Around 8:45 a.m. each
morning, you can quite
often catch John Barr,
maintenance supervisor,
sitting behind the recep
tion desk with a big smile
on his face- welcoming
each employee into the
office as he wakes up The
ers for another day of ope
ration.
‘‘That’s important to the
company," says Barr, who
arrives early morning to
thoroughly clean and pre
pare the building before its
offices open.
i m among triends that
I enjoy,” he adds, “and I
have to have the building
right and convenient so
that people will want to
come in. - ‘
"The most important
part abiMK this job is to
keep a person happy.”
And, according to Ms co
remony took place at Boil
ing Air Force Base Of
ficers Club. Mr. Helton, a
cartographer at the DMA
Hydrographic-Topograph
ic Center’s Louisville Ky.,
Office, was cited for the
“consistently outstanding
manner in which he com
piled a number of com
plex map sheets of va
rious scales.” His excel
lent judgment and tho
rough knowledge of carto
l. graphic principles and spe
cifications were employed
in performing phase
checks and assurance
audits on these projects. He
is an active member of the
American Society of Car
tographers in Louisville
and currently serves as
DMA provides mapping,
charting and geodesy sup
port to all elements of the
Department of Defense, In
cluding sophisticated gui
dance data for moot mo
dern weapons systems
such as Pershing If and
cruise missiles. Its 9,000
military and civilian per
sonnel serve in some SO
^Ution* around the world.
JehaBrnr
performing maintenance
repairs on a staff mem
ber’s car, or just uplifting
someone’s spirit with a
wise, tall tale. '
One recent morning Barr
was overheard Joking
about having "raised” The
Charlotte Post’s publisher -
and editor, Bill Johnson.
And while Johnson smiled
at the quip, be did credit
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Barr with fostering the
structural growth- of the
newspaper’s facility since
Joining the staff at its new
location two years ago.
“He has amazing talent
and does a lot of things
well.’’ savs Johnson, who
calls Barr “a dear and
loyal friend."
“He has been an Instru
mental force in changes in
The Charlotte Pest's struc
ture,” adds Johnson, point
ing to partitioned offices
; built by Barr. “There is
very little be can’t do.
“Just present him with a
blueprint,” says Johnson,
“and he can take one look
at it and do it.? '
Married to Mary Barr for
39 years, 65-year-old Ban
says he still enjoys wqfk
ing and has no time for
I
‘‘Work is made for
person," declares Barr.
short life for a man is
he quits working.
A limited number of
home improvement loans
at below-market interest,
nine percent, are now
avilable in older Char
lotte neighborhoods for
qualified moderate
income homeowners. The
Home Improvement Loan
Program (HILP) is ope
rated by the City Com
munity Development De
partment, in cooperation
with the North Carolina *
Housing Finance Agency
and the Southeastern
Savings & Loan Company.
To qualify, homes must
be in specified areas, pri
marily in the central core,
northern and western
areas and a few sections in
south Charlotte. Home
owners must meet income
guidelines. For example,
annual Income for a fa
mily of two to four persons
may not exceed $32,000.
The income limit ir ne
cessary to conserve limit
ed loan funds for families
who may not be able to
afford conventional in
terest rates for home im
provement loans.
Loan amounts range
from $5,000 to $15,000.
Funds may be used for
improvements such as roof
and foundation repairs, „
electrical and plumbing
improvements, energy a
saving improvements,
repairs to meet housing
code standards and
structural additional.and
alterations to alleviate
overcrowding.
Interested homeown
ers should contact the
(Sty Community Develop
ment ' Department at
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