The Virginian-Pilot

THE LEDGER-STAR

Norfolk Compass: Thursday, March 9, 1995

• PEOPLE & PLACES
• ARE TAXPAYERS GETTING SOAKED IN PONDS?
• CITY COUNCIL STATEMENT
• AROUND THE WORLD ADVENTURE MAKES SAILOR APPRECIATE U.S.
• CRIME REPORT
• `THE MARRIAGE' IS AN APPEALING SATIRE
• NEW LECTURER FINDS `LOTS OF FUN' AT ODU KATHY L. HAYGOOD HAS COME FROM ENGLAND TO TEACH SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY.
• `TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL' SENTIMENTAL, WELL DONE
• MOVE WON'T AFFECT QUALITY, BARRETT'S PROMISES WITH DOUBLE THE SPACE AND $200,000 IN NEW EQUIPMENT, THE OWNERS HOPE TO ADD MORE SERVICES.
• BEST IN STUDENT ART ON DISPLAY AT `AN ARTFUL OCCASION'
• DONATIONS SOUGHT FOR MAURY HIGH'S COMPUTERS
• FRENCH BAKERY, DATING TO 1912, IS A TASTY BITE OF LOCAL HISTORY
• CONTEST SEEKS TV SPOTS CREATED BY TEENAGERS
• BAYVIEW CIVIC LEAGUE LEADER HONORED
• CONTAMINATION ANOTHER BUMP IN CHURCH ST. WIDENING
• MAYOR AND ADVISERS PURSUING FIGHT ON BLIGHT ``WE HAVE SOMETHING TO BUILD ON,'' PAUL FRAIM SAID, STRIVING FOR FURTHER CULTIVATION AND DIRECTION.
• FESTIVAL FEVER SOON WILL BE BREAKING OUT THE ``GREENING OF GHENT'' WILL BE THE FIRST OF TWO NORFOLK EVENTS CELEBRATING ST. PATRICK'S DAY.
• BICYCLIST HOPES TO RIDE IN 525-MILE AIDS BENEFIT ON WEST COAST
• NORFOLK CHRISTIAN'S MATT MORELEWSKI HEADS ALL-TCIS TEAM
• BUDGET REFLECTS SUPERINTENDENT'S GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR SCHOOLS
• JOHN OSTEEN LAKE TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
• NICHOLS' ROAD MAP THE PROPOSED 1995-96 SCHOOL BUDGET REFLECTS FOUR GOALS: ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR GIFTED STUDENTS, A SAFETY NET FOR UNDERACHIEVERS, SCHOOL DISCIPLINE AND INCREASED COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. GRAPHIC THE BOTTOM LINE IN REAL DOLLARS, THIS YEAR'S PROPOSED BUDGET IS ABOUT $5.3 MILLION OVER LAST YEAR'S $181.8 MILLION, A 2.9 PERCENT INCREASE THAT BARELY KEEPS PACE WITH THE COST OF LIVING, SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAID. THAT INCLUDES A ONE-TIME WINDFALL OF $1.2 MILLION FROM THE STATE TO COVER AN UNEXPECTED ENROLLMENT INCREASE OF ABOUT 400 STUDENTS. ON AN AVERAGE DAY THIS YEAR, 34,620 KIDS ATTEND A CITY SCHOOL. MOST OF THE $5.3 MILLION - $4.8 MILLION, OR ABOUT 91 PERCENT - WILL PAY FOR EMPLOYEE RAISES AND BENEFITS.