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2The Daily Tar HeelWednesday, October 31, 1984 New Chapel Hill teen center will open soon By LISA BRANTLEY Staff Writer Chapel Hill's new teen center, The Street Scene, may be opening within a month despite slow progress on renovations, center director Jeff Gram said. Housed in the basement of the U.S. Post Office on Franklin Street, the center is designed to be a weekend club for Chapel Hill and Carrboro junior and senior high school students. According to Gram, it will be equipped with a dance floor, a wide-screen TV, a pool table and a bar from which to serve pizzas and soft drinks. Gram said many students have expressed interest in working behind the bar. Space for the center, which would be able to accommodate 130-150 people, was approved by the Chapel Hill Town Council in December, and renovations to the donated rooms began in May. The council also voted to pay for utilities at the center. Much of the renovation work and fund raising is being done by students, according to Gram. The center has received monetary support from individuals, local civic groups, school parent-teacher associations and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Comerce in working toward their $60,000 goal, he said. Impetus for The Street Scene, which has been considered by local groups for several years, came largely from the complaints of teen-age area residents who felt that there was nowhere in Chapel Hill that served their entertainment needs, Gram said. Tom Williams, a local ninth-grader who serves as co-chairman of the teen center's advisory council, said this lack of entertainment facilities resulted in teenagers just hanging around downtown on the weekends. "Most of my friends on Friday and Saturday, we either go to someone's house or downtown," Williams said. "Hopefully the teen center will be a definite place for us to go. Williams said that he and others had put many volunteer hours into the center this summer and that most people his age were very supportive of the project. "A lot are skeptical because they think it (the center) will turn into a place they can herd us in and watch over us," Williams said. "But I don't think this is true." The center is designed to operate through the use of volunteer workers and receipts from a small cover charge. It would sponsor mixers and occasional bands. Gram said, and the operation hours would probably be structured so that Friday nights are for junior high students and Saturday nights are for senior high students. The use of college students as chaperones is being considered. Gram said he would encourage any interested UNC organizations to donate service time to the center or help with fund raising. Seat belt use in Chapel Hill above national average By KAREN YOUNGBLOOD Stall Writer Chapel Hill and Carrboro residents are buckling up. Forty-one percent of local citizens wear seat belts when in cars, said Bill Hunter, program manager for engineering studies at the Highway Safety Research Center. To promote seat belt use, the Chapel Hill Police Department is holding a contest. Hunter said police are observ ing cars and recording the license plate numbers of cars in which drivers are wearing seat belts. Drivers wearing their seat belts may have their names announced on WCHL radio and win prizes for buckling up. A similar contest was held last year. Compared to the national average of drivers wearing seatbelts, Chapel Hill o w .... j ii J IK V& itttsHi H ftmir fit; IfHhtt ttt&si 'nit -til It mf rHhi&M 3. s f s M r at at jrir ia r-w 56 iXfi&SKY! m mm YOU'RE INVITED TO A OF A PARTY Once again it's time for the spooks to stomp and the goblins to romp . . . we're all getting together to bay at the moon and quaff magic potions. Don't come as you are . . . wear your costume. (Those without costumes will be hexed.) First place prize for best costume is $109, second place prize a case of Heineken and third place prize a case of Budweiser. Judging at 12:C3 midnight. Due to the unpredictable weather and the reluctance of some persons (who shall remain nameless) we will not meet at the cemetery but at HE'S NOT HEME . WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, From 7 PM Until ?????? ON THE VILLAGE GREEN and Carrboro residents are doing well. Hunter said. The weekly percentage of local drivers wearing seat belts is 36 40 percent. The national average, based on a 19-city survey, is about 13 percent. Hunter added that while there are no exact statistics for towns and cities in North Carolina, the statewide average is thought to be 6-8 percent, putting Chapel Hill and Carrboro far ahead of the rest of the state. "There's no doubt that the campaign boosts the seat belt rate. It (the contest) gives a 12-15 percent boost to seat belt usage.44 don't mind wearing their seat belts, they may forget to because of lack of habit. Seat-belt use also depends on the education and position, of the driver, Hunter said. Chapel Hill benefits from this because it has a large number of educated and affluent citizens. Hunter said seat belts make a "heck of a difference" in saving lives. Two thirds of the people who die in car accidents each year would have been saved if they had worn their seat belts, statistics show. The contest is scheduled to end in mid-November. Hunter said that while most people Sex offense case suspect charged A Chapel Hill man was charged with attempted second-degree sexual offense in the assault of a convenience store employee Sunday. Manuel Lee Harris, 20, of Rt. 1, Box 322, Chapel Hill was arrested and released on $18,000 bond and appeared before Orange County District Court Monday, according to Carrboro Police Chief Sid Herje. Police said Harris entered a Carrboro convenience store, which Herje would only identify as being located off Main Street, at about 3 a.m. Sunday. He grabbed the employee by the throat and demanded that she disrobe. Herje said the woman was physically hurt, but was able to hit the man and eventually chase him away. The woman, who police would not identify, was treated at the Student Health Service and released. Herje said as far as he knew the woman was not a UNC student. r3 Grc:cry Cilb ll Else! ril Bills llo Oct or 01113 'a Ccmrjtfcrj Costs We Know YouVe Got Other Things To Do With Your Time This Spring Such As Utilizing Our Athletic Facilities. ok Granville Towers '..All;! University Square 929-7143 - IWWB"" f I O CZZDCDl &MCOUPON & ' ftfriw!!) III coif m 1 1 4TS jaMfc.. M&i, MA DJ) REAL PIT BR-O-Q 15-501 Bypass at Elliott Rd. in Chapel Hill 533-9248 jjiiiiUyZin Hi Ban the bucket and get rid of the greasies! Get the Fresh Alternative at Subway. Choose from 17 delicious sandwiches and salads made fresh before your very eyes. 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Barfield, 52, would become the first woman executed in North Carolina in 40 years if the execution proceeds. f I News In Brief Housing sales increase WASHINGTON Housing sales, led by a remarkable revival in the South, soared 21.9 in September, their best monthly increase in more than 4 years, the government reported yesterday. President Reagan hailed the strong gain as proof that his eco nomic policies are working and predicted further declines in interest rates would push sales even higher. But housing industry analysts ques tioned whether the September number was a fluke. After being mired in a slump since February, sales of single-family homes climbed to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 679,000 units last month. It was the strongest one month increase since a 26.8 percent jump in May 1980. The housing industry has been hurt by rising interest rates, which pushed mortgage rates to a peak of 15.2 percent in July. The ArtSchool needs volunteers The ArtSchool, a non-profit center for the visual and performing arts, needs volunteers to assist with its programs. Workers are needed for poster distribution, box office and house management, office and clerical work, building maintenance, construction and sound and film technical work, among other areas. The time commitments for these jobs vary. The ArtSchool is located in Carr Mill Mall in Carrboro. Call 942-2041 for more information. Student employment service has job listings If you want a job, weVe got them. Monday through Thursday from 1-4 Stop by the Student Part Time Employ- p.m. ment Service in 207B Student Union, For the record The Z)77incorectly reported that the "Democratic Unity and Voter Partic ipation Rally" would be held yesterday. The rally is actually planned for today between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. The DTH regrets the error. In Tuesday's paper, " 'Black Ink will continue publication this fall," (DTH, Oct. 30) it should have quoted BSM President Sherrod Banks as saying University officials could begin count ing post-doctoral students as faculty members. He did not say this was being done now. The DTH regrets the error. admired desired our jewelry University Square Chapel Hill 967-8935 T " 1111 -'- .ii. .iuiii. I., .u.i.i.i i.i ( " J A 'a Fori" ATWESnm?N!ZZlJ?J'S7EAKHBUZ2 Try our 12 Stagecoach 8 oz. Chopped Sirloin Only $1.99 Mon.-Fri. 1 1 am - 4 pm STEAIC HOUSE 324 W. Rosemary St 942-1816 Jt'J"'- ALL HALLOWS' EVE 'L, n " ii ;U 'r Anglican Student Fellowship and St. Gregory's Guild will observe ALL HALLOWS' EVE with prayers, reading, and music. October 31 10:00 p.m. CHAPEL OF THE CROSS 304 E. Franklin Street TOMORROW IS ALL SAINTS DAY Eucharists at 5:15 and 8 p.m. Chapel of the Cross Between Morehead and Spencer
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