DATE: Monday, November 17, 1997             TAG: 9711170096

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HAMPTON ROADS [BRIEFS]

Community Services Board seeks public input on needs

The Community Services Board will hold several public forums this week as part of its annual assessment of services and needs.

The board provides help to residents with mental health, mental retardation and substance abuse disabilities. In addition to hearing about the quality of delivering those services, the board also hopes to gain input on its plan to consolidate its operations in a single facility on Bonney Road. Another concern is the hiring of a new executive director.

The forums are grouped by topic on the following dates:

Today - People First Forum, 7 to 9 p.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 3900 Virginia Beach Blvd.

Tuesday - Mental Retardation Forum, noon to 2 p.m. in board office in Pembroke Six Building, Suite 431.

Wednesday - Service Provider Forum, 4 to 6 p.m. in board office.

Thursday - Mental Health Forum, 5 to 7 p.m. in board office.

Friday - Mental Health Forum, 2 to 4 p.m. at Beach House, 3143 Magic Hollow Blvd.

Dec. 2 - Mental Retardation Forum, 6 to 8 p.m. in board office.

Registration is not required but is requested so that ample seating is available. Call 437-6100. Norfolk

Civic league to address its historical-status filing

The Lafayette-Winona Civic League will meet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. to give an update on its application to have its community designated as a Virginia Historic District.

The discussion will be held in First United Methodist Church, Luxembourg and Versailles avenues.

Civic league President Carl G. Meredith said he will have encouraging words for gaining historical status for the Lafayette side of the community but bad news for the Winona side.

The report also will feature a presentation of historical material, including the neighborhood's original development plan and street drawings. There also will be old photos of community scenes and of architectural distinctions on several houses.

Another display will show artifacts found in several houses, including a brick from the Great Wall of China and a piece of old trolley tracks from Norfolk.

The league is inviting anyone throughout Hampton Roads who has roots in Lafayette-Winona to bring other Lafayette-Winona artifacts or tell stories about their roots in that community.

Kimble David of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources will attend.

For more information, call Meredith on his pager, 616-1121.

Free community health fair to be held Thursday

Portsmouth

A free Community Health Fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at HiLanders Recreation Center, 409 McLean St.

Cholesterol screening, blood pressure checks and diabetes testing will be provided by Maryview Medical Center. The Portsmouth Community Services Board and the Portsmouth Public Health Department will offer information on services available to the public. Door prizes will be awarded.

The fair is sponsored by the Portsmouth Parks and Recreation Department and the Head Start Parent Involvement Committee.

For more information, call 558-2800. Chesapeake

City gets $140,000 grant

to fund anti-drug project

After signing a deal with federal officials for a $5.8 million rehabilitation project for Chesapeake Townhouses Friday, the Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority announced that it also has been awarded a $140,000 grant to fight drug abuse.

The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development bestowed the grant to the housing authority under its Public and Indian Housing Drug Elimination Program. Chesapeake's anti-drug program, known as Safe Homes-Safe Families, focuses on services for the residents of the authority's 467 units of public housing.

Part of the funding will be spent on security personnel hired to work in the city's public housing communities as needed, according to Margaret Freeman, the authority's director of resident services. A multifaceted Family Support and Youth program will offer recreational activities and job and life skill training for families.

ALSO. . .

SPCA MAINTENANCE PLANNED: The Virginia Beach Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will be closed Tuesday for shelter maintenance. The SPCA, at 3040 Holland Road, will reopen Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. Emergencies will be handled by Animal Control.

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