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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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He said his store also seems to
get new releases fairly fast.
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