DATE: Wednesday, September 10, 1997         TAG: 9709100584

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B2   EDITION: FINAL 

SOURCE: Staff writers Alexis Smith, Ida Kay Jordan, Matt Dolan, Liz

        Szabo and Nia Meeks contributed to this report.

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HAMPTON ROADS

VIRGINIA BEACH

Love Feast '97 will

provide food, clothes

for needy families

More than 40 churches and organizations from various denominations will come together for Love Feast '97 to provide free food and clothing from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Mount Trashmore.

Enough bags of groceries for 2,500 families will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. In addition to free groceries and clothing, festival activities on three stages will include live entertainment, inspirational messages, puppet shows, prizes and games for children. There will also be alternative and gospel music from some of the area's Christian youth bands and a free picnic lunch for all who attend.

The event is expected to attract 8,000 to 10,000 people.

For information on Love Feast '97, call 473-0510 or 473-0511.

CHESAPEAKE

Public asked to weigh in

on expansion of landfill

Residents will have the chance to review expansion plans for an 8.3-acre landfill in Great Bridge tonight at a meeting with state environmental officials.

The meeting will address the landfill's application to expand to 29 acres; the current design and operation of the landfill; the quality of the groundwater feeding wells for surrounding homes; and the landfill's compliance history with state environmental regulations. Though city officials have recently moved to block expansion of the landfill, owned by Elbow Road Farms Inc., state Department of Environmental Quality officials are still reviewing the first part of the expansion permit application.

Residents of Elbow Road, Clearfield and Kemp Woods helped organize the meeting tonight at 6:30 at the Episcopal Church of the Messiah, 816 Kempsville Road.

Workshop aims for better

water, wildlife habitats

City and environmental agencies will team up Oct. 8-9 to present a BayScapes Training Workshop at the Chesapeake Central Library and Great Bridge Locks Park.

BayScapes are environmentally sound landscapes that improve water quality and enhance wildlife habitat, said Gail McClure Bradshaw, coordinator of special programs at the Chesapeake Department of Parks, Recreation and Building Maintenance.

The workshop is sponsored by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, the parks department and the Elizabeth River Project. Details available by calling 625-3648.

NORFOLK

Church hosts networking

forum, expo for community

Christian Temple United Church of Christ, in conjunction with Marketing Strategies, will host ``Networking Toward a Better Future'' at 7 p.m. today. The community forum will be held at the church, at the corner of 34th and Llewellyn streets in Norfolk.

The forum will be a combination think-tank and expo for civic and nonprofit groups and religious and business leaders. Centering the agenda will be ideas on launching and nurturing businesses in the Park Place area. Call 622-1712 from 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

PORTSMOUTH

Condolence book for Diana

will be open until Sept. 16

Portsmouth residents may sign a condolence book for Princess Diana until noon Sept. 16 at the information desk in the lobby of City Hall, 801 Crawford St.

The book will be forwarded to the mayor of Portsmouth, England, sister city to Portsmouth in Virginia.

The book is sponsored by Mayor James W. Holley III and the Sister Cities Commission. Members of the commission will sign the book at their meeting at noon Sept. 16 in the sixth-floor conference room of City Hall.

COMING UP

TODAY

Newport News - There will be a naming ceremony for the American Progress, marking Newport News Shipbuilding's return to commercial construction after 15 years.

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