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

DATE: Wednesday, May 17, 1995                TAG: 9505170102
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   19 lines

A HOT ITEM AT SCHOOL

MOTOYA NAKAMURA/Staff

When a hot-air balloon came to call at Elephant's Folk Elementary in

Suffolk, everyone rose to the occasion, heading outside for a look

Tuesday. Gary Blount, a second-grader at right, was particularly

interested in the inside of the balloon, from Balloon Promotions

Inc.

by CNB