DATE: Thursday, October 16, 1997            TAG: 9710150670

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WEEKLY BRIEFING

RETIRED OFFICERS: The Hampton Roads Chapter of the Retired Officers Association will meet at 6:30 p.m. Friday for dinner at the Fort Story Officers Club. Entertainment will be provided by Harmony A La Carte. For reservations, call 340-6164, and leave name, phone number, number attending and choice of London broil ($17) or chicken ($15).

ZUMWALT TALK: Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr., former chief of naval operations, will speak at 8 p.m. today at Old Dominion University for the President's Lecture Series. The free talk will be in the Mills Godwin Jr. Life Sciences Building auditorium. Zumwalt became the youngest four-star admiral ever at age 49. He was commander of naval forces in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. In 1970, he became the youngest-ever CNO. He retired from the Navy in 1974.

PHARMACY ADVICE: Pharmacists at the Portsmouth Naval Medical Center will look at your medications and provide free, individual counseling as part of National Pharmacy Week. Bring your medications to the second-floor conference room in Building 215 between 8 and 11 a.m. or between 1 and 3 p.m. on Tuesday or next Thursday. Pharmacists will also have an information table near the galley from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday next week to answer questions and give advice on taking medications, understanding prescription labels, knowing when to get refills and the dangers of mixing certain drugs.

TOYS FOR TOTS RACE: The Marine Corps Reserve of Hampton Roads will sponsor a 5-K road race in support of the 50th anniversary of the Toys For Tots campaign. The race, in partnership with the Marine Corps League and Founders Inn, will begin at 9 a.m. Nov. 15, at the CBN headquarters building at Regent University, on Indian River Road in Virginia Beach. The race features categories for men, women, people in wheelchairs, and children. In addition, military displays, band music and a special visitor from the North Pole - via Marine Corps CH-46 helicopter - will be included. Donation of a new toy earns a tour of a helicopter and extra chances to win door prizes. Registration is $12 if postmarked by Nov. 7; $15 if later. Information: Mark Cinq-Mars, 366-5790, or Tim Crowley, 523-2503.

SHIP VISITS: Three ships will be open to the public from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The fast frigate Hawe and the oiler Merrimack will be at Norfolk Naval Station. Visitors should enter through Gate 2. The dock landing ship Pensacola will be at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base. Visitors should enter through Gate 1.

SHIP COMMISSIONING: The Survey Vessel Adams II will be commissioned today by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District. The ceremony will be at 11 a.m. at district headquarters, 803 Front Street, Norfolk. The ship and its predecessor, Survey Vessel Adams, are named for Brig. Gen. Carroll E. Adams Jr., a Norfolk District engineer from 1967 to 1970 and the highest-ranking officer killed in Vietnam. His widow and two sons will attend the ceremony.

MILITARY HISTORIAN: John Keegan, military historian, will be the first speaker in Old Dominion University's Distinguished Presidential Lectures in History series. He will speak at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, in the North Cafeteria of Webb Center. He will sign copies of his books from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 6, in the center bookstore. Keegan will discuss ``A British Retrospective on the Second World War: The Political and Social Consequences.''

LOCAL TALENT: Hampton Roads sailors will be featured in Navy recruiting TV commercials to be filmed in Norfolk this month. Junior enlisted male and female sailors, and some chiefs and officers, were cast for the 45 non-speaking parts.

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