DATE: Wednesday, May 28, 1997               TAG: 9705280540

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HAMPTON ROADS BRIEFS

Two people were taken to a hospital following a six-car accident on Interstate 64 Tuesday morning that tied up traffic for over an hour, state police said.

Several main arteries were clogged after the 7:45 a.m. accident just west of Indian River Road. State police had to close a section of the interstate for over an hour and reroute traffic along a shoulder lane, said Tammy Van Dame, state police spokeswoman.

The pile-up was caused by a dump truck that was unable to stop behind four cars that had stopped in traffic. A chain reaction was caused as the dump truck slammed into the fourth car, then a Ford Tempo slammed into the dump truck.

Van Dame said that two people in the first four cars suffered minor neck and facial injuries and were taken to a hospital.

The driver of the dump truck was identified as Victor Scott, 47, of Virginia Beach. Scott was charged with reckless driving. The driver of the Tempo, Pamela Nelms, 44, was charged with following too closely. Nelms lives in Elizabeth City, Van Dame said. Beach awarded two grants for preservation efforts

The Library of Virginia, through its Circuit Court Records Preservation Grant Program, has awarded $222,316 to localities across the state to preserve the historically significant collections of Virginia's circuit courts.

Virginia Beach received a $13,940 grant to purchase a reader/printer to allow public use of microfilmed common law order books, criminal order books and chancery order books while protecting the originals.

The city also received a $34,760 grant to reproduce microfilmed copies of the city of Virginia Beach (Princess Anne County) Deed Books, volumes 1-2180, except for 309-854, which have been scanned to optical disk. The Deed Books are currently in hard-bound volumes. The years covered are 1701 to 1981.

The grant program is funded by an additional $1 land tax recording fee. The majority of the money collected is returned to the localities to support preservation and conservation efforts. CHESAPEAKE Conference provides tips on how to work from home

Those who dream of making their fortune while dressed in a bathrobe and slippers can pick up some tips Thursday at the Virginia Cooperative Extension's Home-Based Business Conference.

While it is not known exactly how many Virginians work from their living rooms, the research group Link Resources reports that home-based businesses increased nationally from 14.9 million in 1988 to 27.1 million in 1996, with more than half operating full-time. The fastest-growing segments include businesses owned by women and minorities.

Ann M. Lastovica, an extension specialist at Virginia State University in Petersburg, will conduct the conference from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., which will offer information on starting a business and developing a plan for record-keeping and financing. For more information or registration, call the Chesapeake extension office at 547-6349.

COMING UP

THURSDAY

Norfolk - Kunihiko Saito, Japan's ambassador to the United States, speaks about American-Japanese relations to the World Affairs Council of Greater Hampton Roads, 8 p.m., Old Dominion University.

FRIDAY

Virginia Beach - Former Navy SEAL Michael Bond attempts to swim 15 miles across the Chesapeake Bay to raise money for children with muscular dystrophy. The swim is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. at Fisherman's Island on the Eastern Shore and is to end at the Duck-In restaurant at the Lynnhaven Inlet. MEMO: Staff writers Meredith Cohn and Cindy Clayton contributed to this

report.

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