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Joel Autry, Dustin Graham, Tyler Holt, Jason Peavey and Jake Smith of Ace Hardware
the store with all three owners, says the store has always had regular custom- ers. In addition to selling hardware, the store is known as a reliable news source. "A lot of people come in just to visit,
sit and talk," said Garner, who is one of four full-time employees and two part- time employees. Unlike many bigger businesses, the
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hardware store knows most of its cus- tomers on a first name basis and many of them drop by and "sit a spell" on the bench at the front of the store. Some of them even have unofficial titles like "se- curity guard" and "inventory control specialist." The store sells everything a hardware
store should as well as some unusual items, such as snow sleds, though Gar- ner admits, "We didn't sell many this year." "We try to have a little of everything,"
Autry said, "and if we don't have it, we will order it for you." CV
this is more than a bag of blood.
This is a father being able to walk his daughter down the aisle. This is a grandmother being able to kiss her first grandbaby. This is a teenage girl being able to go to prom.
This is a child being able to laugh and play at the park. give life. give memories. give blood.
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