HomeMy Public PortalAboutMcCall, Idaho: Businesses II - 1994-1997CeHulai'phones to
come into McCall
BY SHARI HAMBLETON
The Star -News
While roadways leading into
McCall remain long and winding,
another superhighway is being con-
structed, but it's not being built with
asphalt or cement.
Two of the region's largest cellu-
lar telephone companies have decided
the time has come to bring this area
"on- line," making it a part of the
world's rapidly expanding telecom-
munications network.
Representatives from Cellular One
and U.S. West Cellular said they ex-
pect service will be available to area
residents within the first quarter of
1994, and possibly as soon as this
month. Service areas will include Cas-
cade, Donnelly, McCall, New
Meadows, and possibly Council.
Cellular One representative
Michael Anderson, of McCall, said
he had been researching cellular ser-
vice availability for the area over the
past year and became involved with
Cellular One when the company
needed local storage space for its
equipment.
He said he will be opening a Cel-
lular One office within the next week
at 313 Deinhard Lane, across from
the McCall Airport and adjacent to
Long Valley Clinic.
"We have a much larger market
here than it would appear," Anderson
said. "It's unique in the respect that if
McCall were an isolated community
— in the middle of Idaho with a self -
contained economy — the size of the
market might not justify the expense
of the equipment."
"However, McCall is an unusual
community compared to others of its
size," he said.
The actual market includes the
large number of recreationalists who
visit this area, professionals in local
commercial and service industries
who are often away from their places
of businesses and people who could
use cellular, phones for safety and
conveniences in rural and isolated
areas, Anderson said.
"There is an inordinate amount of
commercial activity (here) given the
population, including service busi-
nesses like Realtors, contractors and
snow removal people," who could
benefit from cellular service, he said.
"Given the fact that we have a lot
of rural dwellers, there are people
who might want to carry a cellular
phone in case they go off into a snow
bank on the way home from the mar-
ket," he said. "It's a security device."
The advantages of cellular service
over two -way radio communication
— which is currently available and
widely used throughout the area— is
the lack of a delay in conversation and
the ability to talk and listen simulta-
neously, Anderson said.
And all the services normally avail-
able through conventional home
telephone service is available with
cellular service, he said. Those in-
clude call forwarding, call waiting
and electronic voice mail services.
Cellular One's transceiver — lo-
cated on No Business Mountain —
will reach a wide area, Anderson said.
"Cellular telephone services aren't
just for commuters on California high-
ways," said U.S. West Cellular repre-
sentative Jay Larsen. "The services
which benefit those people, also ben-
efit people in Boise and in rural areas
like McCall."
As more advanced equipment ca-
pable of serving larger populations
replaces older equipment, that equip-
ment is moved to other less populated
areas, Larsen said.
"It's the same quality equipment,"
he said. "It just serves a smaller num-
ber of customers."
U.S. West Cellular currently has a
communication tower in Cascade and
is planning to construct three more
which will include locations on Brund-
age Mountain, another in Cascade on
Kantola Lane and one near Smiths
Ferry, he said.
The Kantola site is scheduled to
come before the Valley County Plan-
ning and Zoning Commission Thurs-
day, Jan. 13, for approval.
U.S. West Cellular equipment will
be available at several local retail
businesses. "That allows a business
already in existence to add another
product line and another source of
revenue," Larsen said.
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MCCALL — Payette Lake may not be San Francisco Bay,
but it can serve the same purpose for an evening out for a water-
front Chinese meal.
That's what Juliana and Donny Tsai foresaw when they ven-
tured up from Boise to see about opening another Panda Chinese
Restaurant, now located in the lower level of McCall Mall.
Although they missed the summer tourist patronage by open-
ing Nov. 30, the support from locals has been impressive, said
Juliana. She said they are more important to them than tourists
"because they stay."
With the likes of Szechwan, hunan, moo -she and kung pao
still on the menu, the owners plan to offer Japanese food as well
during the summer. In addition to their Panda in Boise, the Tsais
own a "Hawaiian style" Japanese restaurant in Concord, Calif.,
while her brother and sister -in -law own another Panda in Ketchum.
Located at 317 Lake Street, Panda is open every day from 11
a.m. to 2 p.m. and again from 4:30 to 10 p.m. Reservations may
be made at 634 -2266.
Juliana Tsai
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Jerome supermarket
chain buys Sprouse!
BY TOM GROTE
The Star -News
The former Sprouse! store in
McCall has been acquired by Ridley's,
a supermarket chain based in Jerome.
A spokesman for Ridley's said
plans for the store had not been final-
ized, but that customers can expect
the store to continue to offer general
merchandise.
The purchase by Ridley's became
final last Friday, two weeks after the
Sprouse -Reitz chain based in Port-
land said it would close its remaining
84 stores in the western United States.
No buyer could be found for the 84
stores following a series of financial
setbacks, according to Sprouse! offi-
cials. The stores were turned over to a
liquidation company to complete the
closure.
Ridley's owns five supermarkets
in Idaho, including two in Boise and
one each in Gooding, Jerome and
Rupert, said Steve Kaufman, control-
ler for the chain.
Company President Jerry Ridley
also purchased the former Sprouse!
store in Emmett in addition to the
McCall store, Kaufman said. The pur-
chase price of either store was not
disclosed.
Ridley previously operated stores
in Utah, but moved his operations to
Idaho six years ago, Kaufman said.
"In his business contacts, he (Rid-
ley) came across the Sprouse!
situation, and inquired into what they
had in this area," he said. Ridley owns
a vacation home in the Cascade area.
"Mr. Ridley is an entrepreneur,
and anyone who understands an en-
trepreneur know they are always
looking for an opportunity," Kaufman
said.
The McCall store's 16 employees
will likely be allowed to keep their
jobs, Kaufman said. Ridley was not
available for comment this week be-
cause he was on a merchandise- buying
trip with McCall store manager Bob
Welch.
"We're excited to be in that market
and we think it will be good situation
for us and for the people of McCall,"
Kaufman said.
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)grouse! store makes way for Ridley's
MCCALL — The former Sprouse! will contin-
to operate as Ridley's, effective as of Monday.
The new owners are Jerry and Connie Ridley of
a-ome, who also own stores of the same name in
xome, Gooding, Boise and Rupert. The store will
)ntinue to sell the same type of merchandise but
x necessarily the same brands, said Connie.
The couple also now owns a store in Emmett,
iother Sprouse! which they purchased at the same
time as the McCall outlet, she said.
An outgoing Sprouse! employee said that although
liquidation was being terminated, a winter clearance
sale would be in effect immediately.
She said winter hours would be 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sundays.
The store is located at 616 North Third and can
be reached at 634 -4467.
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'Blue grouse Music Department
aimed at listeners
Ray Stout
Staff Writer
MCCALL — He may be done with the Air Force,
but Lon Kreger's going to have to keep moving faster
than the speed of sound to keep his music customers
happy.
Even before the Blue Grouse Music Department
opened Jan. 31, people were ignoring the signs and
jumping the barricades to get in, said Kreger, who
manages the department.
Now coveted are compact diskettes, tapes and
-accessories, while the future promises to furnish a
limited stock of musician supplies such as guitar
strings and horn reeds.
In addition, Kreger is counting on Recordtrak, a
computerized special -order system that will enable
him to procure requested items the store doesn't
carry. But there's plenty it does, or will.
With 2,500 cassettes, 1,600 CDs, a variety of CD
and cassette display cabinets, and carrying cases for
auto and truck, he anticipates having about 3,000
cassettes and 3,000 CDs within a couple of months,
he said. A music club entitling discounts to anyone
who pays the membership fee will also be available
through Blue Grouse.
The range of music styles on the CDs and tapes
covers pop, rock, classical, jazz, soul, blues, easy
listening, altemative, country and movie sound track,
said Kreger.
He would like also to stock sheet music and small
instruments such as mandolins and children's gui-
tars.
"I think we're on track to becoming probably the
music center for Valley County," said Kreger.
and players alike
The grand opening is scheduled for President's
Day weekend, Saturday, Feb. 19.
Music -store hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday
through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays.
Telephone number is 634 -2433.
The Blue Grouse Music Department is located
on the south end of the McCall Drug building down-
town, the same one housing Blue Grouse Books.
But the bookstore hasn't had to mince any pub-
lished words to make room for the lyrics. In fact,
since Music and Gifts moved into the newly con-
structed addition, it has more.
Bookstore Manager Karen Burton said the shop
Us been filling its doubled space with more vol-
umes including Christian self -help books, nonfic-
tion, fantasy and science - fiction.
"I think we have increased the visibility of the
books by being able to display them more effec-
tively," said Burton.
Though even now the store fills a lot of special
orders through Books in Print, she said, its share in
the market will be even further enriched once the
computer system is upgraded to allow direct order
from suppliers. "We have access to just about every-
thing that's out there," she said.
Two full -time employees, herself and Assistant
Manager Joyce Alexander, will now be on duty in
the bookstore, said Burton. They can be telephoned
at 634 -2434.
Owners of the Blue Grouse departments as well
as McCall Drug are Mike McGee of McCall and D.
Humphrey Kellogg of New Meadows.
The business is located at 1001 N. Second St.,
across from Shaver's Market parking lot.
Lon Kreger, Manager of Blue Grouse Music Department
Photo by Tom Grote
Best Western Manager Kirk Eimers stands by pool and hot tub that are part of the amenities of the motel.
Best Western sets open house
The Best Western Motel in McCall
offers its guests quality accommoda-
tions with a variety of rooms to meet
tastes and budgets.
The 53 -room Best Western opened
last month at Idaho 55 and Colorado
Street. It is owned by Laxmi Inc. of
Boise, which operates the Quality Inn,
Comfort Inn and Nendel's in Boise.
The public is invited to an open
house set for next Thursday, Jan. 13,
from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tours of the
motel will be given and refreshments
will be served.
Managing the Best Western is Kirk
Eimers of McCall. Eimers is the owner
of Lake Fork Lodge east of McCall,
which he has put up for sale. He also
was a candidate for the McCall City
Council in last November's election.
The rooms at the Best Western
range from suites complete with
jacuzzi to smaller suites to regular
rooms. Every room is equipped with
cable television, a microwave oven
and a refrigerator. Prices during the
winter range from $50 to $110 per
night.
The motel features a large heated
indoor swimming pool as well as a hot
tub for guests and their children to
enjoy.
Other amenities include a confer-
ence room that can seat 25 people at
tables or 50 people in an auditorium
setting, ski lockers, a guest laundry
and an exercise room.
Non - smoking rooms are available,
and three rooms are equipped to serve
handicapped guests. To make reser-
vations or for information, call 634-
6300.
Song of the Southwest home decor
features both Native-
MCCALL — Thes'e's no Mr.
Bluebird on her shoulder, but Kim
Larsen hints that business at her
new Song of the Southwest store
here has been fairly zip- a- dee -doo-
da,since opening in late January.
Actually, what she sells is pret-
ty far removed from the stomping
grounds of Uncle Remus. The
accessories for the home include
or will include longhorn skulls,
jewelry, paintings, a barn -wood
night stand, mandala, sand- paint-
ed pottery, kachina dolls and a
barn -wood bed with a mirror
attached above it.
There's a barbed -wire piece
woven in the outline of a longhorn
head and attached to a coiled lar-
iat, the work of some Texas ranch-
ers, said Larsen. Other wire pieces
and Euro - American
include cacti and mesquite.
Perhaps the most soothing arti-
fact is the dream catcher, a feath-
ered, leather -bound ring webbed
with yarn that snares the good
dreams and lets the bad pass away
with the night.
Some of the items are acquired
on consignment from local mer-
chants, Larsen said. Most are made
by hand.
"I tried to get the unique hand-
made things that are one of a kind,"
said Larsen.
Business hours for Song of the
Southwest are Tuesday through
Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
It is found in the middle of Park
Street Plaza, 305 E. Park St, and
can be telephoned at 634 -7140.
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Byars shuts down gas pumps
at McCall Tire and Auto
Mike Stewart
Staff Writer
MCCALL — Rather than continue to fight the
bureaucracy and incur the indebtedness that would
be required, Dave Byars is getting out of the gaso-
line business here.
Byars, owner of McCall Tire and Auto, has wrapped
his gas pumps in black plastic and has called it quits
on automotive fuel.
In the spring of 1992, Byars was fined $370,000
by the Environmental Protection Agency for a num-
ber of violations. That fine was negotiated down to
about 5 percent of that original amount, about $17,500,
and Byars was saddled with legal fees and court
costs.
The fines related to violations relating to his under-
ground storage tanks at the service station at the cor-
ner of Lake and Third streets.
To remedy the problems associated with those
tanks, Byars had considered obtaining a loan through
a state of Idaho - guaranteed loan program that also
involved the Small Business Administration.
Byars said last week that it would take a loan of
between $150,000 to $200,000 to get his tanks upgrad-
ed to meet the EPA standards.
"I just didn't want to incur any more indebted-
ness, event though it was a good interest rate," he
said. To stay in the gasoline business, he said he
would have had to sell about 1 million gallons of
fuel each year.
"You've got to have a huge amount of volume,"
he said.
And neither did he want to become a convenience
store, which he said would be a necessary move for
him'to achieve that sort of gasoline sales.
As it is, he said it's difficult to compete with con -
venience store/gasoline outlets as they sell their gaso-
line at a low margin and make their profit from the
other merchandise they sell.
Those larger chains also have the buying power
that allows them to purchase fuel at lower costs, he
said.
But Byars is not closing the doors to his business,
he said.
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"We're trying to focus our energies and do the
best we can with tires, auto repair, our U -haul fran-
chise and towing business," he said.
He said the testing, labor, capital costs, insurance,
maintenance and utilities for continuing the program
are just too high. He said the loan program is a good
one if an operator can justify staying in the fuel busi-
ness.
Ellen VanDuzee, state underground tank coordi-
nator for EPA, said Thursday that she was not aware
that Byars was getting out of the gasoline business.
If that's his intent, she said that Byars would now
have 12 months in which to either permanently close
down the tanks or put them back into use.
But she also said that if Byars was not able to
pump them down to where they contain less than
one inch of fuel, he must still do leak detection on
the tanks until they're either filled with an inert prod-
uct, permanently closed down or put back into ser-
vice.
• � "If they're not empty tanks, they have to do leak
detection," she said.
That another service station is out of business is
not what Idaho Treasurer Lydia Justice Edwards
wants to see. Edwards was instrumental in setting
up the loan fund that Byars investigated.
"We're going to end up in rural Idaho with no
place to get gas and fix a flat tire," she said. Under
the loan program, service station owners would apply
for a loan with their local bank, and loan guaranteed
by the Small Business Administration and, in turn,
purchased by the State of Idaho.
Edwards said there had, at most, been only a half -
dozen such loans made in the state since last year.
But despite that low participation, she said the pro-
gram is very much alive.
"I'm so anxious to preserve the local gas station
on the corner, I'm willing to settle for less for the
state coffers," she said.
"Mom and Pop gas stations will cease to exist. I
want to keep them alive," she said. "There has to be
some help for these service station owners."
Edwards said she thought EPA had "hurt (Byars)
badly financiallv."
Photo by Tom Grote
Blue Grouse Music Manager Lon Kreger stands by extensive inventory of music sold inside McCall Drug.
Blue Grouse Music opens
Blue Grouse Music is celebrating formed in the Grand Ol' Opry in Nash -
its Grand Opening this weekend with
in -store specials and free gifts offered
throughout the Presidents Day week-
end.
Blue Grouse Music has opened
inside McCall Drug and fills up much
of a just - completed expansion of the
drug store.
Occupying the new space is more
than 2,500 CD and cassette tape titles
that span the range of popular music,
including rock `n' roll, soul, raggae,
jazz, rap, classical and easy listening.
Blue Grouse Music is managed by
Lon Kreger, 39, who recently retired
as a major in the U.S. Air Force.
Kreger knows his music as a player of
a-12-string guitar and as a songwriter.
Members of his family have per-
ville, Tenn.
"We are trying to be as diversified
as we can for the public," Kreger said.
"Special orders are no problem, as we
can order electronically and have or-
ders delivered in three to five days."
Blue Grouse Music also receives
weekly updates on new releases of
music to ensure the hottest sounds are
on their shelves.
The reception since Blue Grouse
Music opened its doors has been grati-
fying, Kreger said. "People have been
really excited about the selection," he
said.
Customers also have been im-
pressed with the store's competitive
pricing with music stores in Boise and
its ability to obtain the most obscure
album titles.
In addition to CD and cassette
tapes, Blue Grouse Music sells blank
tapes, cassette singles, a variety of
carrying cases as well as CD players,
AM -FM cassette players and radios
plus the latest music magazines.
During this weekend's grand open-
ing celebration, drawings will be held
for a CD player, an AM -FM cassette
player, CDs and cassettes plus gift
certificates for music and books. Free
posters and memorabilia also will be
handed out during the celebration. ,
Blue Grouse Music is located at
Second and Lenora streets in down-
town McCall. Hours are 9 a.m. to I
p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays. Call 634-
2433.
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Panda celebrates grand opening Photo by Tom Grote
Members of the McCall Area Chamber of Commerce
held a formal ribbon- cutting on Monday to celebrate
the Grand Opening of Panda restaurant. At left are
Panda owners Donny and Juliana Tsai. Standing with
the couple, from left, are chamber board member
Cheryl Hickman, President Lisa Mohler, with scis-
sors, newly sworn in board member Judy Barkley of
Barkley Appraisals, McCall City Council member
Lance Eckhardt and chamber board member Tom
McReynolds. Panda, located in McCall Mall, offers a
variety of authentic Chinese food, including family
dinners, take -out orders and special family packs to go,
and a Special Bachelor Dinner Deluxe. Panda is open
every day for lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and for
dinner from 4:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Call 634 -2266 for take-
out orders.
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Payette Lakes Lumber purchased by Lumbermen's
MCCALL — Ownership of one of McCall's
landmark businesses, Payette Lakes Lumber Co., is
changing hands.
Brown's Industries, Inc., of Boise, announced
last week that it had reached agreement with Lumber-
men's of Washington, Inc., for the purchase of the
McCall store.
Payette Lakes Lumber has been in business for
more than 50 years and has been owned and operated
as a division of Brown's Industries, Inc., since 1982.
Brown's continues to own and operate Evan's
Building Center in Eagle, Idaho. The firm is also a co-
'owner and operator of Brundage Mountain Ski Resort
near McCall, and has land and cattle operations.
Also not affected by the transaction is Payette
Lakes Commercial Center, a Brown's Industries
Commercial/Light Industrial development in McCall.
Payette Lakes Lumber will continue to operate
A'`-as usual through a two -week transition period after
which it will open as a Lumbermen's Building Center.
It will be Lumbermen's 24th store and its third store in
Idaho.
Judd DeBoer, president of Brown's Industries,
said Monday that Brown's was not looking to sell the
store, but was approached by Lumbermen's. The
company made an offer that they decided to accept, he
said.
"We looked at them and decided they'd be good
people to have there," he said.
They don't expect any major changes, he said.
"They're a good firm, they've been around for a
long time," he said. "My impression is they under-
stand lumber and building materials very well."
He also said the firm is run very professionally
and their type of business fits into small towns very
well.
Lumbermen's has already hired the 24 -30 em-
ployees at the store, including management.
The visible portion of the changeover for now,
will pretty much involve changing signs, which is
scheduled to take place March 15, following two
weeks of transition and training for employees and
staff. The store will remain open during that transi-
tion period.
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Lumbermen's buys 2 stores
Lumbermen's of Washington,
Inc. a 24 -store chain of retail build-
ing material centers in Washington,
Oregon, and Idaho, has announced
the acquisition of the two -store Bi-
Rite Lumber Co., with facilities in
Clarkston, Wash. and Kamiah,
Idaho.
After a two -week transition
period, Bi -Rite Lumber opened
March 29, 1993, as Lumbermen's.
"This acquisition is key to our
continued growth in the Idaho and
Eastern Washington and Oregon
markets," said M. David Dittmer,
President of Lumbermen's. "We are
-cry pleased with the quality of the
Bi -Rite employees, which are the
core of a successful acquisition pro-
gram."
Bi -Rite Lumber, like
Lumbermen's, are full - service lum-
beryards and home centers, serving
the professional builder as well as
the consumer. "These facilities and
the areas they cover give
Lumbermen's an excellent opportu-
nity for continued growth in the
Idaho market," noted Dittmer.
Last month, Lumbermen's an-
nounced the acquisition Payette
Lakes Lumber Co. in McCall and
two Hoff Building Supply Centers
in the Boise Valley.
Lumbermen's is a part of the
Redmond, Washington -based
Lanoga Corporation, which also
operates 10 stores in Alaska under
the name of Spenard Builders
Supply and 115 stores in the
Midwest and Rocky Mountain states
under the names of United Building
Centers and Fish Building Supplies.
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Western Auto opens Power Shop
Gent Welsh, left, and Steve Kirby
MCCALL — A need for more space
prompted Sandy and Gent Welsh, owners
of Western Auto here, to expand into a
second location, the Western Auto Power
Shop, located at the former Perry's
Appliance on Idaho 55 towards the air-
port.
Gent Welsh said this week that they've
concentrated all of the appliances and elec-
tronics in the other store at the Park Street
Plaza.
The new store features full lines of
Craftsman and Wizard tools and power
equipment for home, lawn and garden.
In addition, the store will feature both
Western Auto and a full line of national
brand tires and batteries. Goodyear, Dunlop,
BF Goodrich, Diehard and Delco are some
of the names represented in their line of
automobile accessories.
Welsh said he's made arrangements
with Lakeview Chevron to do the mount-
ing and balancing of tires he sells.
Western Flyer and Huffy bicycles are
also featured at the new store.
A "showcase" of the new store, Welsh
said, is the new small engirto repair cen-
ter that will be an integral part of their
business. Steve Kirby will operate the
repair center.
In addition, Bill Perry is staying on to
service and repair appliances through an
agreement with the new owners, Welsh
said. And Perry will continue to handle
used appliances, he said.
Welsh said they will try to have all lawn
and garden replacement parts in stock so
those needing parts in a hurry won't have
to make a special order or a special trip.
A main feature of Western Auto, he
said, is that they accept all major credit
cards, along with Sears, Discover and
Western Auto's credit cards. And a big
plus for Western Auto's credit card, Welsh
said, is that 90 days is the same as cash
on purchases of $200 or more, and 180
days if the purchase is $400 or more.
In addition, Welsh said he's now in the
middle of a post- season sale on snow -
blowers.
Stop by and checkout the new opera-
tion.
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S t e v e B a l d w i n , a n e m p l o y e e o f D i m e n s i o n a l G r a f f i x o f S a l t
L a k e C i t y , w a s i n M c C a l l l a s t w e e k a s p a r t o f t h e c o m p a n y ' s
c r e w t h a t w a s i n s t a l l i n g s i g n s a n d o t h e r d i r e c t i o n a l i n d i c a t o r s
i n t h e n e w S h a v e r ' s S t o r e a t M c C a l l . T h e " C o o l & C r i s p " s i g n
w i l l d i r e c t s h o p p e r s t o t h e e x p a n d e d p r o d u c e d e p a r t m e n t i n
t h e n e w s t o r e .
t h e m o s t m o d e r n s t o r e i n t h e
s t a t e o f I d a h o l i k e l y t h e
P a c i f i c N o r t h w e s t a n d a l s o
t h e l a r g e s t g r o c e r y / d r y g o o d s
s t o r e b e t w e e n B o i s e a n d
a n e a r l y M a y o p e n i n g .
A n d i n k e e p i n g w i t h t h e
t h e m e t h e y ' v e e s t a b l i s h e d i n
t h e d e c a d e s o f S h a v e r ' s p r e s -
e n c e i n d o w n t o w n M c C a l l , i t
i s t h e e p i t o m y o f o n e - s t o p
s h o p p i n g , a c c o r d i n g t o t h e
s t o r e ' s c u s t o m e r s e r v i c e m a n -
a g e r J a y S h a v e r .
S u r e , t h e r e ' s l o t s t h a t ' s n e w
a b o u t t h e n e w s t o r e , b u t e v e n
t h o s e t h i n g s t h a t a r e s t a y i n g
s o r t o f t h e s a m e a r e e n h a n c e d .
" W e ' r e b a s i c a l l y g o i n g t o
b e t h e s a m e a s b e f o r e a s f a r }
a s m e r c h a n d i s e , " P h i l P r y o r ,
t h e s t o r e ' s g e n e r a l m e r c h a n -
d i s e m a n a g e r , s a i d . " W e ' l l
c o n t i n u e t o o f f e r e v e r y t h i n g
w e d i d b e f o r e a n d m o r e . "
T h a t " m o r e ' i n c l u d e s s o m e
n e w l i n e s o f s p o r t s w e a r t h a t
w i l l b e a d d e d t o t h e l i n e s o f
c l o t h i n g a v a i l a b l e , h e s a i d .
A m o n g t h e f e a t u r e s t h a t
s h o p p e r s a r e s u r e t o t a k e n o t e
o f a r e t h e n e w g o u r m e t c h e e s e
r a c k , a s t a t e - o f - t h e - a r t , o n e -
o f - a - k i n d , c u s t o m m a d e f r e s h
f i s h c a s e , a n e x p a n d e d o r g a n -
i c p r o d u c e s e c t i o n , a n d a n
e x p a n d e d w a l k - i n w i n e c o o l -
e r t h a t w i l l o f f e r a s e l e c t i o n
o f w i n e t h a t S h a v e r s a i d i s
u n m a t c h e d i n M c C a l l .
B u t t h e r e ' s m o r e .
G r e e t i n g s h o p p e r s a t t h e
f r o n t c e n t e r o f t h e s t o r e w i l l
b e a g o u r m e t i c e c r e a m c a s e ,
a n d a n i n - h o u s e f l o r i s t w i l l
a l s o b e a v a i l a b l e t o p r o v i d e
f r e s h f l o w e r s , a s i t - d o w n d e l i
t h a t f e a t u r e s a l l s o r t s o f d e l i
i t e m s i s a l s o a f e a t u r e o f t h e
s t o r e , w h i c h w i l l a l s o o f f e r
S a n F r a n c i s c o S o u r d o u g h - S t y l e
P i z z a , w h i c h c u s t o m e r s c a n
t a k e h o m e t o b a k e o r t h a t w i l l b e b a k e d
i n t h e s t o r e f o r t h e m . A n d f o r t h o s e i n
n e e d o f a r e a l c o o l t r e a t , t h e s t o r e w i l l
o f f e r L i t t l e S h a v e r s s h a v e d i c e t r e a t s .
T h e s t o r e w i l l a l s o f e a t u r e a n i n - h o u s e
p h a r m a c y . T h e g r a n d o p e n i n g w i l l b e
h e l d o v e r t h e M e m o r i a l D a y w e e k e n d ,
w i t h a " s o f t " o p e n i n g s c h e d u l e d f o r e a r l y
M a y .
I n a d d i t i o n , t h e s t o r e w i l l f e a t u r e a n
e x p a n d e d c u s t o m e r s e r v i c e c o u n t e r t h a t
w i l l o f f e r e a s i e r s h o p p i n g a l o n g w i t h
p o s t a l s e r v i c e s , f i l m a n d f i l m - p r o c e s s -
i n g , l o t t e r y t i c k e t s a n d f i s h a n d g a m e
l i c e n s e s .
V i d e o s a l e s a n d r e n t a l s w i l l a l s o b e a
f e a t u r e d p a r t o f t h e n e w s t o r e , a n d w i l l
i n c l u d e S u p e r N i n t e n d o a n d S e g a s e l e c -
t i o n s . A l s o a p r o m i n e n t f e a t u r e o f t h e s t o r e
t h i s s p r i n g w i l l b e a g r e e n h o u s e o u t f r o n t
t h a t w i l l c a r r y a l l t h o s e t h i n g s n e e d e d b y
t h e h o m e g a r d e n e r .
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Ridley 's celebrates grand opening
Chamber President Lisa Mohler cuts the ribbon at the Ridley's grand opening while Bob Welch, store
manager, and Mayor Dean Martens look on. The grand opening will continue through Sunday.
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-- - THE STAR-NEWS THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1994
Brockman wir
This photo, "Snow Smile," was one
offourphotographs by McCall pro_
fessional photographer Earl
Brockman selected as prize win-
ners in the 1994 Photo Contest
staged by the Idaho Photographic
Society. Brockman tied with an-
other winner for having the most
photos selected for the 20 -photo
is photo award
winners exhibition. A total of 150
entries were made to the 1994 IPS
contest, with the winners chosen by
a jury of five photographers, stock
agency owners and gallery owners
from the Ketchum area. Brockman,
who also takes photographs forThe
Star -News, also had a fifth entry
selected as an alternate winner.
Photo by Linda Williamson
Clifford Johnson gets final trim from retiring barber Bud LaFay.
LaFay's barber
closes after 56
BY LINDA WILLIAMSON
For The Star -News
When Bud LaFay arrived at
LaFay's Barber Shop on Friday morn-
ing, customers in need of a haircut or
a shave or just some good old fash-
ioned story- telling were already
milling around outside the shop.
Word had spread that LaFay's had
been sold and that this was one of the
last two days when a haircut could be
had at the shop. After 56 years,
LaFay's Barber Shop and Saloon is
closing its doors.
LaFay, 73, who has been a barber
in New Meadows since he graduated
from high school, said that now, "lawn
mowing comes first, golfing second
and hair cutting third." He said that
holding his arms up for eight hours a
day had become too fatiguing.
LaFay said that his grandfather,
father and uncle arrived in McCall
shop
years
from Wisconsin in 1900. They opened
a barber shop together in McCall and
worked there until LaFay's grandfa-
ther died in 1902.
After his death, the brothers split
up, one stayed on at the shop in
McCall, and Clarence LaFay, Bud's
father, moved to Old Meadows, where
he opened his own shop.
In 1917, when most of Old Mead-
ows had relocated to New Meadows,
where the new train line ended,
Clarence became a sheep rancher. His
granddaughter, Mona Anderson, said
he bought 600 sheep at $16 a head.
But after World War I ended, the
price of sheep plummeted to $2 a
head, and Clarence decided to go back
to cutting hair. Bud LaFay was born
on the old sheep ranch.
Clarence purchased the old New
Meadows pool hall in 1920 and con-
verted it to a saloon and barber shop.
The famed back bar had made the
trip from Old Meadows and was al-
ready a fixture at the old pool hall.
Then, in 1938, he decided to build
a new barber shop- saloon and hired a
contractor to build it. Bud LaFay be-
came the contractor's "flunkie."
"It was my first summer out of
high school," LaFay said. "My job
was to burn sawed off board ends and
carry nails." During that summer,
Clarence taught his son how to cut
hair.
LaFay said he'd been cutting hair
for quite some time when the state
passed a law requiring barbers to at-
tend school and become licensed.
LaFay said that when he attended
barber school in Boise, in 1939, the
going price for a hair cut was 10 cents.
A shave was 20 cents.
After his father died, LaFay and
his wife, Marsha, who was born and
raised in New Meadows, ran the bar-
ber shop and saloon as a team.
"We were open at 9 a.m. seven
days a week, and we closed when the
last customer left," LaFay said.
He said that his wife ran the sa-
loon, while he cut hair or played poker
or shot pool. LaFay said that the busi-
ness made a large portion of its profits
from gambling, and that his dad had
been an expert gambler. He said that
h was never the gambler that his dad
was, but that he did fairly well at pool.
The last poker game LaFay re-
members took place in a blinding
snow storm in 1955 or 1956. He said
the storm blew in, closed the roads,
and the game lasted a week. "No one
could come in and shut us down,"
LaFay said.
Although they never sold whis-
key, LaFay said that bootleg whiskey
was available occasionally. A num-
ber of customers asked for a little of
the bootleg brew to jazz up their
milkshakes, LaFay said.
Although they served soda foun-
tain items, they served beer as well.
"If you wanted a beer you just moved
down a stool and you'd get one,"
LaFay said.
He said there used to be a dance
hall across the street and that his cus-
tomers would generally saunter over
when they felt the urge to dance or
fight.
He said that besides offering poker,
dice, shakes, shaves and haircuts,
LaFay's also had four slot machines.
Just recently his daughter took one of
the old machines in to have it re-
paired. She asked him whether the
machine had ever paid a jackpot and
he'd told her that of course it had. But
she responded that the repair shop
said the machine was built in such a
way that it could never pay a jackpot.
Even though LaFay is retiring from
the business, the family tradition of
haircutting continues. LaFay's son,
Miles, is a barber in Lewiston, al-
though one suspects that the barber
shop there doesn't offer the amenities
that were offered at LaFay's in New
Meadows.
V41ley Advdcaie, mayly "ee
Peak Performance offers fashion for active people
MCCALL — Peak
Performance, a store that offers
clothing for those who dance, exer-
cise and are otherwise physically
active, will have a Grand Opening
Celebration May 26 -27.
Robin Good, the store's owner,
invites everyone to stop in at 321
N. Third St. — on the upper level
of the Lands Building — to have
a look at McCall's only fitness
wear store.
Exercise and the clothes that
come with it have become a way
of life, Good said. And Peak
Performance offers a combination
of sports- related clothing to sports
streetwear.
For example, she said a leotard
is no longer just worn for aero-
bics or dance, but also as a swm-
suit or with a pair of jeans or shorts.
Activewear has evolved into multi-
purpose lifestyle dressing suited
for a variety of different activities
— in and out of the gym.
The multi- purpose uses of items
Robin Good of Peak Performance
such as bike shorts, T- shirts, uni-
tards and two -piece sweat suits
are what people find appealing at
a time when discretionary income
continues to be at a premium.
The clothing at Peak
Performance is available to women
of all sizes, from children's 7 to
women's 14, to plus sizes and
maternity.
Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday, and
watch for extended hours after July
4th.
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Richard Escott shows off float tube at Lick Creek Fly Shop.
Lick Creek Fly Shop
stocked to the
S g ills
McCall is now home of a true fly -
fisherman's paradise.
Lick Creek Fly Shop, located at
319 N. Lake St., McCall, downstairs
from Maria's Mexican Restaurant, is
stocked to the gills with a full -line of
fly fishing equipment and supplies.
Shop owner, Richard Escott, said
he bought the business from Fred
"Buzz" and Barbara Smole of McCall
and relocated it because it "enhanced"
his other sporting business ventures,
including Payette Lake Charters and
a guiding business.
A licensed guide on Big and Little
Payette Lake since 1990 and in the
McCall area since 1991, Escott said
his services will include single day
and overnight fishing trips on both
lakes as well as charter services.
In addition to Lick Creek Fly
Shop's rods, reels and wide selection
or pre -tied flies and lures, Escott has
included archery supplies and a selec-
tion of scuba fins, masks and snor-
kels.
He said he hopes someday to ex-
pand the scuba equipment line and
include instruction and certification
courses.
"I bought the business because I
felt there was a need for it in McCall,"
Escott said.
He said he also plans to organize
youth and women's fly fishing groups
and offer fly tying and fly casting
workshops.
Escott opened Lick Creek Fly Shop
over Memorial Day weekend. The
store will be open seven days a week
with the following hours: Monday
through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.;
Friday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday, 8
a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday 10 a.m. to
4 p.m.
Call the store at 634 -4859.
Good taste will surface in Spring Pure Water
MCCALL — A motto for Lee Renfro's
new business might be "Give them water
and they will drink for a day; teach them
to purify and they shall drink for the rest
of their days."
Renfro's Spring Pure Water is a retail-
er of water purification and softening
devices designed for use in the home.
The key to the purifier is reverse osmo-
sis, or RO, a process developed by the
federal government for the military, said
Renfro.
"It's not a new technique," he said.
"It's just that the first one cost $24 mil-
lion, and we've got the cost down a little
bit on ours."
One of his self - contained countertop
units sells for about $600, he said, while
five- and four - filter undersink models —
which can be installed out of sight — will
sell for about $499.95 and $399.95, respec-
tively. He said the four -filter type is designed
for use with already - chlorinated city water.
But the home units are made to remove
the chlorine as well as the bacteria and
parasites the city filter doesn't eliminate,
he said.
Although hardware stores do sell in-
line filters that remove the bacteria and
parasites, the problem with them is that,
because they have no backflush system,
they retain the bugs, said Renfro.
"Really, a family of four should be
changing those filters on a weekly basis,"
he said. Otherwise, it's sort of like wash-
ing your dishes without ever changing the
water.
A Spring Water purifier, however, con-
tains a semi - permeable membrane with
the holes only one - ten - thousandth of a
micron wide, small enough to trap the par-
asites and bacteria before they are back -
flushed and rinsed down the drain. By
contrast, a standard in -line filter sold in
stores filters only to one -half a micron,
he said.
Before the contatninants reach the one-
ten- thousandth - micron RO unit, they must
permeate several other filters, said Renfro.
After the RO membrane, they are sub -.
jected to an activated carbon polishing fil-
ter.
"It is an overkill, but by overkilling it
you eliminate the necessity to be contin-
ually changing those filters," he said.
He said the system is designed to work
with the water temperatures typical of this
locale and with low pressures, both of
which affect osmosis, thereby providing
"bottled -water quality water in your home."
Fifteen pounds of pressure operate the
countertop model, quite a bit lower than
the 45 minimum needed for the undersink
types.
As a complement to the purifiers, SPW
also sells softeners that soften the water
down from its high mineral content, which
may be more than nine hundred parts per
million total dissolved solids, Renfro said.
Although boiling does kill the bacte-
ria and parasites in the water, it doesn't
remove them from the liquid, he said.
"You're still drinking the little carcass-
es," and the -water doesn't taste as good
as when ROed, said Renfro.
Spring Pure Water also offers free test-
ing for chlorine levels, hardness and total
dissolved solids. For a fee, SPW will col-
lect biological samples to be tested for
bacteria and parasites.
It also sells the testing tools to those
who want to buy them, the chlorine and
hardness kit for about $175 and the solids
tester for around $100.
Currently being remodeled, 304 N. 3rd
will serve as the outlet for Spring Pure
Water. Telephone is 634 -6767.
Lee Renfro
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Photo by Tom Grote
Linda Comstock shows off some of her award - winning products offered through Decorating Den.
Comstock wins decorating prize
Linda Comstock of Meadows, a
Decorating Den franchise owner, re-
cently won First Place in the Owner/
Decorator Kitchen category fora room
she decorated.
The "Dream Room Contest" is
Decorating Den's annual interior
decorating competition.
A panel of editors representing
Better Homes and Gardens, Metro -
politan Home, House Beautiful, Home
magazine, Mirabella, New Woman,
and others judged each decorators
work on design excellence, creative
problem solving and presentation.
World famous Designer Mario
Buatta teamed up with Carol Donayre
Bugg, vice president of design for
Decorating Den and Patti Coons, se-
nior vice president of corporate com-
munications and the originator of the
Dream Room Contest, to award
Comstock with her prize.
The honor was bestowed during
the company's 25th Anniversary Con-
ference held May 20 - 27 in Washing-
ton, DC.
During the conference, Rep. John
Dingle hosted a luncheon in the United
States Capitol honoring Decorating
Den and its president, James S. Bugg.
Approximately 25 senators and con-
gress members attended this luncheon.
Decorating Den developed as a
full - service interior decorating com-
pany during the past 25 years. There
are currently more than 1,300 fran-
chise owners.
Not only has Decorating Den ex-
ploded in the decorating world, but it
also brought women and minorities
into the work force as entrepreneurs
as early as 1969. Today, 98 percent of
its franchise owners are women. To-
gether, these franchisees celebrated
their highest retail sales month ever in
March.
For more information, call
Comstock at 634 -7020. Consultations
for her decorating services are always
free.
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Photo by Tom Grote
Karen Smith displays some of the clothes found at Second Hand Rose.
Find quality clothes
at Second Hand Rose
Quality used clothing, and a lot of
other good stuff, can be found for
affordable prices at Second Hand Rose
thrift shop, recently opened in McCall.
Second Hand Rose is located in
the McCall Business Center on Idaho
55 near the McCall Airport. Owner
Karen Smith said she opened the store
to respond to the "definite" need for
quality used clothing in the area.
"There is clothing here for the en-
tire family," Smith said. Most of the
clothing at the store is on consign-
ment from people who own items in
good condition but just don't need
them any more.
These kinds of people include
mothers of small children who have
grown older, new mothers who no
longer need their maternity clothes
and women and men who have either
lost weight or gained weight and no
longer fit into their clothes, Smith
said.
The current emphasis at Second
Hand Rose is on casual wear and
summer clothing, but there are plenty
of items for year -round wear as well.
Don't forget to look over the selection
of shoes and boots, and there are even
wedding gowns on sale.
More than just clothing is avail-
able at Second Hand Rose. A crafters
corner displays handmade works of
local artisans, and the shelves are filled
with glassware, dried flowers, dolls,
baby carriers, stuffed animal toys,
and even books and videos.
Prices at Second Hand Rose are
always at least half of what the clothes
would have sold for new, and only
quality items are accepted, Smith said.
"We don't take clothing with holes,
broken zippers or missing buttons,"
she said. "We don't want yard sale
stuff."
New items arrive daily. Hours for
Second Hand Rose are Tuesday
through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Call 634 -5633.
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Work starts on McCall motel Photo by Tom Grote
Earth - moving crews this week began grading the site
of a planned Best Western motel to be located at Idaho
55 and Colorado Street. The 51 -room motel was an-
nounced last fall, but work was held up while the
developer and McCall officials agreed on solutions to
drainage problems and water supply to the site. If all
goes as planned, the two -story motel should be open
by November, said Ray Patel, the head of Laxmi, Inc.,
of Boise, the site's owner. The motel will add to the 243
rooms now offered at McCall's six existing motels.
Patel's family -owned company also own three motels
in Boise, including the Quality Inn, the Comfort Inn
and Nendel's Inn. Patel estimated the cost of the
project at more than $1.6 million.
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McCall Pony Express offers tack, supplies for horse lovers
MCCALL — Everything for
the horseman or horsewoman is
now available at McCall Pony
Express, which opened recently
at 313 Deinhard Lane across from
McCall Airport.
Tracy and Mike opened the
business to fill a need for horse
tack and other equestrian supplies
in the McCall area. But horses are
not something new to them, as
they've been involved with them
for a long time.
"We both do things with hors-
es and it's a need up here," Tracy
said. She started the McCall Pony
Club several years ago, and both
operate Lake City Sleigh &
Carriage, a fixture at such events
as McCall's Winter Carnival. Tracy
continues to teach English riding
and is very active with the pony
club.
"We got tired of going to the
valley to buy things," Mike says.
"We decided to try a small store
and see what happened."
Pony Express offers both
Western and English tack, a full
line of feeds for horses and also
for 4 -H stock programs, books on
equestrian matters, unique gifts
for those who like horses, some
horse - related clothing for chil-
dren, along with grooming aids
and other related supplies.
They also sell used tack and
equipment, and also accept used
saddles to sell on consignment.
The store's hours are from 10
a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through
Saturday.
Tracy Cotchett and Mike D. of McCall Pony Express
Lumbermen's named
top building retailer
Lumbermen's Building Centers
has been chosen by Building Supply
Home Centers magazine as Retailer
of the Year for 1994
The company, based in Olympia,
Wash., accepted the nationally recog-
nized Retailer of the Year award in
the "general" category of building
material retailers.
This category, one of three
awarded, is given for building mate-
rial retailers whose sales include a
significant percentage of both profes-
sional and consumer customers.
Lumbermen's was chosen because of
its progressive market position,
growth, and strength in the industry.
Lumbermen's has 31 stores oper-
ating in Washington, Oregon, and
Idaho, including a store in McCall. In
business since 1895, the company has
experienced rapid growth in the past
few years.
Lumbermen's President M. David
Dittmer, says the company is pleased
with the honor and attributes its suc-
cess to service- oriented employees
and the strengths of the towns where
stores are located.
Lumbermen's is a division of the
Lanoga Corporation, headquartered
in Redmond, Wash. Lanoga owns 149
stores.
Alana Shoemaker promoted at West
One Bank's McCall branch
Gordon Colburn, Vice President
and Branch Manager of West One
Bank in McCall, has announced the
promotion of Alana M. Shoemaker to
Customer Service Manager. This posi-
tion includes supervisory duties in
branch operations as well as customer
contact, with responsibility for main-
taining quality customer service.
Since joining West One in 1980 at
the McCall office, Shoemaker has filled
a variety of positions in the bank, most
recently as Customer Service Specialist.
A graduate of the University of
Idaho with a bachelors degree in
Zoology, Shoemaker has also com-
pleted numerous banking courses.
Shoemaker is currently a member
of the McCall Memorial Hospital
Auxiliary and the McCall - Donnelly
PTA. She served 2 1/2 years on the
board of directors for the Federal
Employees Child Care Association for
Creative Cubs Day Care, and partici-
pated in PBS TV telethons held in
McCall.
West One Bank, Idaho is a whol-
ly -owned subsidiary of West One
Bancorp, a diversified financial ser-
vices company headquartered in Boise,
Idaho. With assets of $8.1 billion, more
than 200 banking offices and 4900
employees serving 124 communities,
West One offers a full range of finan-
cial and investment services to its cus-
tomers in Idaho, Washington, Oregon
and Utah.
Alana Shoemaker
Toni Douglas
Something old,
something new
in McCall
While cooling off this sum-
mer at McCall, I've noticed
some great new stores have
hit the cozy resort commu-
nity.
McCall is a getaway close
to Boise with some quaint es-
tablishments that have been
here for years — and some
that are new.
Here are a few of my fa-
vorites:
Monkeying around
Mountain Monkey Busi-
ness, 501 Pine St., has terrific
men's and women's clothing
for the casual McCall style.
The management prides it-
self on selecting ready -to-
wear made of natural fibers
and colors from nature that
look fresh and chic. '
Most of the clothing soli''
here travels well and can b)E
worn for play and, of course„
to the city.
Gotcha Covered, Woolricl:,
Liz and Co., and B.D. Baggier
are only a few of its brand
specialties.
The Mishi Clothing line
carried here is sold in sepa-
rates that are preshrunk,
hand -dyed and exceptionally
comfortable to wear, priced
from $42 to $64.
Legendary Birkenstocks
are available here in a wide
assortment and can be special
ordered, if necessary, within
one week.
Originally designed as or-
thopedic shoes, they have en-
dured decades of changing
fads and fashion. Besides
clothing, Monkey Business
carries jewelry and home ac-
cessories. The jewelry collec-
tion consists of hand - crafted
pieces from around the world.
All items are designed in sil-
ver and gold and are very
affordable.
Favorites of brides and col-
lectors include Portmeirion
dinnerware, Majolica ceram-
ics and Arthur Court
serveware, all of which can
be found here.
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Turning old into new
Many people are decorat-
ing with second -hand store
finds. Ec Lec Tic, 401 E. Len-
ora, is one place to get those
old classics. It's not just the
bargains that make this store
so compelling — it reminds
me of our not -so- distant past.
The owner travels around
the Northwest to estate sales
and always has new merchan-
dise. The store carries an-
tique silver, primitives, old -
time kitchen favorites, 10-
cent glassware and more.
Every day, gourmet coffee
is served, and homemade
pastries usually are available
while you shop.
Modern antiques
Vestiges, at 1000 N. 3rd
Street, specializes in unique
clothing items (such as vests)
that are made out of vintage
fabrics and trim, with details
you would expect to pay lots
of money for.
Linda, the store owner, is a
seamstress who has collected
fine fabrics over the years for
her demanding clientele.
You'll find beautiful vests
with leftover fabrics that are
sold at incredible prices.
These vests are priced at $30
to $90 and are certainly one -
of -a -kind that will be valued
for generations to come.
Vestiges also is the home of
"Mud Puppies," a line of chil-
dren's clothing for ages 1 to 6.
This line is manufactured on-
site, and each piece is hand -
sewn with incredible amounts
of detail.
Naturally, many of the
dresses and pants are finished
with a matching vest for a
complete outfit priced from
$45 to $65. Most of the cloth-
ing is reversible, using fabrics
that coordinate. Pick up a
Mud Puppy kids' hat for $16
or a T -shirt for $12. All the
clothing is reasonably priced
considering that each item is
a part of a limited- edition
group and will be cherished
through generations.
Toni Palmeri Douglas has
worked in smayl'specialty
stores and in urge retail com-
panies, in positions from mer-
chandise buyer to divisional
vice president. Write to her in
care of The Idaho Statesman,
P.O. Box 40, Boise, ID 83707.
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Guardian NW opens
office next to Subway
Guardian Northwest Ins. Co. has
moved to a new location in McCall at
320 N. 3rd next to the Subway sand-
wich shop.
Guardian purchased the Weller
Miller Agency one year ago and the
property and casualty division is man-
aged by Leslie Center and Tammi
Hileman.
Weller Miller Agency will remain
at the same location where Joy and
Shawn Miller will continue to man-
age health, life and annuities.
GNW of McCall will offer auto,
home, recreational vehicle, business
owners, commercial and farm insur-
ance.
GNW of McCall not only repre-
sents GNW Insurance Co. but also
represents Farmers Alliance Ins.,
Milwaukee Safeguard, Transwestern
General Agency, Progressive Ins.,
Dairyland Ins., and Big Sky Under-
writers. This enables the office to
fulfill almost every client need.
GNW of McCall will also be an-
nouncing a name change at the first of
the year to Great Northwest Insur-
ance of McCall (the signs at the new
location will reflect that change prior
to the first of the year).
The office will hold its grand open-
ing on Friday. Call 634 -8118.
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Chaloupka takes Ridley's helm
Former McCall resident Tom
Chaloupka has returned to become
the new manager of Ridley's vari-
ety_ store in McCall.
Chaloupka, 50, returns to McCall
after an eight -year absence. He re-
places former Ridley's manager Bob
Welch, who resigned.
Shoppers will remember
Chaloupka checking the aisles at
local supermarkets as a sales mer-
chandisers for Associated Foods,
which provides grocery items to
many local stores.
After leaving McCall, he worked
for Slusser Wholesale and Paul's
Markets before joining Ridley's in
1989. Chaloupka helped set up
Ridley's two Boise supermarkets
and stayed on to manage the variety
departments in both stores.
Chaloupka, who also was a vol-
unteer firefighter during his last stint
in McCall, said he has enjoyed re-
viving old friendships among area
residents. He also is happy to be
returning to small -town living.
Chaloupka is committed to bring-
ing a high level of service and qual-
ity to customers of Ridley's.
"I want to try to satisfy the cus-
tomer in every way," he said. "If we
don't have it and we can get it, we
will order it."
Ridley's purchased the McCall
store in January from Sprouse! when
the Portland -based company went
out of business.
Besides the two supermarkets in
Boise, Ridley's also operates a vari-
ety store in Emmett and supermar-
kets in Gooding, Rupert and Jerome,
where the company has its home
office.
Photo by Tom Grote
Tom Chaloupka shows off hunting gear just arrived at Ridley's.
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Eagles Carpet opens in McCall
The buying power of a large chain
and the friendliness and service of a
hometown store are now available for
carpet- buyers with the opening of
Eagles Carpet and Floor Covering in
McCall.
Michael and Debra Hicks have
opened Eagles Carpet at 507 Pine
Street, one block east of Legacy Park.
Call 634 -3184.
Eagles Carpet is a member of the
Family Flooring Store program, an
international network of carpet retail-
ers selling products and services sup-
plied and backed by the International
Flooring Group Inc. based in Atlanta.
As the parent organization, IFG
offers dealers a total marketing pack-
age, including expert market plan-
ning, professionally prepared mer-
chandising and promotional programs
and an efficient system of national
distribution.
Family Flooring dealers have ex-
clusive rights within their territories
to sell products bearing the Family
Flooring label and warranties.
Michael and Debra Hicks moved
to McCall from Wayne, Mich., where
Michael worked in retailing. Debra
Hicks is a former McCall resident
who said the family has been working
for several years to move back to a
rural, small -town atmosphere.
Hicks is the daughter of McCall
plumber Vic Frabotta, and Eagles
Carpet will share office space with
Frabotta's Vicco Plumbing.
The showroom at Eagles Carpet
contains hundreds of carpet samples
by such brand names as Monsanto,
Wear Dated, Stain Masters and
Trevira. The store also sells Armstrong
linoleum and vinyl.
The store handles both residential
and commercial carpeting as well as
installation. Free in -home estimates Photo by Tom Grote
and measurements are offered as well. Michael and Debra Hicks display carpet samples at Eagles Carpet.
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Photo by Roger Phillips
Kim Dalrymple shows off inventory at Kim's Video in McCall.
Kim's Video rents
top entertainment
A husband - and -wife team have
opened Kim's Video, a new movie
video rental business in McCall.
Kim's Video is located at 617 N.
3rd St. next to Bruneel Tire. Call
634 -7474.
Kim and Joe Dalrymple, both of
McCall, started the store at the end
of August after a friend suggested
they consider opening a video store.
Kim, who has previous experi-
ence managing a video rental busi-
ness, runs the store during the day,
and Joe helps out at night.
The store currently has about
1,500 titles in stock, but Kim hopes
to add more movies, as well as games
and movie sales.
"We're trying to get a good, wide
range of movies," Kim said. "This
is the starting point, and we're look-
ing to get more."
There are no membership fees,
new customers get a two- for -one
special when they first sign up, and
every fifth movie is free after sign -
up. Movie rental prices range from
$1 to $3 per night.
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Counselor opens McCall office
When life's bumps get out of hand,
professionals can many times offer
coping skills, education and support
for individuals and families caught in
destructive and confusing behavioral
cycles. Joe Wilson has dedicated much
of his time and energy to teaching
emotional survival skills.
Wilson is the director of Mountain
States Group Individual and Family
Support Services, which recently
opened an office in McCall.
Wilson provides counseling ser-
vices to individuals and families ex-
periencing problems with work, mar-
riage, relationships, children and gen-
der issues.
Wilson began in the counseling
field working with inmates in the
prison system. He then took a job with
a logging company in the Orofino
area. After an accident left him un-
able to continue, Wilson drew on his
counseling experience and decided to
earn a degree in social work.
He completed both his undergradu-
ate and the master's degree at Boise
State University, earning his graduate
degree last year. He became associ-
ated with the Mountain States Group
based in Boise while attending BSU.
Joe Wilson
Offers
family
counseling
Wilson talks easily, relaxing in
one of the overstuffed chairs in his
new upstairs office in the Jorgensen
Building on Third Street. To empha-
size a point he reaches over and grabs
a small dry -write board, drawing sev-
eral illustrations.
While completing his education at
BSU, Wilson completed a research
study for the Anger Control Abuse
Prevention Program on domestic vio-
lence.
That study led to group counseling
sessions which were both educational
and emotionally draining. "There's
so many issues to deal with," Wilson
said.
In his McCall practice, Wilson will
be available to deal with domestic
violence cases, general counseling
services, guidance, resource develop-
ment and referral, and consultation
for counseling program development
for other agencies.
Wilson moved to McCall with his
wife Grace, son Jake, 13, and daugh-
ter Emily, 7.
"I want to be a rural provider,"
Wilson said. He feels his personal
background and experience make him
uniquely capable of understanding
issues faced by a rural community.
"It's important to a community to
have someone who can come from
different directions and work on dif-
ferent issues," he said.
Rural communities face unique
issues which include dealing with a
"boom- bust" economy, increasingly
controversial environmental issues
and how they affect the community's
varied work force along with the as-
sociated stress that creates.
Mountain States Group Individual
& Family Support Services is located
at 502 N. 3rd St., Suite No. 206, in
McCall. Call 634 -2899.
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New owner Reese Burton works on one of the products offered by Long Valley Canvas.
L.V. Canvas changes hands
Long Valley Canvas in McCall
may have a new owner, but the shop
will still have the same familiar faces
following the recent sale of the busi-
ness.
The canvas manufacturing and re-
pair shop's original owner, Mike
McCabe, has sold the business to
Reese Burton, a long -time employee.
"Reese's worked here for the past
three years," McCabe said. "She
knows the business and the quality of
work will be the same."
Burton said her husband, Loyd,
will be helping her run the business.
"Loyd will be learning Mike's side of
the business ... ordering, bidding,
fitting, patterning and installation."
Burton said she and her husband
will carry on in the same spirit as
McCabe, offering the same services
and products which have been avail-
able over the past 12 years.
From giant pencil bags to full -size
sheep herders tents, Long Valley Can-
vas has a wide selection of hand-
made products. The shop will con-
tinue to produce custom boat covers,
tarps, awnings, tents, truck tonneau
covers, bags, packs, and snowmobile
and motorcycle seats, Burton said.
Burton said she had been sewing
most of her life and began working as
a commercial seamstress at The Bag
Maker in Boise. After moving to Don-
nelly four years ago, she began work-
ing for McCabe at Long Valley Can-
vas.
Long Valley Canvas will continue
to carry McCabe's zipper repair kits,
an item steadily growing in popular-
ity around the country since being
featured in a number of national maga-
zines. Large kits sell for $22, small
kits are $9.
"I want to express my gratefulness
to the community for their support
and for keeping this business alive for
12 years," McCabe said. "Their sup-
port has allowed me and my family to
live here."
Long Valley Canvas is located at
605 North Third St., in McCall, across
from Bryan's Burger Den. Call 634-
8263 for information on the shop's
products and services.
Darlin s Daycare Donna s Lifl g
Donna Darling says she has the best job
in Valley County, and she could quite pos-
sibly be right.
Darling runs "Li'l Darlings Preschool,"
formerly known as Children's House
Preschool, in McCall. Having the respon-
sibility of up to 15 children at one time might
seem like a burden to some, but for her, it's
makes debut
an opportunity to help children "strive to
reach his or her potential."
According to Darling, the focus of the
preschool is "to welcome children into a
happy, secure, prepared environment which
encourages exploration, discovery, and learn-
ing while having fun."
Li'l Darlings is a culmination of the eight
Donna with her little darlings
"cut" with a small wooden knife and wood-
en toys simulating fruit and vegetables.
Eventually, they will graduate to cutting
real bananas.
The "imaginative play" area seems to
be the favorite part of the room for most
of the kids, according to Darling. Sometimes
it's a make - believe pizza parlor or a store,
other times it's a dress up area for funny
clothes.
Everyday involves "circle time" when
the kids listen to Darling read a book or
discuss important things like "Barney's
Rules," or whatever happens to be on young
minds. Nap time usually follows circle
time- a crucial part of any day.
In exchange for helping children enjoy
the learning process, Darling says that she,
in turn, has learned a great deal from the
children.
"They teach me a great deal - I've grown
up so much working with preschoolers,"
she said.
years of experience Darling has had, begin-
ning with the first "co -op preschool" she
and other moms in Donnelly started back
in 1983.
Darling says she visited many childcare
facilities and seminars in Boise in order to
keep the programs up to date and " vital."
Creativity and individuality peaks when
we are at a young age, according to Darling.
"Experts say the majority of our learn-
ing patterns are set in place in the first,six
years of life," she said.
Something unique. about Li'l Darlings
is the program.
"It's really different than daycare; its
more structural and academic," Darling
said.
Although Darling says she doesn't teach
numbers, she teaches children to "love to
learn."
The classroom is set up to accomodate
the many different activities that "Miss
Donna" guides the children through each
day. In the corner by a brightly painted
mural is the writing center, where the chil-
dren become familar with the letters of the
alphabet as well as the letters in their name.
The other corner is a designated area
for building blocks, marbles, and other
"manipulatives," or toys that stimulate work
with small motor skills.
The "practical life area" is where kids
learn about everyday skills they can use at
home. For instance, children learn how to
This is the proms third year at it's
l ocation in the McCall Community
Congregational Church basement.
Li'l Darlings meets on Monday and
Thursday from 9 to 11:30 a.m. for children
who are one year away from kindergarten,
and on Tuesday and Friday from 10 to noon
for kids who are three by Sept. 1.
Darling invites any parent and child to
stop by and take a look at what Li'l Darlings
has to offer.
New paint store to feature
MCCALL — Paint and paint-
ing supplies; spas, and wood stoves,
along with the little things need-
ed for painting and maintaining
are available at a new store open
here.
McCall Paint Hearth & Spa
recently opened its doors at 305
North Third, and will celebrate its
grand opening this weekend with
an open house on Saturday, accord-
ing to Paulette Slatter, who runs
the new outlet.
Slatter, who has lots of expe-
rience in the building supply busi-
information about what primers
and paints to use for various situ-
ations and to correct particular sit-
uations.
She said the store will be very
competitive in its pricing and will
over special pricing for contrac-
tors and painters.
Slatter's husband Dennis will
Columbia Paint
ness acquired most recently from
Franklin Building Supply, said the
decision to get into the paint busi-
ness was based on there being a
need and there being plenty of
room for another store.
"We don't want to step on oth-
ers' toes," she said. "We're just
giving people other options. Our
main objective is to get people
what they need."
Besides the full line of Columbia
paint products, the store will also
sell spas from Dimension One and
Beachcraft, and wood stoves.
help out around the store as need-
ed, and he brings a wealth of pro-
fessional experience as a painter
to the business.
The store is open from 7:30
a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through
Fridays, and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on
Saturdays. McCall Paint can be
reached by telephone at 634 -7350.
Avalon is their primary line of
wood stoves, but they can also spe-
cial order wood stoves from
Waterford and Blaze King, she
said. McCall Paint can also arrange
for the installation of those stoves.
During Saturday's grand open-
ing, Slatter said there will be fac-
tory representatives from Columbia
and the stove and spa companies
at the store.
Also a part of the store's ser-
vice is an information wall that
provides consumers with printed
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Market Square gets Pinecone Awarc
The current and former managers of the Market
Square retail center in downtown McCall hold the
Pinecone Award presented on Monday by the McCall
Area Chamber of Commerce. Current manager Jim
Skinner, left, and former manager Travis Hatfield,
right, represented the owner of the building, Syd
Youngson of La Jolla, Calif., in accepting the award at
Monday's chamber luncheon held at the McCall Golf
Course Clubhouse. The former gasoline station at East
Lake and First Street was the first recipient chamber to
revived Pinecone Award, given by the
businesses that have beautified their buildings.
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Calico Gifts
is closing
it's doors
Kim Pearson
Staff Writer
MCCALL — One of McCall's
best -known and most unique gift
shops is shutting its doors. Calico
Gifts, owned by area residents Bonnie
Allen and Sharon Wolf, will end its
eight -year stint as one of McCall's
favorite gift and collectibles shop
possibly as soon as December.
"We hope to be out of here by
Dec. 1, or until there's nothing left
to sell," Wolf said.
The business partners each have
big plans for the future, with Wolf
retiring and Allen already busy as
owner of two other businesses in
Valley County and serving as a
Valley County commissioner.
"It's time to play and do some
of the things I moved to McCall to
do," Wolf said.
Spending more time with her
three granddaughters, enjoying the
holiday season without rushing back
to work, and traveling with her hus-
band who is already retired is some-
thing Wolf looks forward to most.
According to Wolf, her partner
won't exactly be bored either after
the shop closes. Allen owns two
restaurants in Valley County,
Vigilantes and The Pancake House,
as well as serving as a county com-
missioner. In addition, Allen is
spending time building a home.
"She's a busy lady," Wolf said.
Calico Gifts had its humble begin-
ning in the back of the Pancake
House in a tiny room. Later, when
the two decided to expand, the shop
was relocated to its present home
at 1101 E. Lake St. in McCall.
Since then, Calico Gifts has
enjoyed a wonderful business and
clientele.
"I will miss the people, we made
wonderful friends and repeat cus-
tomers," Wolf said. "It's wonder-
ful to have this kind of rapport with
customers."
And judging by the reaction cus-
tomers have had to Calico's clos-
ing, the two will be missed. Wolf
said that the common reaction has
been, "you can't close," which Wolf
says makes her feel the business has
been very rewardine.
For the next few months, Wolf
and Allen will be concentrating on
liquidating all merchandise in the
store.
"We still have a lot of mer-
chandise, but we've sold a lot, too,"
Wolf said.
In order to eliminate merchan-
dise, Calico Gifts is offering a 30
percent -off all merchandise sale that
will continue until everything is
gone. Customers have been using
the opportunity to get ahead on
Christmas shopping, Wolf said.
As for the property, it will either
be leased or sold, and Wolf said that
a number of people have been inter-
ested in both options. For now, no
definite replacement is in sight.
One thing that is definite, how-
ever, is the appreciation Wolf and
Allen have had for the customers
throughout the years.
"We really appreciate the sup-
port we've received and will miss
it," Wolf said. "It was not an easy
decision for us to make."
Chimney sweep also
sells wood stoves
MCCALL — Who would know better than a chimney sweep
what makes a good wood stove. Probably no one.
And that's partly what's behind a decision by Don McClaran,
who's been Chimney Sweep of Long Valley for a lot of years,
:o focus more on the sales of wood and pellet stoves.
With a new name for his business, McCall Stove Works,
McClaran has set up a display of the Quadra -Fire, Pacific Energy,
Breckwell, Waterford and Vermont Casting pellet and wood
stoves he sells at Pioneer Floors, 303 N. Third St.
It's not that he's new to selling wood stoves. He's been doing
that for 10 years as part of his business. But the focus on stoves
is what's new.
"I have quite a bit of experience with wood stoves," he said.
"And I probably have more experience with pellet stoves than
anyone in the valley."
That experience will help customers get "the right sized stove
in the right place and get the best quality for the money," he
said. To do that, he said a retailer needs to be able to draw on a
lot of different manufacturers.
And the mix of stoves is important too. He said it's a good
idea to have a wood stove in the house for those too frequent
times of power outages. But he said that today pellet stoves pro-
vide the most bang for the buck as far as heating costs go.
But one should plan on spending about $2,000 for a good
quality pellet stove, he said. And the other piece of advice he
offers for those looking at stoves is to buy locally. That is for
the service aspect, he said.
There are about one -half dozen good pellet stoves being made,
McClaran said, and he sells two of them.
For those bent on burning wood, however, McClaran said .
that everyone should consider replacing that good old stove for
one of the new efficient, clean burning stoves he offers. A new
stove can pay for itself in just a few years by cutting the amount
of wood needed to generate the same amount of heat by up to
one -half, he said.
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video outlet opens doors in McCall
MCCALL — All of your
favorite movie stars can now be
found at a new video rental store
in Valley County. Stars like Drew
Barrymore, Jeff Goldblum, and
Luke Perry are on the shelves at
Kim's Video at 617 N. 3rd,
McCall.
Open for slightly more than
one month, owner Kim Dalrymple
says business has been great.
"People seem to like having
another place to rent movies," she
said. "I'm getting a lot of people
in who are McCall residents."
Dalrymple, along with her hus-
band Joe, and their two children,
have been long -time residents of
Valley County. They currently
live in McCall.
Dalrymple estimates that the
store presently has more than 1500
different movies to choose from,
with new releases arriving every
week.
"Jurassic Park," "Bad Girls,"
and "8 Seconds" are the newest
releases. Just in time for Halloween,
"The Nightmare Before Christmas"
is also in stock.
Membership is free at Kim's
Video, and all new members
receive one movie free when they
rent their first movie. Kim's Video
also offers a special bonus to all
its members - when you rent four
movies, the fifth movie is free.
Dalrymple said that owning
her own business is really worth-
while, and got the idea of open-
Kim Dalrymple of Kim's Videos
ing a video store from a friend.
"I liked videos and I had a friend
who said it would be nice to have
another store like this in town,"
she said.
The people who come into the
store is another aspect of owning
the store that Dalrymple likes.
"I've met a lot of people, I can
sit and talk to people about movies
for hours," she said.
If you don't have a VCR, you
can still rent movies at Kim's
Video because VCR rental is also
available. In fact, you could even
win your own VCR during the
grand opening of Kim's Video on
Nov. 12.
Tickets for the VCR drawing
will be available starting Oct. 12.,
and the drawing will be held dur-
ing the grand opening. There will
also be a children's coloring con-
test with the movie "Snow White"
as first prize.
Kim's Video is open Monday
through Saturday from 10 a.m. to
10 p.m., and on Sunday from 11
a.m. to 8 p.m.
Photo by Shari Hambleton
John Anacabe was recently named manager at Washington Federal Savings & Loan's McCall office.
Wash. Fed manager settles in
Washington Federal Savings and
Loan Association in McCall has a
new leader at the helm. John Anacabe
recently replaced Denny Carlson as
the financial institution's branch man-
ager.
Carlson moved to the Spokane area
to be closer to his family, Anacabe
said.
Anacabe came to Washington Fed-
eral from West One Bank in Boise,
where he managed the bank's auto-
mated teller machine network in five
western states for the past five years.
Before that, Anacabe spent time in
Alaskateaching business management
at the University of Alaska and work-
ing as a business consultant.
He worked previously for West
One Bank for 15 years and for the
former First Federal Savings for 3 -1/
2 years in the Boise area. But he
applied for the position at Washing-
ton Federal in McCall because "this is
home," he said.
"My grandmother was born in Old
Meadows and went to school at the
old Lardo grade school," he said, and
his parents have owned a summer
home in McCall for the past 30 years.
Washington Federal is currently
working to develop deposit business,
Anacabe said. "As part of that we're
meeting or beating rates being of-
fered by competitors," he said.
Certificates of deposit are currently
being paid 6.25 percent fora 13 -month
period. Other financial products avail-
able include regular checking and sav-
ings, retirement accounts, construc-
tion loans, property lot loans and con-
ventional long -term mortgage loans,
he said.
"We're also looking forward to
participating in more community af-
fairs, and are sponsoring an art show
and wine'tasting during this year's
Winter Carnival," he said.
Washington Federal Savings and
Loan Association is located in McCall
at 101 E. Lake St. Call 634 -2121.
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Sears take over printing /graphic sho
MCCAL L — It's the same shop p
and it will offer the same services
as it did under the name Dodge -
Jupin Graphics. But there are new
owners and a different name.
Stan and Warna Sears, who
have lived here for several years,
purchased the graphics and print-
ing shop recently from Rob Dodge,
who is moving on to other things.
Renamed The PrintShop, the
Sears say they will continue to
offer the same services Dodge had
offered. And while their first few
weeks of operation will focus on
learning the business as it is, with
improvements to be made later as
they see the need, they both have
a lot of experience in the printing
business.
They have a combined total of
more than two decades in the busi-
ness, with most of that
coming from their asso-
ciation with the Nickel
Ads publication in
Portland, Ore.
But they have been
out of the business for
some time, and it was
during those years that
the computer became a
more prominent compo-
nent in the industry. Much
of what used to be done
by hand is now done on
computer.
The PrintShop will
continue to be located in
the Villa Plaza on North
3rd St., and it will con-
tinue to offer the same
products and services,
Stan Sears said. Those
is include almost
Stan & Warna Sears
anything that's printed, from busi-
ness forms to wedding and grad-
uation announcements to business
cards, brochures, menus, signs,
and extending to custom design
and printing jobs.
The Sears and The PrintShop
can be reached at telephone 634-
5850.
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Mail Boxes Etc. plans McCall store
Mail Boxes Etc., the world's larg-
est franchiser of postal, communica-
tion and business support service cen-
ters, will open its first McCall store at
305 East Park Street on Dec. 1.
"We'll provide convenient, one-
stop shopping for an assortment of
mailing and business needs, includ-
ing packaging services and materials
for sale for those people who wish to
do their own packaging," said Ruth
Kretschmer, owner of the new center.
"Initially, we will have 180 mail-
boxes available for rent by individu-
als and businesses with the ability to
expand to 280 boxes," Kretschmer
said.
Mail box rental is only one facet of
the business. The new Mail Boxes
Etc. store will offer photocopying,
faxing, money orders, secretarial and
telephone message services as well. It
also will provide instant passport ID
photos, make keys and have color
copying in the near future, among
other services.
The center will ship and receive
packages via United Parcel Service,
the U.S. Postal Service and provide
DHL International delivery services.
"We're really in the business of
saving people time and legwork,"
Kretschmer said. "Customers can tele-
phone us to see if they've received
mail and request that it be held or
forwarded. A private mail box can be
particularly useful to people who are
mobile or who operate a small busi-
ness from their home."
Founded in 1980, Mail Boxes Etc.
is the world's largest franchiser of
postal, business and communication
services with over 2,500 franchises in
the United States and internationally
in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France,
Germany, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico,
New Zealand, Spain and the United
Kingdom.
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Area now has,computer repair, retail option
MCCALL — Valley County welcomes a new
computer store into its community offering a wide
variety of computer services.
Alpha and Omega Computers at 310 E. Lake St. in
McCall, opened its doors just a few weeks ago, and
offers everything from computer repair to training.
Owner William J. Orton recently moved to the McCall
area with his wife and two children. Orton is an Idaho
native who grew up in the Boise area, and his parents
are Cascade residents.
"I grew up in Boise and lived in Salt Lake City for
the last six years and I wanted to move home," he said.
According to Orton, Alpha and Omega Computers
offers on -site hardware repairs, consignment sales, net-
work installation, and computer training and upgrad-
ing. In addition, Alpha and Omega carries accounting
software, CAD systems, and a three year warranty is
given on all new systems.
Orton also said that the company that he purchases
his products from is one of the largest manufacturers
of IBM compatible machines and uses known parts and
supplies from companies such as INTEL, Microsoft,
TEAL, NEC, as well as many others.
Alpha and Omega Computers' services could save
computer users time and trouble.
"Preventive maintenance reduces repair costs, saves
vital information by doing backups, keeps machines
running better and faster by removing programs that
your brother -in -law has installed improperly and helps
reduce viruses by having someone like me coming out
and nuking them," Orton said.
If getting rid of an old computer is a problem, Orton
said he can help out.
"If your bring me your machine I will tune it up,
compress the hard drive, clean it and sell it for you,"
he said. "I will try and get top dollar for you."
Orton also said he has trained in classes that can
help people improve their productivity or in learning
William J. Orton of Alpha & Omega Computers
different programs, such as MS -DOS, Windows,
Word Perfect, Lotus 123, DBase, EXCEL, MS
Word, MAS90, FOXPRO, and Cougar Mountain
Software.
Accounting software is another specialty of
Orton's, since he has helped numerous accoun-
tants set up their accounting programs.
"I can set up a chart of accounts and put togeth-
er a general ledger, accounts payable, accounts
receivable, inventory, and payroll to the specifi-
cations of an accountant," he said.
So if your computer has a bug or you just need
some help figuring the thing out, stop by Alpha
and Omega Computers and talk to Orton. Or, call
634 -8159 or pager number 634 -8854 (dial your
number after the tong).
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Mail Boxes Etc. plans McCall store
Mail Boxes Etc., the world's larg-
est franchiser of postal, communica-
tion and business support service cen-
ters, will open its first McCall store at
305 East Park Street on Dec. 1.
"We'll provide convenient, one -
stop shopping for an assortment of
mailing and business needs, includ-
ing packaging services and materials
for sale for those people who wish to
do their own packaging," said Ruth
Kretschmer, owner of the new center.
"Initially, we will have 180 mail-
boxes available for rent by individu-
als and businesses with the ability to
expand to 280 boxes," Kretschmer
said.
Mail box rental is only one facet of
the business. The new Mail Boxes
Etc. store will offer photocopying,
faxing, money orders, secretarial and
telephone message services as well. It
also will provide instant passport ID
photos, make keys and have color
copying in the near future, among
other services.
The center will ship and receive
packages via United Parcel Service,
the U.S. Postal Service and provide
DHL International delivery services.
"We're really in the business of
saving people time and legwork,"
Kretschmer said. "Customers can tele-
phone us to see if they've received
mail and request that it be held or
forwarded. A private mail box can be
particularly useful to people who are
mobile or who operate a small busi-
ness from their home."
' Founded in 1980, Mail Boxes Etc.
is the world's largest franchiser of
postal, business and communication
services with over 2,500 franchises in
the United States and internationally
in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France,
Germany, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico,
New Zealand, Spain and the United
Kingdom.
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Ec • Lec •Tic adds espresso bar
Ec•Lec•Tic in McCall has been a
local favorite for those who are drawn
to the unusual, clever and collectible
for the past 18 months. Now the shop
has added anew dimension - espresso.
Customers can now enjoy their
favorite latt6, mocha or other espresso
drink from the Latt6 ... da! Espresso
Bar while browsing over 2,500 square -
feet of antiques, collectibles and primi-
tives.
Ec•Lec•Tic has also added a small
seating area with a selection of maga-
zines to enjoy, including Country Liv-
ing, Martha Stewart, Home, Better
Homes and Gardens and Life.
Ec•Lec•Tic has carried a full se-
lection of whole bean gourmet coffee
in the past, relying heavily on its
roaster, Longbottom Coffee out of
Hillsboro, Ore., for support and direc-
tion.
Longbottom Coffee uses a hot -air
roasting method which prevents the
burning of the beans, which in turn
prevents the bitterness that often ac-
companies the aftertaste in coffee.
Hot air roasting creates a unique, clean
and distinct flavor which makes
Longbottom Coffee's interesting and
special to enjoy.
One aspect of the new espresso bar
that differs from others is Ec•Lec•Tic's
delivery service. Deliveries of any
coffee drinks, hot chocolate or herbal
teas from the menu is free from 8 a.m.
until 10.30 a.m. Monday through Fri-
day in the McCall area.
To order or receive a menu for
your office and delivery information,
call 634 -2289 and it's on the way.
Ec•Lec•Tic and Latte' ... da! is lo-
cated just across from Toll Station
Pizza, behind Dr. Charles' office next
to the old railroad depot.
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Photo by Roger Phillips
Julia Probst stands by her McCall store's case of fine cigars.
McCall store combines
dine art with fine cigars
You can buy fine arts - and also
cigars - at Vance Artworks Pottery
and Cigars, newly opened in the Yacht
Club Building in downtown McCall.
The gallery displays and sells
owner Julia Probst's pottery and the
artwork of other local and regional
artists.
She is also selling cigars, some-
thing not usually associated with an
art gallery. "You can't get good ci-
gars in town," Probst said.
She is asking cigar lovers to stop in
and tell her what brands they would
like her to carry so she will know what
to order when she expands her inven-
tory.
Probst has shown her artwork at
many McCall shows, and some of her
work is on display at Heartline Gal-
lery, but she decided to branch out
with her own studio to sell her pottery
and the works of other artists.
"The marketing part is very hard
so I figured if I came into town and got
my own store, maybe I could solve
that problem," Probst said.
She currently carries pottery, dolls,
jewelry, oil paintings and prints. She
is interested in carrying other artists'
works to expand her inventory.
Probst has moved her pottery shop
to the gallery, and she hopes to start
teaching pottery classes within the
next couple months.
Anyone interested in displaying
their artwork or attending pottery
classes can call Probst at 634 -5138.
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Photo by Shan Hambleton
Albrechtsen, right, works with Kathe Rife on The Hammer.
Get a dose of fitness
at Body Language
Working out with a personal trainer
is not just for the rich and famous
anymore. Certified strength trainer
and aerobic instructor Randi
Albrechtsen has opened a physical
fitness studio in McCall designed to
cater to private clients.
For many years, personal trainers
have been known for shaping the phy-
siques of models, actors and profes-
sional athletes.
Albrechtsen has been doing the
same thing in McCall for the past
year, initially traveling to clients'
homes and now providing personal
training in her new studio, called Body
Language, located in The Lands Build-
ing across from The Mill Restaurant
in McCall.
"Most of my clients are everyday
people, interested in staying in shape,"
Albrechtsen said. "But they do not
have the time, motivation or knowl-
edge to keep fit on their own."
"I can specialize programs to meet
the needs of men and women who are
already active and those who have
never exercised at all," she said. "My
clients range in age from 22 to 64."
People chose to work out with per-
sonal trainers for many reasons. One
of the main reasons is because they
get much more return on the time and
effort they invest. Working out with a
personal trainer is beneficial to both
fitness newcomers and fitness enthu-
siasts.
According to Albrechtsen, benefits
of personal training include:
• Providing motivation.
• Ensuring the time devoted to
exercise is safe and effective.
• Developing a program to meet
individuals needs and goals.
• Supervision of strength and car-
diovascular training.
• Nutrition guidance.
A personal trainer can help ensure
the success of a fitness program.
People can work with a personal
trainer two or three times a week, or
on a consulting basis to update a fit-
ness program, Albrechtsen said.
The standard workout at Body
Language includes aerobic activity,
strength training and stretching.
"My studio is a private area where
we are able to work without interrup-
tion," she said. "Sessions are about
one hour and 15 minutes long."
Body Language includes a Nordic
Track, stationary bicycle, free weights
and a new piece of machinery — the
Hammer.
The Hammer is a hybrid piece of
equipment which is "part free - weight
and part machine," Albrechtsen said.
The Hammer's unique design em-
ploys peak resistance training and uses
a cantilevered arm which cuts work-
out time about in half with great re-
sults, she said. The Hammer also ad-
justs to custom fit each client wether
they are short or tall.
Body Language is open Monday
through Friday. For an appointment
or for more information call
Albrechtsen at 634 -PUMP.
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Photo by Roger Phillips
Peg Kelcker, Don Miskin stand in store area of Harvest Moon.
Harvest Moon offers
deli, gourmet foods
Harvest Moon, a deli and spe-
cialty foods market, has opened on
East Lake Street in McCall. The new
business is located inside the same
building as Crystal Visions and Wild
Onion across from Legacy Park.
The store features a deli counter
and more than 300 specialty food
items ranging from coffee from
throughout the world to Idaho smoked
trout to Texas salsa.
Owners Peg Kelker and Don
Miskin said the store carries a little of
everything, but they are always open
to suggestions about other items they
can carry.
Kelker said that while the shop
features "gourmet" foods, that doesn't
mean they are all exotic and expen-
sive.
I want people to understand that
gourmet isn't always foo -foo and ex-
tremely expensive," she said. "Our
big thing is to give people quality at a
reasonable price."
"Fresh" and "homemade" are two
words that describe the deli at the
Harvest Moon. "I think the key to our
deli is that our breads are scratch -
baked daily," Kelker said.
The deli features weekly sandwich
specials and daily specials on home-
made soups and salads.
Kelker said their business is off to
a good start, even though they missed
the peak summer season. "We did it
purposely because we wanted to start
when things were a little slower to
make sure we had everything down."
Both Kelker and Miskin are Idaho
natives who recently moved to McCall
from San Francisco. "We've been
looking at McCall for about four years
now," Kelker said. "We felt like it
(the market) was something that would
fly in McCall."
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Emporium for lost arts open in Village Square
MCCALL — Just in time for Christmas is the
opening of a new store here that will feature some
ultra- unique gift items.
Earthways Lost Arts Emporium, opened recent-
ly by owner Woody Woodson and his manager /part-
ner Marti Robuck, will feature herbal alternatives
and supplements, custom leather work, organically
grown vegetables, and just about anything else unique
and different produced by artists and artisans that
care to drop some stuff by to sell on consigment.
The leather goods Robuck makes and will sell
through the store range from moccasins and vests to
full -blown Australian drovers' coats made out of elk
hide.
She also does custom bead and quill -work. In
addition, she said she can do leather repair and just
about anything else that is "seamstress- oriented."
The store is also gearing up to handle special
order items and co -op products such as bulk health
foods.
Woodson, a 17 -year McCall resident who has
several other business operations going, said they
are looking for local artists and artisans intested in
selling their work on consignment through the store.
The new store is located at 102 N: Third in the
Village Square. Regular hours are from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m.
Sundays.
Appointments can also be made for those who
can't make it into the store during regular hours by
calling 634 -4030.
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(not picured: Dr. Lil Gerich).
McCall
Veterinary Clinic
OWNERS: Dr. Bruce & Sherry Stephens
HOW LONG IN BUSINESS: 12 years
WHAT SERVICES DO YOU PROVIDE:
We provide medical, dental and surgical care for both large and small animals.
We are a full- service clinic with 24 hour emergency service and a hospital unit.
We have our own in -house lab, EKG monitor, ultrasound equipment, pharmacy,
x -ray, and ultrasonic dental machine. Our boarding facilities are for both large
and small animals with indoor /outdoor runs and we walk our K9s twice a day
with grooming available. We carry-Science Diet food, Purina feeds and a
complete line of horse and cattle feeds and minerals.
WHAT SETS YOUR BUSINESS APART FROM THE REST:
12 years of experience in veterinary medicine and a loving and caring staff that
will go the extra mile. Modem facilities and equipment., We try and provide a
personal service to each and every one of our clients and their companions.
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EDLEY SPORT
McCall, Idaho -
809 3rd Street 634 -2216
HOW LONG IN BUSINESS: 21 years
WHAT SERVICES DO YOU PROVIDE:
We offer a complete line of sporting goods from hunting and fishing supplies to tents and ping pong
balls ( including winter clothing and winter sports accessories). As an authorized full -line Yamaha
dealer, we sell and service ATV's, WaveRunners, motorcycles and snowmobiles. Our rental fleet
includes ATV's WaveRunners, bikes, scooters, motorcycles, fishing poles, ice skates, log splitters,
snowmobiles, snow shoes, cross country skis and more...
WHAT SETS YOUR BUSINESS APART FROM THE REST:
Medly Sports is the only full -line sporting goods store in Central Idaho. When you need the
"hottest lure ", the most effective elk call or how to correctly tie a nail knot for your fly line, our
experienced staff can give you that special personal service with "local knowledge" included!
L to R: Rosemary & Barri. Back: Roger, Steve & Pete. Not pictured:
John, Bruce, Rick, Dan & Brandon
Brownie's Pub offers McCall
another dining option
MCCALL — It's all in the family at Brownie's
Pub in McCall. In fact, it's the whole Brown fami-
ly that runs, cooks and in some ways built the new
restaurant.
Owner /father Maurice Brown and owner /moth-
er Shirley opened the restaurant just after Thanksgiving
and said that they already have regular customers.
"It's a place people like to come back to," Maurice
said.
Brownie's specializes in sandwiches, homemade
chili, soups, and salads. What adds a unique touch
to Brownie's is that many of the menu items are fam-
ily recipes, such as Shirley's chili and coleslaw
recipes.
"We specialize in sandwiches and side orders of
Shirley's baked beans, coleslaw, chili, and corn-
bread," Maurice said.
All four of the Brown's children work at Brownie's,
offering their expertise in different ways. Brown's
oldest son Dennis , for example, built the beautiful
wood bar and table tops. And most of the clan has
had restaurant and bar experience.
"It's a family business and family recipes," Maurice
said.
Brownie's also hosts Monday Night Football, and
has several micro beers and wines to choose from.
If you can't stay, Brownie's also offers take -out ser-
vice.
So stop into Brownie's and meet the family and
enjoy some good food. Located at 308 Lake St. in
McCall, Brownie's is open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday
through Saturday.
The crew at Brownie's.
'The Slant
has new
owner
MCCALL — For the last two
years, The Slant has come to be
known as Valley County's only
and best snowboard/skate shop,
where anyone from a beginning
boarder to a half -pipe master can
go to get the best boards and
equipment, and even a ride up
to the mountain.
What may not be known is
that The Slant has a new owner,
Jeff Coulter, who took over the
business venture in November.
Coulter said that even though the
shop is under new ownership, it
will remain a "hard -core snow -
boarding shop."
"The opportunity came up to
buy the shop, and it seemed like
a good idea," Coulter said.
Coulter has been in the retail
business for 12 years, and said
that he is planning on making
expansions in the store, such as
more street clothes, shoes, and
other merchandise.
"We have new stuff arriving
every day," he said. "We search
every year to find the best lines
of boards to carry, so we carry
only the best."
Right now, The Slant is work-
Jeff Coulter
ing towards putting together a
promotional snowboarding team
made up of boarders from around
the area. Those interested should
turn in a video of their best stuff
to The Slant by Friday, Dec. 23.
Coulter also said that eventual-
ly, he would like to help form a
McCall snowboarding team for
anyone who likes to board.
The Slant also offers a shut-
tle bus service to Brundage in
conjunction with Mile High
Shuttle and Tour. The bus leaves
at 8:30 a.m. at The Slant park-
ing lot every day of the week,
and leaves Brundage at 4:15 p.m.
In the summer, Coulter said
he would like to offer rock climb-
ing expeditions, and a bigger line
of skate boards and wake boards.
So go down and see what's
new and who's new at The Slant,
122 Lake St., in McCall. It's open
from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday
through Thursday, and is open
until 9 p.m. on Fridays.
Starrs turn
Carrie Chesnick
Staff Writer
Its a passion and a dream.
When P.J. Starr talks about 88
Cent Videos, the business she and
her husband Roy bought in
December, her passion speaks loud
and clear. She is excited and enthu-
siastic about the business and the
changes they have in mind based
on how they envision the store.
The current remodeling will
be finished in the spring and will
allow them to classify specialty
films for which people are look-
ing. The store will have specific
areas for family, classic and for-
eign films, among others. She also
envisions a facility where people
can gather to view a film and dis-
cuss it afterward. Since Starr has
a film minor from the University
of Michigan, the idea of hosting
film discussions is a logical one.
In the meantime, the store fea-
tures 4,000 movie choices to select
from. Starr would like to see 10,000
eventually offered, and that will
take some time at $50 to $100 for
each new release. In the last month
they have added 250 new movies
and four new movies arrived UPS
during the interview.
And there's more.
T, rsdays are "Free Child
Movie days. That means people
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passion into business
Roy and P.J. Starr of 88¢ Video
with memberships can get two free
children's movies. Obtaining a
membership is as easy as stopping
in to fill out a card. There is no
cost.
Video cost has remained the
same and they have expanded the
two -day rental to include new
releases for $2.88.
Starr views the business as
important because "it is a unique
part of American culture. One thing
that came out of America that is
distinctively American is fihn and
film- makers.documenting histo-
ry. Its important because you can
look at any movie and see it doc-
umenting history."
The educational entertain-
ment aspect is also important.
"People can travel the whole world
and see different cultures without
leaving their home. Its a nice way
to lose yourself in a different world
and get some fun at the end of the
day."
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Richard Hieter is ready to serve you at Hieter's Auto Repair.
Good service, fair deal
at Hieter's Auto Repair
The old- school garage mechanic
is back in business at Hieter's Auto
Repair located in Industrial Loop in
McCall.
After working as a mechanic for
12 years, Richard Hieter has setup his
own shop, where he plans to do gen-
eral mechanic work, including tune
ups and repairs to cars, trucks and
small- engines.
"If it's broke, bring it in and I can
fix it," Hieter said.
Hieter charges $28 per hour shop
rates, which he says is lower than
most other shops in the area. He said
he is a general mechanic, not a spe-
cialist in any one kind of vehicle, so
he doesn't charge specialist rates. But
his passion is working on older ve-
hicles, especially hot rods.
"I'm here for everybody, not just
the high - dollar client," he said.
Hieter also allows customers to
bring in their own parts for repairs, or
he can supply the needed parts.
Hieter's shop if fully insured, and
he accepts major credit cards. He can
be contacted at 634 -4418.
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Richard Hieter is ready to serve you at Hieter's Auto Repair.
Good service, fair deal
at Hieter's Auto Repair
The old- school garage mechanic
is back in business at Hieter's Auto
Repair located in Industrial Loop in
McCall.
After working as a mechanic for
12 years, Richard Hieter has setup his
own shop, where he plans to do gen-
eral mechanic work, including tune
ups and repairs to cars, trucks and
small- engines.
"If it's broke, bring it in and I can
fix it," Hieter said.
Hieter charges $28 per hour shop
rates, which he says is lower than
most other shops in the area. He said
he is a general mechanic, not a spe-
cialist in any one kind of vehicle, so
he doesn't charge specialist rates. But
his passion is working on older ve-
hicles, especially hot rods.
"I'm here for everybody, not just
the high - dollar client," he said.
Hieter also allows customers to
bring in their own parts for repairs, or
he can supply the needed parts.
Hieter's shop if fully insured, and
he accepts major credit cards. He can
be contacted at 634 -4418.
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Duane and Alberta Smith invite you to A -1 Car Wash in McCall.
A -1 rids winter's grime
If motorists are worried about the
winter's effects on their cars exteri-
ors, but don't feel like digging out the
hose, bucket and sponge, help is avail-
able in McCall.
Duane and Alberta Smith, owners
of A -1 Car Wash, recently installed a
climate - controlled wash system to
accommodate winter conditions. The
car wash is located on Idaho 55 near
The Pancake House restaurant.
There are two bays, one self -serve
and the other automated, that are open
24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The open bay is standard spray -and-
brush operations. The other is a com-
puterized, touchless spray drive-
through system.
"One of the reasons we installed it
was people wouldn't have to get out
of their cars," Alberta said.
The bay has a garage door, which
is closed during cold temperatures.
But once money is deposited in the
vending machine, the door opens and
the car is driven into the bay.
The new state -of- the -art wash
machine cleans the under carriage of
the vehicle, where winter road salts
can accumulate, Smith said.
All the chemicals used in the ma-
chine are environmentally safe, and it
also recycles all the water used during
the wash.
Star -News Photo by Roger Phillips
Mechanic takes over shop
Lane Mountjoy recently took over chainsaws and other small,engines.
the mechanic shop at The Sports He charges $30 an hour shop rates.
Stop in McCall. Mountjoy offers The Sports Stop is located on North
service, repairs and parts for mo- Third Street (Idaho 55) across from
torcycles, ATVs, snowmobiles, The Mill Restaurant. Call 634 -3179.
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Businesses invited to show
Two McCall companies are among
150 enterprises being invited to show
their wares during a Boise vendor
show Friday and Saturday.
Botticelli Design Company and
Seams Like Yesterday have been in-
vited to participate in the show which
will be held at the Boise Centre on the
Grove.
The show is being coordinated by
the Idaho Department of Commerce
as a way of showcasing Idaho mer-
chants' best merchandise.
Although the showing is not open
to the pubic, QVC "Quest for the
Best" buyers will meet with vendors
one -on -one to choose 20 products
from those on exhibit.
Those products will be highlighted
and sold during a special segment
telecast from Idaho during the month
of July.
The live telecast, called "The Quest
for America's Best —QVC's 50 in 50
tour," will happen via the QVC LO-
CAL, a state -of -the -art mobile televi-
sion studio.
Products featured at the two -day
event will be primarily from small,
little -known Idaho businesses. Prod-
ucts shown will include jewelry,
bronze sculptures, canvas art prints,
pottery, polar fleece clothing, stained
glass, furniture, computer software
and food products such as wild rice,
granola, jams, jellies and salad dress-
ings.
QVC Electronic Retailing, a divi-
sion of QVC, Inc., is the world's larg-
est electronic retailer.
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Furniture Medic can save those damaged pieces
MCCALL — The puppy was
left at home, unattended for only a
few hours. But that was more than
enough time for little Rover to find
one of the best puppy teething rings
around, one of the rungs on the bot-
tom of that oak dining chair. Ouch!
Now what? There used to not be
many options. But now there's one
just a telephone call away and they'll
even come to your house to do the
needed repair work.
Just call Furniture Medic. Indeed,
one of the fastest growing franchises
around has come to Idaho's
Heartland.
Vint and Caroline Wolfe, of
McCall, are now the doctors of
destroyed and damaged furniture
that you need to take care of just
such problems as that caused by lit-
tle Rover.
From minor scratches on top of
that Hoosier that's been in the fam-
ily for years to gouges and broken
furniture, the Wolfes can fix it for
you.
"In the past, there was no choice
but to get something stripped and
refinished," he said, noting that there
is a lot of expense involved in that
process.
But now, using the water -based
products they have available through
their company, repairs are a snap
and can most often be done on -site
and in one day.
After years in the constriction
trade as a finish carpenter, Vint said
he was looking for something that
would allow them to remain in Valley
County, where they've lived full -
time for the past four years. But
their ties to this area are lifelong as
they grew up in Boise and Valley
County has always been their recre-
ation area.
"We didn't want to go back to
Boise," Caroline said about the
prospect for getting involved in the
new venture. 'Ibis looked like some-
thing we could do."
As part of obtaining their fran-
chise, the Wolfes had to travel to
Atlanta, Ga., to attend the Furniture
Medic training academy. That train-
ing program focuses on the latest
technological advances in furniture
repair, including patented process-
es developed by Furniture Medic.
Damaged picture frame? They
can fix it. Piano need refinishing?
They can do that too.
The Wolfes expect a lot of the
business in their service area, which
includes Adams, Canyon, Gem,
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Idaho, and Payette counties in addi-
tion to Valley County, to be of the
commercial nature.
Their on -site repair and refin-
ishing capability could be a big boon
to a restaurant that wants to change
its look. They can darken or light-
en the built -in fixtures found in
restaurants.
Should a hotel or motel room be
damaged, they can be in during the
day to do the repairs and have the
room ready to rent that night.
Those are particularly important
features given the dependence of
many businesses in west central
Idaho on tourism.
"...(I)t is economically impor-
tant for hotels, motels and restau-
rants to maintain a first -class image
to attract tourists," Vint said.
Another application of their ser-
vice that they think will be popular
has to do with kitchen cabinets. With
homes changing hands, there is often
a desire to change the color of kitchen
cabinets. Using their processes, they
can again lighten or darken or give
cabinets a washed affect.
The Wolfes and their Furniture
Medic business can be reached at
634 -5281.
Underwater Jungle opens with
lots to offer fish fans and others
MCCALL — Andrew
Lemberes and Regina Kayler are
into aquariums and keeping exot-
ic fish. No question about that.
But in addition to offering every-
thing for those who like fish, their
new business Underwater Jungle
also has some other exotic pets for
those looking for relaxation or
companionship of the critter vari-
ety.
After learning everything he
could working in other pet shops
for seven years, and coupling that
with Kayler's four years experi-
ence. with Kayler's 4 years expe-
rience doing the same thing, it was
a business the two, who are engaged
to be married, figured they could
be successful at.
They can make it pretty easy
for someone to have an aquarium,
freshwater or saltwater, at home.
And while they sell more fresh-
water setups, they are specializ-
ing in saltwater aquariums, which
used to be very difficult to main-
tain.
But Lemberes said new tech-
nology in making synthetic sea
salts used in the water has made
saltwater aquariums about as easy
to maintain as the freshwater vari-
ety.
If someone just wants to enjoy
their fish and other aquatic crea-
tures, though, they also offer a
home cleaning and maintenance
service that starts at $20 per month.
"All you have to.do is feed it
and enjoy it," he said.
No matter what aquarium tank
you buy at Underwater Jungle,
Lemberes or Kayler will deliver
it and set it up, to make sure it's
done right, he said.
The glass aquariums they sell
can be as large as 180 gallons, and
they can also get plexi -glass tanks
up to 300 gallons. But you can
also buy a single fish in a bowl
there too. They carry Penguin
Power Heads, undergravel filters
and Reef - Keeper saltwater wet -
dry systems.
And, of course, they sell the
fish and aquatic life you'll need
to fill that tank.
But fish aren't the only thing
you can find at their store. They've
got some reptiles and will have
more by the summer. They will
have a large selection of turtles
and snakes in the store soon.
They also carry some, and can
order more, of the Nutri-Max and
Nature's Recipe brands of pet food.
Crickets, meal worms and frozen
foods are also available, along
with other foods for fish. They
can also special order anything
else the owner of any kind of pet
might need in the way of supplies.
They offer trade -ins on aquar-
ium equipment for those looking
to upgrade, are starting clubs for
those into saltwater aquariums and
reptiles, and are building a library
of pet -care books that customers
will have access to, Lemberes said.
Underwater Jungle will have
its grand opening April 21 -22 and
will have. lots of giveaways of
merchandise and gift certificates
to mark the occasion.
The regular hours of the store
are Mondays through Saturday
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Hardt's Donuts offers full range of specialties
MCCALL — Those who like
donuts, and there aren't very many
who don't fit into that category,
have a new outlet at which to exer-
cise their vice, Hardt's Donuts.
Opened here recently by Bill
and Lisa Hardt, the shop is only
the latest venture in a family whose
members have been in the donut
business "forever," Bill said. And
he means that, as donut making
has been part of his heritage for
decades.
Located in the space formerly
occupied by Wild Onion, across
from Legacy Park, Hardt's Donuts
offers the full range of pasteries.
The Hardt's, who moved to
McCall recently from Meridian,
saw an opportunity fora shop that
specializes in donuts in McCall.
And they've been right.
While the shop opens for busi-
ness at 6 a.m. each day to pur-
chase the treats he's been making
since 1 a.m., Hardt said he's been
I confronted at 5 a.m. by people
wanting to get the freshest while
they're fresh.
And Hardt's doesn't sell any-
thing that's day -old, Lisa said.
Everything is made fresh, every
day.
The shop also handles special
orders and can put together boxes
for businesses and others to pick
up first thing in the morning.
So, stop by and check out
Hardt's Donuts. It's clearly a place
where they take donuts to heart.
Bill, Logan and Lisa
HOME TOWN SPORTS, INC.
OWNERS: Dean & Patty Hovdey
" HOW LONG IN BUSINESS: 16 years
WHAT SERVICES DO YOU PROVIDE:
During winter we are a full service ski and snowboard shop offering leading name brand
equipment, clothing, and accessories for the cross - country or alpine skier, skater, and
snowboarder.
We have rental equipment for the beginner to expert and our first rate repair shop offers fast
service for any repair or tune -up. Our year -round footwear department provides an outlet for
athletic shoes, snowboots, socks, insoles and custom footbeds.
WHAT SETS YOUR BUSINESS APART FROM THE REST-
We truly live the lifestyle we sell. Our staff includes an Olympic skier, collegiate team
athletes, ski instructors, coaches and patrollers, heli -ski I guide, nordic skiers, racers, skaters,
snowboarders, smokejumpers and folks that just enjoy outdoor recreation. Our experiences
can help us solve your challenges in getting outfitted correctly.
634 -2302
402 W. Lake St., McCall
Patty, Dean & Mary
Jawin' is one thing... but
interviewin' is another.,,.
Carrie Chesnik
Staff Writer
Get to talkin' about guns, or
dogs, or hunting, and the guys are
good for hours.
But the minute the interview
started, Dale Loomis lit out like
a scalded calf, abandoning part-
ner Doug Sherman to answer ques-
tions about their new fence post
business.
Trying to coax information
from taciturn ranchers is just about
the hardest thing in the world to
accomplish.
And Sherman, though willing
to sweat through the interview, is
not the talker Loomis is.
That didn't stop him from get-
ting even by telling a few tales on
Loomis, however.
To start with, it's all Loomis'
fault.
"He's the one that got us into
this," Sherman said, as Loomis
obligingly dashed off to fill the
water truck so Christy Loomis
could start the evening chores.
After seeing a neighbor use a
post peeler that stripped off all the
bark from eight foot posts, Loomis
had a "brilliant" idea.
A peeler would turn a stand of
dead lodgepole into a pile of fence
posts.
The lodgepole needed to be
sold anyway and rather than sell
raw trees, he decided to buy a peel-
er and sell posts.
Loomis was the most persis-
tent, Sherman said, working hard
all winter to cut enough firewood
to come up with the down pay-
ment for the machinery.
Finding the peeler, at the right
time and for the right price, proved
to be the easy part.
They happened onto one south-
west of Boise that was used to peel
poles to support hops vines. The
owner had just purchased a new
machine and gave them a heck of
a good deal.
And then the fun began.
It kind of reminds you of horse
trading, doesn't it.
They had to convert the peel-
er from an electric motor, which
required three -phase electricity,
to a tractor - powered operation.
So the hunt started for a gear
Loomis, Sherman partner
up in fence post venture
Dale Loomis & Doug Sherman working with the fence post peeler.
box and drive shaft.
Currently, a buyer from Boise
"We had to do a lot of digging
keeps them pretty busy, buying
around to get the right gear ratio,"
most of what they can peel, putting
Sherman said.
finishing touches on the posts.
The right gear ratio would
treating them and selling them for
achieve the right speed to power
three rail fencing.
the planer head fast enough to peel
But both Loomis and Sherman
the posts. The peeler has the capa-
want to sell their posts in the val-
bility of stripping bark from posts
ley because, Sherman said, they
four to 14 inches in diameter and
hate to be dependent on one guy,
up to 30 feet long.
and they would like to sell to local
"It took a lot of research.
people.
Mechanic skills came in handy
And the goal is to generate the
once we found the parts," said
money to buy `one of those brand
Sherman.
new outfits with all the bells and
And then they had to fine tune
whistles," said Sherman.
the adjustments for the planer head.
That's so one person can run
"We had more by- product than
the operation while the other one
product," laughed Sherman.
goes fishing.
They sent more than one post
"The hard part about this peel -
through thinking they had a pret -
er is that it takes both of us to work
ty good adjustment, only to have
it. if one of us is sick or can't make
the post come out an inch or more
it, we're shut down," said Sherman.
smaller in diameter than when it
Suddenly he spotted Loomis
started.
standing off by the fence jawin'
The adjustments are under con-
with a neighbor.
trol now, and the next phase is to
"Now that's just like him. You
expand to treated posts because
got 10 places you need to go and
they make more money, Loomis
you never make it to all of them
had said before the conversation
cause Dale gets sidetracked and
turned official.
gets to v;siting," laughed Sherman.
They have a couple of ideas in
"He probably picked that up
mind, one of which is a non -toxic
from his dad. Myron (Loomis) can
treatment if it proves to be cost
get pretty sidetracked," Sherman
effective and they can find a sup-
joked.
plier.
They also want to expand their
market to sell locally.
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Mountain Cycle
opens its doors
for cyclist's needs
MCCALL — What he perceived as a need for a hard -core
bike shop in McCall has led to the opening here recently of
Mountain Cycle, a bike shop that just does bikes, according to
owner Kerry Greene.
"There are enough bikes in town," he said. "I'm just going
to do bikes, the people are ready for it."
The new shop is located in McCall's Village Square next to
Si Bueno's Mexican Restaurant in a building he's going to share
with Mike McDonnell, who will run Alpine Sciences out of the
same space during the winter months. And, the focus on equip-
ment is a philosophy he share's with McDonnell's winter busi-
ness.
But it's summer now, and biking is where it's at, and Mountain
Cycle is the place to get those wheels repaired, or to buy a new
cycle from the Research Dynamics or KHS lines of bikes.
Greene said he hopes to add a third line of bicycles, one of
the higher profile brands, over the winter.
Not that the RD or KHS bikes are not excellent bicycles.
Greene said they don't put the money into promotions that other
manufacturers do, so their products sell for less.
Greene's focus will be on service, accessories and bike sales,
in that order, he said. And he's not going to get into the soft -
goods business, he said.
For now, Mountain Cycles doesn't offer rentals, but Greene
said that may change.
As far as maintenance service goes, Greene said he can do it
all. He has the specialized equipment to repair and maintain the
new, high tech bicycles, including the new shock absorbers that
are finding their way onto the fronts of so many mountain bikes.
He also expects to draw business from the growing number
of mountain bikers who are hitting the trails for lift- serviced bik-
ing at Brundage Mountain.
Greene's 12 years of experience, off and on, in the bike busi-
ness — including several years at a couple of big shops in Seattle
and at Hometown Sports in McCall — means he can offer good
advice when it comes to helping customers pick out accessories
or upgrading their bicycles.
Mountain Cycles is located 331 Deinhard Lane, and can be
reached by calling 208 - 634 -6333.
Kerry Greene
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Gilbert's Pile Driving
now builds boat docks
After three years of working on
Payette Lake, Gilbert's Pile Driving
is officially going into the dock
business. Gilbert's is also extend-
ing their services to the residents on
Cascade Reservoir.
In the past summers, the
Gilbert's crane and barge have put in
pilings for private and industrial
boat docks. The crane has also re-
moved sunken logs and boats, pro-
truding rocks that have broken many
boat props, and have performed nu-
merous other odd jobs.
The crane has also been used for
cleaning up beach areas of large
pieces of junk or rotten logs, etc.,
that wash up to shore. The crane
has also been used to dredge out sed-
,iment- filled boat moorings.
The barge is moved from its
'mooring at Sports Marina by a pond
boat, that also doubles as a dock re-
locator and a tug boat for hauling
large articles around the lake.
Recently, Gilbert's has acquired
the distributorship from Sunrise
Marine, which specializes in aqua -
culture facilities, including floating
docks, hydronic boat lifts, breakwa-
ters, anchoring systems, buoys and
marine accessories.
Sunrise Marine custom designs
each system to meet the individual
needs of our customers. This not
only applies to the basic size and
shape, but also to the amount of
flotation required. Docks are cus-
tom- designed to suit particular
needs.
Gilbert's will also supervise the
installation of new dock systems,
general repair and maintenance of
existing docks.
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Star -News Photo by Shari Hambleton
Hair to Toe opens doors
Hair to Toe owners Julie Galloway
and Bev Klahr of McCall are put-
ting the finishing touches on their
new beauty salon located at 319 N.
3rd. St., under Maria's Mexican
Restaurant in McCall. Galloway
and Klahr offer a full line of ser-
vices including hair styling, mani-
cures and pedicures and a tanning
bed. The shop is open Tuesday
through Saturday from 9 a.m. Call
634 -4038 for appointments.
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Star -News Photo by Shari Hambleton
Debbie Poole stands inside High Country Electrology and Skin Care.
Electrology clinic opens
Those with unwanted hair now
have a McCall clinic to turn to for
help from a trained skin -care profes-
sional.
High Country Electrology & Skin
Care owner Debbie Poole opened her
clinic in June. She offers temporary
and permanent hair removal services,
including electrology and waxing.
Poole trained for 800 hours — 500
hours of skin care training and 300
hours of electrology training — at a
school in Boise to become certified
for her trade. Poole received certifica-
tion in October.
Electrology services are $35 per
hour, with facials, body treatments
and aromatherapy also available.
Poole continues to study herbal
treatments and uses natural skin care
products for all skin treatments, she
said.
High Country Electrology & Skin
Care is located upstairs in the Lands
Building at North Third and Timm
streets, across from Rumors.
For more information, call Poole
at 634 -7956.
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Photo shows new deck at McCall Mall, which was built after old roof collapsed last winter.
McCall Mall deck causes flap
BY SHARI HAMBLETON
The Stu-News
What began` as a simple deck re-
pair has developed into a headache
for both the owner of the McCall
Mall, located in the heart of the down-
town district, and city planning and
zoning officials.
The owner of the building, Scott
Findlay, said the deck of his lakefront
commercial building collapsed Jan.
31, making it necessary to replace the
structure.
The wreckage of the deck was re-
moved and Findlay applied for a build -
ing permit to repair the deck in May at
a cost of about $11,500. The permit
cost $151.
Worker, ;replaced the destroyed
de& with d fl-- at surface which Findlay
said could be cleared of snow during
the winter with a snowblower.
The contention surrounding
Findlay's repafr project is that the
McCall Mall is situated in the city's
Scenic Overlay District, a fact which
was overlooked when Findlay was
granted his permit to rebuild the deck,
city Planning and Zoning Clerk Sue
Davidson said
I.- Bemuse Findlay's building is situ-
ated wi Ies*ecial district, a pub -
�: >ig �o was necessary before a
"I'll be glad to cooperate however
I can to make it all right," Findlay
said. "Whatever it takes."
Although he said he had no inten-
tion to develop the new deck area to
allow public seating,Findlay said he
decided to add carpet, tables and um-
brellas at the request of his building
tenants, which includes Heartland Deli
& Ice Cream.
To compensate for the increased
seating on the upstairs deck, Findlay
said about 40 seats on the outside
deck area of the Panda restaurant in
the downstairs portion of the McCall
Mall have been eliminated.
Landscaping is currently being
planned which will prevent replacing "
those downstairs tables, he said.
"To me, this is just not a big deal,"
Findlay said. "I don't see what the
problem is."
But city officials disagree and say
Findlay knew beforehand his project
would need special approval. by
McCall City Hall.
"He knew exactly what he was
doing," McCall City Council mem-
ber Bill Killen said- during the
council's regular meeting on June 29.
Killen disagreed with giving Findlay
a temporary occupancy permit pend-
ing a second hearing.
"That's like him having his cake
and letting him eat it too," Killen said.
McCall City Manager Gary
Shimun said Findlay's new deck is
also about 40 feet away from the
Payette Lake shoreline, more than the
50 -foot minimum required by a spe-
cial shoreline district.
That might also come into play as
city officials negotiate with Findlay
to develop a mutually acceptable plan
to end their disagreement, Shimun
said.
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New apartments open
in McCall
Star -News Photo by Roger Phillips
The first eight units of a new government- subsidized affordable rentals for young families and others with
housing project opened in McCall last week with four low to moderate incomes. There is room on the site for
families moving in. The units, located along Colorado 40 more units, but the developer is unsure if more
Street west of Idaho 55, are designed to provide apartments will be built. For details, see story, Page 1.
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Wild Goose Chase offers
the unique and the antique
MCCALL — An terrific mix of antiques, prim-
itives and other collectibles awaits those who walk
into Wild Goose Chase, the latest addition to the
growing list of antiques and collectibles stores in
the area.
Open for about two months now at 335 Deinhard,
Ste 5, in the Village Square, owner Lori Alter said
it's been a great first few months of business.
She decided to strike out on her own with the
shop after having some space at Eclectic previ-
ously.
Alter moved to McCall with her family, and we
mean extended family as the entire clan relocated
here from southern California for the more fami-
ly- oriented, small -town, community- oriented life.
With a background as an interior decorator, she
decided that operating her own antique shop pro-
vided a great lead -in to continuing work in that
area. Though she doesn't decorate full -time, she
said she is available to visit area homes and cab-
ins to help people furnish them with everything
from large antiques to those smaller accessories.
And if she doesn't have something that some-
one wants in her store, she'll go out and find it.
That leads generally into an activity that she is
very fond of, attending auction sales in the region.
And that activity, in turn, is the reason behind the
name of her store. Attending auctions, yard sales
or searching other stores and shops in search of
that something special occasionally turns into a
wild goose chase, she said.
With her husband on the road pretty regularly
with his business, she said they spend quite a bit
of time traveling, and always with a trailer in tow
in case they come across some treasure for the
store.
As for the reception they've had since moving
to the McCall area, Alter said it's been great.
"The people here are wonderful," she said. Other
attractions that brought them to McCall are Payette
Lake and the surrounding mountains, she said.
Alter said she tries to keep a variety of mer-
chandise in her store as the resources in the area
are limited in some ways. She also tries to find out
some history about the pieces she carries. For the
future, she said she's trying to acquire more larg-
er English pieces that aren't necessarily antiques,
but that add nicely to the home.
Other out of town antique dealers who visit her
store are generally amazed at the selection she has
on hand, she said.
Wild Goose Chase is open from 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. every day except Sundays and Tuesdays.
Lori Alter amongst some of collectibles at Wild Goose Chase.
A whopper tank
This 180- gallon aquarium is bigger than many hot tubs and was
recently installed at Harry's Dry Dock by Underwater Jungle.
Anyone interested in looking at the Largemouth Bass, Pumpkin
Seeds and Blue Gills that are making the new tank their home is
welcome to stop in.
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Hometown Pizza, new in McCall,
offers take -tv
Mark Meuser can whip together a
pizza in the blink of an eye, wrap it
and have the customer out the door
and homebound where they can bake
it themselves.
Meuser's family owns and oper-
ates Hometown Pizza in McCall, the
newest pizza maker in town and the
only operation offering "take and
bake" pizza.
The original Hometown Pizza is
located in Boise and opened in 1990
by Meuser's father, Gary. Other loca-
tions include Emmett and Payette.
Hometown Pizza opened in McCall
May 18 in the Fircrest Plaza, next to
McCall Rental & Sales. Orders can be
called in at 634 -2596.
The menu includes exclusively
pizza, with a few unique creations
Meuser said he and his family formu-
lated for variety.
"We knew we could provide a good
product at a fair price," Meuser said.
"We're catering mostly to the locals.
That's who will help us survive year -
round. Tourists will just be extra busi-
ness."
The Meusers decided to open their
fourth store in McCall because of
family ties here. "This store is one
we've always wanted to have," he
said.
Meuser's family, including two
brothers and two sisters — regularly
visits a family cabin in McCall built
by his great - grandfather in 1947.
"We knew the area needed an af-
fordable place to eat out for families,"
he said.
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Star -News Photo by Shari Hambietor
Mark Meuser rolls dough as another Hometown Pizza takes shape.
The McCall Store puts focus on
McCall merchandise
MCCALL — While sitting in her kitchen
during last February's Winter Carnival,
McCall resident Bev Davenport realized
that there wasn't a T -shirt shop in town,
particularly one that sold shirts with McCall -
related designs on them.
Well, she's done something about that,
and for the past month, residents and vis-
itors alike have trooped to The McCall
Store, at the corner of Lenora and Third
streets, to buy clothing items carrying a
McCall theme.
"After looking in Sun Valley, Coeur
d'Alene and Bend, I decided that is what
I wanted to do," she said.
She said she wants the store to carry
things that remind visitors of McCall.
Besides T- shirts, sweatshirts, jackets
and caps that carry a variety of McCall
designs — including a T -shirt that carries
her own design of Payette Lake — she
also carries locally -made huckleberry jam,
candles, hummingbirds and other blown
Wass items from Guiseppi's Crystal, leather
goods made by Lee Berryman of Nampa,
Mud Puppies clothes made by Linda Mae
Heiter of McCall, along with flags, ban-
ners, and even a grind of White Clouds
Mountain Coffee made especially for the
store.
And, so you have something to pour
your fresh - brewed coffee in, she also sells
a variety of mugs carrying various McCall
designs.
T -shirts are available with silk- screened
and embroidered designs.
This past week, she was out of one of
the most popular locally -made items she
carries, huckleberry taffy. The taffy is deli-
cious, she said, and it ships well as it doesn't
melt in hot summer temperatures.
You can also find a bench in the store
that was made by her husband Scotty and
is available for sale.
The McCall Store is open seven days
a week during the summer season from
9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Davenport can be
reached at the store at 634 -4581.
Bev Davenport in her new "McCall Store"
Donnelly's Boulder Creek offers lots of antiques
and collectibles in lots of space
DONNELLY — The opening of Boulder
Creek Furniture Antiques & Collectibles
about a month ago was the fullfillment of
a lifelong dream for Kathie Smith.
For about 22 years, she has been deal-
ing in antiques and collectibles, and had a
small shop in Donnelly previously.
But with her husband Richard, a log fur-
niture builder who did construction on the
three -story building, she now has a 3,200
square feet of the ground floor on Idaho
Highway 55 on the south side of Donnelly
that gives her plenty of space to display the
antiques and collectibles she's gathered
together.
Open during the summer, and at least
for the near future, seven days a week from
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., the store has become a
favorite stop for those seeking antiques and
collectibles on the ever - growing route of
antique shops along Idaho 55 and U.S.
Highway 95.
Cast iron toys from the turn-of- the -cen-
tury, Mickey Mouse collectibles, lots and
lots of dolls, Royal Dalton figurines, Irish
Belleek procelain, Avon, a wide range of
glass -ware, old tools, bottles, oil lamps,
cook stoves, quilts, furniture, old pipes,
racks and smoking accessories, antique fish-
ing tackle, and just about everything else
imaginable is found in the store.
There are even some Billy Beer cans
there for the can collector.
Some of the items undoubtedly made
their way west in a covered wagon. She has
a late 1800s cheese cutter that came from
an estate at Warren, Idaho.
And one whole display case is full of
"Precious Moments" figurines, a collection
that people drive from all over to check out.
She also has collectible crafts done by
local artists in the store, and wants to get
more of that on display.
If she runs out of space on the bottom
floor, she said there is room on the second,
and even the third floor, if necessary, to
expand her open.tion.
Heiberg also takes items into the store
on consignment, and also buys individual
pieces or entire estates.
Boulder Creek can be reached by call-
ing 382 -4417.
Kathy Smith of Boulder Creek Antiques & Collectibles
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The Taco Maker arrives in McCall
Keisha Parkins serves Jana Probst a hot, delicious
Mexican meal at the new Taco Maker take -out res-
taurant in McCall. Bill and Dottie Basye, owners of
Bill's Grocery in McCall, recently opened the Taco
Maker franchise in their market on Idaho 55 next to
Shaver's supermarket. The menu includes a variety
Star -News Photo by Roger Phillips
of fast food Mexican entrees with prices ranging from
79 cents to $3. "It's a quick way to get a good, cheap
meal," Dottie Basye said. The Taco Maker franchise
originated in Puerto Rico in 1978, and now has 98
outlets in the U.S. and abroad. The franchise, the first
in Idaho, is open daily from 10:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
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the Mill celebrates SioTim Garber continued the exp vice, plus valued employees, some of
n of the restaurant, seeing it grog om whom have worked for The Mill for
start O
f 25th vear
The Mill Restaurant in McCall is
elebrating the start of its 25th year of
,peration by sharing a toast of cham-
,agne with its customers.
This weekend, a complimentary
,lass of champagne will be served
✓ith each meal served at The Mill to
lark a quarter century of serving
ome of the best Western- American
uisine found anywhere.
It was 1971 when Bill Garber pur-
from a capacity of 47 people in it; more than 20 years.
beginnings to its current spacious ac- "it takes a lot of hard work, an
commodations, which can seat 215 understanding of the tourist business,
people. good rapport with the locals and pa-
In 1989 T' G ll
chased what was then called the Green
I im arber responded to Bence, Garber said. To make reser-
the demand from his customers for a vations at The Mill, 634
Lantern Supper Club on Idaho 55 and
Stibnite Street. The lot was overgrown
call -7693,
place for after - dinner cocktails and
with weeds and a hole in the front
music by building Beside the Mill
adjacent to The Mill. Together the
door was left d up the place,
Garber fixed up the place, gave it a
two businesses employ more than 40
new name and began a tradition of
people who work to uphold their wide -
spread reputation of great food and
service and fine dining that continued
when son, Tim, assumed
quality entertainment.
management ement in in 1976.
Garber said the key to success has
been old - fashioned sweat and ser-
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Port of Hope expands to McCall
The Port of Hope — a family treat-
ment center for chemical dependency
— has expanded its service to include
McCall among other treatment cen-
ters located across Idaho.
The Port of Hope has joined forces
with Individual and Family Support
Services of the Mountain States Group
in McCall to provide a broad range of
counseling services.
An open house has been planned
to give the community an opportunity
to meet those involved in both the
Port of Hope and Mountain States
Group on Friday, Aug. 18, from 7
p.m. to 9 p.m. The office is located in
The Lands Building at 321 N. 3rd St.,
across from The Mill Restaurant.
The McCall community will have
access to complete substance abuse
and mental health outpatient programs
and services in one location. Services
will also be offered soon in Cascade,
Council and New Meadows.
Port of Hope Family Treatment
Centers for Chemical Dependency, a
nonprofit organization founded in
Twin Falls in 1971, provides services
at 26 locations across Idaho.
Port of Hope offers assessments, the best ways to meet those needs," he
screening, individual, group and fam- said.
ily counseling and residential, non- As the recipient of state and fed -
medical substance abuse treatment eral funding assistance, Port of Hope
services for adults and adolescents.
Programs afford specific emphasis
on cultural, women's and adolescent
treatment issues.
The Mountain States Group, a
statewide nonprofit mental health or-
ganization, has provided services in
the McCall area since October of last
year. Counselors are Joe Wilson,
MSW, LSW; Deborah Kury , MA.
and Johnny Hill, BSW, CADC.
"The McCall community has been
extremely supportive of the Moun-
tain States Group services and now,
the addition of substance abuse coun-
seling from an established organiza-
tion like Port of Hope, will only en-
hance the quality of mental health
services for rural residents," Wilson
said.
"The association of Mountain
States Group with Port of Hope ad-
dresses the vision of meeting the
unique mental health needs of the
rural community and coming up with
is able to provide service to low -
income Idahoans through a sliding -
fee schedule. Clients with health in-
surance or the ability to pay for ser-
vices may also choose Port of Hope
for treatment.
The organization is licensed by the
State of Idaho for substance abuse
treatment and is accredited by the
Commission of Accreditation of Re-
habilitation Facilities.
More than 17,000 individuals have
received treatment through Port of
Hope, and its staff of 130 anticipates
serving several thousand individuals
this year from Coeur d'Alene to
Burley, as the contracted provider of
substance abuse services for the state
effective July 1.
Port of Hope Individual and Fam-
ily Support Services is directed by
Wilson and is located in the Lands
Building at 321 N. 3rd St., across
from The Mill restaurant. For an ap-
pointment, call 634 -7982 or 634-2899..
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Star -News Photo by Tom Grote
The crew at Stein & Volk sits on salvaged wooden beams destined to be made into building products.
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to specialty building materials
Stein & Volk Inc. is well known
for its fine instrument wood, but the
McCall company is also a growing
provider of specialty lumber products
for new or remodeled homes.
Stein & Volk has a long- standing
reputation for making pieces for fine
wooden instruments. The company's
clients include Baldwin Piano Co.,
for which it makes sound boards.
Less well -known is the firm's abil-
ity to make high - quality, precision
products for the building trades, said
Mary Barber, manager and vice presi-
dent of Stein & Volk.
"We do it all," Barber said, noting
the company uses the same tolling
that makes instrument wood to manu-
facture flooring, decking, door stock
and a variety of other products at high
quality - control levels.
The raw materials stacked in the
Stein and Volk yard at 201 S. Mission
St. are the start of the process. The
massive wooden beams and boards
come from old factory buildings
sought out and purchased by Stein &
Volk owner David Stein.
The latest acquisition by Stein is a
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. build-
ing in the Seattle area that was dis-
mantled and the pieces shipped to
McCall for recycling.
The Douglas fir beams, which are
50 to 100 years old, are of a size and
quality that cannot be found in forests
today, Barber said.
At Stein & Volk, the boards and
beams are cleaned of nail and debris,
resawn to the desired thickness and
dried in a solar- assisted dry-kiln lo-
cated in a converted semi -truck trailer.
The stock is then run by craftsmen
through a molder to produce the fin-
ished pattern for flooring and decking
or to be precision - planed to a mirror -
smooth finish for door stock or trim.
Stein & Volk beams can be seen in
the recently completed Ranch House
at Spring Mountain Ranch in McCall.
Otherclients are located in Vail, Colo.,
Sun Valley, Jackson Hole, Wyo., Lake
Tahoe, Calif., and even in Japan.
Stein & Volk uses Douglas fir,
heart -pine and selected hardwoods
such as elm, yellow poplar, hickory,
black walnut and alder for a variety of
uses.
Aspen, birch, western maple and
flamed and curly western maple are
also used for flooring, decking, wain-
scotting and other paneling products.
One advantage of using Stein &
Volk products is they can offer high -
quality products at factory- direct pric-
ing. For information, drop by the plant
on Mission Street or call 634 -5374.
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Ground broken for PayLess
J.R. Simplot, left, and Carl Shaver
display gold foil- wrapped potatoes
they found during groundbreak-
ing ceremonies last Friday of the
McCall PayLess Drug Store. Cer-
emony organizers had secretly bur-
ied the potatoes for Simplot, owner
of a worldwide potato empire, to
rind while he was digging. Simplot
owns the land on which the PayLess
sits, and Shaver is chairman of the
adjacent Shaver's supermarket.
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Payless to join Shaver's
Ground will be broken on Friday for a Payless
Drug Store to be built next to the Shaver's super-
market at Deinhard Lane and Idaho 55 in McCall.
The national drug store chain will occupy
20,200 square feet with construction starting to
earnest this fall. The new Payless store is sched-
uled to open next spring.
The announcement of the building of the
Payless store was made Wednesday by the J.R.
Simplot Company, the owner of the Marketplace
at McCall, and .White - Leasure Development
Company of Boise, the developer. Friday's
ground - breaking ceremonies will start at 11:30
a.m.
The total size of the Marketplace at McCall is
94,169 square feet. In addition to a full service
pharmacy, Payless Drug offers. discount prices
on a large selection of cosmetics and seasonal
merchandise.
They also offer a film and camera department,
books, music, toys, kitchen items, sporting goods
and other merchandise, all at discount prices. The
McCall Payless Drug is expected to provide 35 to
40 jobs.
Shaver's Supermarket relocated to the Mar-
ketplace at McCall in May 1994 from its former
downtown site.
. "The close proximity of the new Payless Drug
to Shaver's supermarket will provide convenient
`one stop' shopping for the entire region," Shaver's
President Dennis Shaver said.
The addition of Payless "confirms our belief
that this center will rapidly become the commer-
cial heart of the region," Shaver said.
As part of the agreement, the pharmacy at
Shaver's will close in the next few weeks, creat-
ing more space for fresh produce and food items,
"which is what we do best," he said..
The addition of Payless "confirms
our belief that this center will
rapidly become the commercial
heart of the region.
- Shaver's President Dennis Shaver
Jim White of White- Leasure Development
Company announced 12,345. square feet of addi-
tional retail space is available within the center,
as well as three "pad" sites around the perimeter
of the shopping center.
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a Less breaks ground to praise, concerns
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BY TOM GROTE
The Stu-News
There were smiles and good words all
around on Friday as ground was broken .
on a new PayLess Drug Store in McCall.
But elsewhere were sounds of nervous-
ness on the part of some retailers as well
as McCall "s fire chief.
A small group applauded as Shaver's
Chairman Carl Shaver and industrialist
J.R. Simplot dug the first ceremonial
spades of dirt for the 20,200 square -foot
PayLess store in The Marketplace at
McCall.
Shaver heads the family -owned su-
permarket chain which opened a 36,500
square -foot store in May 1994 as the first
tenant in The Marketplace, located on
Deinhard Lane. The mall is planned to
eventually contain 94,169 square feet of
stores and shops.
Simplot, best known as: Idaho's po-
tato and computer chip baron, also is the
owner of the land and buildings of The
Marketplace.
The PayLess store should be open for
business next spring, said Ted R. Ridder,
real estate manager for Thrifty PayLess
Inc., the store's parent company.
PayLess has been looking for a site in
McCall for the last two years, but the
timing was good now to move forward,
Ridder said.
The chain looked at other sites closer
to downtown, but The Marketplace loca-
tion is superior, especially due to its
ample parking, he said.
The McCall PayLess will be a typical
store in size, operation and merchandise,
although some items will be tailored to
the demands of local customers, Ridder
said.
Shaver's President Dennis Shaver said
the addition of PayLess to The Market-
place will ensure the growth in demand
for retailing in McCall will be accommo-
dated.
As part of its agreement with Simplot,
Shaver's has influence on which tenants
are allowed to locate in the center, Shaver
;%;,laid. "
PayLess was preferred overother drug -
stgre chains because "it would get done
and they have the staying power, the
financial capacity and a high degree of
quality;" Shaver said.
8;imp lot also celebrated the day,say-
ing the McCall area was one of the last
uncrowded places in Idaho. "This little
valley, there's nothing like it anywhere, I
don't care where you go," he said.
Tom Chaloupka, manager of
Ridley's variety store in McCall, ac-
knowledged PayLess would be amain
competitor, but that Ridley's was up
to the challenge. .
"Any competition makes you bet-
ter," Chaloupka said. "We might have
to revise some of our sections, and see
how much depth they go into in dif-
ferent areas."
Ridley's does not have the mass
volume buying power of PayLess, but
the small chain intends to stay com-
petitive, he said. Ridley's owns vari-
ety stores in McCall and Emmett and
supermarkets in Boise, Jerome, Rupert
and Gooding.
The fact Ridley's is an Idaho -
owned company also will work in its
favor in competing with a chain that
has 1,042 stores in 10 western states,
Chaloupka said. "We're the local
kids," he said.
The addition of more retail space
will draw more business from down-
town merchants, similar to what hap-
pened when Shaver's moved, said
May Hardware co -owner Rick
Fereday.
"It's another sign we're getting to
be a bigger town," Fereday said, al-
though he said downtown businesses
that emphasize customer service can
counter PayLess.
Fereday said city officials need to
implement a downtown master plan
proposed by downtown business own-
ers that calls for more off -street park-
ing, streetscapes, better sidewalks and
other improvements to draw shop-
pers. That plan hinges on expanding
the McCall Urban Redevelopment
District to include downtown, but so
far the McCall City Council has been
unwilling to change the boundaries,
he said.
Paul's Market expanded its down-
town store by 8,000 square feet, to
38,000 square feet, when Shaver's
moved to Deinhard Lane in 1994, but
no. such response is planned to
PayLess, said Paul's Manager Mike
Pedersen.
PayLess will provide competition
to Paul's in such lines as health and
beauty aids, but will add to the market
in specialty items Paul's cannot pro-
vide, such as Christmas toys, Pedersen
said. But, he said, "we always have to
watch their pricing."
The completion or the PayLess
store will see four major buildings
along Deinhard Lane without adequate
water pressure to fight a fire. They are
the current Shaver's store, PayLess,
and Payette Lakes Middle School and
the Valley County Juvenile Deten-
tion Center, both of which are nearing
completion.
The city's master water plan calls
for a major water line, the South Loop
Line, to provide fire flows along Dein-
hard Lane. But sufficient water for
the line will not be available until next
fall at the earliest, when a new water
treatment plant is built inside Spring
Mountain Ranch.
That makes McCall Fire Chief Dale
Points nervous, but Points said other
measures have been taken to reduce
the chance of a catastrophic fire.
All the large buildings have been
required to install fire prevention sys-
tems that exceed current standards,
including heat sensors, smoke detec-
tors and sprinklers that work with
water pressure available from exist-
ing water lines in the area.
"They took a step above and be-
yond to give us a reasonable lead at a
fire before it becomes fully involved,"
Points said.
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Ground broken
J.R. Simplot, left, and Carl Shaver
display gold foil - wrapped potatoes
they found during ground- break-
ing ceremonies last Friday of the
McCall PayLess Drug Store. Cer-
emony organizers had secretly bur-
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'ayLess has 1,042
tores in 10 states
(Note: Here is a company profile
and history of Thrifty PayLess Inc.,
which broke ground last week on a
PayLess Drug Store in McCall. In-
formation was provided by the com-
pany):
Thrifty PayLess, Inc. was formed
in April 1994 when Kmart sold
PayLess Drug Stores to a newly cre-
ated company, which would consist
of PayLess Drug Stores, Thrifty Drugs
and the Bi -Mart Corporation. The
decision was made to base the
company's headquarters in
Wilsonville. Ore.
The company currently operates
1,042 stores in 10 western states, and
has about 35,000 employees.
Thrifty Drugs
In 1919, two brothers, Harry and
Robert Borun, along with their
Star -News Photo by Tom Grote brother-in-law, Norman Levin, be-
gan a new Los Angeles wholesale
for PayLess,
a.yILe ss drug and sundry enterprise under the
name Borun Brothers.
ied the potatoes for Simplot, owner Ten years later, at the dawn of the
of a worldwide potato empire, to1929 Depression, after retail outlets
find while he was digging. Simplotsupplied by the company experienced
owns the land on which the PayLessgnancial difficulties, the tiny whole -
sits, and Shaver is chairman of thga er decided to create its own outlets
adjacent Shaver's supermarket. and opened the first Thrifty Cut Rate
drug store in downtown Los Angles.
By 1942, Thrifty Drug Stores Com-
pany, Inc. had 58 stores. At this time,
the company moved into the "super"
drug store field, instituting dramatic
changes like larger stores and broader
merchandise lines.
In 1986, Thrifty Corp., then a pub-
licly held corporation comprising 594
Thrifty Drug Stores and 94 Big 5
Sporting Goods location, was pur-
chased by the Pacific Lighting Corp.,
later to be named Pacific Enterprises.
From 1986 till 1989, the corpora-
tion acquired 12 retail businesses,
transforming Thrifty Corp. from a
focused Southern California retailer
to one with interests stretching east to
Ohio, north to Alaska and west to
Hawaii.
In July of 1992, Pay' n Save, a drug
store subsidiary headquartered in Se-
attle, was sold to PayLess. In Septem-
ber of 1992, Leonard Green & Part-
ners, a Los Angeles -based investment
group, along with members of man-
agement, acquired Thrifty Corpora-
tion and its retail subsidiaries from
Pacific Enterprises.
Big 5 Sporting Goods was sold to
a separate Leonard Green and Part-
ners' investment group. When Thrifty
c'ayLess, Inc. was formed in 1994,
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Thrifty operated 495 stores.
PayLess Drug Stores
PayLess Drug Stores was estab-
lished in 1939 when co- founders
Peyton Hawes and William Armitage
acquired a controlling interest in five
drug stores in three communities in
Oregon and Washington. Since that
time, growth had come from building
and acquiring stores.
In the first of many acquisitions,
PayLess bought 22 Value Giant
Stores, the majority of which were
located in Northern California.
PayLess acquired PayLess Drug
Stores of Oakland, Calif., in 1980. By
the time PayLess became a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Kmart Cor-
poration in 1985, the company had
183 stores. The following year,
PayLess opened a distribution center
in Woodland, Calif. In 1987, PayLess
purchased 25 Osco stores in Wash-
ington and Idaho.
Moving east into the Intermoun-
tain states, in 1991, PayLess acquired
52 Osco stores in Colorado, Wyo-
ming and Utah. PayLess purchased
the assets of 124 Pay'n Save stores
located in Alaska, Hawaii, Washing-
ton and Idaho in 1992. By the time the
Kmart, Corporation sold PayLess in
1994, the chain totaled 543 stores.
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Aspen Market bought
Lettuce may soon sprout at
the Aspen Market in McCall
under plans of new owners Rick
and Kathy Haynes.
The addition of produce is
just one idea being considered
by the Hayneses, who bought
the convenience store and ad-
joining laundromat in October
from Gary and Judy Van
Komen.
Appen Market is located
along Davis Street in the Aspen
Village condominium complex.
Rick, 38, and Kathy, 25,
know McCall well. Rick worked
in the produce section at
Shaver's supermarket for five
years until moving into produce
and merchandising training
with Albertson's supermarkets
two years ago.
Rick has worked a total of 14
years with Albertson's in pro-
duce and groceries.
Kathy moved to McCall in
1981, and the couple were mar-
ried a year later.
Haynes said he returned to
McCall "because I couldn't get
it out of my system."
"We wanted our own'
business, so I figured if I could
make money for Albertson's, I
could make money for myself,"
he said.
The couple say they enjoy the
social atmosphere in McCall
and plan on enhancing that feel-
ing by providing good service at
Aspen Market.
Rick's specialty'of produce is
just one of the changes the cou-
ple plans at the store.
Addition of prerecorded
video tapes in addition to the
current line of video discs is
planned, as is enlarging the
store's wine section.
The Aspen Market generally
serves McCall neighborhoods
east of Idaho 55, Rick said.
Besides groceries, the business
also has gasoline pumps and a
snack bar as well as video games
for youths.
The couple has two chidren,
Hailey, 3, and Mallory, nine
months.
Photo by Tom Grote The Haynes family at Aspen Market.
Send this clown to your party
"Tato the Clown" is now
available through Rent -a -Clown
of McCall to provide that
special touch for your children's
birthday party or special event.
The new business is the brain-
child of an enterprising 17 -year
old McCall girl, Tina Castillo,
alias Tato.
"1 think McCall has a need
for more types of entertainment
for both young and old,"
Castillo said. "I want to enter-
tain at kid's parties and other
social functions."
Juggling, magic tricks, and
acrobatics are only a few of the
things in Tato's repertoire.
Shows can range from 45
minutes to 1' 12 hours and' can
include management and super-
vision of games and other party
activities.
Price for the service will run
from $15 to $30, depending
upon requirements, Castillo
said.
"Tato always gives away free
balloons to the kids," she said.
Appointments for Tato the
Photo by Randall &ooka
Tato the Clown
Clown can be made by calling
634 -7271 between 10 a.m. and 8
p.m., Monday through Satur-
day.
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Earth Search Sciences, Inc.
finishes merger with firm
Earth Search Sciences, Inc., a
McCall- based, high -tech firm spe-
cializing in remote sensing, has an-
nounced the completion of its merger
with a Maryland engineering firm
.and the introduction of Probe 1, a
lightweight, high - resolution sensor.
Earth Search has completed a
merger with Lamb Associates Inc.
of Rockville, Md., an engineering
and consulting firm that has 67 full -
time employees and 78 part -time
employees.
Remote sensing uses specialized
optics and computers to map and
identify geographic, geological and
environmental features on the
earth's surface and subsurface.
The new probe's refined capa-
bilities allow it to fly on light air-
craft and record high quality imag-
ery at a reduced cost, opening up,
new markets for remote sensing
technology.
"We expect to see markets open
to the public as a result of the intro-
duction of our sensor to the market -
One," said Larry Vance, chairman
of the board for ESSI.
The company also announced
new contracts with Lockheed -Mar-
tin, a Fortune 500 company, and
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Waste Management Systems, a For-
tune 200 company, and the signing
of a consulting agreement with
Wheelobrator Technologies, an en-
vironmental services company in-
volved in wastewater treatment.
ESSI is also taking part in a large -
scale mineral exploration project in
an undisclosed location. The com-
pany will collect mineral and geo-
logical data using remote sensing
and market that data to mining com-
panies.
"We at Earth Search see a bright
future ahead for the company in
terms of a rapidly expanding remote
sensing marketplace, which should
translate into increased global mar-
ket share for ESSI," Chief Execu-
tive Officer John Peel said.
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Lawyer opens
William G. "Bill" Harrigfeld is
McCall's newest attorney, special-
izing in criminal, family and per-
sonal injury cases.
Harrigfeld, 38, is sharing office
space with McCall attorney Will-
iam Killen at 200 Park Street. He
can be reached at 634 -7118.
A native of Ashton, in eastern
Idaho, Harrigfeld attended Boise
State University and graduated
with a degree in economics from
Pacific Lutheran University in
Tacoma, Wash.
He earned his law degree from
the University of Idaho, and got
his first job in 1988 as a deputy
with the Ada County Prosecuting
Attorney's Office in Boise.
He also worked as a deputy at
the Idaho Attorney General's Of-
fice and has worked in private prac-
tice for the past five years. He is
still affiliated with the Boise law
firm of Salladay and Harrigfeld.
Harrigfeld said he decided to
relocate to McCall "because I
wanted to raise my kids in a smaller
community." He and his wife,
McCall office
Bill
Harrigfeld
Opens
McCall
law office
Beverly, have a son, 3, and a
daughter, 2.
He decided to practice law in
McCall and share an office rather
going into a partnership "because
I like answering to myself."
In his short time in McCall, he
already has gotten involved in
one high - profile case. He and
Killen have been appointed co-
counsel representing Ryan
Robertson, 19, one of three men
accused in the 1995 shooting
death of Jeff Towers.
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Star -News Photo by Roger Phillips
Joan Babineau, Stacey Williams and Ginger Hansen are ready to help you work out at Rudy's gym.
G will get you fit Rudy's
A new gym in McCall provides
fitness opportunities for athletes and
anyone else who wants to improve his
or her physical conditioning.
Rudy's Gym, located at 106 N. 3rd
in the Village Square, features the
latest fitness equipment and an
aerobics room for year- round, full -
body workouts.
"Weather in McCall is not always
perfect, but weather is always perfect
in the gym," said Ed Elliott, who co-
owns the gym with his wife, Sally.
Rudy's Gym offers state- of -the-
art "Cybex" machinery that is supe-
rior to any other form of exercise,
Elliott said.
"The technology exists now to get
an overall workout in 20 to 30 min-
utes, three or four times a week, that
you just can't duplicate outdoors,"
Elliott said. "It doesn't make sense
not to take advantage of current tech-
nology."
Elliott added that a gym workout
will improve and enhance a partici-
pant's enjoyment of outdoor activi-
ties as well.
Elliott especially recommends the
gym for older people to increase their
strength and allow them to maintain
"a more active, viable lifestyle much
longer," he said.
Rudy's Gym offers aerobics, body
sculpting classes, yoga classes and
other instructed work outs. Everyone
on the staff is a certified personal
trainer, and a physical therapist is
available by appointment, Elliott said.
The Elliotts are self- described fit-
ness club "junkies" who visited clubs
throughout the Northwest to deter-
mine what they wanted in their gym.
"We felt there was a real need for
a facility like this in McCall," he said.
They have a good start, but they
plan to add more equipment that meets
their customers' needs.
"We are committed to being abso-
lutely responsive to the needs and
interests of our membership," he said.
Rudy's Gym offers a variety of
membership packages. For more in-
formation, call 634 -7888.
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Star -News Photo by Roger Phillips
Hostess Tracy Hoogendyk stands in Bear Creek Lodge dining room.
Bear Creek Lodge offers
dining, elegant setting
Bear Creek Lodge, the McCall
area's newest lodge and restaurant,
offers visitors a recreation experience
and gourmet dining opportunity.
The lodge is located on 65 acres
four miles west of McCall near the
Goose Lake Road turnoff.
, Owners Mike and Debra Dunn
wanted to offer.a "small and elegant"
lodge in an area rich in recreation
opportunities, and after checking sev-
eral areas, they chose McCall.
"McCall is on the verge of becom-
ing a destination resort," Debra Dunn
said.
The lodge has 13 rooms ranging in
price from $125 to $225 per night
with a variety of amenities, which
includes breakfast. The restaurant fea-
tures specialty dinners, including fresh
seafood and wild game dinners.
Bear Creek offers numerous recre-
ation opportunities in addition to their
accommodations and dining, Dunn
said, .
Cross country skiing and snow-
mobile trails will be available from
the lodge, Dunn said, and in the
warmer months, there will be horse-
back and mountain bike riding. The
lodge will also coordinate guided fish-
ing, whitewater rafting, and hiking
trips.
"When we have a contact with
potential guests, we ask what they are
looking for," Dunn said. "Then we try
to set up everything for them. We try
to provide a service so they can check
in and everything is taken care of."
Locals may be interested in the
restaurant, which serves dinners for
non - guests Thursday through Sun-
day. It features a changing menu of
gourmet meals, including such en-
trees as Salmon Coulibac, rack of
lamb, spicy chicken stir fry, mussel
stew, and quail with pomegranate.
Entrees typically cost $14 to $18.
Diners can call ahead to see what's
on the menu, and Dunn recommends
reservations for dinners.
The restaurant also serves after-
noon appetizers from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
in the upstairs commons area.
For more information call 634-
3551.
Hendrickson says opening store
in McCall was a good decision
What began as a burst of creativ-
ity in a high school art class has
expanded into two stores of fine
jewelry for Dean Hendrickson.
Hendrickson, of Boise, co'owns
Hendrickson's Fine Jewelry, located
at 1100 E. Lake St. in McCall. Cus-
tomers can call 634 -7633 or stop in
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays
through Saturdays.
Hendrickson and his wife, Tricia,
and his parents, Wallace and Donna
Hendrickson, of McCall, own and
operate two jewelry stores, one in
Boise and the second in McCall.
Raised in McCall, Hendrickson
said he first became interested in
designing jewelry after taking an
art class at McCall - Donnelly High
School. After graduating in 1978,
he bought some basic tools and be-
gan creating silver jewelry before
working in a jewelry store in
Enumclaw, Wash.
In 1985, he opened his first jew-
elry store at 6846 Glenwood Ave.
in Boise, and last June opened a
second store in McCall.
Since coming home to McCall,
Hendrickson has become known lo-
cally for his custom work.
"I like to work with customers,"
Hendrickson said. "They bring me
their ideas; I show them what I'm
thinking, and we go from there."
He does ali his own work using
wax carvings and then casts pieces
in precious metals.
Star -News Photo by Jeanne Heins
Dean Hendrickson is shown at work at his McCall jewelry store.
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Rudy's Gym now open, offerings include aerobics
and high -tech workouts
MCCALL — With the opening here this week of Rudy's
Gym, area residents now have an opportunity to work out
using some of the highest tech exercise equipment around.
Opened in the Village Square at Deinhard Lane and
Highway 55, Rudy's is housed in the completely reno-
vated and expanded building that once housed Nature's
Cellar.
The addition to the building upstairs contains an aero-
bics studio, and downstairs is chock -full of the latest in
fitness equipment by Cybex, StairMaster and Concept II.
Owners Ed and Sally Elliott said the technological
advances that have permeated all other areas of life have
also found their way into exercise equipment. He likens
the advances to the difference between wood and metal
skis, a typewriter and a computer.
"Do you expect the same results from those (different
levels of technology) ?" he asks. "So, why not take advan-
tage of the latest bio- mechanical research that allows you
to get a better workout, one that can't be duplicated out-
doors."
Don't get the idea that the Elliotts are not avid outdoor
types. They are. But one who bicycles all summer or skis
all winter is neglecting their upper body, and that can lead
to muscle imbalance, he said. A short 20- minute workout
on their machines can fix that, he said. Besides, working
out properly indoors will only enhance the outdoor exer-
cise or recreation experience, he said.
Modern equipment has been invaluable to him on two
different occasions when he suffered serious injuries in
near -fatal bicycling accidents. His rehab would have been
a much more difficult without quality equipment, he said.
Achieving and maintaining fitness also means a longer,
more enjoyable life, he said. Such simple things such as
carrying groceries to and from one's car are easier for the
fit, he said.
Rudy's will offer a full schedule of aerobics classes,
and its extended hours will meet the time constraints of
those who work. Rudy's will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
on weekdays, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays, and 9 a.m. to 6
p.m. Sundays.
For information on memberships, classes, and anything
else about Rudy's, stop by or call 634 -7888.
The Elliotts sum up their philosophy about fitness by
quoting the great baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan, who retired
recently though well into his 40s.
"If you can't control your body, you can't control your
mind. Make an appointment with exercise and keep it,"
Elliott said.
Rudy's owner, Sally Elliott, demonstrates one of their Cybex
workout stations.
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Darrell Proctor at D bar K Custom Boot and Saddle can handle custom leather work as well
K ffers un u ty leather w
Custom hand -made boots and
saddles, as well as a full -line leather
repair shop, is now available at D bar
K Custom Boot 8c Saddle in Don-
nelly.
The shop is owned by Darrel Proc-
tor and located at 283 N. Main St.
Customers.can call 325 -4430 or stop
in from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays
through Saturdays.
Proctor specializes in custom work
and can both make and repair almost
anything made out of leather.
During this time of year, he spe-
cializes in attaching rubber traction
soles to slick soles of boots, but al-
ways has time to repair any kind of
horse tack.
Or, he can custom make any saddle
or pair of boots. He also repairs all
types of shoes.
Proctor holds two diplomas, one in
saddle making and the second in boot
making from Oklahoma State Tech in
Okmulgee, Okla. Before coming to
McCall, he worked six years in Elk
City, Okla., making and repairing
boots and saddles.
Raised on a ranch, Proctor has
worked on farms in Oklahoma, Texas
and Idaho, and has been repairing
tack for years.
"Working with cattle and horses is
something I've been doing all my
life," Proctor said of his work with
tack and leather. "I enjoy it."
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Star -News Photo by Roger Phillips
Rudy's Gym offers aerobics
Rudy's Gym in McCall introduces the instructors and body sculpting; Stacey Williams, aerobics, body
for its aerobics program, which offers a variety of sculpting and yoga; Ginger Hansen, aerobics; and Debra
courses from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Monday through Murphy, "lite" fitness. Rudy's Gym is located in Village
Saturday. From left are Tammy Dial, step fitness Square. Call 634 -7888.
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Harry's DDock and Sports Marina
MCCALL — A circle of sorts Plans are to expand the show- now o n e
has been completed with the clos-
ing of a deal two weeks ago that
makes two McCall businesses,
Harry's Dry Dock and Sports
Marina, into one.
And it's one business that'll
carry the same name of the two,
Harry's Dry Dock and Sports
Marina.
The closing of a circle comes
from the fact that Harry Stathis -
who with his wife Nancy, and
Bruce and YaVonna Baxter own
the new business — started his
career in the marine business work-
ing for Jim and Patty Hardy, who
are now the former owners of
Sports Marina.
Stathis began working for them
in 1970 when he was a sophomore
at McCall- Donnelly High School.
"I started at the bottom," he
said, "pumping gas and cleaning
boat bottoms."
He stayed with Sports Marina
until 1984, when he opened Harry's
Dry Dock in the building now
occupied by Cheap Thrills on Third
Street.
Meanwhile, the Hardy's sold
Sports Marina and were out of the
business for a couple of years
before they got it back and have
operated it since. The Hardys orig-
inally opened Sports Marina in
1959.
But he said last week that he is '
ready to retire, and stay retired,
and that he couldn't be more
pleased that Sports Marina is being
sold to the Stathises and Baxters.
"After this many years, I'm
ready to quit, I'm ready to go play,"
he said. But his legacy will con-
tinue on in the business. In more
ways than one as the Hardys daugh-
ter, Cheryl Profitt, will continue
to work for the new owners.
"Jim is Harry's mentor," Nancy
Stathis says of their relationship.
"We learned from the best. This
is like coming home again."
`With the transaction, Harry's
Dry Dock & Sports Marina will
operate out of two locations, the
new marina site and they'll con-
tinue to operate a service center
at the present Harry's location on
Third Street.
room at the lakeside location into
an area now taken up by two ser-
vice bays. They'll also have mer-
chandise at both locations. What
they aren't going to change is the
way Sports Marina has been run.
"The way they've done it has
worked for 39 years, why mess
with perfection," Nancy Stathis
said.
Other plans include expanding
the hours of gas pump operations
at the marina to 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.,
and also adding a lunch and snack
service for boaters.
The next few months will be.
busy completing the transition
from one owner to another, to be
sure. But there is also the not -so-
small matter of bringing more than
340 boats out of winter storage.
Among the product lines the
new, combined business will carry
are Polaris snowmobiles, ATVs
and watercraft, Johnson and
Evinrude outboard motors,
Kawasaki watercraft and genera-
tors, Lowe aluminum boats, Sea
Doo watercraft, Four Winns boats,
Regal boats and Smokercraft boats.
They also carry Ariens snow -
blowers, and a full line of parts
and service for everything they
sell.
The new owners wanted to
thank Lori Bond and Gordon
Colbum at West One Bank for all
The old and the new - Jim Hardy, smiling perhaps of thoughts
of his forthcoming retirement, stands at the left of this line of
owners, past and present of Sports Marina. Next to Jim is his
wife Patty, then their daughter Cheryl Proffitt, who will contin-
ue to work for the new owners of Harry's Dry Dock & Sports
Marina, YaVonna and Bruce Baxter, and Nancy and Harry Stathis.
their assistance during what ended
up being a 7 -month time period
over which the deal was put togeth-
er and finalized.
But it's done, and a significant
page has been turned in McCall's
business history, and the new own-
ers are pleased about it.
"Change is exciting," YaVonna
Baxter said.
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McCall Store recognized by trade magazine
MCCALL — Bev and Scott Davenport had a bet-
ter idea about a year ago, and it's one that's attract-
ed the attention of "Impressions" magazine, the trade
journal for the imprinted sportswear and textile screen
printing industry.
Their store, The McCall Store, at 1000 N. Third
St., sells T- shirts, sweatshirts and other wearables
that depict the area's year -round resort activities,
along with non - apparel souvenirs.
The store was recognized by the magazine in a
section that marks successful new ventures in the
industry. Their idea for the store came about after
the 1995 McCall Winter Carnival, when they real-
ized there really wasn't an outlet of the sort where
visitors could purchase souvenirs and printed cloth-
ing that typically marks one's visit to a tourist area.
Bev Davenport is quoted in the story about the
importance of presentation of clothing and the gen-
eral atmosphere in the 405 square foot store. She
also notes the importance of location to a business's
success, and said that the location of The McCall
Store is "great."
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Counselor opens
McCall office
A licensed clinical social worker
has opened a counseling and men-
tal health practice in McCall.
Kate Caldwell offers therapy
and counseling for all ages, par-
Kate
ticularly children, adolescents and
Caldwell
their families. Her office is located
Licensed
at 313 Deinhard Lane, and she can
counselor
be reached at 634 -7424.
Caldwell, of McCall, has .15
Years experience working in men -
tal health, and holds a master's
degree in her field. She also holds
a clinical certification in mental
health.
"I've always had a special inter-
"A lot of people can benefitfrom
but can't always afford it,
est in working with children and
and helping families
therapy,
especially in rural communities,"
adolescents
solve problems," Caldwell s aid.
Caldwell said. "Money should not
be reason people don't get help."
This is the first time Caldwell
in practice. Previ-
a
Caldwell has experience in sev-
has been private
ously, she worked in clinics and
eral types of therapy, including rief issues, grief
conflicts,j
hospitals in Caldwell and North
Carolina. She said she started her
ent- child
and loss, separation or divorce,
failure, relationships, abuse,
own affordable practice in McCall
school
eating disorders and severe mental
so people could have better access
to her services.
McCall Store gets write -up
in national trade magazine
The McCall Store and owner Bev
davenport were featured in the
vlarch edition of Impressions, a
rade magazine for imprinted sports -
Near dealers.
The McCall Store was featured
n the "Retail Snapshots" feature of
[mpressions, and was one of 10 busi-
iesses around the country portrayed
.n the March issue for their "unique
-etail operations."
The profile said Davenport real-
ized there were no T -shirt shops in
the area and started The McCall
Store last June even though she had
no previous retail experience.
The 405 square -foot shop at 1000
N. Third St. in downtown McCall is
ideally located for the town's tourist
traffic, Davenport told the maga-
zine.
Selling primarily to destination
visitors, much of the shop's mer-
chandise depicts McCall's year -
round resort activities, such as boat-
ing, sailing, fishing, hunting, ski-
ing, snowmobiling, golfing and ro-
deo, the article said.
The McCall Store's two best sell-
ers are a stock - embroidered sun-
flower design and wolf preprint.
Non - apparel souvenirs such as lo-
cally made huckleberry jam and taffy
are also popular, Davenport said.
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KitchenWorks serves up best
buys in utensils &cookware
KitchenWorks, a gourmet cook-
ing and gift store, opened in the Park
Street Plaza this week.
KitchenWorks will feature
Calphalon and Farberware Millenium
cookware, quality utensils, bread
machines, Henckels knives, barbecue
accessories, picnic items, serving and
cooking dishes, tabletop ware, and
jams and jellies.
Samples of freshly baked bread
and jam, as well as coffee, will be
served daily.
A selection of wine, chosen for
quality and value, and not available in
other McCall locations, will be
stocked. A different wine sample will
be offered each Saturday.
KitchenWorks will offer free gift
wrapping, a bridal registry and gen-
eral gift registry for occasions such as
Mother's Day and birthdays.
Visitors to KitchenWorks will be
able to register for a drawing for nu-
merous prizes to be held July 2.
KitchenWorks is owned and oper-
ated by Shelley Platt. Shelley has lived
in McCall since 1971 and serves as
pastor of St. Andrew's Episcopal
Church. Her husband, Richard, will
do the accounting and business man-
agement. He is retired from the U.S.
Forest Service and the U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation.
"KitchenWorks will be a great store
for people who love to `play with
food.' Putting the fun back in the
kitchen, and making your kitchen
work for you are the goals," Shelley
Platt said.
"McCall has a wonderful business
community," she said. "Everyone has
been very helpful and encouraging.
There is a climate of respect."
Photo by Tom Grote
Richard and Shelley Platt display wares found at KitchenWorks.
Pemberton joins Millemann firm
An attorney with experience in tax
and real estate law has joined the
McCall law offices of Millemann,
Pittenger and McMahan.
Amy Pemberton, 32, has been
named an associate with the law firm.
Before recently moving to McCall,
she worked three years as a tax attor-
ney for a Seattle, Wash., accounting
firm.
Pemberton earned her law degree
from the University of Washington in
Seattle in 1993, and holds a 1986
bachelor's degree in accounting from
Washington State University in Pull-
man.
She said she and her husband, Paul,
are excited about their move and she
looks forward to working with the
Amy
Pemberton
Joins McCall
law firm
community.
Othermembers of the firm at Steve
Millemann, Greg Pittenger and Brian
McMahan. The firm's office is lo-
cated on First Street near Park Street.
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Pizza
Factory
to op en
McCall has been selected as the
latest site for the Pizza Factory, a
popular fast - growing national family
pizza chain.
The 81st Pizza Factory plans a
May 20 opening in The Marketplace
in McCall next to Shaver's supermar-
ket on Deinhard Lane, according to
franchisees Roger and Jennifer Ross.
"Our 2,100 square foot Pizza Fac-
tory will feature homemade, hand
tossed pizza favorites, along with
gourmet and specialty pizzas," Roger
Ross said. "We will also offer a five -
foot salad bar, in addition to pasta, hot
and cold deli sandwiches and other
popular items."
Pizza Factory's main dining area
will seat 70 people. A 35 -inch televi-
sion will be available to local teams
for viewing their various sporting
event replays. Also offered is a spe-
cial video arcade room for the kids.
The Rosses are former residents of
St. Maries. "We plan a lot of commu-
nity involvement and family atmo-
sphere with the opening of ourMcCall
Pizza Factory," Ross said.
The Pizza Factory family style
concept began in Oakhurst, Calif., in
1979. By 1985, partners Dan and Carol
Wheeler and Ron and Joyce Willey
started franchising restaurants.
The McCall Pizza Factory will be
open Sundays through Thursday from
11 a.m. to 10 p.m., and Fridays and
Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 11 P.M.
They will offer dine -in, take out or
delivery. Call 634 -3888.
Star -News Photo by Jeanne Seol
Short Kuts owners are David Holland, front, Carol Holland, left, and
manager Deanna Hart.
Short Kuts now open
inside The Sports Club
A full - service family hair salon
featuring Paul Mitchell products and
two tanning beds has opened in
McCall.
Short Kuts, located in The Sports
Club at 1619 Davis Street, caters to
families on a budget. Haircuts for
children are $5.99, while women's
cuts are $9.99 and haircuts for men
are priced at $7.99. Special rates for
senior citizens apply.'
Call 634 -3098 for an appointment.
Customers need not be a member of
The Sports Club.
The salon features a "family atmo-
sphere," manager Deanna Hart said.
Disney videos entertain children while
parents are tanning or help children
stop squirming during haircuts.
Hart has more than 15 years of
experience in the hair industry. She
managed the former hair salon at
Shaver's in McCall for six years and
worked at Hair Affair for another two
years.
She graduated from the Continen-
tal College of Beauty in Caldwell in
1980.
Owners David and Carol Holland
are also featuring free haircuts from
now until graduation for high school
seniors and eighth graders in local
schools, including Cascade, McCall -
;Donnelly, New Meadows and
)Riggins. Call for an appointment.
Photo by James L. Kincaid
Pat and Shelly Patterson work on a bicycle at their new McCall shop.
Bicycle shop offers quality
The McCall area has a new bike
shop, Patterson's Precision Bikes,
to service the needs of those taking
part in one of America's favorite
leisure activities.
Patterson's Precision Bikes
opened last month at 116 N. 3rd
Street in the McCall Business Cen-
ter. The shop is open Monday
through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6
p.m. The phone number is 634-
5686.
The shop, owned and operated by
Pat Patterson and his wife, Shelly,
features Yokota Bikes, which are
mountain bikes from $270 to
$1,900, Pat said. Accessories and
repairs are available for all models
of bikes, old or new. Parts, even
training wheels, can be ordered for
any type of bike, Pat said.
The shop also offers helmets by
Legend, Kooler and Baby Bambini,
Shelly said.
"We just sell new bikes now, but
we will go into used bikes later,"
Pat said. "Yokota has good compo-
nents and strong, lightweight
frames."
The Pattersons have lived in
McCall since 1987 when they
moved here from Salt Lake City,
Utah. Pat learned his skills while
attending Barnett's Bicycle Institute
in Colorado Springs, Colo., he said.
"Our whole family rides bikes
and we opened this shop because bi-
cycles are more popular now than
ever," Pat said. "We thought there
was room in town for one more bi-
cycle shop."
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Star -News Photo by Jeanne Soot
Vintage Boat Works has new location
Vintage Boats Works in McCall is planning another restored wooden boats, new Marada fiberglass family
open house this weekend at its new location at 401 boats and boat hoists. Call 634 -3069 for more informa-
South Mission Street, next to the McCall tion. Pictured, back from left are Doug and Jan Lohff,
Smokejumper Base. Owners Jan and Doug Lohff Marada boat distributor Brian Honstain, and Matt
specialize in wooden boat restoration. They also sell Lohff, front.
.5-T,47 New 5
The Potting Shed
caters to gardeners
The Potting Shed, a new home and
garden shop, has blossomed on Colo-
rado Street, directly behind McCall
Rental & Sales.
The Potting Shed is awaiting sun-
shine, warmer days and the return of
some good friends that were greatly
missed over the winter.
Cindy Jones, formerly of
Ec•Lec•Tic, and her husband Ray Bat-
ten, of Waterline Landscape and
Sprinkler, Co., have put their talents
together to fill a void they saw in the
retail market in Valley County.
The Potting Shed features a hand-
picked selection of annuals, perenni-
als, trees and shrubs native to the area,
great for attracting local birds. The
store has a good selection of ornitho-
logically correct bird houses and feed-
ers and sells bird feed and seed by the
pound.
Inside The Potting Shed, you will
find a great selection of gardeners'
accessories, clay pots, aprons, totes,
tools, gloves, hand cream and garden-
ers' soaps, citronella torches to keep
the mosquitoes away from your out-
door parties, lawn and garden furni-
ture, fountains, jewelry, wine racks
that look like bird houses and more.,
The Potting Shed offers special
services such as landscape and sprin-
kler design and installation, yard main-
tenance, house calls for designing and
planting beds, and a Complimentary
Soil Station.
Customers are invited to use the
potting bench to plant the pots and-
plants purchased at The Potting Shed,
with tools and potting soil provided at
no extra charge.
The Potting Shed is located at 303
Colorado Street. Call 634 -4477. '
Alpine offers Stratford Domes
Alpine Manufactured Homes in
McCall has introduced a new line of
factory-built homes now available for
purchase in the area.
Stratford Homes, a new brand of
stick -built factory homes, offers a wide
variety of home styles and floor plans,
owner Jon Koch said. Each home can
also be custom designed to fit indi-
vidual needs and can be placed on any
site.
Koch is also offering $77,800 land-
home packages that include a new
Stratford Home on a one - quarter acre
lot in Ridgeview Subdivision in New
Meadows. Call Koch at 634 -5934 for
more information.
Koch has been selling manufac-
tured homes for four years in McCall,
and said Stratford Homes are the best
manufactured houses he has ever seen.
"There are no differences between
these homes and site -built homes ex-
cept that customers pick up signifi-
cant savings from afactory line," Koch
said.
Star -News Photo by Jeanne Seol
Jon Koch shows off a Stratford manufactured home.
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Star -News Photo by Roger Phillips
Yergenson Logs offers custom milling
Keith Yergenson of McCall has opened Yergenson pretty flexible," Yergenson said. There is a milling saw
Logs and Lumber in McCall for custom mill work, and edger on the site that can handle large logs, and
logs and beams. Yergenson is catering to private produce two or three -sided logs, rough lumber and
contractors, people building their own homes, or beams. Prices vary depending on the size of the logs and
anyone with special milling needs. "Right now, we're the difficulty of the job, Yergenson said. Call 634 - 4647.'
K&L to shut its doors Star -News Photo by Tom Grote
K &L Jewelry and Gifts in McCall
will be going out of business next
week after 16 years of operation in
downtown McCall. Owner
Lonabelle Larson, above, and her
late husband, Kay, started the busi-
ness in 1980 in the Lake Street Plaza
location now occupied by Moxie
Java and since moved next door to
the coffee shop. Lonabelle Larson
said local residents and visitors have
been equally important to the busi-
ness, which offers jewelry, watch
repair, souvenirs and collectibles.
Larson said the growth of tourism
in McCall has been important to
the town's prosperity. `It's what
makes us," she said. Although she
will miss serving her customers,
Larson said she has grown weary of
running the shop alone since her
husband died in 1993.
Star -News Photo by Roger Phillips
Drs. Jennifer Parker and Michael Curtis tend to one of their patients at McCall Veterinary Clinic.
New vets take over McCall clinic
Drs. Michael B. Curtis and Jenni-
fer A. Parker, both doctors of veteri-
nary medicine, have taken over the
McCall Veterinary Clinic from Dr.
Bruce Stephens.
The couple will both be on staff
and continue:full veterinary services
and care for all species of animals.
"We're hoping to expand the cli-
ent base and maintain his (Dr.
Stephens') clients and have them come
in and see us," Curtis said.
Parker earned her doctor of veteri-
nary medicine from the Ontario Vet-
erinary College in Canada. She had
an additional year of training at At-
lantic Veterinary Clinic in Prince
Edward Island, Canada, where she
interned in large animal medicine,
surgery and reproduction.
She most recently worked at a
mixed practice in a small town on
Prince Edward Island, treating small
animals, horses and cattle.
Parker is also interested in reptiles
and other exotic pets, particularly
meeting nutritional and housing needs
for these unusual animals to prevent
disease.
Curtis holds a DVM, doctorate and
DACVA. He earned his DVM from
the University of Wisconsin, a doc-
torate in cardiovascular physiology
from the University of New Mexico,
and served on the faculty at the Uni-
versity of Georgia, Atlantic Veteri-
nary College and University of Prince
Edward Island.
Curtis has a special interest and
training in anesthesia, immobiliza-
tion of wildlife, cardiology, emer-
gency medicine, surgery, critical care
and pain management.
Both are active in equestrian riding
and are avid outdoors people.
"We're both outdoorsy, so McCall
is obviously a great place for us,"
Parker said.
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Dale's Marine
Service opens
Expert repair of power boats,
snowmobiles, watercraft and other
power products are just a phone
call away with Dale's Mobile Ma-
rine Service, a new McCall busi-
ness.
Dale Tomevi is the technician
behind Dale's Mobile Marine Ser-
vice. Tomevi has 15 years experi-
ence in McCall repairing a wide
range of power sports craft.
Repairs can be made at the dock,
using Tomevi's mobile service, or
in Tomevi's shop. He specializes
in repair, detailing and high perfor-
mance modifications.
On water, Tomevi can service
power boats, stemdrives, personal
watercraft and outboards. On land,
he can fix snowmobiles, motor-
cycles and all- terrain vehicles.
He offers factory- authorized ser-
vice for OMC and Mercruiser
stemdrives, Polaris snowmobiles
and Kawasaki Jet Skis.
For more information, call
Dale's Mobile Marine Service at
325 -8291.
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Star -News Photo by Roger Phillips
Lori Kleint with some of the ingredients of Squeeze 'n' Grind drinks.
Cool off with a drink
from Squeeze ' n' Grind
Whether your tastes lean toward
espresso or organic fruit juices, the
Squeeze 'n' Grind, located at 337
Deinhard in McCall, has something
for you.
McCall's first juice bar features a
wide variety of juices and coffee, in-
cluding popular "smoothies," concoc-
tions made of fruit and vegetable
juices, non -fat yogurt and sherbert.
Squeeze 'n' Grind is owned and
operated by Eric Jones and Lori Meint,
both of McCall.
The business has a juicer on hand
to turn a dozen different fresh fruits
and vegetables into pulp -free juices.
In addition, the restaurant serves pies,
quiches, sandwiches and cookies pre-
pared by Susan Dorris from Flight of
Fancy, and bagels from Bev's Cot-
tage Cafe.
The restaurant also features coffee
from Craven's in Spokane, Wash.,
including organically grown coffee
and bulk coffee. It also has juicers for
sale, as well as cookbooks and T-
shirts.
Hours are 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.,
Monday through Saturday, and 7 a.m.
to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
Starting the Fourth of July week-
end, the restaurant will feature live
acoustic music on Sundays. Call 634-
2247.
Careybuys
1
the historic
Hotel McCall
BY JEANNE SEOL
The Star -News
Hotel McCall, the 22 -room inn
that has stood at the corner of Idaho
55 and East Lake Street since 1939,
has been sold to local businessman D.
John Carey.
Carey's planner, Jack Marshall of
McCall, said Carey has no plans to
change the building that local resi-
dents and visitors have known for
most of the century.
He plans to continue operating
the hotel just the way it has always
been - no remodeling, no changes,"
Marshall said. "The manager and staff
have been hired back and Mr. Carey
plans on keeping it just the way it is."
Originally built in 1927, the first
Hotel McCall burned in 1938but was
rebuilt. It was purchased in 1988 by
McCall residents Peggy Wheatcroft
and Chris Kirk from its former own-
ers, Lawrence and Blanche Luce.
Extensive remodeling was done to
the hotel, and it reopened in 1989. The
price Carey paid Wheatcroft and Kirk
for the building was not disclosed.
Hotel McCall is now combined
with several parcels of property and
buildings that Carey has been pur-
chasing since 1994 around the former
railroad right -of -way area in down-
town McCall.
Carey already owns the adjacent
former McCall Tire and Auto build-
ing and an open parcel along East
Lake Street previously known as
Frazee Park.
He also has purchased the old
McCall railroad depot and station
master's house next door, and he owns
several parcels of land in the former
railroad right -of -way as part of a law-
suit settlement negotiated with the
City of McCall and former owner
Sam Kalman.
D. John
Carey
Plans no
changes for
hotel
Carey is an England -born busi-
nessman who made his fortune in the
microchip industry in California's
Silicon Valley. He and his wife,
Teresa, own two homes in Valley
County, an 1,800 acre ranch east of
Lake Fork and a condo at Brown
Palace in McCall.
On Tuesday, the City of McCall
Planning and Zoning Commission has
scheduled a public hearing to discuss
the abandonment of the alley between
Hotel McCall and the former McCall
Tire and Auto.
Carey has asked for the abandon-
ment so that he can develop the
property. The application is sched-
uled to be discussed at 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday in the lower level of McCall
City Hall.
At a Nov. 7, 1995 meeting of the
commission, Carey unveiled plans to
build condos and commercial build-
ings on his land and restore the historic
depot and station master's house.
Marshall said Carey's purchase of
Hotel McCall "blends into the master
plan for the property." That master
plan is expected to be discussed at
next Tuesday's planning and zoning
public hearing.
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The staff at Rumors in McCall includes, front from left, nail technician Angie Homaeckevarria, new ownersnLisa
LeClair and Dawna Leedom, nail technician Joyce Smith. Pictured rear from left, electrologist Debbie Poole,
stylists Heidi Wash and Robert Steur and barber Susan Tate.
New owners buy Rumors hair salon
Rumors hair salon in McCall is
under new ownership and has ex-
panded its variety of services.
Lisa LeClair and Dawna Leedom
of McCall have purchased the busi-
ness from Kim Barton. Both were
employees of Barton's and say they
look forward to serving their new and
old customers.
Rumors is located at 335 Deinhard
Lane in Village Square West. Call
634 -2842 for an appointment.
LeClair, Leedom and six employ-
ees now work Monday through Satur-
day by appointment and by walk -in.
Hours are varied and evening appoint-
ments are available on Tuesdays and
Thursdays. Rumors features exper-
tise in facials, make -up, electrolysis
services and offers tanning, mani-
cures, pedicures and ear- piercing. Hair
services include perms, coloring, con-
ditioning treatments, straightening and
styling. A barber is also available.
Blattner's Antiques and Gifts opens
Blattner's Antiques and Gifts in McCall features a
variety of Victorian treasures. Owner Marilyn
Blattner, shown above, specializes in furniture, dolls
and children's items at the antique store, located on
the corner of Lenora and First streets. Hours are
"by chance" or by appointment. Call 634 -4422.
Star -News Photo by Jeanne Seol
Blattner said she is happy to be back in the same
building from which she once operated a floral busi-
ness. "It's nice to see my old friends and customers,"
Blattner said. Her antique business sprang from her
own hobby of collecting and dabbling in antiques for
years.
M&M Jewelers
opens doors
M &M Jewelers in McCall offers a
wide variety of diamond wedding
sets, silver and gold chains, brace-
lets, earrings, specialty glass pieces
and unique gifts. The store recently
opened on East Lake Street in Mar-
ket Square between Sassy's and
Mountain Top Tapestries. Call 634-
5755. Owner Chris McLaughlin,
shown at right, has been in the jew-
elry business for more than 20 years,
and moved her store to McCall from
San Juan Capistrano, Calif. "I va-
cationed here and just fell in love
with McCall, so I decided to move
here," McLaughlin said. M &M
Jewelers is open from 10:30 a.m. to
5:30 p.m. Mondays through Satur-
days and from noon to 4 p.m. on
Sundays.
Star -News photo by Jeanne Seoi
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Valley Glass & Lock serves all of Long Valley
Lee O'Dell, Cascade, and Steve Martin, McCall,
saw a need with what they perceived as a bit of a
shift in the new construction focus in Valley County.
So, when Snake River Glass, where both were
employed, closed up in McCall, they decided to
go into business themselves with Valley Glass &
Lock.
They've established shops in both McCall and
Cascade and put their years of experience to work
for themselves. Both also previously worked for
May Hardware.
"We really have the most experience in the area,"
O'Dell said. "There's just as much building going
on in the south part of the county as in McCall."
Their Cascade office is located next to Shirley' S
off of Idaho HIghway 55 in Cascade, and the McCall
office is best found by calling for directions.
On the glass side of their operation, they do
commercial, residential, new construction and
remodels. They sell three different brands of vinyl
windows, and also do all kinds of locksmithing —
commercial, residential and automotive.
In addition, they do automotive windshield
replacements, and also window screen repairs and
replacements. For window screen work, they offer
free pickup and delivery.
Valley Glass also offers free estimates on all of
their work.
Normal hours are 8:30 to 5 p.m., but because
they're keeping very busy, calling ahead is sug-
gested. The McCall telephone is 634 -3384 and the
Cascade number is 382 -3450.
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Alpha & Omega Computing
now features storefront
Bill Orton, right, and Mike Sturm, left, stand out front of the new
location of Alpha & Omega Computing. The new shop, at 212 N.
Third Street in McCall, allows customers with computer prob-
lems to take their machines in for service, rather than have to
wait for one of Alpha & Omega's repair staff to do a service call
at their house. And that, Orton says, should mean better service
for all of their computer customers. The new shop is located in
the space formerly occupied by The Print Shop.
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Investors Title
enters market
Scott R. Taylor, left, vice president
since 1981, said he merged with the
to better serve
and general manager of Finance
Corporation, and Branch
bigger corporation
customers. Investors Title special -
Investors
Manager Mike Anderson are ready
izes in title insurance, consumer
bank closings, escrow collec-
to serve customers at Investors Title
in McCall. Formerly known asCWas
and
the><r for thergeneral
Idaho Title, the company
clients, and
Public. Investors Title is open from
p
sold by Anderson to the corpora-
sold
tion, but is still located at 3o1 Park
8 a.m. to 5 p. m. Monday through
634 -2153 for an ap -
St. in McCall. Anderson, w ho oper-
on his own
Friday.
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New owners take over
Old Town Market
MCCALL — Kathy and Brent Courtney
are the new owners of Old Town Market,
now one of the longer established business-
es in McCall.
They bought the business from John and
Terri Larson last month and have been get-
ting their feet wet in the convenience store/gas
station /deli- stop /laundry /wild game pro -
cessing/fishing tackle kind of business. All
that will remain, and more is on the way.
And while they have nothing but good to
say about the job the Larsons did, and wish
them well in their new pursuits, the Courtneys
want everyone to take a good look at what
they're doing.
"We want people to know their business
is really important to us," Brent Courtney
said last week. And they want people
the know their tthoughthoughts boutwhat they're
doing to the business.
Not that major changes are in store.
They are working to improve the lunch
offerings and will have deli sandwiches and
t,r..aoM chicken available for either take out
or dine in.
And they want shoppers to know that Old
Town is more than just a convenience store.
"Our prices (for groceries) are in -line with
the other markets in the area," Kathy said.
"We have all the basic staples and competi-
tive prices."
They also sell Texaco gasoline, telephone
long- distance cards, and are waiting for a
cappucino machine to arrive so they can begin
offering espresso.
During their grand opening, this Friday
through Sunday, a $10 purchase will earn a
free 32 -ounce fountain drink. There will be
raffles of gasoline. And on Saturday, from
11 a.m. to 4 p.m., they'll have a special on
Resers BBQ Sausage Sandwiches, with a
drink, for 75¢.
The store's normal hours will be 7 a.m.
to midnight, at least for the remainder of the
summer season.
Stop by and check out Old Town, and dur-
ing this weekend, you might just drive off
with some special deals.
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New Old Town Market owners Brent and Kathy Courtney.
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Cou p l buys Old Town
Brent and Kathy Courtney of
McCall recently took ownership of
Old Town Market and Texaco in
McCall from former owners John and
Terry Larson.
The Courtneys will hold a "Grand
Re- opening" Friday through Sunday,
when they will hold drawings for 80
gallons of gas, and have in -store spe-
cials including a free 32 -ounce foun-
tain drink for all gas purchases more
than $10, and other specials.
The Courtneys congratulated the
Larsons for their 10 years in business
in the community, and said Old Town
Market will strive to put an emphasis
on customer service.
"We really want to be customer
aware and we really want to serve the
customers' needs," Brent said.
He described the market as larger
than a typical convenience store, but
smaller than a supermarket, but said
the prices will be competitive with
larger grocery stores in the area.
The market will also be adding
prepared food items, such as
"broasted" chicken, to cater to the
lunch crowd, he said.
Courtney also owns Panache in
McCall, and he will continue working
at Mountain Mortgage. Kathy
Courtney will handle the bookkeep-
ing chores at the market.
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Brundage Realty opens
doors at McCall, Donnelly
Michelle Basye, owner/broker of Brundage Realty
MCCALL —There's a new player in the real estate business in Valley
County with the opening last week of Brundage Realty by owner/broker
Michelle Basye.
Basye, who worked for the past couple of years for Mountain Lakes
Realty and for eight or so years before that with Cheney & Co. Real
Estate, recently bought Cheney's satellite offices in Donnelly and at 409
Third St. in McCall.
Though it's a new office, there is plenty of real estate experience on
the staff she is assembling.
Kermit Peterson, a former sales associate for Cheney, will work out
of the Donnelly office. Peterson also previously worked for Clark Realty.
"We're lucky to have Kermit stay," she said.
And, adding experience and some family flavor to the venture is Basye 's
mother Geri Corbet, who will manage the Donnelly office as an associ-
ate broker.
Corbet once operated her own realty in Donnelly and was the first
woman broker to set up her own shop in Valley County about 25 years
ago..
Basye said she decided to open her own firm because she plans to stay
in Valley County to raise her children. She is a graduate of McCall -
Donnelly High School and Boise State University with a degree in account-
ing.
Neither does she really view her business as another competitor on an
already full s :orecard of real estate offices.
"Basically, I'm just replacing an old one," she said. "There's oppor-
tunity and this is a good location," she said of the McCall office. That
office is located at 403 N. Third St., between the Best Western McCall
and the Scandia Inn, and across Third Street from The Woodsman Motel.
Business in Donnelly is also "booming," she said.
Brundage Realty will sell everything in the way of real estate, includ-
ing residential and commercial, businesses and bare ground.
Basye's Brundage Realty can be reached at 634 -1234.
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Krahn's notes anniversary
Karen Elam of McCall, left, ac- husband, Andy, were the winners
cepts a gift certificate for $500 from of the certificate as part of a draw -
Dan Krahn of Krahn's Home Fur- ing held to celebrate Krahn's anni-
nishings in McCall. Elam and her versarae.
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[lome builder wins national aw and
BY ROGER PHILLIPS
The Star -News
Most do- it- yourself carpenters are
content with building their own
homes, but Steve Collett of McCall
took the do- it- yourself philosophy
several steps further. He designed his
home, selected logs, milled them to fit
his design, then built the house him-
self.
The result is a 3,000 square -foot,
hand - crafted home that took Collett
five years to construct.
In the mornings, sunlight floods
the upper windows of Collett's open -
beam, two -story house, and comple-
menting shades of light and dark wood
in the ceiling and walls cast a warm
glow on the interior living space be-
low. Muscular ceiling beams intri-
cately intertwine and a mountainous
stone chimney climbing the wall to
join them make the interior look as
spacious as a cathedral and strong as
fortress.
"It's been quite a project," Collett
said. "This place started on a piece of
scratch paper, and it went from there."
The design and craftsmanship he
used to build the house earned him an
international award from manufac-
turer of Wood -Mizer sawmills, which
he used to mill the wood for his home.
He milled approximately 53,000
board feet of wood from 20 different
species of native Idaho trees. He har-
vested most of it himself from dead-
fall or standing -dead trees after bar-
tering or purchasing them from prop-
erty owners.
Collett used the "Old World ways"
of constructing the post and beam -
style house, using dovetail joints, and
various other traditional building
methods over nails, screws and bolts
whenever it was possible. He built
most of the house by himself, with
assistance from his father and friends.
Collett, an Idaho native who grew
up on a400-acre farm along the Sake
River near Grand View, found u ble
wood on the family farm as well,
including such non - traditional build-
ing materials as juniper, poplar, honey
locust, and box elder. He used -those
woods alongside traditional woods
such as fir, maple, ash, elm and wal-
nut.
"There's quite apotpourri of sticks
in this place," he said.
Collett salvaged much of the wood
from a grove of juniper trees that was
'killed by fire. The trees were destined
to spend their remaining days as fire
wood or fence posts before he de-
cided to'use them in his house.
Juniper trees, which are short,
stubby trees better known for produc-
ing gin berries than lumber, were
Star -News Photo by Rom RkfdltPS
Steve Collett displgx ,a unique bannister. in his award- winning home.
milled into short, tapered boards and
entered his house in the contest, but
stacked opposite each other to form
didn't expect to win the whole thing..
the interior and exterior walls, mak-
"I thought the place had potential,
ing a knotty, hardwood wall that is as
but I didn't know it would turn out to
fragrant as cedar and strong as oak.
be number one," he said.
Blending non- traditional materi-
The contest had 250 entries from
als and innovative building techniques
builders who used the Wood -Mizer
caught the attention of the Wood-
sawmill. Collett's awards included
Mizer contest judges, who were seek-
$1,600 in merchandise and a cover
ing creativity, originality, complexity
photo on the company's monthly
and quality of workmanship in their
magazine.
10th annual "Personal Best" contest.
"We were overwhelmed with the
Collett won first place in the west-
quality and quantity of projects sub -
ern region forhomes over 1,800square
mitted this year," said Bill Metzger,
feet, and was also named North Ameri-
director of sales and marketing of
can Grand Champion for the same
Wood- Mizer. "Steve Collett's home
categbfy:: -
is an excellent example of what a
Collett, who is a partner in Stein
dream and a sawmill can produce."
and Collett. a custom mill in McCall,
Therapist opens McCall office
Physical therapist Patrick J. Zak
has opened Pro - Active Physical
Therapy in McCall to help people
recover from injuries and improve
their overall physical fitness.
Zak's office is located at 903 First
St. in McCall across from The Star -
News. His hours are 8 a.m. to noon
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays,
or by appointment by calling 634-
8517.
Zak has five years experience as a
physical therapist. He said he gath-
ered a wealth of training by working
as a traveling physical therapist for 1-
1/2 years before settling in the McCall
area. He has been working as a con-
tract physical therapist for the Cas-
cade Medical Center since January,
and he has been a fitness consultant
for Rudy's Gym in McCall.
"My emphasis is on using exercise
and manual therapy techniques to
work toward optimal rehabilitation
following injury or illness," Zak said.
"Although my main focus is on sports
and orthopedic problems, I have ex-
perience in rehabilitation of those with
balance and neurological problems,
such as strokes. I have also seen some
pediatric patients."
Zak has a variety of exercise equip-
ment available at his office, including
a treadmill, stationary bicycle, stair -
climber, weight equipment, and spe-
cialized rehabilitation equipment. He
uses the equipment in conjunction
with manual therapy techniques, such
as massage, ultrasound and electrical
stimulation.
"I have had a great deal of training
in manual therapy, Which uses hands -
on techniques to reduce pain and re-
store function," he said. "I also have
training as a fitness consultant to as-
sist people in setting up and maintain-
ing an exercise program so that they
can reach their fitness goals."
Clients can use Zak's services by
doctor's referral or directly by ap-
pointment.
"My goal is to provide the finest in
physical therapy and fitness consult-
ing at a reasonable cost," he said.
Star -News Photo by Roger Phillips
Pat Zak stands with equipment at Pro - Active Physical Therapy.
p to PayLess, open Saturday
The McCall PayLess Drug Store
will open its doors on Saturday morn-
ing starting at 9 a.m. at The Market-
place in McCall on Deinhard Lane.
A ribbon - cutting ceremony will be
held before the grand opening, after
which customers will be able to
browse through the store's variety of
merchandise.
PayLess is the third tenant to open
in The Marketplace in McCall, join-
ing Shaver's supermarket and The
Pizza Factory restaurant.
About 30 employees will work at
the McCall PayLess store, which con-
tains about 17,000 square feet of sales
space, Manager Ron Strop said.
Strop, 37, has moved back to Idaho
from California, where he managed a
PayLess store in San Dimas, Calif. He
has worked for nine years for PayLess
in various capacities, five of those
years as a store manager.
A native of Wenatchee, Wash.,
Strop knows Idaho well, having
worked in Lewiston, Boise, Pocatello
and Idaho Falls.
"I've always wanted to be back up
here in the Northwest," Strop said.
"I'm an outdoors person, enjoy all kinds
of recreation and enjoy working in a
small community atmosphere."
Strop and his wife, Karen, are ex-
pecting their first child next month.
Customers of PayLess will see a
large selection throughout the store in
categories such as health care, skin
care, bath care, sporting goods and
seasonal merchandise.
As with most PayLess stores, the
McCall store will have its pharmacy
conveniently located at the front of
the store.
The store offers a mail -order pre-
scription service called "First -Class
Pharmacy" that maintains computer-
ized patient profiles to ensure there
are no adverse reactions with other
prescriptions.
The store also has the PayLess
PharmaSystem that includes an easy -
to -read folder with information about
safe, effective medication usage. The
PayLess PharmaPlan accepts more
than 1,400 different health -care cov-
erage plans, and pharmacists welcome
any questions from customers about
prescriptions or over- the - counter
medications.
PayLess also offers several op-
tions for photo finishing. Customers
may have their pictures made into
mugs, key chains, puzzles, mouse pads
or even formatted on computer dis-
kettes.
The department also offers frames,
film; long- distance calling cards, dis-
posable cameras, pocket cameras and
various small electronics.
The store is part of Thrifty PayLess
Holdings Inc., which operates more
than 1,000 stores in 10 western states.
The company's corporate headquar-
ters are in Wilsonville, Ore.
In April 1994, Los Angeles -based
TCH Corp., the parent company of
Thrifty Corp. and Thrifty Drugs, pur-
chased PayLess Drug Stores North-
west Inc., then a subsidiary of K -Mart
Corp. The company was renamed
Thrifty PayLess Holdings Inc.
Annual sales of Thrifty Payless
Holdings were $4.7 billion in 1995.
The company operates stores under
the names of Thifty Drugs, PayLess
Drug Stores and Bi -Mart.
PayLess opens McCall store Star -News Photo by Jeanne Seol
The McCall PayLess Drug Store opened its doors a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 10
with a ribbon- cutting ceremony early last Saturday. a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. About 30 employees worked
morning. Store Manager Ron Strop performed the to stock more than 30,000 items on shelves in just four
honors, while several McCall dignitaries looked on. weeks, Strop said. PayLess operates more than 1,000
The store, located on Deinhard Lane, is open from 8_ stores in 10 western states under various names.
Photo courtesy Gale Nehrig
Exhibit to feature Nehrig
Local designer and weaver Gale
Nehrig will be participating in "In-
land Craft Warnings," the 14th an-
nual sale and exhibition of fine con-
temporary crafts on Oct. 25 -27 in
Spokane, Wash. The juried show of
50 Northwest artists will be held at
Crescent Court Exhibition Hall in
downtown Spokane. Media include
woven and surface design art -to-
wear, jewelry, clay sculpture and
vessels, forged iron, leather work,
wood furniture and photography.
Nehrig weaves one -of -a -kind jack-
ets, coats and vests from her McCall
studio.
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McCall Drug puts soda fountain back in business
After a decade gone, the soda
fountain at McCall Drug has re-
turned, and with it a small piece of
McCall history.
The fountain was removed af-
ter current owners Dave Kellogg
and Mike McGee purchased the
store from former owners Bob and
Kay Scoles, Kellogg said.
The pair decided to replace the
fountain, and they returned the
original back bar to its place be-
hind -the newly designed fountain
area, Kellogg said.
The fountain will serve old -
fashioned soda drinks, as well as
espresso from Seattle's Best
Coffees and ice cream treats fea-
turing Haagen -Dazs ice cream.
Kellogg said the fountain
complements the books, music and
gifts found in the store.
"The fountain really fits on with
the type of store we have," he said.
"We feel it's a real integral part of
any hometown drug store."
The store is located at 1001
Second St. in downtown McCall.
Call 634 -2433.
Jesse Cleary is ready to serve you at the newly restored soda fountain at McCall Drug, Star -News Photo by Roger F
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Suit says Earth
Search Sciences
broke state law
BY TOM GROTE
The Star-News
The Idaho Department of Finance
on Friday filed a lawsuit against Earth
Search Sciences, Inc., of McCall
claiming the company violated state
securities laws and misrepresented
itself to investors.
The suit, filed in Fourth District
Court in Boise, came on the same day
that Earth Search Sciences filed a
lawsuit against the state demanding
the investigation be dropped.
The state's suit asks that Earth
Search Sciences return any money to
investors that was raised in violation
of state law, and that the company be
fined $50,000.
No date has been set for a hearing
on the lawsuit, and Earth Search Sci-
ences has two weeks to file an answer
to the suit, said Scott B. Muir, the state
deputy attorney general who filed the
lawsuit.
Earth Search Sciences President
Larry Vance said on Monday the com-
pany may have committed technical
violations of state securities law out
of ignorance. Vance said provisions
of securities laws in Idaho are differ-
ent than in Utah, where he previously
has done business.
As a result, the company will offer
to return money to any Idaho investor
who wants it, Vance said. A total of
$143,540 has been raised from 19
Idaho residents, according to com-
pany figures. The firm has raised about
$3 million from all investors, both
inside and outside Idaho.
Vance disputed the state's claims
that the company falsely misrepre-
sented itself. "We take exception to
that," he said. "We're legitimate, we're
staying the course and we have no
reason to change that."
Among the accusations in the
state's lawsuit are:
• Earth Search Sciences has never
been registered with the state and
Vance has never been licensed as a
securities salesman. Also, securities
sold since April 1995 by the company
were not registered with the state.
• The company made false state-
ments that it owned remote sensing
equipment. That equipment, called
Probe 1, has been referred to by Vance
as a key part of the company's future
in exploring for oil and mineral de-
posits and doing survey work.
• Earth Search Sciences claimed to
hold contracts with major corpora-
tions that would produce revenues,
when in fact the contracts would not
produce revenues.
• The company claims it "holds a
majority equity interest in the mineral
concession in a region of Kazakhstan"
in the former Soviet Union, but the
company does not have any binding
agreement.
• Earth Search Sciences claimed to
have acquired Lamb Associates Inc.,
an engineering and technical services
firm, when in fact the company has
not acquired Lamb Associates.
The lawsuit filed by Earth Search
Sciences on Friday in Fourth District
Court in Cascade says the Depart-
ment of Finance has been investigat-
ing the company since February 1995.
In its suit, the company asks the
state to formally end the investigation
and clear Earth Search Sciences of
any charges.
The company has spent "a sub-
stantial amount of time, effort and
money responding" to the
department's questions and requests
for documents, the suit said.
Vance and Muir said they were not
aware of each other's intent to file
lawsuits on the same day.
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Sweet Pea's Mountain
Skivvies at new
location
MCCALL —Sweet Pea's Mountain Skivvies, formerly on Third
Street across from The Mill restaurant, has a new, larger home, on
Pine Street to the east of Gravity Sports.
Owner Leslie Clark said they're sort of hidden right now behind
a large snow berm that's built up along the street, but behind there
is the spacious new location for the business, in the space former-
ly occupied by Vicco Plumbing and Eagle Carpet.
Out the windows to the west lie the new city ice skating rink and
beyond that Payette Lake. It's right out of Currier and Ives.
While the store will continue to offer the lingerie and night wear
that has made it a popular stop for those shopping for something
romantic, Clark said they're also branching out into women's out-
erwear that will still have tlw�'Sweet Pea's flavor," dresses, skate
and sweaters that are romantic, whimsical, classy with a longevity
of style. The expanding they're doing is with a goal of comple-
menting the other stores in town, not necessarily competing with
them, she said.
Sweet Pea's is also carrying a new -to- the -area line of bath acces-
sories — lotions, oils and so on — called "Thymes Unlimited."
And, she also has some new gift lines that many shoppers will find
attractive.
Environmentally friendly shaving razors that aren't disposable
(only the convenient blades are), and high quality and highly dec-
orative toothbrushes, are on display. And, Beanie Babies, Happy
Eye Pillows, Happy Wraps and Happy Massagers are also avail-
able for those searching for a unique gift.
They're also expanding the line of romantically- oriented com-
pact discs and cassettes they have for sale.
With the move, Clark said they'll also be starting some new pro-
motions. Starting on Tuesdays in February, senior citizens 60 years
old and older will get 10 percent off on their purchases, she said.
And, if a bride registers at the store, there will be a 10 percent
discount for those buying things for the bride at Sweet Pea's.
She also said she's going to bring in some specially- designed
cotton shopping bags that will be for sale. Those who buy the bags
will then get $2 off new purchases beginning in March, she said.
For more information, Sweet Pea's can be reached at 634 -3456.
The staff at Sweet Pea's includes Leslie Clark, Jennifer Clark,
Kathy Kilgore and Jean Boone
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Alpine Ski Rentals can fill your
rental needs
MCCALL — Have friends in town to ski
and they don't have equipment? Want to try
some of the latest in high tech skis and equip -
ment before considering buying?
There are lots of reasons to rent skis, but
whatever the reason Jerry Greenland at Alpine
Ski Rentals, next to Si Bueno Restaurant, can
take care of you.
Located in the same building with Alpine
Sciences, Greenland's rental business will set
you up with the best in skis from RD, Elan and
Wolf — fat skis that will get you onto the pow-
der, shaped skis that will have you carving turns
like never before, and high performance skis
for those of you who want to ski with an atti-
tude. He also features Dalbello boots and Marker
bindings.
To help those showing up to McCall to ski
not waste any time standing around waiting to
be fit for rentals, Greenland offers a "Fax Us
Your Foot" service. Trace around your stock-
ing foot and fax it to 208 - 634 -7594, along with
your shoe size, height, weight, skier type, and
the ski package you're interested in, and your
telephone number, and things will be all set for
your arrival when you get there.
Repeat customers' information will be kept
on file, so just phone ahead. And equipment
can be reserved with 24 hours notice, and
Greenland can even arrange for delivery or pick-
up of rental equipment.
In addition to the rental equipment, Greenland
does have some soft goods for sale — hats,
gloves, shirts and pants by Polar Pals.
The shop is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday
through Thursday, and 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Fridays, Saturdays and holidays. The voice tele-
phone number is 634 -3007.
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New owner at Mountain Regatta
Ranch Wear for women that she now has.
Meader also has Edwin Jeans for men and women,
and PJ's Salvage Company's stylish long underwear
and pajamas.
She also is seek-
ing additional cloth-
ing lines that she
hopes will help make
the store more attrac-
tive to local shoppers.
Mountain Regatta
is also strong on
accessories for both
men and women,
including a line of
leather belts that fea-
ture metal represen-
tations of endangered
species and other ani-
mals. She's also going
to find some lines of
leather handbags and
wallets for men and
women.
Regular store hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Monday through Saturday, and Meader said she'll
be open Sundays from l 1 a.m. to 4 p.m. during Winter
Carnival.
First American Title Co.
acquires Heartland Title
First American Title Company
of Idaho and its affiliate company,
First American Title Company,
have announced the acquisition of
Heartland Title Company of
McCall.
This is the third acquisition
within the last year by the affili-
ated group consisting of First
American Title Company of Idaho,
First American Title Company of
East Idaho and First American Title
Company of Montana, a news re-
lease said.
The other acquisitions were
Preston Land Title Company in
Preston, and Western Land Title
Company in Anaconda, Mont.
In addition, the company has
plans to open a new office in
Fairfield in central Idaho to serve
Camas County.
The family of companies serves
23 counties in Idaho, five in Mon-
tana, and county in Washington
through 24 offices in those three
states. Additionally, the organiza-
tion serves over 42 counties
throughout Idaho with its associ-
ate network.
First American is the nation's
largest title insurer. The company,
with 4,500 agents in the United
States and eight other nations, told
investors this month that it plans to
become the "first fully integrated,
most efficient and innovative real
estate information services pro-
vider in the world."
"With First American deliver-
ing its bundle of services via com-
puters, many home buyers could
possibly see lower title insurance
costs and lower overall closing
costs," First American President
Joe Perna said.
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U.S. Bank's Colburn to retire
Gordon Colbum will retire from
U.S. Bank, after 40 years of ser-
vice, on Friday, Feb. 28. The McCall
Branch of U.S. Bank will hold an
open house celebration in honor of
Colburn on Feb. 28 from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m.
Colbum went to work for what
was then called Idaho First Na-
tional Bank on March 1, 1957, at
the Head Office in Boise. He began
in the bookkeeping department and
worked in the various teller cages
of the bank.
He moved on to bond redemp-
tion and through savings and col-
lections. After a short period in the
loan department, he was sent to
Parma as an officer trainee on Jan.
1, 1960.
Colburn was promoted to assis-
tant manger on July 1, 1962, and
then to manager on Jan. 1, 1969.
After working in Parma for 23 years,
Colburn spent 18 months in the
Human Resources department in
Boise.
On May 1, 1985,Colbum moved
to the McCall branch as manager.
He was then promoted to vice presi-
dent and manager on Jan. 1, 1989.
He has been active in many com-
munity organizations and advisory
committees, including having
served as president of the McCall
Rotary Club. He will continue to
serve on the McCall Airport Advi-
sory C mimi-ttee an& as a board
member4 -The Shepherd's Home.
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Star -News Photo by Jeanne Seol
Greg Summers and Todd Allen with equipment at The Machine Shop.
The Machine Shop can
handle a variety of jobs
A machining and welding shop
that specializes in custom projects is
now open near Lake Fork.
I. Greg Summers of Lake Fork and
Todd Allen of McCall have opened
The Machine Shop at 143 E. Lake
Fork Rd. The shop is open from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Summers retired from the Boise
Cascade Corp. sawmill in Cascade as
a maintenance supervisor and has 25
years of machining experience. Allen
is a certified welder who learned the
trade while commercial diving.
The duo can custom -make wood
splitters, barbecues, fireplaces, wood
stoves and equipment - hauling trail-
ers. They also can rebuild any kind of
heavy equipment, re -face flywheels,
straighten shafts, repair any kind of
equipment part and rebuild hydraulic
cylinders.
Summers and Allen plan to build a
larger shop that will feature overhead
hoists at the same location in the
spnng. V
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Star -News Photo by Roger Phillips
Co -owner Dennis Anderson sits in the lobby of the new Super 8 Lodge located on the south end of McCall.
McCall ens Super 8 Lodge o p
The Super 8 Lodge, McCall's new-
est motel, is now open for business.
The 60 -room lodge, located at 303
S. 3rd, opened on Feb. 21 with most
rooms available, co -owner Dennis
Anderson said. An open house for the
public will be held 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Thursday, March 13.
"We had a good weekend to open
with, which is very encouraging,"
Anderson said.
Anderson, from South Lake, Texas,
and Dr. K.C. Kollenkark of Hamilton,
Mont., own the motel. The pair also
own Super 8 lodges in Hamilton,
Mont., and Guyman, Okla.
Donna Darling of McCall will be
the local manager. The motel will
employ 12 to 16 people, depending
on the season, Anderson said.
The McCall Super 8 features 60
rooms, including two kitchenette
units, two whirlpool suites, a meeting
room and two whirlpools in the lobby
area.
The phone number is 634 -4637, or
1- 800 - 800 - 86,00, toll free.
Off- season rates run from $40 to
$50 and peak season and holiday rates
are $50 to $75. Peak season is Memo-
rial through Labor Day, and winter
holidays including Thanksgiving,
Christmas and Winter Carnival,
Anderson said.
The motel features a 24 -hour desk,
continental breakfast, cable television
and free local calls.
Super 8 is also offering Brundage
Mountain ski packages, which in-
cludes a room and lift tickets for $55
based on double occupancy. Prices
are discounted ifchildren are included.
Super 8 also has a VIP card, which
gives the bearer 10 percent off at any
Super 8 Lodge.
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Star -News Photo by Roger Phillips
Scott McDaniel, shown here in his McCall office, offers expert financial advice.
McDaniel nas rinanciat answers
Scott McDaniel has opened
McDaniel Financial at 122 S. Mission
St. in McCall to provide comprehen-
sive financial planning services.
McDaniel is a registered invest-
ment advisor with the federal Securi-
ties and Exchange Commission, and
complies with Idaho state registration
and bonding requirements.
McDaniel has two years experi-
ence managing investment portfolios
and currently manages about $1 mil-
lion in assets. He also provides plan-
ning for retirement and investing for
college educations.
McDaniel said he can review ex-
isting retirement plans and help people
"nail down specifics" as to when they
wish to retire and how to manage their
money so they will have financial
independence at retirement.
McDaniel also offers analysis on
specific investments, such A a busi-
ness purchases, and third -party insur-
ance analysis.
His rates vary by the service of-
fered. Portfolio management is typi-
cally done on apercentage basis, while -
other services are performed on an
hourly basis.
McDaniel's office is open Mon-
day through Friday from 8 a.m. to
noon, or by appointment by calling
614 -1748. .
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Hitchcock teams up with N.Y. Life
New York Life Insurance Com-
pany has announced that Curtis
Hitchcock and Michael B. Berry will
soon be working in the McCall area.
Hitchcock was raised in McCall
and attended the College of Idaho and
Boise State University. He contracted
with New York Life in March 1996.
He has been awarded the Idaho
General Office's New Agent of the
Month and Top Gun awards. He was
chosen to attend the prestigious Ca-
reer Development Conference in Dal-
las during 1996.
Berry contracted with New York
Life in February 1994. He is an Ex-
ecutive Council agent, received the
New Agent of the Year Award in
1994, was a Career Development
Conference Board Member and is a
Curtis
Hitchcock
New York
Life agent
board member of the Boise Area Life
Underwriters Association. He is also
a Registered Representative for
NYLIFE Securities Inc.
U.S. Bank hires Grunke
as McCall office manager
Kevin Grunke of Council recently
took over as branch manager of U.S.
Bank in McCall. There will be an
open house for Grunke on Friday from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the bank, located
at 905,N. 2nd St.
Grunke replaces Gordon Colburn,
who retired in February after 40 years
with the bank.
Grunke is will manage the McCall
and Council branches of the bank. He
has been the branch manager of the
Council branch since 1993.
Grunke has worked for the com-
pany since 1983, serving as assistant
manager of credit recovery, credit
officer, credit approval officer and
special assets officer, according to his
resume.
Grunke holds a bachelor of sci-
ence degree from Idaho State Univer-
sity and is a Nampa High School
graduate.
Star -News Photo by Roger Phillips
Blake joins brew pub
Jeff Blake, 28, recently took over
brewing duties at the McCall Brew-
ing Co. The restaurant will hold a
"Meet the Brewer" night Wednes-
day from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. with
happy hour prices during that time.
Blake recently moved to McCall
from Tahoe City, Calif. He has been
a professional brewer for four years
and learned his trade through an
apprenticeship and post - graduate
studies at University of California
at Davis. Blake is seeking home
brewers who are interested in form-
ing a home -brew club that makes
bulk purchases of supplies.
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Star -News Photo by Roger Phillips
Tuck Miller displays a rod inside the T. Avery fly - fishing store.
Fish no match for T. Avery
T. Avery Flyfishing Outfitters,
McCall's newest flyfishing shop, is
holding a grand opening this week-
end at The Marketplace in McCall on
Deinhard Lane near Shaver's super-
market.
Owner Tuck Miller, a former long-
time McCall resident, offers full lines
of Orvis fishing equipment and ap-
parel.
The shop also features Hobie float
cats, Bucks Bags float tubes, about
200 books and videos, and gifts for
anglers and non - anglers alike.
Miller's five staffers are all trained
Orvis fishing guides, and the shop is
offering classes for all skill levels of
flyfishers, including children's classes
and women -only classes.
Miller has returned to the area af-
ter a long military career, including
competing as a top -level biathlon racer
with the National Guard. He has 30
years experience fishing in local lakes
and streams and is a licensed Idaho
guide.
Miller said aside from selling fish-
ing equipment, he and his staff will
dispense advice on local fishing con-
ditions and what the i-ish are biting.
His staff is also involved in con-
servation. "Through flyfishing, we
want to promote conservation and
habitat improvement,' Miller said.
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ESSI's Probe I delivered
Earth Search Sciences, Inc., a
McCall -based high -tech company, has
deployed its newly developed Probe
1 hyperspectral imaging instrument
on a Department of Energy- sponsored
mission to Kazakhstan, a press re-
lease from the company said.
Kazakhstan is a central Asian coun-
try that was once part of the Soviet
Union. The mission's objective is help
scientists there by providing data and
training in "imagery analysis" of eco-
nomic and environmental "targets,"
while at the same time delivering in-
formation about mineral deposits in
the area.
ESSI's Probe 1 is the centerpiece
technology on the mission, the re-
lease said. The instrument enables
identification of minerals in theground
by flying over an area and gathering
information from light reflections.
"This exciting technology is now
fully developed, and Probe I is on
assignment," ESSI's Chief Executive
Officer Larry Vance said. "Theappli-
cations of the Probe 1 technology are
vast, but nowhere are they as gr8at as
in the mining exploration and envi-
ronmental arenas."
The Probe 1 will be flown aboard
a U.S. Navy aircraft in Kazakhstan
and data collected will be jointly ana-
lyzed by scientists from numerous
agencies and private companies.
As part of the agreement with the
Kazakhstani government, ESSI is part
of a consortium that has a license to
develop a percentage of the region's
mineral concession, the release said.
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Star -News Photo by Roger Phillips
Dave Hanson and John Mansisidor are ready to serve you as Madrona Mortgage in McCall.
Experience drives Madrona Mortgage
Two longtime local residents with
banking and real estate experience
have opened Madrona Mortgage, Inc.,
located upstairs in The Yacht Club
Building in McCall.
The company will be open from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Fri-
day, or after hours on weekends and
evenings by appointment by calling
634 -0015.
John Mansisidor and Dave Hanson
are offering full mortgage services,
including non - conforming loans, first
and second mortgages, purchase or
refinance, fixed or adjustable rates,
and up to 125 percent home equity
loans.
The company will tackle even the
toughest loans, including debt con-
solidation, poor credit history, bank-
ruptcy, difficult to verify income, self -
employed, minimal down payment,
and unique properties.
Mansisidor has 20 years banking
experience, including many years at
the former West One Bank in McCall.
He has also worked as a state bank
examiner, loan officer, branch man-
ager, vice president and cashier. He
holds an inactive real estate broker's
license and insurance agent's license.
Hanson has 34 years experience in
public and private education. He also
heads several business investment
projects, the latest being the Little
Salmon River Estates near New Mead-
ows.
The pair invites anyone wishing
to purchase property or to refinance to
come in early and prequalify so the
final loan disbursement will happen
rapidly.
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Star -News Photo by Jeanne Sed
Suzanne Morago displays flowers at The Plant Manager's Warehouse.
McCall greenhouse opens
Suzanne Morago of McCall has
opened The Plant Manager's Ware-
house, a portable greenhouse selling a
variety of annuals, perennials, hang-
ing baskets and patio pots.
The greenhouse is located behind
The Pancake House on Third Street in
McCall. It is open from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. Monday through Saturday and
from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Morago also offers herbs, veg-
etables, special orders, and she will
soon sell fresh cut flowers on Fridays.
All of her items are "reasonably
priced," Morago said.
Morago also plants and maintains
flowers for local residents and busi-
nesses in the area.
"After I sell them, I plant them,"
she said.
Call Morago at 634 -4761 for more
information.
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Star -News Photo by Jeanne Seol
The Name Dropper owners Lee Fin - Kelson, in bunny suit, and Tracy Fin - Kelson inside their new store.
The Name
Dropper gets personal
A new specialty store capable of
is what you want, and what you want
ing artist Katrina Merritt Tosh of
personalizing almost anything- has
it on," Lee Fin - Kelson said. Custom-
McCall on staff. Tosh holds an art and
opened in The Marketplace on Dein-
ers do not have to buy something in
graphic design degree from the Uni-
hard Lane in McCall.
the store to be personalized - they can
versity of Idaho. She adds a special
The Name Dropper, owned by
bring in their own items. Embroidery
touch using paints orpencils on items.
Tracy and Lee Fin - Kelson of McCall,
is also available for clothing.
The store also rents party costumes
specializes in adding personalization
The store caries a wide variety of
and wedding dresses and sends sing -
to any type of product made of metal,
gift merchandise for weddings, ba-
ing telegrams. Employees can also
wood, glass, plastic and leather by
bies, birthdays and special events and
deliver merchandise wearing cos -
using a new laser engraver that can
family relationships. Fin - Kelson said
tumes. Other items, like banners,
add photos, names or emblems to just
items are priced in a wide range, from
stuffed gift balloons and T- shirts, are
about anything.
inexpensive items for children who
also available for personalization.
A photo -heat transfer machine also
want a gift for their parents to sophis-
The Name Dropper is located next
can add photographs to mugs, plates,
ticated gifts.
to Shaver's in The Marketplace and is
T -shirts and hats.
The Name Dropper does almost all
open every day from 10 a.m. to "when -
"The only thing we have to know
ofits personalization in house by keep-
ever," Fin- Kelson said. "We're here
until you're here," she said.
Call 634 -GIFT (4438) for more
information.
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Earth Search Sciences
probe finishes mission
Earth Search Sciences, Inc. of
McCall recently announced the suc-
cessful completion of the company's
first mission in Kazakhstan using its
new Probe 1 hyperspectral imaging
system, according to a release from
the company.
"We are gratified that the Probe 1
has delivered everything we believed
it would on this mission," Earth Search
President Brian Savage said.
"The proof is in the pudding, or in
this case, in the precise images Probe
1 and our breakthrough processing
software delivered, showing mineral
indications and environmental chal-
lenges unique to Kazakhstan," Sav-
age said.'
Earth Search Sciences believes
Kazakhstan, a former Soviet bloc
country in Asia, has the potential to be
one of the world's great mineral pro -
ducers, Savage said.
The U.S. Department of Energy
sponsored the mission to help scien-
tists there by providing data and train-
ing in "imagery analysis" of economic
and environmental "targets" while at
the same time delivering information
about mineral deposits in the country,
the release said.
Meanwhile, the Idaho Department
of Finance is continuing a lawsuit
against the company, claiming it has
illegally sold securities in the state,
made false statements about its own-
ership of Probe 1 and contracts with
major corporations.
The suit also claims the company
has no binding agreement with the
Kazakhstan government, and it never
acquired Lamb Associates, an engi-
neering and technical services com-
pany.
The state is preparing its case
against the company, and a trial date
has been set for April, 1998, accord-
ing to Marilyn Scanlan of the Depart-
ment of Finance.
Earth Search's Chief Executive
Officer Larry Vance said earlier this
year the company may have commit-
ted technical violations of state secu-
rities laws out of ignorance, but dis-
puted the state's claims that the com-
pany misrepresented itself.
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Out -A -Idaho
showcases
local talent
A gallery featuring artisans from
Idaho and especially the local area
has opened in McCall.
Out -A -Idaho has opened in Mar-
ket Square, located at 136 E. Lake St.
next to Paul's Market. The gallery is
open Mondays through Saturdays
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and from 11
a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays.
Out -A -Idaho is owned by Ballard
and Charlie Smith, who came up with
the idea for the gallery when furnish-
ing a new game house next to their
home on Payette Lake. The Smiths
were impressed with the quality of
local artisans they hired, and decided
to help those artisans market their
works.
"There are a lot of talented people
in Idaho," Charlie Smith said. "But
they are unable to market themselves
properly because of the time and fi-
nancial burden it takes."
Ballard Smith said artists also are
unable to make a living selling their
works because of the large mark -up in
price that many galleries charge. "We
will try to keep the mark -up reason-
able," he said.
Besides the McCall gallery, the
Smiths also plan to promote works of
Idaho artisans out of state by display-
ing their works at shows in large cit-
ies, which few artists can afford to do.
Also, a catalogue of locally produced
works oriented toward designers and
builders is planned.
Out -A -Idaho is managed by Linda
Cordtz and features furniture items
such as chairs, couches, tables, beds,
lights and chandeliers. Paintings and
other art works will be displayed as
well.
Among the local artists and crafts-
men who will be featured are Mike
Leedom, Mark Smith, Sharalin Med-
ley, Michael O'Loughlin, Bob
Dehiinger, Paul Taylor, Rocky
Valdivia, Mike Walker, Randy Priest,
Brockman and Carol Gates.
Artisans who wish to become as-
sociated with Out -A -Idaho should call
the gallery at 634 -2420.
The Smiths moved to McCall full -
time from San Diego in 1995. Ballard
Smith is former president of the San
Diego Padres professional baseball
team and a former member of the
board of directors of McDonald's.
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Paul's manager er to stress involvement
Michael Pedersen is ready and
willing to help McCall's newest
supermarket take on an ag-
gressive image, not only with
shoppers, but also in the com-
munity.
Pedersen was named manager
of Paul's market in McCall this
summer after the Paul's chain ac-
quired it and three other stores
from The Merc stores. He replac-
ed Ken Patterson, who announc-
ed before the acquisition that he
was leaving to operate Circle R
Market in McCall.
Pedersen, 31, has worked for
the Homedale -based Paul's
Markets for 14 years, starting as
a box boy in Nampa and working
at the Meridian and Homedale
stores.
Before coming to McCall, he
was assistant manager at the
Paul's store in Ontario, Ore.
Pedersen said with a laugh that
he likes being a manager
"because you get more respect,
and that's nice."
He sees his job as not only
supervising the store and its 40
employees, but also doing public
relations work in the community.
"It's important to get involv-
ed, to be part of the city," he
said. In Owyhee County, for ex-
ample, he helped formed that
county's chapter of Ducks
Unlimited.
Pedersen is a fly fisherman and
bird hunter who said he might go
after big game now that he lives
closer to the deer and elk.
He said that changes will soon
become apparent under the
Paul's management. The store
will expand the grocery selection
so that groceries will fill the main
floor up to the store's mezzanine,
he said.
The store's meat department
has been expanded, and fresh
produce is delivered at least three
times per week, he said.' Finally,
new store signs to make the
change official should be
delivered soon.
Pedersen and his wife, Sherri,
have three children, Shelly, 7,
Darrin, 4 and Bryce, 3 months.
Fire damages
The Woodsman Cafe,
Electrical box cause of
conflagration
MCCALL— A lot of things went right, or a fire
last Thursday in the Woodsman Cafe, formerly the
Huckleberry, on Third Street, could have been much
worse.
That's the assessment of McCall Fire Chief Dale
Points who said his firefighters "did a wonderful
job" of battling the fire and saving the structure.
Points said the morning cook at the restaurant
showed up at shortly after 5 a.m. and opened a door
to the restaurant only to discover the building full
of smoke. He said she shut the door and called the
fire department.
Had she not done that, he said things would have
been much more serious as that deprived the fire of
needed oxygen. When firemen arrived a few min-
utes later, he said there was only smoke and no vis-
ible flame showing from the building.
But as it was, he said that when firefigthters
formerly the Huckleberry
attacked the blaze through the front door, after hav-
ing been driven out the back by intense heat, the fire
"flashed over."
That explosion, which happened when fresh air
fed the smoldering blaze, blew out the front win-
dows of the restaurant. Firemen then attacked the
fire from the front door and determined that the major
portion of the blaze was burning in the basement.
Firemen cut a hole in the kitchen floor and poured
water directly on the blaze through that hole. Mopping
up was made complex by the fact that there had been
numerous remodelings of the building over the years,
and there were many "voids" or spaces in the walls
where the fire had worked into. Also, cellulose insu-
lation in the attic had caught fire in some places. A
lot of the paneling and ceiling were removed, he
said.
They officially had the fire out by about 7:30 a.m.,
he said. But a fire watch was maintained until about
3 p.m. that day. As is the practice on all commercial
fires, Points called in the Idaho Fire Marshall's office,
which helped local officials determine that an elec-
trical sad it pr bably smoldered for 7 to 8 hods before the cook showed
said probably
up for work and discovered it.
Despite extension heat and smoke damage, Points said the struc-
ture could be remodeled and repaired.
"it turned out well, given what we had to work with," he said.
Three pumper trucks were the primary fire fighting apparatus on
the scene, he said. In preparation of having to possibly create a fire
break between the restaurant and a half -dozen attached apartments to
the back of the restaurant, Points said a tracked hoe was brought in.
If necessary, he said they were prepared to rip out one of the apart-
ments to create that fire break to save the other apartments.
As of Tuesday, Points said that a damage estimate had not yet been
developed.