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SANDY (Or* ) POST Thur»
July 21 1983 ($•< 1)
insi
siness
L o c a l H a llm a r k s t o r e t r ip le s s iz e
ed to think. We can't poasi
ble put another thing on the
shelves.’ but we did "
The
new
S a n d i's
Rick and M artin Stone
H allm ark store is about
w e n t to a H a ll m a r k
three times the size of the
seminar in Kansas City,
fo rm er “ It's got more
th e c o m p a n y 's h e a d
space, but it's m ore than
quarters. in April, and just
th a t.'' said K a te Cook,
got back from another
m a n a g e r.
“ I t 's
a t
class in Long Beach, Calif.
mosphere. also ”
In Kansas C ity they
“ I couldn't stand the idea
received the "nuts and
of it looking like every
b o lt s ’ ’ on H a ll m a r k ,
o th e r
H a ll m a r k
in
marketing experience that
Portland,’’ said Rick Stone,
would take too long and be
one of the principals of
too costly to learn on one's
Stone Incorporated
own Then the retailers
U s in g
s m o o th
and
"sat down and talked about
roughed-out cedar. Stone
the problems w e've had,”
did the carpentry work
and took those complaints
him self The store also
back to H allm ark
fe a tu re s
w id e r - t b a n -
“ We
have
phone
average aisles.
numbers and names and
The space previously oc
faces now You don’t have
c u p ie d
by
S a n d i’s
that if you don't go," Stone
H allm ark is being used by
said.
G ordo n Stone K e y to
H allm ark is not a fran
Fashion clothing for an ex
panded women's line. San chise. but about 80 percent
of the merchandise in most
di's moved south in the
s to re s is H a llm a r k 's .
building, owned by Stone
H a llm a rk considers its
Inc., with its space expan-
stores “ social expression
ed from 840 square feet to
centers." and the goal is
about 2500 square feet
for greeting cards to be a
The two stores are still
need for every occasion
connected, with parts of the
H allm ark reportedly has
clothing store wallpapered
more artists on staff than
to coordinate the looks of
any other greeting card
the two businesses Both
company, and they in
stores share a new ceiling
troduce 30.000 new designs
Stone said despite the
(cards and products) a
economic times, business
year, dropping 12,000 to
at both stores could be
15,000 at the same tim e
d e s c rib e d as s te a d y .
The increased size of the
Before building the new
local store "gives us a little
H allm ark store the Stones
more clout" with the com
fig u re d out how much
pany. Stone said Less than
volume they would need to
20 percent of the owners at
make the addition pay
tend the retailers school.
“ We made the right choice,
H allm ark doesn't allow
ve ry d e fin ite ly ," Stone
stores to be named after
said
the towns or cities they are
Cook said that people will
in, but the name Sandi's
buy a card for special occa
H allm ark was approved
sion* even when they can't
The clothing 3tore and
afford a gift
H a ll m a r k 's
r e c e n t ly
She said they now have a
celebrated five years in
wider range of gifts, and
Sandy Gordon Stone's has
want to be able to meet
been in Gresham 43 years
needs ranging from bir
In those 40-plus years
thdays to weddings
'so
business has always in
people can shop in Sandy."
c re a s e d , though som e
"Our potential to sell was
years they 've had to add in
completely outgrowing our
inflation to figure it. Stone
space." she said of their
said.
previous location "W e us
by SCOTT NEW TON
Carol Kuzmesky in the new owner of Sandy Office Supply. She plans to get out on the road
to supply businesses' needs.
S a n d y O ffic e S u p p ly so ld
Carol Kuzmesky of San
dy has purchased Sandy
Office Supply with plans to
extend business hours and
lower prices
She purchased the shop
from Cleo Hottman. who
operated the business some
12 years here
The new owner plans to
got out on the road to supp
ly business needs in the
fall
Shop hours have been ex
tended to 9 a m to 5 p m
Mondays through Fridays,
with plans to open half a
day on Saturdays soon
K uzm esky
w il l
be
assisted by Kathy Weid-
man. who will continue to
work part-tim e at the shop
Sandy O ffic e Supply
recently moved from Proc
tor Boulevard to 39090
Pioneer Blvd in Sandy
Kuzm esky w orked at
G riff's Longburger and
Breakfast Country in San
dy as manager for the past
seven years
Kate Cook
His father grew up in
Corbett, and has always
kept his eye on Sandy,
Stone said
'The city of Sandy pro
bably has the best growth
potential of any city in
Oregon,” Stone said
"Sandy has its own per
sonality and needs 1 love it
because I don't have to
w ear a tie in Sandy," he
said
He remembers wearing a
th re e -p ie c e s u it to a
business meeting in 1978
“ A few of the business peo
ple wondered what funeral
I missed I learn quick."
In Sandy one runs the
g a m u t, he s a id , fro m
farm ers who come in out of
the fields needing jeans or
boots to executives who
live on M t Hood and need
dress clothes, or jeans and
A
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Ladybug
Hcavci?
boots for the weekends
Merchants in Sandy have
“ perhaps been a little
shortsighted" in the past,
Stone said
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Sandy-area seniors will
head toward Washington
Park tomorrow to view the
popular musical produc
tion, "C a ro u s el,” spon
sored by the Portland Park
Bureau
The performance will be
held outdoors and travelers
a r e a d v is e d to b rin g
cushions or pad* to make
sitting on the ground more
comfortable
Next Wednesday. July
27, a trip is planned to Civic
S tad iu m to w atch the
P a c ific Coast League's
fir s t-p la c e
P o r t la n d
Beavers in action The San
dy S en ior C en te r van
departs from the local
center at 5:30 p m
and
th e r e
is
s till
ro o m
available
Two film s will be shown
in the coming week
"Where the Cranberries
G ro w " w ill be shown
tomorrow afternoon at I
p m "Today's Vet" w ill be
shown next Wednesday
afternoon at 12 30 p m
This Monday. July 25. the
center's hiking club hope*
to e n jo y som e good
weather and make a trip to
Fire hall hosts drive
The American Red Groaa
holds a blood drive today at
the Sandy fire hall to com
b a t d r a s tic s h o rta g e s
around the metropolitan
area
The drive will be held 2 to
7pm
Local firefighters hope to
draw 85 units of blood, ac
cording to Ron Smith of the
fire department "There's
a critical need The Red
Gross said they're shorter
than normal for thia Ume of
year which is starting to
take tta toll "
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