DATE: Thursday, November 20, 1997           TAG: 9711200509

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SOURCE: Staff writers Ida Kay Jordan and Pam Starr contributed to this

        report.

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HAMPTON ROADS

REGION

Children to scream

against the dangers

of using cigarettes

Plug your ears and snuff out that cigarette.

As part of the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout today, hundreds of children from Hampton Roads will participate in the Great American Smoke Scream.

The event - which has participants screaming in unison their warnings of the dangers of cigarettes - will take place at Larkspur Middle School in Virginia Beach at 2 p.m. today. It is designed to sound an alert to children and teen-agers about the hazards of smoking.

Other schools throughout the area also are participating. Lake Taylor Middle School students in Norfolk will do their screaming during physical education class. At Indian River Middle School, students will scream at the height of a school dance.

The object of the Great American Smokeout is to help people who smoke quit for a day.

Free inspections offered

for child safety seats

There will be free child safety seat inspections Saturday at two locations in Hampton Roads.

The Kids Safety Event will be at Greenbrier Oldsmobile/GMC in Chesapeake and at Suttle Motor Corporation in Newport News between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

WVEC-TV, which is sponsoring the event, will do live broadcasts and air a special news report on child safety on the 5 o'clock and 6 o'clock news the night before the event.

Safety professionals will be at both locations to examine car seat harness adjustments, seat position and installation. Seats also will be checked for appropriate match to the child's size.

The inspection event will include face painting, clowns and other activities.

VIRGINIA BEACH

Mammogram sponsorship

program a big success

Bayside High School Peer Mentors, joining forces with Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, raised $1,000 for the Adopt-A-M.O.M.M. (Making Opportunities for Mammograms a Must) program, which sponsored mammograms for 13 women.

Mayor Meyera E. Oberndorf will watch as the Peer Mentors hand over their check to the Virginia Beach Breast and Cervical Cancer Coalition at 9 a.m. today at Bayside High School.

Adopt-A-M.O.M.M., developed by the coalition, finds sponsors to adopt indigent women and pay for their mammograms. Since the beginning of October, when the program began, more than 30 groups and organizations have donated a minimum of $75 each to adopt a needy woman.

Sue Kinsler, coordinator of the Breast & Cervical Cancer Program in the Virginia Beach Department of Public Health, said that no one had done as much of a fund-raising effort as those students. The coalition has raised more than $4,000 since its inception to provide mammograms for 53 women.

NORFOLK

Employment expo to explain

how to find, train for jobs

Those looking for a job may find help at the Employment Resources Expo Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The expo will feature job resource materials, training programs and job opportunities. Hear what employers are looking for, find out from human resource directors what it takes to get a job, and learn how to get training in health care, child care, elderly care and restaurant industries.

The event will be at Temple Baptist Church, Fellowship Hall, 3300 Tidewater Drive.

Transportation and child care will be available. Call 622-2876 by Friday to schedule transportation to and from this event.

PORTSMOUTH

Two awarded for projects

in community development

The Portsmouth Community Development Group and CENIT Bank have received a Partnership in Excellence award from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta in recognition of their community development projects in Portsmouth.

The Portsmouth Community Development Group is a nonprofit organization that renovates homes in need of repair and also builds new homes.

The group, which has done extensive work in Prentis Place, was awarded $5,000 for excellence in delivery of affordable housing and economic development programs.

A total of 19 nonprofit organizations nationwide and their financial partners received the awards for providing housing in low- to-moderate income neighborhoods. The Federal Home Loan Bank is public-private agency that provides a credit reserve for banks that finance residential loans.

ALSO. . . Norfolk - The Grand Illumination Holiday Parade will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday. All participants will gather at Harbor Park and march down Waterside Drive to Boush Street to Main Street to Plume Street back to Boush Street and ending at Bute Street. To accommodate this event, the streets listed above will be closed from 5:30 to 10 p.m.

COMING UP. . . TODAY

Portsmouth - A free Community Health Fair will be at HiLanders Recreation Center today from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cholesterol screening, blood pressure checks and diabetes testing will be available. For details, call 558-2800. ILLUSTRATION: GRAND ILLUMINATION PARADE

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