DATE: Thursday, October 23, 1997            TAG: 9710230552

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HAMPTON ROADS

CHESAPEAKE

Police complete

investigation of

shooting of woman

The Internal Affairs Department of the Chesapeake police has completed its investigation into an incident in Fernwood Shores in August, when police shot and wounded a knife-wielding woman.

But police are withholding the findings because the high-profile incident is still under review within the department, police spokesman Dave Hughes said Wednesday.

The city manager's office also will review the report, said Deputy City Manager Clarence V. Cuffee. He expected police to send it to City Hall within a week.

Commonwealth's Attorney Larry D. Willis said last month he wouldn't prosecute the officers in the shooting of Carlett Karim.

The internal investigation concerns violations of department policy and will not involve criminal charges.

Karim faces charges of malicious wounding and attempted malicious wounding for the Aug. 22 incident in which she stabbed two officers with a steak knife. A preliminary hearing on those charges is set for Nov. 3.

Man found dead may

have been shot in Suffolk

Police are investigating a killing that may have occurred just across the city line in Suffolk.

Details of the incident were sketchy late Wednesday, but about 9:25 p.m., Suffolk police were called to the intersection of Camelia Drive and Brookwood Drive in the Wynnewood section of the city, adjacent to the intersection of Virginia Route 164 and Interstate 664.

They were called for a reported shooting, but found nothing on their arrival.

Moments later, however, Chesapeake police were called to a Domino's pizza in the 3300 block of Western Branch Blvd. where a woman had run inside seeking help. She said her boyfriend had been shot.

Police found the dead man in a car parked outside. His identity was not immediately released.

NORFOLK

NSU Open House to include

guided tours, seminars

Norfolk State University will hold its annual Science and Engineering Open House on Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the Roy A. Woods science building.

Guided tours of laboratories include laser spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, molecular genetics and crystal growth. Seminars for students interested in careers in the sciences will focus on admissions, financial aid and scholarship opportunities.

The event is free. For details or reservations, call Alan Rowe or Heidi Ries at 683-2381.

Fund-raising event nets

$20,000 to help Sertoma

The Norfolk Sertoma Club will donate more than $20,000 to local charities and education institutions as a result of funds it raised from its annual barbecue/dance, which has been held annually for 20 years.

The club's primary fund-raising event, called Spring Fever, is held in early April at Princess Anne Stables in Virginia Beach and attracts more than 2,000 people.

Among those organizations receiving Sertoma Club funds are:

Old Dominion University Speech and Hearing Department, $4,000 for graduate-level scholarships.

Norfolk Public Schools, $3,500 to purchase hearing aid devices.

$Virginia Beach Public Schools, $3,500 to acquire sign language instruction for teachers and students.

Sertoma Foundation, $1,650 for research and development of a variety of speech and hearing projects on a national scale.

$St. Mary's Infant Home in Norfolk, $1,500.

Camp Sertoma of North Carolina, a regional summer camp designed specially for children with speech and hearing impairments, $1,500.

The annual recipient of the club's Service to Mankind Award, $1,000 to be given to the charity of the recipient's choice.

National Heritage, a local Sertoma project that promotes interest in the U.S. government, $1,000.

Colonial Coast Girl Scout Council's Camp Apasas in Norfolk, a facility built by the Sertoma Club in 1950, $1,000.

Cochlear Implant project, $1,000.

Tidewater Down Syndrome, $500.

Food Bank, $500.

The Virginian-Pilot Christmas Joy Fund, $500.

Girl Scout Golf Tourney Sponsorship, $200.

VIRGINIA BEACH

State Republicans to gather

to meet their constituents

The Minority Outreach Committee for the Virginia Beach Republican Party will hold a meet-and-greet for candidates and constituents Saturday at Norfolk's Harbor Club, 2100 NationsBank Center. Jim Gilmore, John Hager and Mark Earley are among the invited guests.

From 11 a.m. to noon, the GOP slate will meet with the Tidewater Ministers Association. From noon to 1 p.m., the candidates will be available to the public. Hors d'ouevres will be served.

The event is free, though contributions are appreciated, organizer Lois Williams said. For details, call 721-3547.

Bond issue approved

for retirement community

Pat Robertson's upscale retirement community took another step toward fruition this week as the city's Development Authority approved a bond issue for the project.

The authority agreed to issue up to $125 million in revenue bonds to Founders Village Inc., the nonprofit corporation behind the seniors community planned for the Christian Broadcasting Network campus.

The bond issue gives Founders Village the money it needs at a lower interest rate than traditional bank loans. The bonds eventually will be sold to investors through a public offering, and bondholders won't have to pay taxes on earned interest.

Founders Village officials expect their continuing care community to open in late 1999 and cost about $100 million to develop. So far, CBN has received more than 10,000 inquiries about the community, although construction won't begin until the spring or early summer.

The city's development authority previously approved its largest-ever economic aid package to support the project: $750,000 for off-site infrastructure improvements.

ALSO. . .

Portsmouth - The I.C. Norcom High School Alumni Association Inc. will be holding its annual homecoming dance, which benefits its scholarship program, on Saturday. The dance will be held at Tower Auditorium at 4040 McLean St. from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Tickets - which cost $20 - will not be sold at the door. For more information, call Deloris M. Overton at 399-8956 or Phyllis M. Angus at 484-9263.

COMING UP. . .

TODAY

Norfolk - Ambassador of Belgium to the United States will address the World Affairs Council. Reception, 6:15 p.m.; dinner, 7 p.m.; speech, 8 p.m.; Norfolk Airport Hilton. $17 members, $20 nonmembers, $10 full-time students. Reservations, 461-3664. MEMO: Staff writers Lewis Krauskopf, Nancy Lewis, Jack Dorsey, Terri

Williams, Nia Ngina Meeks and Mike Abrams contributed to this report.

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