
DATE: Tuesday, October 14, 1997             TAG: 9710140300

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CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION: * Graphic CORRECTIONS Beverly Graeber is a Republican and Don Williams a Democrat. An item in Tuesday's paper about a civic-league forum reversed the political parties of the two candidates for the 86th House District. Correction published, Wednesday, October 15, 1997, p. A2 * HAMPTON ROADS [BRIEFS]

NORFOLK

Candidates to face

questions at public

forum tonight

Candidates running for the 86th and 87th House Districts and for Norfolk's Commissioner of Revenue will meet tonight to answer audience questions in a forum sponsored by the Bayview Civic League.

The forum will run from 7 to 9 p.m. in the social hall of Christ United Methodist Church, 1601 Bayview Blvd., in Norfolk.

Each candidate will be allowed a five-minute opening statement and three-minute closing statment. Questions will be submitted by the audience in writing. Questions will be screened by a three-person panel.

The candidates scheduled to appear are Charles Gibson, Republican, and Sharon McDonald, Democrat, who are running for Norfolk's Commissioner of Revenue; Beverly Graeber, Democrat, and Don Williams, Republican, who are running for the 86th House District seat in the General Assembly; and Thelma Drake, Republican, and Todd Fiorella, Democrat, who are running for the 87th House District seat.

Training session open to

possible hospice volunteers

The Volunteers for Hospice in Hampton Roads will offer a training session for anyone interested in becoming a hospice volunteer from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at DePaul Medical Center.

The 18-hour training session will be geared toward providing support to families with terminally ill family members.

For more information about the hospice volunteer training or about the interfaith volunteer training, call executive director Dottie Reisch at (757) 398-2676, Ext. 621.

PORTSMOUTH

Physician mentoring moves

into 2nd year of program

Portsmouth Family Medicine soon will kick off the second year of a mentoring program that gives medical residents a better understanding of adolescent health issues.

Called AIM, short for Adolescents in Medicine, the program began last year by pairing six second-year residents with six seventh-graders from Cradock Middle School.

An open house to introduce the new seventh-graders to their mentors and to re-acquaint the returning students with their physician mentors will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Portsmouth Family Medicine, 2700 London Blvd.

First-year students learn the significance of blood pressure and the role it plays in cardiovascular health; the effects of obesity on the heart; the role cholesterol, diet and family history play in heart disease; and how substance abuse affects one's health.

Second-year students continue their coat-tailing experience, with emphasis on developing skills to become effective peer counselors. Students learn about risk-taking behaviors, substance abuse, school problems, depression, suicide, eating disorders and conflict resolution.

The program is being administered as part of a federal grant. Resident mentors not only provide opportunities for adolescents to develop and nurture an interest in medicine but also serve as positive role models, said Viki Lorraine, an assistant professor at Eastern Virginia Medical School.

For more information about AIM, call Lorraine at 446-7400.

WILLIAMSBURG

AARP state conference

to be held in Williamsburg

Telemarketing fraud, managed care and upcoming changes in Social Security will be the focus of the second AARP state conference Friday and Saturday at the Ramada Inn and Conference Center in Williamsburg.

Jackie Thomas, state AARP coordinator and conference chair, said that the conference is important to everybody, not just older adults.

``Some of these things about Social Security people need to know, to make good choices next year,'' said Thomas. ``It can really play havoc if you don't make the right choices - you have to live with it for a year.''

Other sessions at the two-day event include estate and financial planning, managed care and resources for independent living. There also will be an awards banquet, exhibits, and information on the gubernatorial campaign. Tess Canja, AARP vice president, is the keynote speaker.

The cost is $25 for Friday, $15 for Saturday or $38 for both days. Walk-ins, without any meals, can attend for $10 each day.

Call the American Association of Retired Persons at 424-3448 to register.

ALSO. . . Region - Beginning Nov. 3, Life Savings Bank will sell stuffed bears for $10 each at all of its branches. All proceeds from the sales will benefit Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters. For more information and branch locations, call 858-1000.

COMING UP TODAY

Portsmouth - A public hearing on the use of Community Development Block Grant money will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in City Council Chambers at City Hall. The hearing will be part of a joint meeting of the council and members of the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority.

THURSDAY

Virginia Beach - Virginia Beach Mayor Meyera Oberndorf will speak at Virginia Wesleyan College's annual Fall Convocation at 11 a.m. Thursday. The convocation will take place in the Cunningham Gymnasium and is open to the public. Oberndorf will address the importance of community service.

FRIDAY

Norfolk - There will be a Senior Health and Safety Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at Grandy Village Recreation Center. Free information and screenings will be available for blood pressure, cholesterol, hearing, nutrition, vision, and breast and cervical cancer. Flu vaccines also will be provided free with Medicare cards. Call 623-1111, Ext. 387 for more information. MEMO: Staff writers Rebecca Myers Cutchins, Mac Daniel, Phyllis Speidell

and Pam Starr contributed to this report.

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