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Show Thursday. December 13, 2007 Page 4 0 R E M TIMES wi WE WHO'S WHO AND WHAT'S?' HAPPENING Lissie and LuLu's makes Laura Giles NORTH COU'JT 'JAM While driving down Main Street in Heasant Grove, you can't miss the welcoming front porch of Lissie and LuLu's, a new home accessories shop. Sue Merrill, owner, opened the shop in November. "It's a fun thing for me to do," Merrill said. Located at the north end of Scott Hancock Photography, the shop is part of a historic Pleasant Grove home. "The main house was built in 1855. This part was added in 1877," Merrill said. "It still has the original wood fkxjrs and original pained glass. I think that's where the character is." Vintage-inspired table cloths, pillow shams and other linens, wreaths, dried flowers, floral arrangements, ribbons, frames and more can be found in the charming store. "We do all of our own floral work. That's how we started with wreaths," Merrill said. "I've always loved dishes," Merrill said. "I put things in here that I would want in my own house." There is a variety of unique dishes and pastel cake plates. "So that your party can look interesting tx)," she said. Until three years ago, Mer- If you go Lissie and LuLu's What: A unique collection of home accessories Where: 212 S. Main, Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove Hours: Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5:30ish p.m. wmm Fortune 500 company office relocates C.H. Robiason Worldwide, a $6.6 billion Fortune 500 company that provides global logistics and transportation services, relocated its Salt Lake City offices to the Lehi area in November. I An open house to celebrate the relocation after 45 years in Chained to a long-term homo loanP j ugr TAKE VOUR III E MOUNTAIN FEDERAL CREDIT Our iftfhesi Interval Is (D?GnI3(IB We carry building materials, paint, cabinets, lighting fixtures, furniture and appliances. 'BEST PRICES ON LITTLE GIANT LADDERS! Donate hardware, tools, and furniture to Habitat for Hu-manity Hu-manity to help Utah families and further our cause. tSWlbbitat for Humanity' 626 N. Freedom Blvd., Provo & A Li . i ff'ir- - J i .l; I?) L I 1 Lissie and LuLu's in Pleasant Grove offers a wide variety of home rill owned a similar shop in American Fork for 12 years called Addie Ixindons. That shop was named for her husband's hus-band's grandmother. "Lissie and I.uLu are great-aunts great-aunts of my mother's," said Merrill. Part of the fun for Merrill is Salt L'ike City was hosted on IX'c. 5. With global resources and carrier base of 45,000 transportation trans-portation companies, the company com-pany team of 3(5 employees provides customers with flexibility flex-ibility in services and provides transportation services to companies with freight needs focusing on truckload, less than truckload, rail, air, international, inter-national, and intermodal. The office is located at 3536 N. Maple Loop Suite 201, Lehi, and can be reached at 801-768-2232. Those who wish to find out more about With our 5 or 7 year mortuago BUCK! t HIGH UNION union I rmsTTZ" IMfcnb all your surplus building materials, Call 3RESTOR far Questions C (373 7867) homes feel 4 - ;-m r ' the time she spends with her 1 1 grandchildren in the shop. After school, they often come to help their grandmother. "It gives us time to spend together," said Merrill. Merrill said that she and her husband travel around to many different markets in search of CHRW, may visit www. chrobinson.com. Logo contest planned Annex Brands, the franchisor franchi-sor of PostalAnnex, Handle With Care: Packaging Store, Suashine Pack & Ship and SPS Moving, is seeking entries in a contest to design a new logo for the annex Brands' name. Entries will be accepted up to midnight Sunday. Full details can be found on the company's Web site, www. AnnexBrands.com. The local Annex Brands is . 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Costco Corporate orders Sub-4-Santa out Last year, the Costco in Lehi did a community service by n A : f Am Show & Opswlboase Ifannma mk atms by tort) Srcwfif , f-LL MJ vLl -LL JJJi Hrt INSUIUNCB AGENCY home auto life business mlKM 1 I Z4 I IT 394-0395 Lei-Away brings Hawaiian culture to landlocked Utah jCathy Allred NORTH COUNTY STAFF Carey Ofahengaue flies to Hawaii every few weeks, but it's not for a vacation getaway get-away nor is it to visit family in Laie. ; It's business. Ofahengaue owns Lei-Away, Lei-Away, a new store on Lehi's Main Street specializing in Island imports sarongs, Sa-moan Sa-moan lava lavas, shell jewelry, jewel-ry, island handbags, slippers, and of course, leis, including orchid leis, tea leaf leis and Kukui nut leis. They also take custom orders. "This job is for my boys," Ofahengaue said. "They're both old enough, they need jobs." A mother of six children, ages 1 through 16, Ofahengaue Ofahen-gaue juggles another family business called Crossroads Youth Services that finds, trains and certifies families for foster care, along with her new shop and her family. "She's crazy," said her sister, sis-ter, Tara Saaga, smiling. Ofahengaue moved to Lehi two years ago and became friends with Heather Hunsak-er, Hunsak-er, who lives in her neighborhood. neighbor-hood. Hunsaker also owns La Villa Salon, and she offered Ofahengue her old shop site when she moved to a new location. "I though about what we could do," Ofahengaue said. Her husband, Tevita Ofahengaue, Ofa-hengaue, works for Delta Airlines, and it seemed a natural natu-ral fit to specialize in Island imports while keeping prices low. She is very emphatic about providing a Giving Tree customers cus-tomers could fill a need of a local family (provided by Utah County United Way). Someone Some-one complained to Costco Corporate Headquarters that this was a religious event and Corporate told Costco staff they couldn't do a Giving Tree anymore, but were allowed to finish the project. This year, Lehi staff tried again. This time they were working with the Lehi Fire Department and the Lehi Sub-4-Santa program. This time, they had to take the tree down. They also had to use Vvjjg'j) Richard Foote KosTcTiofielSr www.fcioteinsurance.com 305 N. FREEDOM BLVD. PROVO the purpose of the business. "It's for my boys, to teach them a lesson," Ofahengaue said. "My goal is to keep it open for three years and teach my boys good work skills and ethics." The Lehi Junior High School students, Tre and Moana Ofahengaue, will be saving their income for their LDS missions, she said. When customers visit Lei-Away, Lei-Away, they are welcomed by Pacific greetings stenciled on the walls of the entry in Tahitian "Iorana," Tongan "Talofa," Maori "Kia ora," Fu-jian Fu-jian "Bula" and "Kia Orana," and the Hawaiian "Aloha." Lei-Away's biggest seller is its fresh and frozen Hawaiian Hawai-ian treats such as Manapua, Samoan Half Moon Pies, Musubi, candy leis, pork hash, Aloha Shoyu, chocolate-covered macademia nuts, and Pake Cake. The store products are priced as low as possible, Ofahengaue Ofa-hengaue said. "I save on shipping because I personally go to Hawaii to pick it up," she said. Marlena Iongi of Provo likes the prices as well as the products and makes a special trip to purchase what she needs at Lei-Away. "Yes, we always buy stuff for the kids, dancing and things like that," Iongi said. Her husband, Fasi Iongi, is Tongan and they always buy leis for the graduations and for gifts. "There are a lot of stores like this, but a lot are expensive," expen-sive," she said. "This one is very reasonably priced." the gift receipts on the items already purchased and refund the amount to their Costco customers who had donated them. Costco had to return the five families that they had planned on sponsoring this year. It leaves the Lehi Sub-4-Santa program organizers with more families that need sponsors. Those who know of anyone who wants to help a needy family or individual out this year are asked to contact Linda Turner at 768-1102 or e-mail lindaturnerl23yahoo. com. I WyJjiWJ a ell 0V r |