DATE: Monday, November 10, 1997             TAG: 9711100079

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HAMPTON ROADS [BRIEFS]

Nov. 14 will be John Paul C. Hanbury Day in Portsmouth and Norfolk.

Portsmouth Mayor Jim Holley and Norfolk Mayor Paul Fraim proclaimed the day to coincide with Hanbury's being presented the Noland Medal by the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects. Hanbury, a Portsmouth native, will be receiving that award Friday in Richmond.

Hanbury's name has been synonymous with historic preservation in this region for 40 years. He was instrumental in Portsmouth's community effort to save the 1846 Courthouse and convert it into an arts center. That led to the designation of Olde Towne as a historic site.

Hanbury led the architectural team involved in saving the Wells Theater in downtown Norfolk, home of the Virginia Stage Company.

Meeting to address future

of Airline Blvd. corridor

A public workshop to discuss the future development of the Airline Boulevard corridor will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at West Park Church of Christ, 926 Cherokee Road.

The study area includes both sides of the boulevard from Victory Boulevard west to the city line. On the north, consideration will be given to property abutting the road, most of it zoned commercial and industrial. On the south, the study will include all of the land between the boulevard and Elmhurst Lane.

Residents and business people from the area will be able to speak at the workshop. Staff members of the Department of Community Quality and Planning Services will present information from a study of the area.

For information, call 393-8836.

SUFFOLK

Social Services to sponsor

Work Fest for unemployed

The Department of Social Services will sponsor its first Work Fest from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the National Guard Armory, 2761 Godwin Blvd.

Work Fest will link job-seekers with more than 40 businesses and help them find jobs to support their families and become self-sufficient.

Area businesses will discuss job openings and hiring criteria.

The free event is open to the public. For information, contact Connie Bradshaw, 539-0216.

NORFOLK

Craft Explosure celebrates

its premier next weekend

Local musical artists Timothy Seaman, Robin Welch and the ``Moaning Lisas'' will perform at the inaugural Craft Explosure: A Fine Design Event, the fall complement to the spring's annual Art Explosure.

Craft Explosure will be 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday in the former Khedive Temple Building at the corner of Duke and Freemason streets. Proceeds will benefit the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending hunger in Hampton Roads.

Seaman will perform at noon; Welch at 3 p.m.; and the ``Moaning Lisas'' at 5 p.m.

More than 30 of the region's top artisans will display their work for sale. Craft Explosure is planned to be an annual downtown Norfolk holiday season event.

COMING UP. . . WEDNESDAY

Norfolk - The Campostella Boys and Girls Club will host a coalition-building meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday to talk about reaching more Berkeley and Campostella children. The goal is to form an alliance that will create more safe environments for children seeking tutoring, mentoring, athletics and other activities outside the home. The club is at 2300 Campostella Road. For details, call 543-2735. MEMO: Staff writers Nia Ngina Meeks and Ida Kay Jordan contributed to

this report.

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