MICHIGAN DESIGN CENTER
Semi-Annual
Floor Sample Sale
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SATURDAY, JAN. 20
9 AM-5 PM
60%To
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NOW EVEN MORE
SAMPLE SALE AREAS OPEN
Some Showrooms Closed, but
lighted for your window viewing
MICHIGAN DESIGN CENTER,
the resource marketplace for the
interior design profession, is
home to 40 showrooms offering
extraordinary home furnishings
by the most sought-after names
in the business.
Participating showrooms will
mark down their clearance
merchandise 60% to 70%
and more!
Michigan Design Center, 1700 Stutz
Troy. is located 3 blocks east of
Coolidge, north off of Maple
(15 Mile Road). 8101649-4772
SUNDAY, JAN. 21
12 NOON-5 PM
THE VERY FINEST
INTERIOR FURNISHINGS
FROM THE FINEST
MANUFACTURERS IN
THE BUSINESS!
• MDC is open to consumers just
4 days a year!
• All items sold AS IS, all sales
final
• Payments must be made by
CASH OR CHECK
SHOWROOM LIST PRICES
• You may take-with or delivery
arrangements must be made at
time of purchase at customer's
expense; delivery must be
accepted within 10 days
$3.00 Admission
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A portion of the proceeds
will go to benefit COTS
Federal Workers
On The Job, For Now
JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER
or two months and count-
ing, Alan Gershel feels like
he has been riding on a
roller coaster, with the fed-
eral government sitting in the
driver's seat.
Mr. Gershel, the chief assis-
tant U.S. attorney for the East-
ern District of Michigan, worked
through the 21-day partial gov-
ernment shutdown without pay
because Washington deter-
mined his work was essential.
Half his office staff, however,
was not.
By Monday, however, they
were all back to work and told
to expect a paycheck.
But there are no guarantees
Mr. Gershel, of West Bloomfield,
and other federal workers won't
find themselves in the midst of
yet another partial shutdown.
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WE'RE FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE
Over the weekend, President
Clinton signed a temporary
spending bill which provides pay
through Jan. 26 for the 760,000
federal workers whose agencies
ran out of money.
"People are happy about be-
ing back at work and getting
paid," Mr. Gershel said. "That's
the good news. The bad news is
that it is unclear what funding
will be available.
"I would like to think these is-
sues could have been solved once
and for all. Enough people and
programs have been impacted
that I think everyone in Con-
gress wants this settled. I can-
not imagine this is good business
for the government."
The 21-day shutdown is the
longest government standstill in
history. Of those 760,000 work-
ing without pay, 280,000 were
furloughed. The government has
promised to pay both those who
worked during the shutdown
and those who-did not.
One longtime U.S. Depart-
ment of Labor worker, who
asked not to be identified, spent
the shutdown on furlough. He
fears the pileup of work that sat
untouched over the past few
weeks will affect 1995 Labor De-
partment statistics.
"I blame the Democrats and
the Republicans equally," he
said.
"All they are interested in is
their own individual issues. Be-
tween 80 and 85 percent of our
staff was furloughed. It's impos-
sible to make up all of that
work."
Although he and the other
federal workers will not miss pay
for their furlough time, some
workers say the government
cannot put a
price tag on an
intangible such
as morale.
"People who
were furloughed
are questioning
the value and
importance of
their jobs. Per-
sonally, I feel a
little angry at the
system and situ-
ation," Mr. Ger-
shel said. He did
not want to dis-
cuss whom he
blames.
Peter Caplan,
also deemed an
essential em-
ployee in the civ-
il division of the
U.S. Attorney's
Office, faced an added inconve-
nience during the shutdown.
As counsel for federal agen-
cies, many of which were affect-
ed by the impasse, he had some
difficultly obtaining information
from those departments.
In dealing with the problems
that arose with court dates, Mr.
Caplan said, he had to ask the
court for extensions in some cas-
es.
Although Mr. Caplan wasn't
overly concerned about being
compensated for his work dur-
ing the shutdown, he kept won-
dering when the whole thing
would end.
"Although immediate finan-
cial concerns would arise," said
Mr. Caplan of Huntington
Woods, "the bigger issue was
how it affected us emotionally.
It would have been easier if they
could have told me, 'Hang on un-
til XYZ date."' 0
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