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Jaycee building resurrected as thrift store
To the editor:
The Jaycee building on Second Street is now Orphan Annie's Humane Society Thrift Store. The building had been passed around for years -- dance studio, band practice and motorcycle club. The motorcycle club had done quite a bit of work to the building but was ready to pass it to the Humane Society. We did some work to the roof and Randy Moody donated his time to repair the heat and air. We enjoyed dinners, auctions and meetings and tried to find someone who could transfer the building to our organization.
One of our members asked Sen. David Burnett, who spent hours researching and found the right people to make the transfer happen. The law office of Hoskins and Harris donated their services to transfer the paperwork. We appreciate their concern for homeless animals and preservation of a building that provided good memories for Blytheville. Lots of us remember the barbecues, music and other contributions made by the Jaycees. We named our latest rescue Barry.
Orphan Annie's is a friendly place to shop for quality merchandise at great savings thanks to caring people who donate their items. Clara Taylor and Cindy Ray spend countless hours sorting, washing, ironing and pricing so the public can shop Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. All proceeds go do the animals.