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

DATE: Monday, July 31, 1995                  TAG: 9507290191
SECTION: BUSINESS WEEKLY          PAGE: 15   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: By Juanita Raisor
        
                                             LENGTH: Medium:   83 lines

DIGEST - BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESSES

Timothy A. Sereda has opened Tsar Nicholas Imports, a retail operation offering Bohemian crystal, French fashions and Russian oil paintings, at 10375 Warwick Blvd. in Newport News.

Hahns L. Copeland has acquired a business license to operate Copeland Engineering Consultants in Virginia Beach.

Alfred Bernard III will share office space at 208 East Plume Street, Suite 345, in Norfolk with Philip Trapani for the general practice of law. He will concentrate on business, corporate and commercial matters, wills, trusts and estates. He was a member of the former law firm of Taylor, Walker, Bernard and Adams in Norfolk.

BANKRUPTCIES

Business bankruptcies filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Norfolk:

Raymond Earl Barger, security service, filed chapter 7 liquidation on July 17 with assets of $83,664 and liabilities of $110,466.14.

The Earth Friendly Co. filed chapter 11 reorganization on July 17 with assets of $683,350 and liabilities of $1,719,078.

Regionalod Bernard Matthews, chauffer/driver, filed chapter 13 debt repayment plan on July 18 with assets of $127,741.50 and liabilities of $90,265.18.

Potomac Engineering Management Systems Co. Inc. filed chapter 11 reorganization on July 19. Assets and liabilities were not available.

Francis Dennis Bowman III, trading as Francis D. Bowman CPA, filed chapter 7 liquidation on July 20 with assets of $924,641.84 and liabilities of $404,450.88.

Floyd Hampton Davis Jr., locksmith, filed chapter 7 liquidation on July 20. Assets and liabilities were not available.

Edd Corp., trading as RIOS restaurant, filed chapter 11 reorganization on July 21 with assets of $4,566 and liabilities of $141,181.

Home Builders Inc. filed chapter 7 liquidation on July 24. Assets and liabilities were not available.

Last Chance Again Corp., trading as The Max; Last Chance Again Inc., filed chapter 11 reorganization on July 25 with assets of $25,100 and liabilities of $288,370.40

Victor Sands, restaurant/customer service, filed chapter 11 reorganization on July 25. Assets and liabilities were not available.

Robert Peter Dunne Jr., formerly doing business as Back In Shape Health Group, had filed chapter 7 bankruptcy in July 1992 and was reopened on July 26.

Tyrone C. Brooks, insurance sales, filed chapter 7 liquidation on July 26 with assets of $12,445 and liabilities of $44,824.

Robert Oliver Maccubbin Jr. and Linda Annette Maccubbin, doing business as The Sub Shop, filed chapter 7 liquidation on July 26 with assets of $20,055 and liabilities of $59,279.51.

James Walter Eisenhower and Kathy Louise Eisenhower, also known as Ike Eisenhower and Eisenhower Associates, filed chapter 7 liquidation on July 26 with assets of $190,531.57 and liabilities of $193,449.34.

CONTRACTS

Marshall Meredity Inc. in Norfolk received a $1.4 million contract for renovations at Thomas Nelson Community College in Hampton.

Abante Corp. in Norfolk received a $1.5 million contract for addition of a gymnasium at Camelot Elementary School in Chesapeake.

Oyster Point Construction Co. in Newport News received a $7 million contract for additions and renovations at Western Branch High School in Chesapeake.

Virtexco Corp. in Norfolk received a $1.4 million contract for site clearing, a racket ball court, rest rooms, maintenance building, and parking area at Powhatan Field, Old Dominion University.

Jack L. Massie Construction in Williamsburg received a $1 million contract for phase I construction of Stonehouse Parkway in James City County.

The Pepperdine Corp. in Portsmouth received a $2 million contract for comprehensive renovations to Ida Barbour Park and Lincoln Park in Portsmouth. MEMO: Digest reports news of record about businesses in Hampton Roads.

Items accepted include reports of mergers, acquisitions, relocations,

significant expansions, substantial government contract awards, national

honors and awards.

Information should be sent to Juanita Raisor, Business News, 150 W.

Brambleton Ave., Norfolk, VA 23510. by CNB