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To the editor:
As I have taken my journey through life I have witnessed a lot of businesses that have opened and closed over the years. Grocery stores, car dealers, implement dealers. It would always hurt the most if it was a business that I would support.
The small town of Lafayette will be losing a long-time and very well respected business in two weeks. Our parents started doing business there in 1948 and my sisters and I started some years later.
For as long as I can remember, those who had the business were a father, his son and a third silent partner. Their business doors were open from early morning to late at night, seven days a week. People would stop at all times of the day to do their business.
They always made you feel welcome every time I stopped. Sometimes it felt like they knew I was coming. There were times when I made a request for something I needed but I found they couldn’t honor it. I…
