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2 Tuesday, August 27, 2002 Go-Go Video Finds Niche, Brings Movies to Your Door Services are available to most nearby areas By Michael Davis Assistant City Editor For Robin Samuels, seeing a small business based out of a van was enough inspiration for anew local dot-com start up. Samuels and her husband, Richard Taylor, are co-owners of Go-Go Video, based out of their home at 113 Estes Drive Extension in Carrboro. Open for almost 2 1/2 months, Go- Go has introduced anew concept to the area video rental business. It delivers. The idea came to Samuels while liv ing in Rochester, N.Y., during the mid -19905, when she noticed a local business that rented video cassettes out of the Division of Student Affairs COMING SOON! 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The service cov ers Chapel Hill and Carrboro, with “The clients that we have are people who are really, really busy. ” Richard Taylor Co-owner of Go-Go Video some exceptions for assisted living and nursing home facilities, he said. After searching for selections online, customers can place orders via tele phone, e-mail or fax to Go-Go, and the videotape or DVD will be delivered to their place of business, he said. He said people can return films to one of two drop boxes, either on the corner of Estes Drive and Franklin Street or at Willow Creek Plaza. Taylor said that while the business charges no addi tional fee for deliv ery, customers will incur a $1 fee for pickup. He added that the business will waive the pick up fee for the elderly and others confined to their homes. Samuels said that while the summer is traditionally a slower period for consumers to rent films, it allowed Go-Go to spread the word about its services. News “I think we’ve been very successful about building the brand-name recogni tion," she said. Taylor said the business caters to peo ple who do not have time during the week to stop by the video store before returning home for the evening. “The clients that we have are people who are really, really busy,” he said. He said Go-Go has between 1,500 to 2,000 titles in stock and features films found at mainstream video retailers. He said the company is straying away from foreign and independent films, which he said have already found homes at other local establishments. “We’re kind of trying not to step on anyone’s toes here,” he said. Taylor said Go-Go specializes in pro viding a service. “We offer a convenience.” The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. Foy Celebrates Achievements Of Housing Philanthropist By Laura Hinson Staff Writer In a proclamation Monday night, Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy declared Aug. 26,2002, as George Tate Day, hon oring a man who has been instrumental in providing affordable housing in Chapel Hill. Before the Chapel Hill Town Council meeting Monday, Foy said Tate has been helpful in the effort to keep Chapel Hill an affordable place to live. “Mr. Tate is a longtime member of the community who’s been building houses - affordable houses - for years,” Foy said. “It’s just appropriate to recog nize someone who has put his work behind this effort.” George Tate has jump-started the careers of numerous black business owners and has provided a majority of the affordable housing in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. “He’s the reason I’m here in Chapel DTH Feedback Board Seeks Members Staff Report The Daily Tar Heel is seeking six to eight readers to join its fall 2002 Community Feedback Board. The board will meet five times throughout the fall semester to critique issues of the DTH and to provide feed back on all aspects of the paper. The board serves as a way to increase dia logue between the paper and the popu lation it serves. UNC Pizza Headquarters in E. Main Street,Jhrrboro Sides: Coke: Fresh Express Salad $3.99 12-oz.cans S.BO Cheesy Bread $3.49 2-liter $2.08 Cinnastix $3.49 Breadsticks $2.99 Buffalo Wings $5.99 Domino's Buffalo Chicken Kickers $5.99 AVALABLE NOW! Get a Large 1-Topping Pizza or Get a Small 1-Topping Pizza & 9 an Order of Breadsticks ■ Get a Medium Pizza with up to 4 Toppings or Tr B Get 2 Small Cheese Pizzas ** et a *- ar 9 e Pizza with up to * Get 2 Medium Cheese Pizzas AA Get 2 Medium 1-Topping pizzas Ai*n Roommate Special Get 3 Medium 1-Topping Warn Go-Go Video (http://www.gogovideo.biz) ■k. Delivery area: Chapel Hill and Cantoro business WB ■Of addresses, Meadowmont and Southern Village HH B; Cost: to per i Eg Length of rental: One or two nights j B Return: Drop-boxes or pickup for $1 B B IBKfm DVD Avenue (http://www.dvdavenue.com) B BHi Delivery area: Any address B B m §S Cost: Starting at 5 14.95/month for two rentals B B B B Length B B ■ Return: Prepaid return envelope B B NETFLIX (http://www.netflix.com) B B Delivery area: Any address Bt Cost: 519.95/month for 3 rentals at a time Length of Unlimited M Return: Prepaid return envelope DTH/ADAMGELLER f-4 Ait Hill,” said Ray Butler, owner of Butler’s Garage at 105 Padgette Lane in Carrboro. “He built my garage and the house that I live in.” Tate started building 30 years ago because he recognized the lack of affordable housing in the community. Tate has two existing subdivi Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy declared Monday as George Tate Day in honor of a local builder. sions in the area - on Glosson Circle in Carrboro and on Starlight Drive in Chapel Hill. He also built 90 percent of the houses on Piney Mountain Road in Chapel Hill. Tate said that he had a hand in almost all of the affordable housing in Chapel Hill and that he is not yet finished budd- All members of the University com munity - student, faculty, staff and area residents - are encouraged to apply. Applications can be picked up at the DTH office in Suite 104 of the Student Union. Applications are due by 5 p.m. Sept. 10. The board will meet five times dining the fall semester - Sept. 17, Oct. 1, Oct. 22, Nov. 12 and Dec. 3- all at 6:30 p.m in the Student Union. Each meeting will last one to two Ulljr Daily ®ar Heel ing. He said he has plans for another subdivision in Carrboro that he will pro pose to the Board of Aldermen. Butler said he is glad Tate is being rec ognized for his work in the community. “It’s a wonderful thing to have a George Tate Day,” Butler said. “If not for George, much of the black community wouldn’t be in the houses they are in.” Arthur Brown, owner of Brown’s Auto & Collision Center at 11744 U.S. 15-501 in Chapel Hill, said he too owes Tate thanks for getting his business off the ground. “George helped me start the business 20 years ago,” Brown said. “I think it’s about time (Tate was recognized) because he has helped out a lot, in the black community especially.” Tate said he draws from his experi ences to offer advice to community mem bers who want to get involved. “Let your self be the last person you think about.” The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. hours, and all applicants are expected to be available to attend all five meetings. Pizza will be provided at each meeting. Members of the Community Feedback Board will be expected to read the DTH every day and be pre pared to discuss with other members of the board and DTH Managing Editor Alex Kaplun. Kaplun can be reached with further questions about CFB at kaplun@email.unc.edu. Cheney Says Hussein Must Be Removed The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney warned Monday that the United States could face devastating consequences from any delay in acting to remove Saddam Hussein as president of Iraq. Cheney’s remarks were among the strongest by a high administration offi cial about the urgency of ousting Hussein, spoken even as the White House contends no decision has been made to invade Iraq. Speaking at a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Nashville, Tenn., Cheney dismissed what he called “deeply flawed” logic of people who argue against a pre-emptive strike to stop Hussein from developing chemical, biological or nuclear weapons. “What we must not do in the face of a mortal threat is to give in to wishful thinking or willful blindness," he said. “We will not simply look away, hope for the best and leave the matter for some future administration to resolve.” Cheney pressed the administration’s case for invading Iraq in face of growing misgivings about the potential loss of lives; the cost to U.S. taxpayers; the effects on other countries, friend and foe; and uncertainty about who would replace Saddam and how long the U.S. commitment would last slje Daily alar Merl RO. Box 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Kim Minugh, Editor, 962-4086 Advertising & Business, 962-1163 News. Features, Sports. 962-0245 One copy per person; additional copies may be purchased at The Daily Tar Heel for $.25 each. © 2002 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved
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