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tot I gni 46 THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Friday December 8 1989 Jail Store Improved But Still Being Probed '1V-iii: iiA' ''d 1: IP h'' i' NI NOY -N '41-' 16 :::) 5 I It I All: 44ett '4 114 1 04 II 1: ii i 'k: 4---k ki: lir ss 41too 1 4 i 45 I i i 1 4'' 1i: Tr- ::::2 ifi:" '4 rf nt k't ritrt' at: v- 1::1 17 4t 1 1:: 1: 41 r'' i GUARANTEE QUAIITY Ps- 4 ESTIMATE tili FOR A 1 II Mir IV) FREE I i molt I il '4' 41 '1" -m VINYL SIDING TRIM i I a 1 ---4 846-6144 iiitt 6 0 0-1 other vompailie011' Continued From Page IB significant improvements including the cash register daily deposits and unannounced inventory checks But it said the sheriff needed to further secure the cash at night it was left in an unlocked cash register in a locked room and limit the number of people with keys to the commissary By sherifrs department estimates the jail commissary this year has grossed $20000 to $22000 a month "It's something we are very proud of" said Brown Under former Sheriff John Kelly Wall the commissary consisted of vending machines with limited stock The operation barely broke even but most of the proceeds went to the county which held contracts for most machines said Wanda Tow ler the county's internal audit director Kidd removed the vending machines and opened a store soon after he was elected in 1982 Now the proceeds go to the sheriff's department A 1986 audit report shows that profit from Kidd's commissaries is pumped back into the jail The audit shows that between July 1983 and February 1985 Kidd used some money to buy: Exercise and sports equipment for inmates $4990 VCR equipment for staff training and inmate orientation $1538 Black-and-white televisions for jail cells $3338 A washer and drier for the satellite jail $861 Sales tax remittances $6914 In Kidd's response to the audit he also said proceeds bought ice cream for inmates three nights a week and recreation equipment including electronic games Kidd also said in his response that without commissary money the purchases would have been "unattainable" "He deserves to be proud of operation" Towler said ritUrIAMO AbbOli Jr This picture shot about two years ago shows Matthew Long now 12 and Richard Abbott's children Andrew 10 Paige 6 and Tyson 8 "They were so covered with mud Just doing things that kids do" said Abbott a geology professor Photos Capture Youth Prize Spot In Parade Magazine TAWAWAWAWAWAZFAMtWAAW-AAnt OPEN MONDAY thru SATURDAYO 9 AM to 5 PM yo With Values Galore---- Thru Out The Store! Vita 09-ealeee744 NUNITED CAROLINA BANK BUILDING 212 SOUTH TRYON STREET 5 CHARLOTTE NC CHARLOTTE NC ered with mud just doing things that kids do" The picture was shot about two years ago and shows Matthew Long now 12 and the Abbott children Andrew 10 Paige 6 and Tyson 8 The contest drew more than 172000 entries and named 100 winners Other winners include Arvilla Brewer of Bryson City Dianne Quinby of High Point and Angela Storey of Morehead City A sixth winner is Anthony Stuart Deifell of Clearwater a UNC-Chapel Hill student who photographed two children in Mocksville The winning photographs are on display at Walt Disney World's Epcot Center until Jan 8 A national tour will follow Continued From Page IB Giduz got his picture last spring when he spotted his nephew Baker Giduz then 2 pulling each end of his mouth to make a funny face Baker is the son of Bob and Lee Carol Giduz of Lenoir Bill Giduz says it shows "that spirit of unabashed confidence in a 2-year old that's so endearing" He had his camera handy Abbott however had to tell his four subjects three are his children the fourth a neighbor to stay put while he got his camera "We had just told them not to go down the road and play in the mud hole" he recalls "They'd done it once before and knew they weren't supposed to do it So I told them not to move ran in and got my camera They were so coy Buyer's Choice Carolers 00 Off Each Caroler Dept 56 Snow Village And Dickens Village 00 Off Each Cottage Buyer's Choice Carolers $500 Each Caroler Dept 56 Snow Village And Dickens Village $S00 Off Each Cottage PHONE 374-0100 ta' Ut4-11UU 214mootet Stou 4 eltaidozrz ci 0(44 54 e11442 Yga FAVAVAVAVAVAWAVAVAVA the Tobzilla' Clenches Freedom At Sea Far From Matthews i it i 1 :11 4 0 III it 0 1 5 58 OR 1 gip a 11' 4' It Reg 6 A 911 Whitewall Prke PRICE te as A ot 75 mr of -vd 21' rc II P15580R13 4 Mon-Sat 10-9 SAM 2700 Cotswold Mall 364-0944 a Ittlehokc-- 111(1114111111 AITIM111 Sun 12-6 moluniell 1 "Ismi j11te 4 Cotswold Mall 364 0944 IIIIM 'NM 11111k Inb Mon-Sat 10-9 Sun 12-6 HA 4 ILITi CO PLETE CAR oli CARE CENTER I t'We Do (131 Anil 1 4 LI I 9 t4 Ai 1 04: 111 ::1 P1 tl' '1 0 I A 0 011: 4L L4 15580 l's 0 0 i'l 'Al' liPb 1113 2700 i lit if Reg SALE 1 ri it 4' bi 0 wtewa 6 0 Prke PRICE tif 44 lA hi ll 44 'k' a 0 --S -t- 't 44'444 I 1 0 0 2 ek 416 Continued From Page 1B long Two officers of the Maine Department of Marine Resources alerted by a wire story to the colossal crustacean's arrival promptly took him in tow at the airport and released him in apparent good health into Portland Harbor Mac Queen who arrived in Charlotte wearing a sticker that said "Eat Beans Not Beings" has had experience rescuing lobsters Her organization recently liberated six of them from a Chinese restaurant in Maryland following protests from vegetarian custom-'An view of Maine's lobster-protect ion law it seems unlikely Lobzilta will again wind up in a restauriot holding tank only feet from the kitchen much is a live 2I-pound lobster worth? More than a dead one MacQueen's three-stop flight and her overnight stay in a Matthews hotel cost "several hundred dollars" she said a good deal more than the $240 Talbert paid for the right to dine on Lobzilla anonymous PETA member who paid for the air trip had planned to use the money to buy a sofa said MacQueen Instead she spent it to save a lobster from the pot: Though MacQueen estimates Lobzilla's age at 150 years the lobster could have been alive in 1800 when Napoleon was conquering Europe and John Adams was the second president of the United States Brian Gibeson a marine biologist at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco says lobsters grow a pound every seven to 10 years It takes even longer to add weight as they age he says During his monthlong stay in Charlotte when he was regarded simply as food the patriarch of lobsters spent his days in an 8-foot holding tank where the water stayed at 34 degrees He passed most of his time asleep or in meditation while hungry diners admired his 10-inch claws and orange black and green mottling To celebrate Thursday's liberation bartender Debbie Wiggins encircled the glass tank with blueand-white crepe and provided confetti Before the lobster's departure MacQueen presented restaurant manager Kurt Larkins with a sign: "Shucker's Site of Lobster Liberation No little red guys served here since December 7 1989" Larkins doubts the sign will be displayed But the incident has changed restaurant policy: Larkins said he'll no longer buy lobsters weighing more than 7 pounds "The reason is after the story got out about Lobzilla I had five people call wanting 20-pound lobsters" He doesn't want a repeat of last week's protests Sale 1988 Regularly SAM LIBBY soft napa wear with forget to slip Black and Ladies sizes SA Sale 19e Regularly SAM LIB soft napa wear with j4 forget to sit Black and Ladies sizeE Sale 1988 Regularly SAM LIBBY soft napa wear with forget to slip Black and Ladies sizes PI6580R13 P17580R13 PII15RORIA PI6580R13 PI7580R13 PI8580R13 P18575R14 PI9575R14 P20575RI4 P20575R15 P21575R15 P22575R15 P23575R15 PI6580R13 PI7580R13 P18580R13 11157511 14 919575814 P205751114 P205751115 P215751115 P22575R15 P23575R15 5095 5595 An 5095 5595 6095 6595 6795 7095 7695 7995 8195 8395 5095 5595 6095 655'5 6795 7095 7695 7995 8195 8395 4495 4695 4495 4695 4795 5295 5595 5695 6195 6295 6495 6595 4495 4695 4795 525:5 995 5 5695 6195 6295 6495 6595 2 DAYS ONLY FRIDAY SATURDAY Get year-round performance with the all-season tread design Longweoring smooth riding Steelbelted olf-seoson ELECTRONIC IGNITION TUNE-UP 6 qt $2888 8 cyl $3588 SALE ENDS DEC 9 1989 etiAMPt014 Most domestic and some imports We install new spark plugs elmtronically adiusting tine tune cora check PCV and ermsstons system check distributor cap rotor and igmhon wires check charging system and filters conventional ignition NMI Ins and transverse engines extra Coupon Expires 12989 BALLETS Made out of leather The perfect shoe to Jeans a flirty skirt and don't them on at night fashions colors 5 12 10 Cel5PS IN BOTTOMS WEEKDAYS 10-7 SATURDAYS TR 5 CHARLOTTE 8547 Mt Holly Rd Hwy 27 West DERITA Sugar Creek Rd at Mallard Creek Rd MINT HILL Lawyers Rd at Hwy 51 CORNELIUS Heritage Plaza Hwy 115 North HUNTERSVILLE Food Lion Center at Gilead Rd and Hwy 21 Also Denver I Stanley Belmont Concord Rock Hill gotta be one near you 4 fr I A' i 47 Made out of 1 1 1414144 0 leather The perfect shoe to 4tA '2 2 DAYS ONLY I Jeans a flirty skirt and don't I FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 them on at night Get year-round performance I fashions colors with the all-season tread 1 5 12 10 design SALE ENDS DEC 9 1989 i I 4 1 ELECTRONIC -it iI WEEKDAYS110-7 BSATURDAYS III 5 0 9 9 401: IGNITION i I A pAssitott cod TUNE-UP l''k'! 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