* Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants has published a booklet for small-business owners on day-to-day operations, such as payroll, start-up, marketing and employee benefits. Also available to all is a brochure of 21 tax-tips and the latest developments in the tax laws. Both publications are free. To order, call Mary Kopp at (410) 296-6250.
* Hunan Manor, a Columbia restaurant, raised about $12,000 for the disABILITY AWARENESS project. The restaurant donated the entire proceeds of a recently held gourmet Chinese buffet.
New accounts & contracts
* Doner Direct, a division of W. B. Doner & Co., was awarded a media buying contract by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine.
* Compu-Power Inc., a Columbia-based specialist in computer ware for the tire industry, has been contracted by Gray's Wholesale Tire
Distributors, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, to replace its existing computer hardware and software.
Open for business
* Consumer Pulse, a marketing research and product testing firm, has located offices in the newly renovated Westview Mall in Catonsville.
* FuncoLand, video game retail outlet, has opened its newest store in the Mondawmin Mall on Liberty Heights Avenue.
Kudos
* ALICHAR & Associates was named Business of the Year by the West Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce.
* Holiday Inn Solomons, in Calvert County, has been awarded the 1994 Quality Excellence Award.
* University of Baltimore honored Peter Angelos, James Matheny and William Gilmore as Alumni of the Year.
* Manger & Co., a Hunt Valley design firm, received the Award of Excellence from Mead Paper Cos. for graphic arts.
Trade organizations
* National Auto Auction Association has chosen Raymond C. Nichols, of Annapolis, as its international treasurer.
* Public Relations Society of America named Judith T. Phair, a dean at Johns Hopkins University's School of Continuing Education, to its College of Fellows.
* Engineering Society of Baltimore appointed Timothy H. Dougherty chairman, financial advisory committee.
* Tele-Communications Association, Maryland chapter, elected Susan Nicely president.