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2 Thursday, July 20,1995 No Crackdown Follows Local Smoking Ban BY SUSAN SANFORD STAFF WRITER Recently-enacted regulations are in tended to make Chapel Hill businesses non-smoking, but the lack of enforcement of these regulations has made this “ban” less than effective. Joyce Smith, the town’s representative on the Orange County Smoking Control Committee, said due to a lack of enforce ment, these new rules did not necessarily translate into a smoking ban. The smoking regulations would not ac tively be enforced because neither fire marshals nor building inspectors would visit local proprietors to insure the rules were being followed, Smith said. “What we do is wait until someone files a formal complaint (against a business),” she said. “We’re relying on the public to inform us where smoking is being allowed, then we will take the ball and run with it,” she said. Black Employees Hold Public Speak Out to Voice Concerns BYTANIA SILVIA CALDERON STAFF WRITER Members of the Black Public Works Association gathered along with about 135 people in Chapel Hill Town Hall last week to voice grievances as well as appreciation for the support the community had given them. The workers, however, said they felt Chapel Hill Town Council had not satis factorily dealt with their findings of dis crimination within the ranks of public TUITION FROM PAGE 1 additional library funding. Student Body President Calvin Cunningham said that if the measure passed he would support raising tuition under the Crookes Corner Fine^utheniD^mg Serving Hamburgers and Fries, Chili, BBQ, Soup and Salad, Steaks and Seafood Appetizers $2.75-6.50 • Dinner $5.95-17.50 610 West Franklin Street Chapel Hill, North Carolina 919-9Z9-7643 Bar & Dining Room open every night at 6pm. 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Once a valid complaint was filed against a business, the Orange County Health Department would send a letter informing the owner which section of the smoking rules was violated. In the case of a second offense, a citation would be issued and should a third complaint be filed, the owner could be taken to court, Smith said. Daniel Reimer, director of the Orange County Health Department, said smoking allowed in any public place was a misde meanor. Reimer said he was not worried about enforcement problems and thought the smoking regulations would actually help businesses. “Studies show that 80 percent of the population does not smoke and prefers an environment that is smoke-free,” he said. The ban, which went into effect July 1, listed a group of regulations such as sepa rate areas for smokers and separate ventila tion systems in these areas. “What this means is that as long as businesses can provide a separate room, workers. “We called this meeting together to ask for wisdom, peace information, challenge and inspiration,” said Chapel Hill- Carrborro NAACP branch president Rev. Gene Hatley. He said the BPWA’s griev ances affected every person in Chapel Hill. The speak-out marked the first time BPWA members were able to meet with their supporters and their one-month anni versary. The group and their attorneys met with Town Manager Cal Horton on June 28 provision. He said that if the full SSOO increase was realized, the University would receive an additional $4.3 million for need based financial aid and sll million for faculty salary increases and the libraries. “If this measure passes, I will advise the administration to implement it overa many [Hplanned Parenthood™ ||SSFof Orange and Durham Counties, Inc. ■OMOT/JI DTH FILE PHOTO The recently enacted smoking ban in Orange County has required most public areas to go completely smoke-free in order to comply with regulations. meaning four walls and a door, with sepa rate ventilation and a different heating and air conditioning system, they can allow smoking in their establishment," said Smith. Stephen Braswell, manager of Papagayo’s on Franklin Street, said since the smoking rules were enacted, the entire dining area of the restaurant has been des and discussed the listed grievances. Members of the group’s steering com mittee listed eight grievances they wanted to address. The salaries of both white and black town employees and whether the town’s practice of salary comparison and setting raised questions because, “it perpetuates old racist salary and job patterns, direct legacies of slavery and Jim Crow.” The group requested greater opportuni ties for training and advancement, includ ing apprenticeship programs, as well as year period so as to minimize the shock of a tuition increase but to maximize the benefits,” he said. The Senate proposal also increases in state tuition at UNC system schools 3.1 percent for each of the next two years. Out of-state tuition increases at UNC-CH and N.C. State would be 7.9 percent in 1995-96 and 5 percent in 1996-97. These are identi cal to those in the House budget. Cunningham said he was against the system-wide tuition increase because most on the Village Green presents... FRIDAY 21 st - Rewind SATURDAY 22nd - Mother Nature Karaoke Every Sunday at 10pm CHAPEL HILL 942-7939 Don’t Forget Tuesday Blue Cup Specials! 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Committee member, and 20-year sani tation worker Larry Stroud, said the city had increased in size, the routes had in creased, but the pay had stayed the same. of the revenue it generated would go into the general fond. “I’m against any and all tuition increases that do not apply money to UNC-Chapel Hill specifically.” Sen. Fred Hobbs, D-Orange, said the increases were necessary to give more money to the UNC system in light of a $350 million tax break present in the bud get. The proposal is in the House’s hands. If it is not adopted, a conference committee will convene to reach a compromise. happy to answer all your questions, and help to determine if Depo-Provera is the right contraceptive choice for you. For a limited time only, your first Depo- Provera shot will be free. You only pay the cost of your exam. Call Planned Parenthood at 942-7762 in Chapel Hill or 286-2672 in Durham. Ousted GPSF President Trying to Regain Position BY WILL SAFER ASSOCIATE EDITOR The former president of the Graduate and Professional Student Federation said he was forced to step down by University officials after proposing a health insurance plan for graduate students which undercut the plan offered by Student Health Ser vices. Following this action, the GPSF has plunged into a heated succession battle. Former GPSF President Steve Hoffmann, who received his master’s de gree in the spring, was not accepted into another graduate program at UNC for the fall, losing his student status. Hoffmann did not immediately step down from the position, thinking, he said, that he had until the end of the summer. He said he received a letter on June 28 from Craig Calhoun ofthe Graduate School telling him that since he was no longer a student, he could not serve in the GPSF. “(Paul Ilecki, an administrative assisstant in the Graduate School) knew I wasn’t a student before that,” Hoffmann said. "He took a picture with me at my graduation.” Ilecki said Wednesday that the letter was sent while he was away from school. Hoffmann said the letter telling him to step down as president came after admin istrators became aware of a GPSF plan to offer graduate students an alternative to BUILDINGS FROM PAGE 1 ing the inclusion of these two projects in the House’s final budget.” Included in the Senate proposal is the same 2 percent salary increase for all state employees and faculty proposed in the House plan. The Senate plan also includes a provision not present in the House bud get which would allow for a one-time bo WILIAMSON FROM PAGE 1 The motion stated the need for separate juries was mainly due to the defense’s use of the insanity plea. Psychiatrists at Dorothea Dix testified previously that Williamson had a history of mental illness and was “actively psychotic and delusional at the time of the shootings.” The request for two juries and other previous motions filed by Williamson’s I It’s Lunchtime At... I I Henderson Street 1 I Bar ft 1 1 Monday - Sunday llam-2am • Open 364 Days A Year!! j\[LABC 1 | 108 Henderson Street • 942-8440 PERMITS 1 I $5 OFF I Good on any tanning package of 10 I or more visits with this coupon. Good until August 31,1995. A. y ! ! TANNERY I Open 'Til Midnite • 7 Days a Week I 169 E. Franklin Street • Near the Post Office V j FROM THE SERIES NOTES FROM AN UNREALIZED PAST, 1989 PHOTOGRAPH BY PAVEL BANKA Get CAKE Cone I tragi’ S MAU.- 9 Downtown Chapol Hill 106 W. Franklin St. (Next to He' Not Here) L L* 942-pump me f South Durham I I 'IH 11 4711 Hope Valley Rd. 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Kraft said she was concerned that Kim Miller, as GPSF vice president for external affairs, was not next in line for the presi dency and should not have assumed the office’s responsibilities. “The vice president for internal affairs is next in line,” Kraft said. Miller contended that her copy of the constitution allowed the vice president for external affairs to assume the presidency if the vice president for internal affairs was unavailable, which she said was the case after Hoffmann stepped down. nus of up to S3OO for faculty and staff to be paid from unexpected state revenue not originally accounted for in the budget. Bret Kinsella, communications director for the Senate leadership, said Monday that the 1995-96 budget windfall would most likely exceed SIOO million due to the state’s strong economy. He said he thought this excess was more than enough money to fund the one-time bonus. Sam Kirby defense attorneys will be decided Septem ber 6. The trial is slated to begin with jury selection Oct. 23. Williamson, a former UNC law stu dent, is charged with two counts of first degree murder in the shooting deaths of UNC lacrosse player, Kevin Reichardt and Chapel Hill resident, Ralph Walker. The shooting spree took place Jan. 26 on Henderson Street. Williamson is also charged with 13 counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Dr. Chas Gaertner, Chiropractic Physician I 212 West Rosemary Si (next to La Rez restaurant) l Phone 929-3552
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