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0 WEDNESDAY JUNE 23 1999 18H THE NEws Nmul THE SPONSORS Corporate gifts boost budget Whatever Your Style You Can Find It Here Browse though 120 shoppes featuring an incredible array -r of Home Garden accessories gifts furniture See all the "latest designs" and color schemes plus artist's and designer's originals i Fresh cut silk dried flowers gifts decorating ideas hlt4 aidill MAGNOLIA MARKETPLACE CARY VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER 651 CARY Tow NE BLVD CARY 3190505 140 EXIT 291 TERN RIGHT 300 LIGHT MoNHAY SAT1RD4V lOAM $I'MI StiNtoAY 1446pm i 3190505 A 17 4 4741- 1 1 4 it i t--1 1 1 i i it i so if 7 1-- irrk xceptiona -'mds 4 -1t 1-t 11 1o 4424 Unique Accents for Home Garden' 314-e---4-- -1'i'-''''' Browse though 120 shoppes featuring an incredible array 7 Ci" of Home Garden accessories gifts furniture 4L4C) i1 See all the "latest designs" and color schemes plus artist's A and designer's originals i i- "7:71 '-Zir-r' D''''" -i Fresh cut id silk dried flowers gifts decorating tas I a 40 7 i s' 6 11'2'ie- S''' 14 74' i Whatever Your Style i I 1 Gm Find It Here St) MAGNOLIA II You A 1 MARKETPLACE CARY VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER 651 CARY TOWNE BLVD CARY 3190505 140 EXIT 291 TURN RIGHT 3RD LIGHT 1 MoNDAY SATURDAY 10AM-8PM SUNDAY 11446PM M911505 ItM 1 VP hit -aidlit ctit 0 inillillTritilltit III BY SARAH LINDENFELD STAFF WRITER Money for the games The 1999 Special Olympics World Games is being funded by a combination of public and private dollars Here is a breakdown of where the money is coming from Corporate Federal donations government $20million $119 million Fr CD CD enclose4 God Will Wrap Some Blessings in Disguise Sometimes Miracles Hide Bruce Carroll Read these touching personal 3 'Stirring Letters limn Those Who Disetorred Cjods 13hssings in a Special Child i i 1 te 1113CE AR 1101-1 i ekc liI e1citz- (1 1 6 Stirring Letters lnitn Those Who INst Ot V144 ClOd8 Blessings An a Spet tat Child kg? letters and uplifting "victory" stories and see how God took what was perceived as bleak 7 ircurnstances and turned 1 State government State and local $44 million government $445000 Includes $800000 for housing athletes and coaches at NC State and UNC-CIi Source! 1999 Special Olympics World Games WOODY VONDRACEK The News Observer Long before athletes started practicing for their competition at the 1999 Special Olympics World Games state and local officials were focused on something else nabbing big-time sponsors to pay for what will be the largest multi-sport event in the world this year In the early 1990s when state and local officials started asking sponsors came pretty quickly Nations Bank (now Bank of America) and Glaxo Wellcome were two of the first As the games prepare to open more than half of their $355 million budget comes from corporate sponsors' donalions of cash and in-kind gifts Donor companies most of which have their headquarters or offices in North Carolina also are supplying half of the volunteers Other volunteers and financial backing come from government grants individuals and other groups who want to help "We couldn't do it without them" said Paul Velasid chief financial officer of the games at a summit for sponsors in April Businesses see the games as a way to advertise their products or services plus support a good cause at the same time "It's apple pie-ish" said Bill Craigle director of customer relations for el Alltel is supplying long-distance services and office space to the games among other donations Games organizers are finishing their fund-raising efforts Recently they announced that General Motors will supply a fleet of 350 vehicles for organizers and supporters to get from one venue to another They also will use 1000 two-way radios 1500 pagers and 800 cell phones from Motorola And in a last push to raise money for the games companies have organized their own promotions All month Alltel for instance has given away 30-minute phone cards or 30 wireless minutes for $10 donations to the World Games Craigle said "You're helping out your community and you're promoting yourself" he said Promotions such as Alltel's will help the world games raise the last few dollars said Joe Freddoso the World Games' chief executive officer Rind raising will continue through the end of the games "That's always been our plan" Freddoso said Sponsors get a variety of benefits for their donations Companies will them into miracles of discovery and devotion Hardcover book 1SEN 1-58229-071-7 Bruce Carroll will perform at the World Games Festival June 28 29 4:00 PM Howard Publishing will donate 25 cents to sumrmetayeam for every book purchased through 123199 HOWARD tlftE PE St Itittitttt ti 1-800-858-4109 St Wel RP Available where Christian books a sold PETE a SHIRLEY THE GREAT TAR HEEL 111011EL be able to display their logos and products in designated areas Business officials will attend receptions with celebrities and government dignitaries and sit in seats at opening and closing ceremonies that are reserved just for them By late May sponsors' names were emblazoned on banners that hang throughout the l'riangle Companies had announced their sponsorships in flashy press conferences with piped-in music and free food Even Joe Montana the football star and Hanes His Way model traveled to the Triangle to show off volunteer uniforms and promote Hanes' donations Bob Barney director emeritus of the University of Western Ontario's International Centre for Olympic Studies said there could be a danger to this kind of corporate sponsorship Companies that donate millions might want say in how an event is run he said Still corporate donations allow the recipients to concentrate on their own programs "To me there's more good to it than negative" Barney said "It brings the games to a much larger viewing audience" A Evidence of a murder Letters from ViV11111111 A mammon writer's conference in Chapel I lin Threats of blackmail A erosstiresser's visit to a Durham nightclub A revival meeting in Triangle Park And at the venter or it all a young couple from Cary whose lives are turned upside down and inside out This is what happens when 17 for North Carolina's lima novelists agree to write a novel Cly Edgerton started it then passed his ope chapter to Lee Smith And so Or until Pete it le came to its incredible climax The result is the first serial novel or this scope in North Carolina history IR for MI unforgettable ride through our reg and our The itookstore is offering Pete hirley: The Great Tar Heel Novel a 120- page sortioack hook published by itown Press To order by mail make check payable to The N110 Bookstore and mail tot The N80 Bookstore PM Box 191 Raleigh NC 27602 I would like copies of Pete Shirley: The Oreat Tar Heel Novel at $1700 each Total amount enclosed Books ore also available at the Customer Services Desk of The News Observer 830 Mon-Fri 215 McDowell St Raleigh To order by credit cord call 19191836- 2829 You may view this book and other Bookstore products on-line at Name Address City State Zip Phone Payment must be enclosed.