OCR Text |
Show ... ' j . . f . . , . . .-.j- ' . J ft! ' ... . .,!. ' L ' ZV -.. -'' ' - j - ' ., i , --". i ' ; . ' " . ' ' j 'X : 'A 1 ' ' ' v - ,s . : , ' '. 1 e is' j j IkaaaMMMiMtHilMHMV ., 'aiiasjsi;..., ''( I -ff ii fr rm-frfi iii'rtli'f'' if iirn-iiiniirfMiiiHMiii A Owne and staff at the newly opened Mimi's Candy & Ice Cream Shop at Doug's Place in Tropic, Irene Emett, her daughter, Pam Tropic's Mimi's Country Candy Is A Tempting Taste Treat "People are always happy working in a candy store, that's part of the reason why I chose it," says Irene Emett, newest Tropic entrepreneur and owner of Mimi's Country Candy and Ice Cream. Emett opened for the season Saturday amidst a day of celebration, cele-bration, free ice cream, door prizes and fantastic sales. The new business, located on Main Street in the former yardagequilt shop at Doug's Place in Tropic boasts lots of new gift ideas for the coming holidays. Reared in Tropic, Emett has now returned home to the place of her youth and is enjoying every minute of her new adventure. adven-ture. Married to Bert Emett of St. George, with the family raised and on their own, her husband hus-band is letting Irene live out this dream. The family all joined in for the Grand Opening, as several sever-al took part in the Emett Family Band. Dad Bert plays bass and sings, with oldest son Scott playing lead guitar and singing and Scott's son, Jason playing drums. The couple has another son, Brett Emett of Enterprise and daughter, Pam, Mrs. Kay and granddaughter, Lacey show off just a few of the special gift baskets in the shop at it's Grand Opening on Saturday. Hunt of Beaver. Pam will assist her mother, Irene on weekends throughout the summer and granddaughter, Lacey, Pam's daughter will live in Tropic and help daily at the new family business. The opportunity seemed too good to pass up when Doug Ahlstrom decided to lease a portion por-tion of his store to this former interested Tropic native. Ahlstrom was instrumental in building wood shelving, counters, coun-ters, a workroom and storage area and laying a fine wooden floor. The new little candy shop boasts a beautiful, antique door which was saved from a house fire by local volunteer firemen some seven years ago. The door was saved at the request of Irene's sister, Marilyn Murdock, when the old unoccupied Nell Mecham home was going up in flames. Deemed a serious fire hazard, the old place was being burned by the local fire department. depart-ment. The lovely old door was still slightly smoldering as firemen fire-men presented it with their best wishes to the concerned Murdock. Interestingly, older residents remember Nell Mecham always being called "The Candy Lady," so the door being on the new shop is a fitting tribute. Local residents Brett Chynoweth and Ron Harris both recall rescuing the special keepsake. Both Doug Ahlstrom and Pam Hunt worked tirelessly sanding and finishing the door and shelving for many long nights prior to opening. The. little specialty shop boasts an Old Fashioned Taffy Puller machine where patrons can watch both the taffy being pulled and then hand wrapped. Also highlighted are 10 flavors of fudge, toffee, a great assortment assort-ment of children's specialty candies, can-dies, old 1950's candies like Walnet'tos, Kits, Root Beer Barrels, Butterscotch and assorted assort-ed licorice, ceramic angels, attractive boxes and tins, gift baskets and a line of ceramic babies called Fritz's Basket Babies. Hand dipped ice cream is also available at this hot spot with Moose Tracks, Raspberry Cheesecake, Cookies 'n Cream and Superman flavors all the rage. The shop is popular for tourists lokking for that special quaint photo to take home from vacation. i , ' :.flX. ".JS , ' J 1 r ) A' V ' Tropic resident Bruce Haycock accidently hit and killed this near 7-foot mountain lion with his pickup truck as he headed home Sunday night on Hwy. 12. The animal ani-mal leaped across the road, headed for a group of deer, apparently unaware of the moving vehicle. Haycock subsequently contacted DWR who will access the age and health of the animal and will decide on the outcome of the carcass. |