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TIPS FOR CONSUMERS from your Better Business Bureau What should you do when abusi ness closes? You take your TV to a repair shop, but when you return to pick it up, you find that the shop is no longer in business. What do you do when the company you’ve been doing business with or expect fur therservice fromhassuddenlygone out of business? Trying to locate a company that has gone out of busi ness can be difficult. The Better Business Bureau sug gests the following: * Gotothelast known location to see if the company has posted any Norwood axes SRS layoffs with new budget approvals WASHINGTON, D.C. Fiveyearsofenvironmental bud get cuts and jobs layoffs at the Savannah River Site are one step closer to being brought to an end, as a result of House Appropria tions Committee action on funding requests submitted by Congress men Charlie Norwood (R-GA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC). . “A long nightmare for SRS em ployees and the CSRA is finally over,” Norwood says. “Every Feb ruary since 1993 has brought more bad news to the Aiken-Augusta, area, in the form oflayoffannounce ments. Now we’ve stopped that, not only for this year, but more than likely for the next decade.” Qver 10,000 jobs have been cut at the Savannah River Site since the Clinton Administrationscameinto office in January, 1993. The Appropriations Committee has approved Norwood and Graham’srequest for an additional SBO million in funding for SRS en vironmental cleanup and canyon operations. Theincrease overturns an earlier Clinton Administration budget proposal that would have resulted in an estimated 1,000 lay offs at the site this fall. Thebudget approvals are astark contrast in employment outlook at the site compared to earlier this W88A.... Augusta's best mix of music Enjoy the Memories on Dick Shannon’s Golden Hour Weekdays at 11 a.m. on WBBQ 104.3! instructions or signs. If not, ask neighboring companies if they know what may have happened. If the business was located in an office building, you should try contacting the landlord of the building. * Send a letter to the company’s last known address asking the owner to contact you. Even if the business is closed, the mail may be subject to a forwarding order. You can also pay a visit to your Post Office to see if the company has a forwarding address. * If you don’t know the names of the principals, check with your city year. In February, the CSRA was bracing for 1,500 layoffs scheduled for June, as a result of the Clinton Administration FY 98 Budget Pro posal. Norwood and Graham re sponded by pressuring DOE into postponing 1,000 of the layoffs un til after Congress had a chance to overturn the Administration’s planned $l2O million budget cut at thesite. The two Congressmenthen succeeded in rectoring SBO million to the site budget, with $47 million earmarked for canyon operations. DOE officials now say there will likely be no further reduction in SRS employment for the next de cade. Other DOE funding requests sub mitted by Norwood and approved by the committee include full fund ingrequests submitted by Norwood and approved by the committee include full funding of tritium pro duction and fissile materials dispo sition programs, and continued DOE research into superconduc tive electric cables. The funding requests are part of the Energy and Water Appropria tions Act of 1998, which will be voted on by the full House later this week. The Act will then be recon ciled with a similar measure in the Senate, and a final version sent to the President tobe signed intolaw. or county clerk’s office. This may require a personal visit and you may be charged a small fee. e If the business is regulated, such as attorneys, doctors, engi neers, employment services, new car dealer, etc., contact the licens ing agency. If you're not sure whether the company isregulated, contact your state’s Department of Licensing & Regulations office. They will be able to tell you how to contact the appropriate regulatory authorities. ¢ Contact the Clerk of the Bank ruptcy Court in the area where the company was located to see if the company may have filed for bank ruptcy. * Contact your Better Business Bureau (BBB). The 888 does not trace companies, but it does re ceive information daily on a num ber of changes in the business loca WHAT BRE N/\U HAVE YOU e s DONE FOR YOURSELF LATELY? Brenau University, founded in 1878, serving Augusta since 1982, Spend your evenings with us and earn a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree. . In Augusta we offer: Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and Public Administration Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Management Master of Business Administration For more information, please call us at (706) 793-7646, (706) 796-6950 or 1-800-252-5119 N R Classes That Work For People Who Work . Brenau University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor’s, masters and specialist in education degrees. Brenau University does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, age, religion, handicap or national or ethnic origin and is an equal opportunity/ affirmative action employer. tions and ownerships and may be able to help you. * Ifyou are successful in locating the owner and the business is not in bankruptcy, you are still owed your services, product, or money. Closing a business does not relieve the owner of his or her obligation to you. Ifyou cannot obtain an appro priate settlement from the com pany, file a complaint with the At torney General’s office, with Small Claims Court, or seek the help of an attorney. e If the company has filed for bankruptcy, you shouldfile a claim with the bankruptcy court. The court will suspend the company’s obligations to creditors and cus tomers until it approves a plan to reorganize or liquidate the com pany. Under the plan, you, as a claimant, may or may not get all or part of what you are owed. “ ! For Car Insurance! 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