DATE: Thursday, September 18, 1997          TAG: 9709180003

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B10  EDITION: FINAL 

TYPE: Editorial 

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REGIONAL MAN FOUR-CITY GUY HE LIVES IN VIRGINIA BEACH WORKS IN PORSTMOUTH, HEADS JAYCEES IN NORFOLK AND USED TO HAVE A SCOUT TROOP IN CHESAPEAKE.

Alan Manglicmot, the new president of the Norfolk Jaycees, is this year's poster adult for regionalism.

He is proof of the saying that Hampton Roads residents live regionally, though cities govern locally.

Manglicmot resides in Virginia Beach, works as a nuclear engineer at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, and, as mentioned, heads the Norfolk chapter of the Jaycees, a service organization established in 1918 as the Junior Chamber of Commerce. From 1990 to 1994, Manglicmot served as a Boy Scout leader in Chesapeake.

He sees nothing unusual about heading the Jaycees' Norfolk chapter while living in Virginia Beach and working in Portsmouth. Many Jaycees, he said, live or work in one city while belonging to a chapter in another. The president of the Virginia Beach Jaycees, for example, works in Portsmouth.

When Manglicmot, 36, sets out to work, play or serve his community, he, like many people, ignores city lines. His community is Hampton Roads. He joined the Norfolk Jaycees because friends of his belonged. Each weekend may find him enjoying a festival or meal in a different city.

His home in the College Park division is about 100 yards from the Norfolk line and 200 yards from the Chesapeake line, he said.

His advice to Hampton Roads residents: ``Find some place where you think you can make a difference, where you think you can fit in. There is just so much to do. It is very easy to get limited to one area or one organization.''

Asked what he thinks when the different cities squabble, he said, ``It's sort of stupid, when you think about it.'' ILLUSTRATION: Photo

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