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

DATE: Friday, September 1, 1995              TAG: 9508310323
SECTION: VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON    PAGE: 07   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   21 lines

CRABCAKES

ILLUSTRATION: ABOUT OUR ARTIST

Denise Holden

Crabcakes, which will appear each Friday in The Beacon, is the

creation of Denise Holden, a 32-year-old Navy brat who has spent

most of her time right here in Virginia Beach. She's a graduate of

First Colonial High School and Old Dominion University and has been

drawing since she was a tyke. She has worked as an animator for a

local film company and as a T-shirt designer. Holden is married and

recently became a mom.

by CNB