UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 13, 2002


                               AVOCA, INCORPORATED
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


          Louisiana                 0-9219                   72-0590868
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(State or other jurisdiction      (Commission               (IRS Employer
       of incorporation           File Number)             Identification No.)


         228 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 828, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
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             (Address of principal executive offices)      (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (504) 552-4720
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          Former name or former address, if changed since last report)






Item 9:  Regulation FD Disclosure

         Avoca,  Incorporated  has  this day sent to the Securities and Exchange
Commission a letter, reading as follows:


                                August 13, 2002



Mr. Jonathan G. Katz
Secretary
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549 0609


Dear Mr. Katz:

         Enclosed  please find the Quarterly Report of Avoca, Incorporated ("the
Company") on Form 10-QSB for the three month period ending June 30, 2002,  which
is being  submitted for filing with the Securities and Exchange  Commission (the
"Report").  The  undersigned,  in  the  capacities and as  of the date indicated
below, hereby certifies,  pursuant to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of
2002, that:

         (1)      The Report fully complies with the requirements  of Section 13
(a) or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934; and

         (2)      The  information  contained  in the Report fairly presents, in
all  material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.


Dated:  August 13, 2002                   By: /s/ Robert C. Baird, Jr.
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                                              Robert C. Baird, Jr.
                                              Chief Executive Officer and Chief
                                              Financial Officer


                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant  to  the  requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the  registrant  has  duly  caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                                        AVOCA, INCORPORATED
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                                                           (Registrant)

Date: August 13, 2002                                By:/s/Robert C. Baird, Jr.
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                                                     Robert C. Baird, Jr.
                                                     President



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