DATE: Friday, September 5, 1997             TAG: 9709050662

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SOURCE: Staff writers Ida Kay Jordan and Matt Bowers contributed to
        this report.

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HAMPTON ROADS

VIRGINIA BEACH

Regent's law school

will begin new night

program next year

The Regent University School of Law has been cleared to start a part-time night program in fall 1998.

Regent announced Tuesday that the American Bar Association approved the program, designed to allow students to complete the 90-credit-hour juris doctor degree program in four years, compared with three years for most full-time day students.

The four-year program would have a year-round schedule, and would allow students to work during the day.

``We've had a lot of inquiries about a night program'' from Virginia and North Carolina residents, said Jane Riley Leach, executive director of development and law relations for the 11-year-old law school.

The only other night law program in Virginia is at George Mason University, outside Washington.

``We welcome college graduates who have the desire to become lawyers, but who have the need to continue full-time employment while in law school,'' Dean J. Nelson Happy said. ``This program will fill a gap in the availability of a part-time legal educational opportunity in the Tidewater area.''

Leach said school officials expected no more than 50 students in the first year of the night program, but eventually expect 100. The day law school has 397 students, including its largest-ever first-year class of 143.

Those interested in more information or applications can call the admissions office at 579-4584.

Council sets public hearing

on the use of state funds

The City Council will conduct a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday on an appropriation of $1,147,745 in state funds to the Department of Human Services/Social Services.

The money has been allocated for the administration of the Virginia Initiative for Employment Welfare to provide eligible recipients with work experience, education and training for two years.

Additional information about the program is available from the Department of Human Services/Social Services at 543-9211 or the office of the city manager at 382-6166.

CHESAPEAKE

Stamp pictorial cancellation

offered for Civil War Days

The U.S. Postal Service will offer a pictorial cancellation on items containing first-class postage at the Chesapeake Public Library's Civil War Days Saturday and Sunday.

The cancellation pictures a Civil War cannon and this year's theme, ``Battlefront to Homefront.''

Commemorative stamps, philatelic and retail items will be on sale at a temporary post office Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.

Civil War stamps issued in June 1995 will be avaialble for the last time during the event.

NORFOLK

Norfolk library will be

dedicated with new name

The dedication ceremony for the renaming of Brambleton Branch Library to Jordan-Newby Branch Library will be Saturday at 10 a.m.

The library, opened in 1986, has been renamed in honor of the Joseph A. Jordan Jr. and James E. Newby Sr. families in appreciation of their contribution to the City of Norfolk and Brambleton community.

The ceremony will feature comments from city officials, the family history of both families and a ribbon-cutting.

The library is located at 961 Park Ave.

The ordinance for the name change was sponsored by City Councilman Paul R. Riddick and Vice Mayor Herbert M. Collins.

PORTSMOUTH

Group seeks public input

on ideas for coming year

A public meeting to discuss the work of the Portsmouth Regional Office of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Planetarium of the Children's Museum of Virginia, 221 High St.

The office is seeking suggestions from the public on items to be included in the work plan for the year beginning Oct. 1.

A slide presentation on the work of the past year will be presented.

Comments from the meeting will be incorporated in a draft to be presented to the State Board of Historic Resources. Written comments also may be submitted to the Portsmouth office. For more information, call Randolph Turner at 396-6709.

SUFFOLK

3-minute warning siren

will be tested Wednesday

The Surry Early Warning Siren System will be tested Wednesday.

A steady, three-minute tone will be sounded at 11:10 a.m. at 61 locations within a 10-mile radius of the Surry Nuclear Power Station operated by Virginia Power.

The full-scale siren tests consist of a single, three-minute activation and are conducted quarterly.

The alerting system signifying an actual emergency at Surry consists of four separate, three-minute activations, each separated by a one-minute silent interval.

COMING UP

TODAY

Chesapeake - The Hampton Roads Friends of Mark Earley for Attorney General are hosting a fund-raising dinner at the Chesapeake Conference Center. The reception will begin at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7. Gov. George F. Allen will speak.

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