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County Services Center Opens Eight County govern-, ment agencies and four Federal Agencies will move into the County Services Center on N. Tryon St. during the next several days, and full operations in the new location will begin Monday, March 2, at 8 a m. Center is the former Sears Roebuck property on N. Tryon St. and N. College St. All agencies relocating to >the Center at this time will Imove into the County Ser-. !vices Center- N Tryon St. ;Building, whi<Ais the large -facility at 700 N. Tryon St„ * W'here the main Sears ope ration was housed. Reno vation will begin shortly on a second, smaller building ajj;oss the street, on N. CWlegeSt., and this facility 'will be known as the County 'Services Center - N. Col jlege St. Building. These County agonr-fn*; twill move first and will •open for. business <at the .new location Wednesday tmotning, February 25: { -County Credit Union, ‘presently located at 316 E. tMorehead St.; * -Fire Administrator’s Of fice, presently located at t300 E. Seventh St.; t -Human Services Plan-, •ning Department, present ly located at 723 E. Trade 'St.; -Women's Commission tOffice, presently located at *316 E. Morehead S^.; * -Veterans' Service Of % fice, presently located at 723 E. Trade St. In addition, the District Office of the Farmers' Home Administration, a Federal agencjrthaHeases space from> the County, presently located at 723 E. Trade St., will move into the Tenter and ’operT'fdF business Wednesday morning. These County agencies will move into the Center later in the week and will be operating at the new location Monday: -County Building Stand ards and Code Enforce ment Department, present ly located at 1501 1-85;__ -County Engineering De partment, presently lo —cated at 1501 1-85; - -Emergency Medical Services administrative of fices, presently located at 219 E. Blvd. (Mecklenburg - MEDIC). Federal agencies that will move later in the week and open Monday at the Center are the Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva tion Service, the County Office of the Farmers' Home Administration, and the Soil Conservation Ser vice, all of which are now located at 1501 1-85. It is suggested that you call t^iese agencies before visiting them this week, to determine which location is open, the old or the new. All telephone numbers will re -i Public Hearing Set On Ambulance Fees , what do you think about ambulance fees in Char ilotte-Mecklenburg? Are Ithey too high? Too low with •too much government sub sidy? A fair price for the ! service you get? Would you ;be willing to pay highef ■ taxes for better service? * Higher ambulance fees? { These are some of the questions that will be ad ^ dressed during a public ^Roses For -Rosie” tionors - Working Women t RvWs for Rosie ’ will be the of this year’s Inteftiational >Vomen’s Day, a day to hortor all working women, to be held inj^harlotte, Saturday M?rctv7. . The program will feature ■the film “They Life and Times of Rosie’the Rivet er," an aWard-winning do ■ cun^ertary by Connie Field -about the experiences of Iwomen workers during and after World- War II. Charlotte’s local '“Ros ies” - the women who worked in the Shejl Plant, . - Quarter* Master, Camp ^preene, l/nion Carbide and other factories - will speak after the film, fcnd will be honored at an evening re ception and* ball. . The afternoon program, to be hdld at the Grejen yUle Neighborhood, Center, 1330Spring Street (off Oak lawn Ave.), will Megin at 12:30 p.m. with a reception and children’s art contest. ■ “Rosie the Riverter” will beginatfp.m., followed by a series of workshop^ on Issues of concern to work ing women: 1) How to Have ^a Safe and Healthy Work place, 2) So You Want To Form a Union, 3) Quality -pay Care: A Working Wo man’s Right, 4) Reproduc tive Rights and Hazards, land 5) Working Women, Then and Nqw- • . The afternoon program. }s free. Child care will be provided l^cal organiza 4ions.that provide services lor women will have dis play booths. . The evening program Mil be held at the Quality fwn. 201 &. McDewell St., beginning at 8 p m Ijlckets hre $5 in advance, 87 at'the poor, with PaVon Tickets celling for $15. • • Ruth Sloane-Dew will present excerpts from the play J'For Colored Gifts ^Who Have Considered iSuicide When the Rainbow is Enough.” Ms. Dew is 9 member of the Performing •Arts Guild Ensemble. • Guest speaker Will be' iGeraldine Sawyer, the first •black woman mayor in •Alabama, and the second in Uhe South. She is mayor of ^McMullen, in Pickens Counfp, Ala - ' T‘ “Rosies” will be, guests at the re dtegtio^ and ball Ilcdl II Ig dl /.oup.m., lues day, March 3, in the County Office Building. If you have an opinion about ambu lance fees and ambulance service in this community, you are urged to attend the meeting and speak out. The meeting will be held by the Mecklenburg Emer gency Medical Advisory Council (MEMAC), the of ficial advisory body to the Board of County Commis sioners in the area of emer gency medical services. MEMAC has been asked by lh» County Commissioners to study and make recom mendations on ambulance fees, and before developing its recommendations MEMAC is seeking input from the public. i ne current amouiance fee in Charlotte-Mecklen burg is $75, and County government Is subsidizing the annual emergency ser vices budget by more than 50‘percent. The 1980 81 bud get for these services is approximately $1.8 million. Person who wish to speak at the hearing are asked to call Kathy Lineberger at 374-3401 and put their names on the agenda. Each speaker is requested to limit his or her remarks to fivie minutes. ' ' - The meeting will be in the fourth floor Board Room of the County Office Building, 720 E. Fourth St. For more details call the Mecklenburg Ambulance Service, 374-3401. Carolina Chargers The Carolina Chargers Booster Club will hold a business meeting Tuesday, March 3, at Papa Doc's Pig Palace, 215 West 2nd St., in Charlotte at 7 p.m. Featured guest will be Reggie "Super Gnat" Smith formerly with the Chargers, now with the NFL Atlanta Falcons. All Boosters and interested persons are urged to at tend. c For further information, call 704-373-3204. main the same and are listed in the Southern Bell directory under City-Coun ty Government. Ample free parking space will be available to all persons coming into the Center. As a temporary measure, the parking lot across N College St -will-be used, while work is com pleted on the lot adjacent to the main N. Tryon St. building. Signs have been posted to direct traffic to the correct place. Access to the lot is from N. Col lege St. Also a temporary mea sure, the entrance facing N. College St. - formerly the entrance to the Sears Garden Shop -- will be used This is the_.closest en trance to the N. College St. parking lot. . The County Police De partment, Medical Ex a m iner and County Morgue, and the Mecklen burg Ambulance Service (MEDIC) are slated to move into the' County Services Center - N. Col lege St. Building in early 1982. The Coupty Services Cen ter includes 8.6 acres of land, two buildings with a total of approximately 193, 160 square feet of space (149,200 in the N. Tryon St. building and 43,960 in the N. College St. building), and 620 parking spaces. The N. Tryon St. Building is brick and has three levels. All agencies moving into the Center this week will be located on the first level. The complex is adjacent to the Brookshire Freeway, makinp it convenient for me puuuc ana proviamg good accessibility for the service-oriented agencies. The property was pur chased from Sears-Roe buck for $1,650,000 in 1979. The appraised value at that time was $2,191,000. Cost of renovation of the N. Tryon St. building was approxi mately $900,000. Plans for the renovation were drawn by Middleton, McMillan, Architects, and the general contractor has been Donald C. Neal Construction Co. Other companies involved in the renovation were Carolina Mechanical Sys -lgmc- plnmhing 4ir Mas ters, mechanical; and E & W. Electric Co., electrical. Office landscaping has been used throughout the first level of the building as a cost-saving measure, and was designed by Design Environments. All of the agencies re locating to the Center ex cept the Fire Administra • tor’s OffiGe,-Veterans' Ser vice Office, and District Office of the Farmers’ Home Administration arc in rented buildings, and the County will thus save the amount presently going into rent. rurcnaseana renovation of the County Services Cen ter has enabled the County to consolidate in one cen tral, easily accessible lo cation a wide range of ser vices which have previous ly been scattered across the County. The Center also provides an anchor for the north end of Uptown Char lotte and provides the County with one of the solutions to pressing space problems, while at the same time allowing ample time for both the City and the County to address their long-term space needs Romaine’H Ptomaine's Beauty Rama No, 2^|ill soon open at 2523 N. Grtiham Street in Char lotte. Licensed beauticians aijd apprentices will be needed. Jo apply call 332 6314 between 9 a m and 5 p.m, » ,W]b7"polF accou nting1 Bookkeeping & Tax Service Avoid That Last Minute Rush!! Short Forms *10*. Long Forms *25°° Call For Appointment - 9:00 - 6:00 IN HOME SERVICE AVAILABLE AFTER 7.00p.m -Specializing In Long Forms (10-40) & Tax Shelter For Small Business & Individuals COMPLETE BOOKKEEPING & FINANCIAL CONSULTING (personal & business) —Notary Public— 377-1 no 2048 N. Graham (Hutchinson, S.C.) Ms. Springs, Ms. Stewart and their their monstrous dinosaur (Photo by kindergarten class pose proudly around Teresa Burns) In Kindergarten Class- _ Elizabeth Traditional School Puffs Enthusiasm By Teresa Burns Post Staff Writer Dinosaurs, museums and children's fascinations usually can be found in a puff of enthusiasm, es pecially in the kindergar ten class of Debbie Springs and Sharyn Stewart. Their five- and six-year old students at Elizabeth Traditional School have been studying dinosaurs - all sizes, shapes and breeds. But everyone knows dinosaurs are extinct so what did the class do - what else but construct their own dinosaur? 'll look about to days to complete,” Ms. Springs commented “We used paper mache, card board for the head and tail and a tube we found in the park ing lot for the neck.” ns legs are realty egg cartons and the teeth are the plastic sticks from Q Tips, but with a little imagination the green dino saur looks as if its ready to charge any minute. The dinosaur holds a spe cial aura_probably be cause eacfT student contri buted something to its existence. "We wanted to give the children an experience and teach them that it is more to living and enjoying school than just store bought items,” Ms Springs stated. Ideas such as this one enhances any child's cre ativity and it makes the classroom a place to parti cipate and not a place to simply watch and listen ‘ Tht' dirrasaur is the'main attraction in the class’ mu seum. Other classes are invited to discover dino saurs and to listen jo the students explain each exhi bit. "This is a Brontosaurus ...it is any dinosaur of the genus Apatosaurus,” said one little student before £ ' pictural feature. It was amazing how TRICHOLOGY CORNER Mr. Charles, R.B. ..QUESTION: Mr Charles, what shampoo do you recommend for the curl look? Some I have tried leave my hair brittle and hard. ANSW ER : Most com mercial shampoos have hydrolized protein re constructors, detergent tars, sulphurs and other chemicals too numerous to name. The Tricholo gist or stylist is wiser to stay with the ones that have been tested and monitored for side ef fects and reliability. In testing products, we find that some have ter rible results The on* I recommend mostly is our Wunderlust sham poo; unless, of course, there are other pro blems to be considered wnen You Care 1 Enough To lyOofc ’ Your Very Beat The % House of ( harjes J many of them could taxe those difficult names and pronounce them so easily. But Ms. Springs says they have no problems with pro nounciaition or qualms about speaking before a crowd "We have invited classes to see our museum -- nine classes have been here so far. This gives the students a chance to explain the topic ana practice public speaking," Ms. Springs continued The project brought en joyment to the classroom teachers, children and even the children's fami lies. Just the thought of reviving something ancient was enjoyment enough for many. And now the dino saur has become an actual look into the past. “God Planned For Me To Serve In The Restaurant” , Continued from Page 1 satisfying his patrons with delicious home-cooked foods' like short ribs, mashed potatoes, greens, baked chicken and peach and apple cobblers. It is a "happy romance'" that McDonald has had being in the restaurant business and partly be cause of his love of what he does, he along with his nephew Arthur Miller, owner of McDonald's Ca feteria. will become part ners in a new business venture. McDonald's Res taurant No. 2. Taking a less active role in the new cafeteria, sched uled to open in August, will mainly be handled by Ar thur Miller and McDon ald's daughter. Brenda Allen If"*! \aid. By- ye steadfast, lun movable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for as much as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord." II Corinthians 15:58 l or strength and peace of mind, read your King James Bible and prav to Cod everyday HUNTER & WYMAN AUTO CENTER -\<>w Offering WRECKER SERI ICE 8 Hr. Serv ice 6 Days A Week 1627 Freedom Dr. 334-6775 Scars Bargain Bags SAVE *4 to *5/ Junior's Novel Sweatshirts ,. fup-.loving sweatshirts move into spring in pretty pastels accented with 'delightful' screenprint designs. Pick several to pair with your jeans Junior sizes S.M.L. 799 Regular $ 12 M And Fancy Pocket Jeans Our wardrobe essential cotton sheeting jeans have back pockets lightheartedly trimmed with embroidery or lace Fresh white or pastels Regular or trim hip sizes 1 1 99 Regular $17 II / Regular $19 Pre-washed blue J cotton denim Jeans.13.99 t Styles shown are representative t of Sears assortment. 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