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Business
Everything Girly is the
pampering boutique
By DEBORAH MOODY
Augusta Focus Staff Writer
There is good news about the
south side of town. The retail
environment is evolving into
something other than typical
discount stores and eating
establishments. Instead, its a
landscape dotted with inde
pendent shops. Everything
Girdy Fashion Boutique fulfills
the desire for dass and finesse t 0
the areas shopping experience.
The Owners of Everything
Girdy want you to know they
are in the business of pamper
ing women. “We are appealing
to women of all ages and the
men who want special gifts for
their women,” expressed co
owner Marilyn Norrs-McGa
hee.
Latonya Singleton, Marilyn
Norris-McGahee, Dianne
Cunningham and Inez Brown
co-own this ultra-feminine
boutique that offers a host of
cutting edge and dassic acces
sories and fashions as well as
makeup and skin care. The
shop owners want women to
know they can shop for all their
Girly needs in one store.
When asked what age-range
the shop owners are catering to,
the response is a jovial “from 5
years to 114 years.”
“We carry Mary Kay and
Beauty Control skin care lines,
Delta facing some objections to its reorganization plan
%HARRY R. WEBER
Business Writer
ATLANTA (AP) — Several
municipalities have objected to
Delta Air Lines Inc.’s reorgani
zation plan out of concern their
tax claims may not be paid in
full.
Monday was the deadline to
file objections to the plan to exit
bankruptcy protection, though
some parties may be allowed to
file objections later. Monday
also was the deadline for credi
tors to vote on whether to
accept or reject the plan. -
Among the recent objectors
to the reorganization plan are
officials in Mulmomah Coun
ty, Ore,, and King County,
Wiash.
The Oregon objection
involves an $890,145 tax daim
related to Deltas operations at
Pordand International Airport.
Mulmomah County officials
say Delas reorganization plan
fails to separately dassify daims
that may be secured by differ
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jewelry, elegant hats, dlassy
suits, sophisticated atire, purs
es, and whatever you are look
in%lfor. ... if we dont have it, we
will try to get it for you,” Mrs.
Norris-McGahee aߴormcd
Entrepreneur Latonya Sin
gleton owns “Wheels on the
Go, and had been mulling the
idea of opening a storefront for
a while. She asked some
women she knew who had
established separate home
based businesses, if they were
interested in co-ownership in a
storefront and the rest is histo
'yEvcrything Girly Fashion
Boutique has the most impor
tant element of a thriving busi
ness-good customer service.
“We have a referral list, if we
dont have it (the products), we
try to refer you to another lady
with the product you are look
ing for” and “We also do ‘Girly
Parties’ by bringing our prod
ucts to you if you have ten or
more friends want to host a
‘Girly Party’ at your home or
wherever you desire,” Norris-
McGahee stated. They will
bring items to customers if nec
essary and their wares are rea
sonably priced. The boutique
also offers a 30 day layaway
with a small deposit. One of
their signature specialties is cus
tomizing gift baskets for special
occasions and they offer \}tcrive
ent property or, if secured by
the same property, with differ
ent rank in priority.
“This defect is substandal
because there may be multiple
liens on aircraft or other transi
tory property of the debror,
some consensual, and some
involuntary as is the case with
secured tax creditors,” the
objection says.
King County, with a rax
daim of as much as $1.25 mil
lion, said it was filing a condi
tional objection because it is
uncertain whether Deltas reor
ganization plan will provide for
full payment of the county’s
secured tax liens before its statu
tory tax liens are released.
“Such a resulc would impair
King County's daim,” the
county said in court papers.
On Monday, objections to
Deltas reorganization plan were
filed by a number of groups
and municpalities, induding
an ad hoc committee of county
bondholders, the city of Los
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Norris-McGahee
helium balloon delivery.
The lives of the co-owners
are energetic. Latonya Single
ton was formery in the mili
tary. She currenty is employed
at Fort Gordon. With mem
berships in Mocha Sisters and
Cher Best Sisters Only Club.
Marilyn Norris-McGahee s
also prior military. She works at
Fort Gordon and is one of the
nine women chosen to receive
the 2007 Applebees Shero
Award. With and indomitable,
Norris-McGahee is a nine-year
breast cancer survivor and the
Membership and Retention
Chair of Mocha Sisters and also
a member of Cher Best Sister's
Only Club. Dianne Cunning
ham is retired military and is
employed at Fort Gordon and
Angeles, the Georgia Depart
ment of Revenue and several
municipalities in Texas and
Tennessee.
The Georgia agency says
Delta owes it $62.9 million for
unpaid withholding taxes, sales
and use rtaxes, corporate
income taxes, interest and
penalties. It says it is objecting
to the reorganization plan
because it cant determine when
payments on its claim will
begin and how frequently the
payments will be made.
The Adanta-based airline
expected some objections to
the plan, but has said it believes
the plan will ultimately be
approved by creditors and the
court. Chief Financial Officer
Ed Bastian said last month
there are no “show stoppers’
that Delta is aware of.
“We have confidence we will
obtain confirmation of Deltas
plan of reorganization by the
bankruptcy court, “Delta
spokeswoman Betsy Talton
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Free File is available 24
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If you earned $52,000
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tax returns for free.
a member of Mocha Sisters.
Brown is involved with the Red
Hat Society and other commu
nity groups. These individuals
are making a positive imprint
on the community.
These busy women admit
there are only a certain number
of hours in a day. “We all sull
have a 9 - 5 (job) so we open
only on Thursday, from 5:00
p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Friday from
5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. and Sat
urdays 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.,”
Norris-McGahee acknowl
edged.
Everything Girly boutique is
located ar 2924 V 2 Old Tobac
co Road, next to Boss Masonic
World - look for the big yellow
sign adjacent to Veterans Real-
said Monday.
If one or more dasses of
creditors do not approve the
plan, Delta could still confirm
the plan through a so-called
cramdown, a maneuver in
which it must show the court
that the dissentng dass will
receive more under the plan
than it would under a Chap
ter 7 liquidation.
The company also would
have to show that any subor
dinate dass of creditor, such as
shareholders, would get noth
ing in the way of recovery
under the reorganization
plan. Delta already has met
that second test because its
plan calls for current shares of
the company to be wiped out.
Delta, the nation’s third
largest carrier, filed for Chap
ter 11 in September 2005. It
expects to exit bankrupecy on
April 30.
A confirmation hearing is
scheduled for April 25 in U.S.
Bankruptcy Court in New
York.
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By BETTY AMBROSE BROWN
Spedal to the Augusta Focus
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dead in their tracks. They
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in the trap and always get
caught. Evcntually. they
would die. Likewise, here
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can interfere with or
become the cause to not
realizing one’s dreams. “I
am too old” or “I am too
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think?” “It might cost too
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wrong color, wrong size, or
wrong sex.” “People think
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should fail!” Sisters and
brothers, as you ponder
over this list, and even add
your personal additions to
the list- tear it up and make
a new list that will change
your destiny. “I can do all
things through Christ.”
“Greater is He that is in me
than he that is in the
world.” “Jesus loves me.” “I
am created in the image and
likeness of God, therefore |
can create good and abun
dance.” | kavc learned to
get rid of my ‘rat trap’ men
tality and I seek God daily.
Whatever | desire from
God, it is possible.
Matthew 7:7 states “Ask,
and it shall be given to you;
seek, and you shall f{nd;
knock, and it shall be
opened unto you.” Live
your dreams!
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