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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1979)
Wedneaday, March 2&jjr79 - THIRTEEN Si i ( iNi f4ti V ' f & iJofc, Beffe Lambier Paintings, frames. (Herald photo) Art Supply Store Largest In Area La Petite Galeria can take pride in being one of the largest art supply stores outside of Portland, Seattle or Spokane. But thanks to owners Bette and Bob Lambier, the shop has more to offer than art supplies. Art-lovers can buy an original oil painting from Bette and have Bob place in it a custom-made frame. Lambier operated Bob's Frame Shop in their home on Butter Creek Hwy. for eight years before the new shop opened last December. He can custom-frame just about any thing, from paintings to needle point. He makes shadow boxes too. "We also have a very large selection of ready-made frames," notes Mrs. Lambier. Some of her paintings are on display in her mini-gallery. A guest artist will be displaying andor selling artwork each month also. Jan Beital has some of her oil paintings in the gallery this month. Mrs. Lambier plans to bring professional artists to the shop whenever possible to give classes or lessons. A couple of classes have been scheduled already. She also has some of her art books on display. Interested persons can stop by, have a cup of coffee and browse through them. Her interest in art was re kindled about ten years ago. It was then she decided to concen trate on the fine arts (oil painting in particular), a luxury she hadn't really been able to afford in her younger days. When Mrs. Lambier returned to her artwork, her husband took up framing again. He had made frames for some of her paintings when they were first married. Lambier opened his first frame shop about the time he was ending 22 years of engineering work at the Umatilla Army Depot. In addition to her own paint ings, Mrs. Lambier also paints specific scenes persons may request. m ' kwmni.ni.JHU Crystal, Cookware Offered The deep, plush blue and ivory carpeting combined with mir rors, crystal, and of course num erous beautiful crystal chande liers, all add up to a feeling of elegance as the customer enters the newly opened Crystal Chan delier in the Hermiston Plaza. Owned and operated by Eileen Horn, the shop opened Novem ber 11 of last year. For gifts or for that very special item the customer would like to have in her home, this is the place where a shopper may brouse through the beautiful display arrangements, look over their wide selection of Noritake china or crystal by Cusac and Fostoria. The customer has the conven ience of the bridal registrar, something unique to this area and a boon to the bride-to-be, her family and friends. Besides Noritake, the store has Fite and Floyd and also Picard. They have Cusak, Itallia, Fostoria and Noritake crystal making it possible for the cus tomer to color coordinate her china, crystal, table linen and flatwear. For the gourmet cook, the Crystal Chandelier has a wide and unique selection of cook wear. For the customer wishing to decorate a home, they offer the very special kind of item that may become the focal point in the home. They also have wicker furniture, designed for the dis criminate customer. Music boxes, tea carts, beautiful clocks made with swiss movements, and one of a kind baskets are also favorites with the area cus tomers. Candles of all kinds are to be found and even more remarkable are the candle holders, some of glass, some of silver and some of brass. During the grand opening the Crystal Chandelier will have two in shop drawings. One for an elegant brass temple jar and one for a soup bowl with four match ing soup mugs. They also will have special little gifts to give out during the grand opening. Sold At Plaza Arrangements, Plants Pat Jones Plants large and small. Herald photo) 7 .... I.J r . .V,' ' ', f'S "V VVA . "i ini ' jr,K'' 1 i r;-:x 4 ' cm'. ' 1 it is . ,.. . . - i t mtr . . 6 ll Hermiston Plant and Floral, which opened in November in the Hermiston Plaza, has plants for persons thinking both big and small, ranging in price from 75 cents to close to $60. But, plants aren't the only thing for sale in Pat Jones' shop. Hermiston Plant and Floral also handles wedding floral ar rangements and designs plus casket pieces and funeral sprays. Floral decorations can also be ordered for all special occasions or holidays. Dried and silk ar rangements are also available. Besides Mrs. Jones, Launa Cox, Carol Cottrill and Iris Putnam help design the floral arrangements. Mrs. Jones' husband Roy, a field supervisor for Sabre Con struction Company in Portland, is a part owner in Hermiston Plant and Floral. Mrs. Jones, was a cashier at Benj. Franklin Savings and Loan in Hermiston prior to opening up her shop, but during that time she operated a nursery at home. Plants have always been her hobby. She attended for six weeks the Western School of Floral Design in Portland. On top of that Mrs. Jones has spent countless other hours reading and researching anything having to do with plants and floral designs. Besides selling plants, Mrs. Jones also serves as a plant doctor. She said that people who have problems with their plants can bring them in to her for a free examination, regardless if they purchased them at her store or not. Here in Hermiston, where tumbleweeds dot the surround ing landscape, are plants a big selling item? "Yes," replied Mrs. Jones, "plants are very big. The largest percentage of our business is done in plants." Hermiston Plant and Floral deals in sturdy plants, the kind that are easy to maintain around the house, and in the unusual plants, such as the staghorn fern, trailing violet, string of peanuts. goldfish and snake charmer. Size is a factor in determining the price of a particular plant. A three inch high potted plant would run 75 cents while figs, which stand five to six feet, sell for around $60. Mrs. Jones said a lot of people don't come into her store seeking one plant in general. They say they need a plant for the bath room, for example, and ask her what plant would do best there. "If you don't put them (the plant) in the right area. They're not going to make it," Mrs. Jones pointed out. Hermiston Plant and Floral is open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The hours t."1 n M o . r riuajr aic u a.m. lu o jj.iu.j Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Persons can charge flowers over the phone with either their MasterCharge or Visa card. The store also has the AFS wir service, where flowers can be ordered here and delivered any where in the country on the same . day. Record Store Opens Eileen Horn (Herald photo) Managing a record store can be more of an undertaking than one might think. Just ask Jim Brown, manager of Stereo Bird in the Hermiston Plaza. For one thing, Brown has to keep close tabs on the music world so he can get an idea on about how many albums or singles by a particular singer or group to have on hand in his store. "Basically, I play it by ear," reported Brown. "I listen to the radio. From that I can get some idea what's on top of the album chart." His customers are another source of information. Stereo Bird, which also has stores in Yakima (the main office) and Walla Walla, opened for business in the plaza right after Thanksgiving. The store which caters mostly to young people is stocked with a variety of albums, around 1,000, (rock, jazz, disco to country western); the top 50 singles; home and car stereo systems; 8-track tapes and cassettes; por table radios; speakers; tape caddies and posters. Assisting Brown at the store is employees Gene Barnard and Mary Gannon. Stereo Bird is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Brown, who grew up in Idaho, attended Yakima Valley College and it was while going to college he became associated with Stereo Bird. Brown was involved in student government at the college and one of his jobs was to organize concerts for the other students. That's what brought him and Stereo Bird together for the first time. The local Stereo Bird store handles tickets for some con certs. And, they will order any record a person may want at no extra charge from companies in Portland, Seattle and California. Brown said he is thinking about initiating a $1 charge for each special order to assure that the person comes in and picks the recprd up when it gets in. He said he has had some problems in the past with people ordering re cords and not picking them up. The $1 fee would be deducted from the price of the album when it is picked up. Brown says he has about an 85 percent success rate in getting 1 1 i ine- recorus people waiiL. He said his store also seems to get new releases fairly fast. the girl next door welcomes you to our GPBl IMS march 29th thru april 7th junktrunk 1 00 and up! all dresses SmJf 3 Oil! match your lucky number to these prizes: $200 wardrobe $50 gift certificate jeans barebottoms jeans moody's goose pants alpaq top san francisco shirtworks top spare parts . swimsuit sassafras 5 bags great american handbag 10 scarves glen tex I V m&jh next lN5sk door U I hprmfcton nlaza fel 567-5346 M special sale hours: 9-9 thursday, friday and Saturday, march 29, 30, 31 and April 5, 6, 7. LUCKY NUMBER PRIZES j KXrRose Crystal Vase (so value) XlVStlck Pins! Hallmark Pen and Pencil Set oovaiue) M Em. Re9' 1000 A99 VCv Dakin Stuffed Animal (9.50 Value) I l Ml f Cuddly Bulldog II B Enioya Hi ! If ll i.bJL' blooming experience II t ' I 11 i 1 yl ' 'at your newest 'un s,ore ,ea'urin9 a 11 1 1 I VS"" full line of colorful Hallmark pro- II J :mif VT, Niducts - QreetinQ cards, partvware, III jIw w-T writing paper, albums, books, III Vf. gift wrap. Almost everything III B a 'nou9n"u' pereon needs. And during our Great Grand B Opening ... we have a special gift, just for you. JW II When you care enough to send the very best l i- FREE! Hallmark Decorator Design Tins With This Coupon March 28, 29, 30th STOP IN AND SEE OUR COLLECTORS ITEMS AND UNIQUE GIFTS Crystal Norman Rockwell Limoge Miniature China Dakin Toys Hudson Pewter NEW. 24 K. GOLD HAND PAINTED CLOWNS BY RONALD A LEES Open till 9 pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 29, 30 &31 and April 5, 6, and 7 P THE PERSIMMON TREE Hermiston Plaza look for our hidden specials!
