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Show V&S Variety has new owner Jim DeGroot is the new owner of V i S Variety Store at 50 South Main in Pleasant Grove. Jim has moved here from Watertown, S.D. He, his wife, Lori, and their three sons, Michael, 5, Brian, 3, and Tony, 1, will be living iiPleasant Grove. Plans are underway to make some changes in the interior of the store. Hie crafts department will be moved to the back of the store. They till add an infants department and health and beauty aids . Jim said they will have more toys tor sale. They will offer more office and school supplies. The crafts department will be expanded as will the fabric area . He plans to have check out counters at both and front and back of the store to make it more con venient for those entering and leaving through the rear of the store. The arrangement of the front check out counter will be changed. The store hours of 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. will be continued. They will not hold extended hours this year during the holidays because they have not received all their merchandise. Jim's wife, Lori, will be teaching karate at the Community Center here in Pleasant Grove. She has a first degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, a Korean form of Martial Arts. This is the Korean National Sport and it will be a demonstration sport in the 1988 Olympics. Jim and his wife own another V & S Variety Store and a department store in Chisholm, Minn. Jim enjoys doing things with his family in his spare time. |