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Show AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Thursday, October 2, 2008 WHO'S WHO AND WHAT'S HAPPENING e Store in A.F. offers reasonably priced appare Page 6 Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF In the month since Our Little Store opened on Amer ican Fork's Main Street, several customers who have come in have remarked about the store being a boutique, bou-tique, but without boutique prices. That's according to Jasha Kirby, who with her partner Sid Thompson Dallin, Dal-lin, own the store. "Most everybody who comes in says that about our prices," Kirby said. "We try to be very affordable. Our most expensive shirt we carry would be about $50. We carry them at $15 and up. Still the $50 ones sell very well." They have clothing and jewelry for women and children, chil-dren, along with handbags and baby necessities. That includes clothing, bedding and diaper bags. "We have a lady in Draper who makes blankets and burp cloths for us," Kirby said. "We also carry wipe containers, layettes and novelty items such as baby books." For the women, they try to keep a large assortment of modest -length skirts. They also carry dresses, hats, blouses and handbags, which have been one of their best sellers. Both proponents of modest clothing, they carry lines that they would feel comfortable wearing, yet still feel stylish. "Anything we buy for in here, we can wear," Kirby said. "I still want to look cute, updated and fun." They have rings, bracelets, brace-lets, earrings and necklaces, many made by local craft -ers. Although they just opened the store, the two have been working together and been friends for many years. "Jasha and I have been shopping together for a long time," Dallin said. They have been friends and worked together in two different locations lo-cations before they decided to open their own store. "We wanted to do a store for Olive Garden to open Olive Garden will open its newest Tuscan Farmhouse-design Farmhouse-design restaurant in American Ameri-can Fork at 538 W. Main St. on Monday. This is the first Tuscan Farmhouse-design Olive Garden to open in Utah County. About 140 jobs will be created cre-ated with the opening of the 24li-seat, 7,441-square-foot restaurant that is expected to In Business to Utah ticker v!f(,--;i; i V, .k h II M I Sid Thompson Dallin and Jasha Kirby clothes that we have had a hard time finding, that are modest and stylish." 1 laving taken the plunge, they both said they are glad they did. "We enjoy this, we both like it," Dallin said. "We, of course, love clothing. We wear what we sell." Kirby agreed. "We want to be more than just a store. We want to be a contribute to the state's restaurant restau-rant industry growth. According Accord-ing to the National Restaurant Association's 2005 Industry Forecast, restaurant sales in Utah are expected to grow 5.9 percent this year. "American Fork supports strong industry growth making mak-ing it the perfect location for the newest member of Olive Garden's family of local restaurants," restau-rants," said Valerie Insignares, executive vice president of operations op-erations for Olive Garden. Bailout Brownies Despite the failure of a $700 billion financial-rescue plan in Washington on Monday, things are still looking up for Flour Girls & Dough Boys of Ameri YQtite Business: Li County's 1 , I ., - X i f III "' 5 I f '"il l p JJ T. p; . ; f - if i4 P i r r a r check over the jewelry at Our novelty," she said. Both take the same approach ap-proach to their customers. They are ready to offer help, but try not to be in the way. "We help people but we are not high stress," Dallin said. "We will help them get outfits together if they want. We don't shadow them." In addition to the clothes and gift items, they offer cards and do gift wrapping, can Fork. The bakery is raking in the dough with its take on the proposed bailout plan. Since renaming its regular pastry as "Bailout Brownies" this past weekend, the 35-work-er artisan bakery and cafe has seen its brownie sales jump to as much as $400 a day from just $100 a day. At $1.59 a piece, the cafe is selling a couple of hundred hun-dred "bailout brownies" a day, making the chocolate pastry its best -seller so far. "Since a portion of our sales is going to pay for the $700 billion bil-lion bailout, it makes sense to call it bailout brownies," said David Coppins, a marketing manager of Flour Girls. "Even though the bailout plan was rejected today Monday, I suspect sus-pect Congress will come back SHOP onsianmen c Visit Our OiKiihl' CS. UnuOl i f. ! f 1 ' ( i ii . v Killing l ii wi li r i , - I iun IIkiijs- I ! 1 1 (jixiIivc Items WANDERING WARDROBE 511 South Main St. Springville, UT 489-3893 PREMIER local , ) i 1 WjiUp Little Store, recently opened on so customers may make one quick stop before a baby shower or other occasion. Dallin said their styles set them apart. "We do some special touches that we like. That is us," she said. "We also try to get clothing with added touches." Those include a variety of necklines and sleeves, along with special details and trim. with a revised plan." Chamber sponsors Reality Town Lehi Area Chamber members mem-bers and other volunteers are sponsoring Reality Town at I.ehi Jr. High School Friday morning. Volunteers wear business clothing appropriate for the type of job they do. For example, exam-ple, if they work for a dentist's office, they could wear scrubs. Reality Town is a program that the school guidance counselors coun-selors put together for all of the ninth grade students. Based on their grade point average and interests, each student is assigned an occupation and sal t ?SAVE! I I fi. r f iY. "A 1 i mm. V V k s lilt American Fork's Main Street. i ... i rs t iv. i To keep both themselves and their customers from meeting someone wearing the same outfit everywhere they go, they only purchase items in small quantities. "We don't try to keep the same thing in stock all the time," Dallin said. "That way not everybody is wearing the same thing. We have new things coming in each week." ary. They are also given randomly ran-domly selected life situations (married, single parent, number num-ber of children) Each student then has the task of buying goods and services while staying stay-ing within the monthly budget they are given. The program is used to help students understand under-stand the importance of choosing choos-ing a career wisely, and of maintaining their grades. Wesley Wylie opens practice Wesley D. Wylie, M.D., will open a new primary care practice designed to appeal to patients in search of a user-friendly user-friendly alternative to the long wait times, rushed appoint BREYtflNG UP SINCE 199Q LINGER!!:. ADULT NOVELTIES, SHOES, H A LI.OU'E E N COST t'M CS 1 70 NORTH MAIN SPANISH CORK 601-796-24 A5 sports coverage AM r 3SftHf ,'"7 n J 1 JT i i : BARBARA CHRISTIANSENNorth County Our Little Store Hours: Wednesday and Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Address: 59 W. Main, American Fork Phone: 763-2700 Web site: www.ourlittlestorebou-tique.com ments and lack of personal interaction. in-teraction. Dr. Wylie will serve patients in the Provo area and is scheduled to open on Nov. 17. The practice will accommodate accom-modate a maximum of 350 patients. Regular office hours will be Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and, in addition to guaranteed same-day same-day or next-day appointments, Dr. Wylie will make house calls as needed to help those with limited access to care. A graduate of the University of Texas Medical School, Dr. Wylie is board-certified by the American Academy of Family Practice. For more information about Dr. Wylie, please visit www.modernmed.comwylie or call 1-8H6-60345777. HALLOWEEN FUN A EDITORIAL laaftismssruM www, heraldextra.com |