Business
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
First-class
secondhand
Twice Upon A
Time has an
eclectic mix
By Richard Hanners
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Eagle/Richard Hanners
Lloyd Fuller recently opened Twice Upon A Time, a secondhand and antique shop, at
the corner of Main and Front streets in Prairie City.
A cross between Ro-
deo Drive and the Salvation
Army — an eclectic assort-
ment of collectibles, thrift
items, contemporary and an-
tique furniture, jewelry and
refurbished mattresses.
That’s how Lloyd Full-
er describes Lloyd’s Twice
Upon A Time, his new store
in the historic Masonic
Building at Front and Main
streets in Prairie City.
Fuller moved to Prairie
City from Port Orford in June
after running a similar store
there for 7 1/2 years. He said
he enjoys the small-town am-
biance of Prairie City.
“It’s a little like Mayber-
ry,” he said.
Fuller has been in the sec-
ondhand and antique busi-
A3
ness for about 13 years. He
said business at the new store
started out slow, but that
could be because of all the
heat, which dissuaded shop-
pers.
About half of his cus-
tomers are visitors passing
through, and half are locals,
including some repeat cus-
tomers, he said.
Much of the inventory
came with him, but he said
he takes consignment items.
Refurbished mattresses were
a big part of his business in
Port Orford, he said, and fur-
niture sells well.
“We’re always looking for
good quality furniture,” he
said.
Twice Upon A Time is
open from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30
p.m. Tuesdays through Sat-
urdays or by appointment by
calling 406-214-9176.
Cloud 9 is dream job for hairstylist
Many pampering
options at John
Day salon
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Hair stylist Shyanne Delano
recently was applying a balay-
age color with a paintbrush to
her client’s hair at Cloud 9 Hair
Salon, owned by Laura Saul, in
John Day.
Balayage, the French word
for “to sweep” or “to paint,”
gives hair a sun-kissed appear-
ance for a soft, natural look.
Delano launched her career
locally after graduating from
Eastern Oregon College of In-
dustrial Arts in John Day last
December. She’s been soaking
in knowledge from Saul ever
since that time.
“Working with Laura has
been amazing,” Delano said.
“She shows me all of her tips
and tricks.”
She added that Saul has
helped her learn to formulate
hair colors.
“Most people would say I
specialize in color,” Saul said.
“It’s something I definitely en-
joy.”
Saul said she’s been happy to
share her expertise with Delano
over the past eight months.
“It’s been fun to work with
her and see how she’s grown,”
Saul said. “We’ve also been able
to learn things from each other,
so it goes both ways.”
Saul has owned Cloud 9 for
13 years and has been at the 185
SE Dayton St. location in John
Day for four years.
Saul offers color and cuts,
including balayage, hombre and
foil techniques, as well as men’s
and children’s cuts, updos, wed-
ding styles and more.
Delano provides haircuts and
color, manicures, acrylic nails
and pedicures. She also offers
makeup tutorials and some fa-
cials and waxing.
Debbie Prophet also works at
the salon, specializing in facials,
waxing, microdermabrasion,
red light therapy, eyebrow and
eyelash tints and eyebrow lifts.
Saul and her husband, Mitch,
recently welcomed their baby
daughter, Laney. Laura plans
to stay home with the baby and
2.5-year-old son Corbin until the
first week in October.
Delano will take on extra cli-
ents while Saul is on maternity
leave.
“I like the personal connec-
tion with clients and keeping up
with what’s new with them,” she
The Eagle/Richard Hanners
From left, Michael McClung and Joel Coombs have
brought their general contracting experience from
Portland to Grant County, offering a wide range of
services.
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Hairsylist Shyanne Delano applies a balayage coloring technique for her client at Cloud
9 in John Day. Delano is working some extra hours while business owner Laura Saul is
on maternity leave.
General contractor
makes a return to
his county roots
Joel Coombs
offers a wide
range of
services
By Richard Hanners
Contributed photos/Meaghan Leigh
Photography
Blue Mountain Eagle
ABOVE: Laura Saul is
owner of Cloud 9 in John
Day. BELOW: Esthetician
Debbie Prophet offers
facials at Cloud 9.
Cloud 9 Hair Salon is located at 185 SE Dayton St. in John Day.
said. “I wrote a letter to myself
in middle school about this be-
ing my dream job.”
She said she has her family
to thank for helping her achieve
her dream, including her hus-
band, Logan Delano, who is
finishing school to become a
paramedic.
Shyanne keeps busy, work-
ing long hours on most days
she’s at work.
“I like making people feel
pretty,” she said.
Cloud 9 is open from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sat-
urdays.
For more information or to
schedule an appointment, call
541-575-0225.
This pedicure chair hits the spot for pampering at Cloud 9.
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After 20 years in the
Portland area, Joel Coombs
has returned to Grant Coun-
ty and opened up a general
contracting business.
Coombs was raised on
a ranch east of Prairie City
but finished high school
in Portland, where he
went to work in the build-
ings trades. He started out
building five-story high
apartment buildings before
working for several mainte-
nance companies.
Sometimes that took him
to tough neighborhoods,
where repairs to drywall
and doors were common.
He also worked in Port-
land’s Pearl District, where
gentrification was taking
place in a former industrial
neighborhood.
Coombs went into busi-
ness for himself in 2017
and moved to Grant County
in June. Joining him from
Portland is Michael Mc-
Clung, who has known and
worked with Coombs for
the past 20 years.
Coombs offers experi-
ence in remodeling, reno-
vation, maintenance, hard-
wood flooring, drywall,
plumbing and general car-
pentry. He doesn’t build
houses, but he’ll take on
garages, decks, unfinished
basements,
bathrooms,
kitchens, windows, doors
and roof repairs.
He said he picked up
fine carpentry experi-
ence working on historic
buildings in Portland that
owners were restoring. He
has a state contracting li-
cense and is bonded and
insured.
He recently worked on
a home up Pine Creek that
included light fixtures, an
attic fan, exterior doors, a
new roof and siding for the
shop, toilets and painting.
He said he’ll take on jobs
across Grant County.
Coombs recalled being
one of two teenagers in
Prairie City who were ar-
dent skateboarders. In Port-
land, he volunteered for 20
years for Skate Church, a
nonprofit Christian minis-
try.
Coombs said he has lots
of family and friends in
Grant County.
“We’re glad to be back,
and we’re here to stay,” he
said.
To contact Joel Coombs
General Contracting, call
503-313-5860 or email
jcoombsgc@gmail.com.
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