7# <i <11111????? I SS8x? #?*i1?#??i??????TOMORROW IS CENTRAL STORE'S GRAND OPENING If you enjoy finding a bargain and helping the environment, you can do both at once by patronizing UCAR's new Central Store. This operation, which opened on Monday, 6 June, at the Mesa Lab, is working with all UCAR and NCAR entities to combine stocks of frequently used tools, electronic components, office supplies, shipping and packing supplies, computer disks and supplies, and the like. By pooling inventories and projecting usage, the store offers these items to divisions and programs at a savings. "There are several ways in which we are saving the institution money," says Lena Miller, the Central Store manager. "We are eliminating the time spent in the processing of a purchase requisition for small items. We're also saving the space needed to stock large backlogs of supplies, the time needed to process returns due to shipping error, and the time it takes a scientist or engineer to leave a project and run to a local vendor to get a part." In line with UCAR's environmental stewardship initiatives, the store is helping to reduce, reuse, and recycle a variety of products. It looks for products with minimal packaging, recycled contents, and environmentally safe features. The store will offer a battery-recharging program as well as reconditioned toner cartridges for photocopy machines. Its chemical dispensing service eliminates disposable containers and reduces the emission of fumes. Coming soon will be an on-line catalog of Central Store supplies and a system for ordering by electronic data interchange, which allows access to vendor catalogs. For now, you can place your orders by --Calling ext. 1123 or 1932 --Sending e-mail tolena.miller@ncar.ucar.edu --Sending a fax to ext. 1127 or 1136 --Sending a note through interoffice mail --Stopping by the store You'll find the Central Store in ML room 072, part of the space formerly occupied by the High Altitude Observatory in the southwest end of the second basement, just east of the Fitness Center. Lena invites one and all to come by and get acquainted during the grand opening tomorrow afternoon. Refreshments will be served from 1:00 p.m. on, and vendors from Eastman, Newark Electronics, Fisher Scientific, Richard Young Products, and other firms will be on hand to answer questions and discuss their products. --BH xf HlPgg)l4`)0m+BGyP|fJGg&(gP :f--PhO>-LUzzzzVVWV$/ Nb %R-G[ nx[WHx(\(&!n> T':S T!@TRJ-hv  'Xv#BvBQJHn#`X"h+N~)W-Pv#G-RPWDJhgT.-`X/&0UV%B̖hqg,h~RQX/O0mgRPBQMgQo`seNcK\jpOM,of>,^fRT%*ѫO%2ѫMmR < @ @+(5 ; < h Normal  < < @ < !" 4 6 WHH(FG(HH(d'@=/BNew YorkPalatino&&&K[K