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Animal rights activists protest new live
lobster tanks in Carrboro Harris Teeter
By Jennifer Brett
Suff Writer
Demonstrators lined the street in front
of Harris Teeter in Carrboro Saturday to
protest the grocery store's new lobster
tank.
The group, which represents the
North Carolina Network for Animals
(NCNA), has collaborated with the
Animal Protection Society to educate
people about what they claim are the
cruelties involved with the sale of live
lobsters.
Group members caught wind of the
store's intention to install the tank sev
eral weeks ago and notified manage
ment that they opposed the decision.
"We discussed the issue with Harris
Teeter, and made it absolutely clear that
we were against the tanks," said dem
onstration organizer Marc Hennings.
"We've since learned that the lobsters
are not fed while they are in captivity."
Harris Teeter employees would not
comment on the lobster issue, saying
thatthe company's executives make the
decisions about such matters.
Henning said the group opposed the
selling of any type of animal products,
but chose to champion lobster rights
Saturday in particular because the tank
was a recent addition to the store, and
because the re-grand opening would
attract more shoppers.
The NCNA's agenda includes veg
etarianism and a more humane approach
to animals, group members said.
"I wish they did more for chickens,"
demonstrator Jane Sterling said.
Most people realize the consumption
of meat poses potential health hazards,
but often overlook the feelings and
emotionsof the animals involved, group
members said.
"Every time I take a bite of meat, it's
like a gulp, because I'm thinking about
the animal," demonstrator Gail
Whitinger said. "It had a brain, it felt,
just like we do."
Whitinger said she still eats meat but
she believes in and promotes vegetari
anism. "It would be really hard forme toquit
cold turkey," she said. "I happen to love
seafood, I love lobster with melted but
ter. But the way (lobsters) are murdered
really upsets me."
People are insensitive to animal rights
because they assume animals are a lower
life form, group members said.
"So many people are like, 'Oh, I'm
human, and animals are so beneath me,'"
Whitinger said. "How can we be more
evolved than (animals) if we are so
barbaric in our thinking?"
The tank, which holds several live
lobsters, usually is located in front of
the produce department. Saturday it had
been moved behind the counter.
The protesters did not obstruct traf
fic, harass shoppers, or try to prevent
the sale of lobsters. Many shoppers
were unaware of the demonstration,
which lasted for about three hours.
"I think (the protesters) are foolish,"
said area resident Laurie Maryman. "We
owe a lot to animal research, and meat
provides nourishment for millions of
people. They're taking their protest too
far."
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Many of the corporation officials
were concerned about the potential costs
of renovating the Inn and requested
additional information before submit
ting detailed proposals, Elfland said.
"At the pre-proposal conference, a
number of people were concerned that
they did not want to be locked into a
proposal with a lack of data," she said.
"They need much more detailed reports
on the building. But getting data is ex
pensive and we don't have the money."
Administrators will work this month
on narrowing the field of candidates so
the corporations that are not strong con
tenders do not have to gather their own
data, she said. The request for proposals
also was amended, requiring less de
tailed plans for management and reno
vation strategies.
'They had to submit their credentials
hotel experience, renovation experi
ence, if they've ever run a hotel associ
ated with a university, business refer
ences," she said. "We'll pick firms we
feel are capable of pulling it off and
they'll be given additional time to do
studies."
Hospitality Valuation Service will
help evaluate financial statements and
check references, she said.
Rehkopf said he did not know if the
new corporation would retain Inn em-',
ployees. Their employment intentions'
will be one of the factors the University ,
will consider in making a final decision
he said.
Student employees will not be af-'
fected by the transition, he said.
"Students are a part of our operation
and will continue to be part of our work ,
force," he said. ' '
Administrators have been working
since March to place employees who
wish to remain with the state in other
University positions, he said. As a re-1
suit, 44 of the Inn's 72 permanent em- ,
ployees have transferred to other jobs.!.
But some employees are anxious,'
Rehkopf said. 'This affects all of us, but
we're all hotel professionals and we
understand what happens when new,
management comes in."
Elfland said the University could sef ,
up its own corporation to run the Inn'. .
This would free the Inn from having to
pay employees according to a state hir
ing plan but would not solve funding
problems.
The Inn, long plagued by financial
troubles, ended the 1990-1991 fiscal
year breaking even, Elfland said. The
Inn operated in the red the last three
years, losing more than $300,000 last
year.
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Survey finds new ,
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The Associated Press "'.
WASHINGTON For the first time,
more divorced women are finding never
married men to marry, rather than the
other way around.
Experts say the change reflects the
growing acceptability of divorce as well ;
as shifting population trends. Men are'
waiting longer to get married, for ex-';
ample.
The National Center for Health Sta
tistics said there were nearly 2.4 million'
weddings in 1988.
Some 10.7 percent were divorced
men marrying never-married women. '
But a greater number , around 10.9'
percent, represented unions between'
divorced women and previously unwed'
men.
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pairing has outnumbered'
the opposite combination since the cen
ter, a division of the Department of'
Health and Human Services, began'
keeping such statistics in 1964.
People who make a living watching
America's marrying habits say they've
seen the change coming.
"It's definitely happening," says Lori
Machiorlette, marketing director for
Together Dating Inc., a dating service
that has offices throughout the United
States and overseas.
"Everything is changing," agreed
Beverly Sitnick, bridal manager at the
Claire Dratch women's specialty store
in Bethesda, Md. "I'm noticing so many
combinations of divorced and single
people."
Barbara Foley Wilson, a demogra
pher with the center, said she believes a
major reason for the shift is the ever
increasing ages at which many men
marry for the first time. The median age
of men when they first married was 25.5
in 1988, up three years from 1974.