The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, April 11, 1995                TAG: 9504110345
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
TYPE: Local Briefs 
DATELINE: NAGS HEAD                          LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

BUSINESS CHAMP SOUGHT

Applications are still being accepted for the 1995 Hutchins Allen & Company Small Business of the Year Award. The award will be presented at a luncheon during Small Business Week on May 4 at the Penguin Isle Restaurant in Nags Head.

The award is co-sponsored by the Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce, Service Corps of Retired Executives, and Hutchins, Allen & Company, CPA's.

Speaker for the luncheon will be Frank Batten Jr., president and publisher of The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star. Batten, 36, is a Norfolk native with a masters degree from the University of Virginia.

``This award is designed to honor the small business on the Outer Banks which is not only operating a profitable business but is making a difference in our community,'' said to Sandra Allen, partner of Hutchins Allen & Company.

To receive an application or more information about the luncheon program, call the chamber office in Kill Devil Hills (919) 441-8144. by CNB