DATE: Friday, October 3, 1997               TAG: 9710030700

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HAMPTON ROADS [BRIEFS]

VIRGINIA BEACH

Museum receives

first installment

of $35,000 grant

Number crunchers at The Old Coast Guard Station Museum have more facts to figure this month.

That's because the first of eight installments, totaling $35,000, arrived Wednesday, via direct deposit into the museum's coffers.

The money comes from a two-year grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services in Washington.

The grant is for general operations. The nonprofit museum was one of three recipients chosen in Virginia.

The museum also received the same grant last year, said Ann Dearman, the museum's education and programs director.

Dearman said some of the money would go toward new, interactive exhibits and would help the museum follow the recommendations of a conservation assessment done a year ago.

The Old Coast Guard Station Museum, an Oceanfront institution at 24th Street and Atlantic Avenue since 1981, showcases the history of Virginia's coastal communities and maritime heritage.

Criminal behavior expert

to talk on the Unabomber

One of the nation's leading authorities on criminal behavior will speak before the Virginia Beach Forum at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Pavilion.

John Douglas, the former head of the FBI's Investigative Support Unit, developed the first psychological profile of the man later known as the Unabomber and was helpful in the FBI's efforts to arrest a suspect.

Douglas, the author with Mark Olshaker of ``Unabomber: On the Trail of America's Most Wanted Serial Killer,'' will talk about the FBI's cat-and-mouse struggle to arrest the suspect, as well as Charles Manson, Sirhan Sirhan, Richard Speck, David Berkowitz (Son of Sam) and James Earl Ray.

The cost is $25 per ticket, available through Ticketmaster by calling 671-8100. For more information, call 491-3545.

NORFOLK

Public meeting will address

prepaid-tuition program

Residents will have the opportunity to learn how to save money on college tuition and mandatory fees through the Virginia Prepaid Education Program (VPEP) during a public meeting Oct. 14 at 6:30 p.m. at Lake Taylor High School.

VPEP enables parents to prepay college tuition and fees at community colleges, four-year universities or a combination of the two. The program is open to children in the ninth grade or younger, if the child or purchaser is a resident of Virginia. A representative of the trust fund will answer questions from the audience.

The deadline for enrollment is Dec. 15. For more information, call (888) 567-0540.

America Recycles Day

commemorated locally

On Saturday, a kick-off event will be held to officially announce the commemoration of the nation's first America Recycles Day.

The kick-off will be held at 1 p.m. at the Central Fidelity Art Gallery in the World Trade Center in downtown Norfolk.

America/Hampton Roads Virginia Recycles Day will be marked Nov. 15. The goal is to gather 35,000 recycling pledge cards. Participants will get their name in a drawing to win an American Green Dream Home. Entry forms will be available at the kick-off or by contacting the Hampton Roads Clean Community System or the Southeastern Public Service Authority at 548-2256.

For details, call 420-4700.

PORTSMOUTH

After fire, rebuilt church

to hold dedication service

Greater Mount Zion Tabernacle COGIC will hold a church dedication service at noon Saturday, two years after the congregation lost its building to arson.

The FBI investigation is still open, the Rev. Shirley F. Hines said. The little wooden church that was Mount Zion was built in 1915. With U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development loans, support from the National Council of Churches of Christ USA, private contributions, hours of donated labor and heaps of supplies, the congregation amassed $370,000 to rebuild.

The church is at 1016 Blair St., Portsmouth. For details, call 397-3866 or 718-1418.

CHESAPEAKE

Two city officials leave

on business trip to Japan

Mayor William E. Ward and economic development Director Donald Z. Goldberg leave today for a weeklong business trip to Japan.

The trip is part of Gov. George F. Allen's most recent promotional tour for Virginia business. According to a list of invitees, Ward is the only elected official making the trip. He and Goldberg plan to return Oct. 10 or 11.

The trip will cost the city's travel fund $4,000 for each plane ticket, according to a memo from the governor's office. Estimated average nightly lodging is estimated at $250 per night, plus taxes and incidentals.

Ward said Thursday he does not intend to travel with the governor's entourage to Taiwan or Korea. Ward and Goldberg plan to talk to Japanese businesses with locations in Chesapeake as well as new prospects, Ward said.

Oprah's personal trainer

to appear at fitness center

The personal trainer of television talk-show hostess Oprah Winfrey is coming to Chesapeake to open the new Lifestyle Health and Fitness Center built by Chesapeake General Hospital in Western Branch.

Bob Greene, an exercise physiologist and certified personal trainer, will help hospital officials dedicate the new center at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 2. He will deliver an address later that afternoon.

COMING UP

SUNDAY

Norfolk - The Blessing of the Animals will be at Christ and St. Luke's Church at the end of the Sunday service from about 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. All animals - real or stuffed - are invited. MEMO: Staff writers Mac Daniel, Lori Denney, Ida Kay Jordan, Tom Holden

and Nia Ngina Meeks contributed to this report.

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