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Across the Fence:  Sad News....  |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 05 2009 : 6:40:51 PM
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I heard some sad news on the evening news ....The Hancock Fabric store in Spokane, it's roof collapsed in from the excessive weight of the snow. ...it was so sad, watching the T.V., to see all those poor, cold, shivering bolts of fabric,,,,homeless & forlorn!!!!
It will be months before the store is rebuilt & up and ready for their Easter Fabric sales... ..
I for one will light a candle & hold it high in the dark, and sing, "We will over come".....won't you join me? (giggle)
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
"I've never met a sewing machine I didn't like!"
mjf#72
Sisters on the Fly#472
www.katmom4.blogspot.com
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Edited by - katmom on Jan 05 2009 6:43:33 PM |
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Janneane Hazlip
True Blue Farmgirl
67 Posts
Janneane
Fort Scott
Kansas
USA
67 Posts |
Posted - Jan 05 2009 : 6:52:11 PM
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Ha, maybe you could adopt a bolt or two...out of the kindness of your heart of course.
Janneane |
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Firemama
True Blue Farmgirl
1731 Posts
Amanda
Medical Lake
WA
USA
1731 Posts |
Posted - Jan 05 2009 : 7:00:29 PM
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Joining you Grace, I saw that on the evening news...
Sucha tradgedy,lol
Mama to 2
FarmGirl# 20
People can only make you feel inferior with your permission, and you dont have my permission......
Dont let the chain of love end with you.....
http://myfarmdreams.blogspot.com/
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Edited by - Firemama on Jan 05 2009 7:00:56 PM |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Jan 05 2009 : 7:08:00 PM
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hmmm, "Adoption",,,hmmmm, not a bad idea Janneane....lol!
Amanda, heck, you have a house full of kids, surely you have room for a few bolts of fabric!!! lol!
What's the FYI on the schools over by you? As of right now, I hear Cheney S.D. is still reviewing whether to be open or not....
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
"I've never met a sewing machine I didn't like!"
mjf#72
Sisters on the Fly#472
www.katmom4.blogspot.com
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
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Firemama
True Blue Farmgirl
1731 Posts
Amanda
Medical Lake
WA
USA
1731 Posts |
Posted - Jan 05 2009 : 8:06:36 PM
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Schools on a 2 hour delay, however, when I call in the morning if they havent shoveld the roofs my kids wont be going.
I have an empty room to put adopted fabric in..
Mama to 2
FarmGirl# 20
People can only make you feel inferior with your permission, and you dont have my permission......
Dont let the chain of love end with you.....
http://myfarmdreams.blogspot.com/
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
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K-Falls Farmgirl
Chapter Leader
2096 Posts
Cheryl
Klamath Falls
Oregon
USA
2096 Posts |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2009 : 07:07:11 AM
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I think you all should track down the general manager of the store and tell them you want the ruined merchandise! I bet they will just shovel it into a dumpster. Or at least ask what is going to happen to it.
Us farmgirls know that fabric washes!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
Please come visit Nora and me on our blog: www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
1207 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2009 : 07:29:29 AM
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| Oh No !! I can't think of anything worse. Hopefully some of the fabric can be salvaged. OK, I just thought of something worse, Barns and Nobel. |
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wild daisy
True Blue Farmgirl
503 Posts
Madelynne
Billings
Montana
USA
503 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2009 : 2:04:31 PM
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I'm singing and burning my candle all the way to the Hancock Fabric store in Billings for you all this week.
I will be glad to give anyone of you a signed letter stating your creditability to adopt not one but many bolts of FABRIC. As a farmgirl I know that each one of you could use each bolt quite lovingly and without waste. Please be safe.
Madelynne |
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whiteraven
True Blue Farmgirl
134 Posts
Christa
Kansas City
MO
USA
134 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2009 : 2:05:14 PM
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Maybe we could organize some sort of save the fabric organization! We could rescue poor fabric from all over the US and Canada! 
Really it would be a great time to dumpser dive for that store. It would be horrible to throw out fabric that just needed to be washed!
whiteraven
farmgirl Sister #320
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Edited by - whiteraven on Jan 06 2009 2:05:48 PM |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9093 Posts |
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LauriP
True Blue Farmgirl
239 Posts
Laurianne
Hertford
North Carolina
USA
239 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2009 : 2:42:27 PM
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>> << Wait!!
I need some fabric, too!! But I have to get my outlet for our dryer fixed first...sigh..But!! By the time it's fixed, the fabric will be Super Cheap!! -- No, let's go "For Free!" Yes!!
Laurianne |
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Betty J.
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Betty
Pasco
WA
USA
1403 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2009 : 2:42:45 PM
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See, I told them something bad would happen if they closed their store in the Tri-Cities. (Just kidding) I must say I would rather have that store than two JoAnns.
Betty in Pasco |
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
4309 Posts
Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
4309 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2009 : 2:54:07 PM
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Belle~
Sacreligious.. even mentioning B & N...........it is bad enough to hear about Fabric.. but BOOKS... UGH! LOL
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl #185
http://farmchicksfarm.blogspot.com/
Circumstances made us FRIENDS; MaryJane's has made us SISTERS :) |
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Firemama
True Blue Farmgirl
1731 Posts
Amanda
Medical Lake
WA
USA
1731 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2009 : 2:54:41 PM
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If I could get into town I would check the dumpster,lol. But it is probably covered with snow and all kinds of stuff(unless one of our other sisters has been down there and raided it,lol). Last year the Buggy Barn had a leak in their roof and some fabric got SLIGHTLY "damaged" they still sold what they could at 1/2 price. I got a few nice peices..
Mama to 2
FarmGirl# 20
People can only make you feel inferior with your permission, and you dont have my permission......
Dont let the chain of love end with you.....
http://myfarmdreams.blogspot.com/
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Ronna
True Blue Farmgirl
1891 Posts
Ronna
Fernley
NV
USA
1891 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2009 : 5:56:38 PM
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| Most likely, all that was even close to where the roof collapsed will be considered contaminated. If the building is old, likely there's abestos in the ceiling. To prevent possible lawsuits, most stores have to destroy the product and have it hauled away by certified companies. They likely have ins to cover the damages and will claim the loss. I've seen some useful products put into crushers or locked dumpsters for that reason. It's a shame, but they can't be too careful in this day and age with so many ready to sue over anything. |
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2009 : 6:00:09 PM
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I was almost afrid to read this. All of that yummy fabric wasted. :( If what Ronna says is true, that really is sad news!
Karin
Farmgirl Sister
# 18 :)
www.perfectlittlemiracle.blogspot.com
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shepherdgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1008 Posts
Tracy
California
USA
1008 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2009 : 10:06:53 PM
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But what if if DIDN'T land on the fabric? What if it fell in the yarn or sewing sections? All those pins and patterns! All those buttons and dressmaking and quilting notions.... OH MY!! Would THOSE things be considered contaminated? After all, the patterns are in big metal drawers, the needles and most of the sewing notions in packages that can easily be removed and disposed of, the contents sealed and quite safe.... hmm....... I'm willing to adopt ANYTHING that needs a forever home!!! (LOL!!!) ~~~ Tracy
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
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kpaints
True Blue Farmgirl
1564 Posts
karen
cheney
wa
1564 Posts |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2009 : 10:12:03 PM
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yep Karen, it was the one on Francis in Spokane,,,,,
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
"I've never met a sewing machine I didn't like!"
mjf#72
Sisters on the Fly#472
www.katmom4.blogspot.com
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
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5 acre Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1007 Posts
~~~*Terri*~~~
WA.
USA
1007 Posts |
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