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September 23. 2009
Small Business Owner Fills a Niche
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At Portland's
Betty Jean
Couture
Design House
a plus size zip
jacket is
designed to
flatter your
form and fit
your shape.
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Board of Directors.
Doswell has had a fasci
nation with tailored women’s
fashion since the age of 8-
years-old.
He said his father worked
in the fashion business for
over 50 years and brought
him and his brother into this
industry. The three family
members opened Betty Jean
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The seamstresses at Portland's Betty Jean Couture Design House can do
anything based on a sketch, a magazine or an idea in a customer’s head
and satisfaction is guaranteed.
Cell........503-535-9457
Fax........ 1-88X422-5865
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supply lines
toilet tank replacement parts
replace & install bath & kitchen sink p-traps (new)
additional charge for tub, shower and additional sinks
Deluxe COST
only $375.00 (including parts & labor)
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Supreme
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only $475.00
toilet tank replacem ent parts
(including parts & labor)
drain clean (bath & kitchen sinks only)
kitchen sink faucet (new)
replace and install bath & kitchen sink p-traps (new)
COST
A free safety inspection check with a 19 point check list.
For your review and future plumbing needs.
10 % discount for seniors
Apparel in 1987, named in
m em orial to their mother
Betty Jean who fell victim to
breast cancer in 1983, and
also inspired them to make
women feel elegant. BJC do
nates annually to the Race
for the Cure.
Dosw ell said his father
saw how small boutiques,
with discipline and great
ideas, could grow into large
chains. He said this was his
motivating factor, along with
his father’s creative and ar
tistic talents.
In addition to selling high-
end clothing, Doswell also
owns Doswell Manufactur
ing and Design House, which
specializes in pattern and
sample making, as well as
production sewing. DMDH
m anufactures for several
prominent designers in Port-
IT’S TIME FOR YOU TO JOIN
The Betty Jean Couture Design House fills a niche
by creating quality fashions for full figured
women, not the unrealistic designs for rail thin
models.
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land as well as the uniforms
for Walt Disney World em
ployees.
Betty Jean Couture and
D osw ell M fg. & D esign
House are located at 3537
N. Williams Ave., Portland,
OR 97227, on the comer of
Fremont and Williams Av
enue. Retail hours are Mon-
day through Saturday from
11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
A Betty Jean C outure
fashion show will be held
Friday, Sept. 25, at the Port
land Art M useum. Doors
open at 7pm, with the show
beginning at 8 p.m. Call Ken
neth Doswell at 503-284-
6711 for ticket information.
Students Compete
for $150,000 prize
A
The Global Student Entre
preneur Awards - the pre
mier competition for students
currently running profitable
businesses - has ju st ex
tended the entry deadline line
for all Oregon students to
Sept. 30.
With a prize of $150,000,
including mentorship by top
US entrepreneurs, this is a
great chance for student en
trepreneurs to get the boost
they need to take their busi-
nesses to the next level while
being recognized by interna
tional media.
Top applicants will present
their companies at the Pa
cific Northwest regional fi
nals in Seattle on Oct. 27.
College and university stu
dents can apply directly
online at w w w .gsea.org.
Faculty, advisors and busi
ness owners can also nomi
nate a student business
owner.
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