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Vol. 83 No. 48®
The Sewickley
Herald
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Wednesday, November 26, 1986
17 Gateway Publications
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SERVING UP SMILES Though Thanksgiving is traditiorialiy an at-home feast, this year there’s another option. The new Alphorn Restaurant, In the Car Barn Shops, is offering high-style Swiss cuisine for the holiday meal. On Nov. 19, at the grand-opening cocktail party, pastry chef Sabine Baumgartner, left, and assistant Alan Dellrasso, right, offered hors d’oeuvres. See page 11 for more.	'	Photos by B.G. Shields
Depot out of business
By Keith Vollberg
Designer Depot in Leetsdale’s Quaker Village Shopping Center is set to close, most likely in January.
Kmart, owners of the chain of discount clothing stores, announced Nov. 4 that all Designer Depot stores were soon to be closed.
Manager Dan Haugh said the Quaker Village store would close, “probably by Jan -25.”
iOnart spokesperson Mary Lorencz admitted that there are no firm plans for the stores and their leases yet, but the company had to eliminate the Designer Depot stores regardless. “It just hasn’t generated a profit,” she said.
Leetsdale tax collector William Hazelbach estimated revenues generated by Designer Depot employees living in the borough at “rougMy $200 a yfear.” The tax is an annual $10 per resident.
Leetsdale also collects approximately $500 yearly from Designer Depot employees in earned income tax, which is ^vided equally between the borough and Quaker Valley School District.
Leetsdale Mayor Robert Mercer said that the borou^ would not lose any mercantile tax, but, he noted, “It’s gonna be the people’s loss.” Mercer emphasized that with the scarcity of jobs in the area, the loss of Designer Depot will hurt community morale.
When asked about plans for the space, he thought for a moment, and said, “I don’t th^ you could beat the store that was there.” 1
Kmart has promised managers a position within the chain, but other employees have no such guarantee. The company has said those applying at Kmart and Builder’s Square, another company holding, will be given preference in hiring.
Employees of Designer Depot expressed shock at the closing because the store did turn a profit.
Nancy Hopkins of Ambridge, an employee since the store opened in December, 1983, is uncertain whether shfr^would accept a job with Kmart after the closmg. “I’m going to check it out,” she said. However, she noted she will not accept a job at a lesser salary or part-time employment.
Peggy Silk is concerned only management has been offered jobs. Although she can collect unemployment, she must find a job eventually. “I’ve got two boys in college.”
Mike Holtzman, manager of Butler Shoes, a company that provides shoes in aU Designer Depot stores, was surprised at the move. Tlie shoe company also does well in the Quaker Village store.
“Basically, it’s a day-to-day thing,” he said. “It was as big a shock to us as it was to anybody.
“I think this store will be missed extremely in this area.”
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