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Store sells crafts from sister cities
By funis foseph
fanoruld Reporter
Idealism is not something usually .tssorialed
with tile retail business However. ( ar\ Chomp
son. co-owner ot a new in>port store in west Ku
gene, said the store loi uses not only on selling
i rails I'mni other i ountries hut on i loss i ultural
edut alion and understanding
(llohal Partners. O'/t)' Van Utiren SI a store
vvhii h sells i rails trout laigene s tom sister i dies
and other 'exotit places' opened last Wednesdav
Thompson said
We thought we d try something idealistii
he said
"We want to enhance i mss cultural ideals
and connect with other people in the world We
want to see d we as \meriians. i an help out
people on the othei side ol the world said Joan
ie Mellon t O-ow liei
rhoinpson and kleban along with Wendy
( oy le the third partnei began working on open
ing the store about a year ago Meban s.iitl
Both kleban and Thompson bet .line interest
ed in importing goods from laigene \s sistei t dies
after their three ve.u involvement in setting up
the Sister (aty Program kleban said
I lie Sister ( at\ I'rogram affiliates t ities in the
I S w ith other t ountries around the world to
promote understanding and respet t aiming nu
lions laigene s lour sister titles .ire hakegawu
lap.in Chinju. knrea Kathmandu Nepal, .mil li
kutsk t'SSK ariordllig • *» the sistet i dies Inn
i hure
(lovlc let I the 1 N m \ | >i 11 tn travel In the
sister l ilies .mil other pint es m Asia gathering
unii|ue art anil traditional haiulii rails klehnu
said
She went nut into the i nuntrvside to Ir \ and
find pi.ii.es whit'll were marketing native art and
looked Ini iepreseulalives tn help send the slutl
tn el . k leliail said
Kvenluallv the\ want In bring artists from
different countries here to do work oi set up ap
prellliceships to keep some o! the dvmg art and
haiulii rafts alive I'hniiipson said
Mthnugh (doh.d I’artners has no tnrinal altil
iatinn with the Sistei (lilies I’rograui lliev hope
to help the program Some ol the mniiev made
from tile store w ill go to help the program's c nm
niitlees rhnnipsou said
kleh.in said the business also serves as a re
snort e for people to make and sell elhnii malts
We want tn send as mili.il money hai k tn the
soon e as possible
She said they do this by rutting nut the go
hetvveens as often as possible lliev go tn the
i ouiltries themselves and buy the produt Is vvlm h
leilui es the money going In people othei than the
artists
lorn to Imports, f’age 1.!
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