information, call Miller at 467-1549.

March will raise money

to spruce up park trail

Long Creek Trail, a walking trail at First Landing/Seashore State Park, will get spruced-up if this weekend's March for Parks raises enough money.

The Friends of First Landing/Seashore are hoping to raise from $5,000 to $10,000 from pledges for hikers who participate in 5K or 10K walks over the weekend, said Kathy Thumm, the park's visitors services supervisor.

Pledge proceeds will go toward re-routing part of the trail and building a bridge to circumvent where the trail floods at high tide.

Those who want to March for Parks can pick up pledge forms at Blue Ridge Mountain Sports, Wild River Outfitters, Easy Spirit Shoe Store at Lynnhaven Mall, Wild Birds Unlimited at Hilltop and at the park.

Participants can march between 8 a.m. and around 2 or 3 p.m. either day, Thumm said.

Registration is at the main office.

The person with the highest dollar amount of pledges will receive a two-night stay at the Virginia Beach Resort Hotel and Conference Center.

March for Parks is a nationwide effort, sponsored by the National Parks and Conservation Association.

First Landing/Seashore State Park is the only park in South Hampton Roads participating.

CHESAPEAKE

New school playground

dedicated to cancer victim

A new playground for pre-school and kindergarten students will be dedicated at Butts Road Primary School at 1 p.m. today.

The playground was built with funds raised by volunteers from the school's parent-teacher association.

The facility will be dedicated in memory of Carol Murden, a teacher's assistant who died last year of cancer. Her family will attend the ceremony.

Butts Road Primary School is located at 1000 Mount Pleasant Road.

Builders association moves

its annual picnic to April

Taking advantage of the milder weather, the state's largest builders association plans to move its annual picnic from July to April 25 at Chesapeake City Park from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Dubbed ``Builders in Paradise,'' it marks the 20th year for the celebration put on by Tidewater Builders Association - known for its annual home show Homearama, community service projects and apprenticeship training for economically disadvantaged students.

Traditionally, the day offers a chance for the association's 15,000 members in 150 firms to meet each other, eat and enjoy entertainment. About 3,000 to 4,000 are expected.

ALSO. . .

Suffolk - The Suffolk YMCA, 2769 Godwin Blvd., will sponsor a Healthy Kid's Day Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at its Child Care Building, formerly the skating rink.

The free activities include family games, face painting, family aerobics, bomb-sniffing K-9 demonstration, Identikid, clowns, and an exhibit by Discovery Toys.

Participants may bring their bikes and car seats for free safety checks.

Free T-shirts will be given to the first 75 children to arrive.

For information, call Connie Schau at 934-2107.

COMING UP

SATURDAY

Norfolk - The Eastern Region of the National Association of Negro Musicians Inc. will hold its annual conference and awards banquet at 7 p.m. at the Omni Hotel Waterside. Honorees will be Elizabeth V. Eccles, Gail Hart, Patricia Saunders Nixon and Ophelia Venable. For more information, call 543-1712.

Virginia Beach - Seatack will open its new recreation center during a ceremony from noon to 4 p.m. The facility at 141 S. Birdneck Road will be the sixth full-service center operated by the Virginia Beach Department of Parks and Recreation. Tours, food, open swims and performances ranging from puppet shows to a jazz ensemble will be available to the public. For details, call 426-0022.

TUESDAY

Chesapeake - The City Council will conduct a public hearing on the city's proposed operating budget. The hearing will be part of the regular City Council meeting at 6:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall, 306 Cedar Road. Copies of the proposed budget are available for public review at all Chesapeake public libraries. MEMO: Staff writers Phil Walzer and Meredith Cohn contributed to this

report.

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