The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, October 12, 1994            TAG: 9410120494
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   18 lines

A WELCOME FOR THE BEAR

ILLUSTRATION: Photo

LAWRENCE JACKSON/Staff

Joesey Irving, right, waves Tuesday to her son Mark Irving, who is

serving aboard the Portsmouth-based Coast Guard cutter Bear. Mark

Irving's cousin Vicki Ward videotapes the homecoming. The Bear,

which had deployed on Aug. 25, was returning from Cuba.

by CNB