DATE: Tuesday, September 9, 1997            TAG: 9709090286

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HAMPTON ROADS - NEWS BRIEFS

VIRGINIA BEACH

Citizens invited to discuss proposed Comprehensive Plan

The City Council will take public comment on the proposed Comprehensive Plan at 2 p.m. today in City Council Chambers at the Municipal Center.

This is the first of several meetings the council will hold over the next two months on the plan, which is the city's blueprint for development. Much of the debate over the plan has focused on what kind of development, if any, should be permitted in the city's rural southern half. It also includes guidelines covering nine planning areas across the city.

Transportation, natural resources and recreational issues also are addressed.

The City Council has said it would like to adopt the plan sometime in November.

Republic Road opens to the public on Wednesday

Republic Road, a new route extending from First Colonial Road to Laskin Road, will be opened beginning Wednesday.

Republic Road will tie into First Colonial Road at Laurel Lane. The tie-in on Laskin Road is a mile west of First Colonial Road.

For more information, call the Planning Department at 427-4621.

REGION

Oct. 4 Memory Walk aids Alzheimer's Association

Registration has begun for next month's Memory Walk, a fund-raiser for the Alzheimer's Association.

Proceeds from the Oct. 4 walk, sponsored by the association's Hampton Roads chapter, will benefit the 17,000 families in the region who deal with Alzheimer's disease.

The event will include 5K and 10K walks at the Norfolk Botanical Garden and the Coast Guard Training Center and Yorktown Battlefield.

Registration is at 9 a.m., and the walks begin at 10.

The team captain who pre-registers the most walkers will be awarded round-trip air fare for two to any city in the continental United States. A similar prize will go to the top individual fund-raiser.

All walkers will receive a free lunch, a goody bag and a chance to win door prizes.

For more information or registration forms, call 459-2405.

PORTSMOUTH

Visiting Christian choir will perform, teach on weekend

The 200-voice National Christian Choir from Washington, D.C., will perform at 4 p.m. Saturday at Bethany Baptist Church.

The concert is sponsored by the Portsmouth Baptist Association. Donations will be accepted.

C. Harry Causey, director and founder of the choir, will present two workshops on Friday and Saturday at the same church, 4810 Portsmouth Blvd.

The first will be open to pastors, worship leaders and ministers of music of all area churches and will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday.

A workshop for church musicians will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday.

For more information, call the Rev. Jesse Ramage at 488-1162.

CHESAPEAKE

Judge limits access for former candidate

Circuit Court Judge Russell I. Townsend Jr. issued an injunction Monday banning City Council gadfly and perennial candidate T.J. ``Cowboy'' Carawan, from coming within 25 feet of a metal detector at the entrance to Courtrooms 1, 2 and 3 in the courthouse.

Townsend said he had instructed Carawan not to ``hang around'' the security station, but that Carawan had ignored his order, ``thereby interfering with personnel manning the station and preventing them from performing their duties to the highest standards.''

Carawan would be permitted to enter or leave a courtroom or to proceed to the Commonwealth's attorney's Office.

Carawan, a regular speaker at City Council meetings, has run unsuccessfully five times for a council seat and once for mayor. MEMO: Staff writers Toni Guagenti, Matt Dolan and Janie Bryant

contributed to this report.

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