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fe y. r &cut (gift gaei 3 I 1 "7 rt ,X' VT' I ." lit! (2 1 v- Ar 11 I . n A r, A Sara Kingston - Children only. (Herald photo) Children's Den (Continued from Page 7) as a resident engineer at the Boardman Coal Fire Plant. For Tom's wife, this is her first experience as owner-operator. Sara had previous experience working with children's wear, so calling upon that experience and her own experience as a mother of three, she has enjoyed the close to two years she has spent as owner-operator of the Child ren's Den. "It is a fun kind of shop," Sara explained. "We have a wonderful time visiting with the mothers and their children. There is nothing like the look on a little girl's face when she waltzes out of the dressing room in a darling frothy pink dress. Even more fun is all of our grandmother cus tomers; they just go wild when it comes to making a decision. More often than not, they will decide to take both items." Raggedy Ann in person will be at the Children's Den during the grand opening. She will be in the store to visit with the children and to give them special little gifts. A contest to name the Children's Den lion will also be part of the festivities, with the winner taking home a great, big, lovable stuffed lion. f V'-J ean Danf - Reads, sells books. (Herald photo) Bookstore Fuels ReadingHabit Jean Dant must feel like a child in a candy store. Mrs. Dant, who owns and operates the Book Stall, reads more books in a week than most people read in a year or longer. And she does it because she enjoys it. "I am a reader, yes," she admits. "The only reason I own a bookstore is that I enjoy read ing." Tve been reading two or three books a day for as long as I can remember," she says. Actually, Mrs. Dant keeps about four books "going at a time. If it's a particularly good novel, I'll read it all the way through without stopping." She does most of her reading while others are sleeping. She starts at about 10 or 11 p.m. and continues for several hours "until I get too tired to read anymore." One night recently she finished The Holocaust Covenant, a novel by Robert Ludlum, and By Myself, a biography of Laure Bacall. The next night she fin ished Proteus, a novel by Morris West, and did some reading on two other books. Although Mrs. Dant considers herself a speed-reader, she has never taken a course and doesn't know how many words per minute she reads. She's been an avid reader since she was about 10 or 11 years old, growing up in a small town in the New England area. She remem bers visiting the town library, checking out three books a day (the maximum allowable) except for Saturdays and Sundays when it was closed. So what did she do for reading material on the weekends? "They finally got to the point where they'd let me take some books home on Friday," she recalls. Her biggest enjoyment now are novels, which she reads "for just plain relaxing." But she also reads non-fiction, histories, bio graphies, etc. Mrs. Dant claims she's "im possible to be around" when deprived of her reading for some reason. "I am an absolute bear." Of course, reading a lot of books comes in handy when a i customer inquires about a par- ! ticular book. There's a good j chance Mrs. Dant has read it and can offer an opinion. SclGGtJioiras E-aiitliosttiCa Sowings! March 29 thru April 7 Special Sol Honrs: Open Till 9 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday March 29, 30 and 31 and April 5, 6 and 7 Siiop EasIy For LUG EI Y I3UP3BEH Dii4tiGif ly UndGi laSS - s39.00 Value InBoid Wood fiissiC' ' '':'Hi2 Fpoiii BcQly - -s30.50 Value E Stars dean Lamps -$1 2.40 Value Each 2 - ilssrGi BlSlftS-$10.00 Value Each, h. ' (on? ON ALL 45 PC, 65 PC. & 92 PC. SETS. ASSORTED SILK AND DRIED FLOWER GLOBES, HURRICANE LAMPS AND VARIOUS OTHER ITEMS. OFF OFEF oi "ffaODQ PRESSED FLOWER PLAQUE, BONE CHINA FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS, 2 CHINA TEA SETS AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. h fix mffl nogdsep Foe JFbg ..Drarrdmnt To Be Drawn Saturday, March 31 Orass ' inpl Jar 47.55 Value ml duo li7aE)De CHINESE LACQUERWARE, TINKER JOY WINE RACKS AND VARIOUS OTHER ITEMS. Also One Table ef "As Is'9 Merchandise j3K A i - M 3f To Be Drawn Saturday, April 7 Marsh Microwave Sop k?i3Eecm and $43.00 Value Ko Purchase Necessary Heed not be present to win. Iliiiih, 0 ay 3 iJmm f O M0 Hermiston Plaza 567-7511 i!;!!!;:ii!!;:::iii;:;;:::::;:::;::;:;;:::::::;:::z -. C
