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2 Tuesday, April 23,1996 Local Businesses Prepare For Summer Slow Down ■ As students pack their bags, business owners get ready for a sluggish season. BYTODD DARLING STAFF WRITER It’s almost that time of year again summer. The University begins slowing down as students head out of town for vacations and internships, and the town loses a significant amount of its population and business. So, how are local business owners going to cope with such a blow to their daily routine? Business owners recently expressed con cerns over the expected economic slump during the summer months. Owners said although the town would slow down with students leaving the area, business would be forced to continue. “I definitely think business will drop because most of our clientele are students, ” said Angie Perrou, assistant manager of Bath and Body Works. She said the street front location of the store also contributed to the level of business. “We’re affected by what goes on at the University since we are street-front, unlike the mall stores," she said. “Most of our associates are also students.” Reed Raynor, manager of the Ram’s Head Rathskeller, estimated the slow sum mer months would offset his business by 10 to 15 percent. Although students will leave during summer months, Raynor said that his business as well as others still had steady business from tourists. “(The summer) affects the dinner and weekend hours more than lunch, ” Raynor said. “But we’ve been here for almost 50 years, and people know us.” Some businesses in Chapel Hill, how ever, anticipated the summer months as their busiest time. Genny Wrenn of the Shrunken Head Boutique said she looked forward to summer and the influx of stu dents from the various camps hosted dur ing that time. TUESDAY CAROLINA TAR HEEL VOICES AUDI TIONS will be held today through April 24. Sign up at the Union desk. Call Brian Kahn at 968-6025 for more details. 3 p.m. - 10 p.m. JACKOPEIRCE BAND PARTY as part of the East Franklin Street Block Patty. Sponsored by Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. Call Bryson at 968-6759 for more details. 7 p.m. “AN EVENING WITH AMY TAN” in Memorial Hall. Come hear the author of "The Joy Luck Club” and “The Hundred Secret Senses” dis cuss her works. Sponsored by the Carolina Union Activities Board. UMI Sunk to SU fell? 'J&ulki St Mi Ink 6 Sqply., 10. All female staff 9. Free Junk food 8. Nightly male reviews 7. It's not Student Stores 6. Clean restrooms 5. Lots of free parking 4. Free beer (daily drink specials) 3. Cash for your textbooks 2. We make (fraternity & sorority) house calls 1. No ID or receipts required ‘Reasons #lO, 8,6, & 4 subject to blackout. ' / Old TGIF Location! > Etefl Wicked f Itertl Burrito |E. Franklin St. |Granville Towers| i . . ...1 Campusy 969-8398 aona Bam-10pm 306 W. Franklin Street, Behind Monster Records • Free Parking! “We 're affected by what goes on at the University since we are street-front, unlike the mall stores." ANGIE PERROU Bath and Body Works, Assistant Manager “We’re slammed in here,” Wrenn said. “Everybody comes to the Shrunken Head, and we look forward to it.” To attract customers over the summer, Wrenn said her store ran specials such as free name printing on T-shirts and gift bags for children. Pizza delivery stores in the area, popu lar with UNC students, also experience slumps in business in die summer, said John Gleespen, a manager for Gumby’s Pizza. “We’re really affected,” Gleespen said. “We lose half to three-fourths of our busi ness.” He said the business also lost stu dents workers over the summer. “On a normal Friday night, we’ll have about six drivers, but during the summer, we only have three or four drivers,” Gleespen said. Local merchants also suffered from a loss of business over the winter months as snow and ice forced many businesses to close for several days. Despite the closings, business owners and managers said they had had a good recovery since then. “This January was not our best Janu ary, but the rest of the year has been good, ” Raynor said. “Everybody is really happy about it.” Perrou said that the level of business since the winter months had made up for the closings. Wrenn said that even through inclem ent weather and the slow summer months, all businesses worked together. “We all want everybody to do good,” Wrenn said. “We don’t have any competi tors.” STUDENTS UNITED INFORMATION SES SION in Union 210. Students United is an organiza tion that is forming an avenue for students and faculty to interact on a personal basis through a lecture series. HAVERIM-CAROLINA STUDENTS FOR ISRAEL MEETING at Judges Coffee Roastery. Do you want to be more involved in planning and dis cussing pro-Israel activities? If so, join us to discuss possible activities for next fall. 7:30p.m. CAROLINA HISPANIC ASSOCIA TION (CHISPA) MEETING at Papagayo’s. This will be our last meeting—come say goodbye to your fellow CHispitos and learn about the beach trip. RAM, BGJOK S U PP LV" The "Real" Student Store - ... ' . l DTH/EMKPESEL Elias Sorokin, a 15-year-old from Chapel Hill, rollerblades outside the Student Union on Monday afternoon. Monday's weather brought many students and Chapel Hill residents out to enjoy the warm temperatures. Campus Calendar 8 p.m. UNC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA in Hill Hall Auditorium. ITEMS OF INTEREST UNIT AS is still accepting male applicants to live in Carmichael Residence Hall next year. We cur rently have 10 more spaces available for the program designed to help you meet new people and develop meaningful relationships, and we want you to apply. For more information, call Sammy Banawan at 914- 2363 or Shiny Wei at 914-3046. “WAS THERE A TROJAN WAR? AND SOME OF ITS CONSEQUENCES,” a lecture by UNC professor Peter Smith, will be given at 11:30 a.m. on April 25 in 100 Murphey Hall. Sponsored by CITY Look Mom, No Hands the UNC Classics Club. “ARCADIA,” the final production of the Play Makers Repertory Company’s 1995-1996 sea son, runs through May 12 at Paul Green Theatre. Call 962-7529 for ticket information. Tickets for “KUDZU,” anew musical based on the comic strip by Doug Marlette and featuring the music of the Red Clay Ramblers, are on sale at the Carolina Union Box Office. The production runs April 25 through 28 in Swain Hall. “MEDICINE’S GREAT JOURNEY” PHO TOGRAPHY EXHIBIT runs weekdays through May 12 in the N.C. Neurosciences Hospital. Exhibit is sponsored by UNC Hospitals and the UNC-CH School ofMedicine. Ticketsfor GARRISON KEILLOR’S “APRAI RIE HOME COMPANION” are available at the Spirit 1 "rr psp ■Wj W - _ s/ ni\i § # The world's largest student travel organization. 800-777-0112 M Heading hom? Don't Stuff It- UPS Authorized C 1771) WlTf Shipping Outlet kWMMMM 111 We Ship Anything, Anywhere® FREE Pick-Up Service Available! Call NOW for an Appointment! 1-800-487-6986 FAX: 919-783-9445 Bob_Chellew_US2l4@Convene.Com _ 3201-109 EDWARDS MILL ROAD, RALEIGH, NC 27612 MK/ML CENTERS OF AMERICA nwi wuii cnarge* are less uian 9 uu Mi mstl fcrtS 3201-109 EDWARDS MILL ROAD, _ MM RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27612 Carolina Union Box Office. Sponsored by the Caro lina Union Activities Board. Mixed-media works by seniors JASON FRANK, KELLY JOHNSTON AND HONG-EUN KIM, 1996 honors candidates in studio art, will be on display in the Hanes Art Center Gallery until May 2. For the Record The column ‘Open Hearing Ensures Fair Coverage of Full Story" (April 18) should have stated that electioneering is a violation of student election laws. The Daily Tar Heel regrets the error. •Clothes •Books •Appliances •Sports Equipment •Computers •Furniture •You Pack, We Pack •Easy, Convenient ®l|f laxly (Ear Hrrl No Arrests In Bank Robbery ■ An armed robber took money from the Centura Bank in Carrboro on Friday. BY MARGO HASSELMAN STAFF WRITER An armed man wearing a ski mask en tered the Centura Bank at 300 Weaver St. in Carrboro about 10a.m. Friday and took an undisclosed amount of money from a teller drawer, pobce reports state. There were no customers in the bank at the time and neither of the employees present was hurt, said Investigator Tom Hall of the Carrboro Pobce Department. He said pobce had no suspects in the rob bery as of Monday. Employees identified the robber as a white male with dark hair, between 5-foot -7 and 5-foot-9, of slender build, with a moustache and beard, Hall said. Capt. John Butler of the Cairboro police said die robber was carrying a handgun. Hall said that because the investigation of the robbery was not complete, police did not know whether it was connected to any other recent crimes in the Carrboro area. Hall related the events as follows: A man entered the bank shortly before 10 a.m. Friday wearing a ski mask that partially covered his face. A female teller was behind the counter, and a male bank employee was in the office area. The robber forced the male employee behind the counter and told the two em ployees he had a weapon. The man told the employees to get away from the teller draw ers, and then he jumped over the counter and took an undisclosed amount of money from a drawer. Tammy Kenion of Centura Bank said robberies were very unusual. The last time the W eaver Street branch of Centura Bank was robbed was about three years ago, when it was a branch of Orange Federal Bank, she said. She said the robbery had had no effect on the bank’s operations. “No one was in the bank, so it doesn’t really affect our business at all,” Kenion said. She said the robbery would not cause Centura to change its security practices. The building is equipped with alarms, sev eral cameras and a button to summon pobce, she said. Pobce also drive by sev eral times a day to make sure nothing is going wrong, Kenion said. “There’s nothing we can do except hope that we don’t get robbed again.” Wanted 9 ■ Top Human Resource Facilitator on Campus Description: Person keeps employees informed about personnel policies, University benefits and Human Resources programs. Any staff, faculty or student can nominate someone for this award. Send a letter describing how this HR Fadlitm helps you andlor your department be specific. The more illustrative the informcnion the better each nominee can be assessed. Nomination deadline 5 pm, May 13 Send nomination letters to: HR Facilitator of the Year Award Human Resources CB#I 000,300 South Building THIS YEAR A LOT OF COLLEGE SENIORS WILL BE GRADUATING INTO DEBT. Under the Army’s Loan Repayment program, you could get out from under with a three-year enlistment Each year you serve on active duty reduces your indebtedness by one-third or $1,500, whichever amount is greater, up to a $55,000 limit. The offer applies to Perkins Loans, Stafford Loans, and cer tain other federally insured loans, which are not in default. And debt relief is just one of the many benefits you’ll earn from the Army. Ask your Army Recruiter. 490-6671 ARMY. BE ALL YOU CAN be:
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