Peter Ambros has been named general manager of the properties, now under construction in New Orleans. Ambros was general manager of the Radisson Hotel Downtown. The Astor Crowne Plaza, a 515-room hotel at Bourbon and Canal streets, is scheduled to open in March 2002. The Alexa, at Canal and Royal streets, is scheduled to open in February 2002. It will have 194 rooms.
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Names listed are company officers. If you have a natural gas central furnace, have a qualified service person clean burners and check the heat exchanger for any possible cracks. If necessary, as with older units, relight the pilot. Clean filter and change it every month. Saturday and Oct. 27.