Jean Queen

Troy Baalke said theres something different about owning your own business.

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Owner of Jeans Design Center realizes dream of running a business

On Dec. 4, Designer Jeans Warehouse will fill the Downers Grove South High School lunch room with almost 3,000 pairs of premium, denim jeans to be sold at up to 75 percent off retail value. DJW will be donating all entrance fees and 10 percent of total sales to the …

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Jeans fundraiser set at Downers Grove South

SKOWHEGAN — Tall, fit, wearing jeans, tie and a fleece jacket, Les Otten sat near a window at the Kel-Mat Cafe Thursday afternoon to talk about how education is the cornerstone of society and the job market.

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On the trail in Skowhegan, Otten touts education

By RYAN E. SMITH BLADE STAFF WRITER A casting call Thursday for the reality television series America’s Next Top Model drew a roomful of would-be models sporting tank tops and skinny jeans . And one woman in a suit. That would be Victoria Hawkins, 22, the shy administrative assistant from South Toledo whose co-workers surprised her with an application for the casting call where Toledo’s CW …

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Reality show auditions in Toledo

Starr Elementarys Student Council is collecting worn jeans and other denim items from Monday through April 23 to be made into insulation for Habitat for Humanity houses. The drive will help Jerusalem Elementary student Erek Hansen reach his personal goal of collecting 6,000 denim items this year for the cause. Last year, Erek collected 1,055 pairs of jeans , and First Solar Inc. in Perrysburg …

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Starr collects denim for Habitat insulation

ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBUS – A woman who called 911 after a fatal shooting at an Easter party told a police dispatcher she had retrieved a gun to prove a point and it had gone off. The woman told the dispatcher that she shot her niece, apparently referring to a 19-year-old woman killed during a fight. Police say it started over a skimpy Easter outfit – jeans shorts and a green T-shirt tied around …

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Attire called spark in slaying at Columbus Easter party

MOUNT BLANCHARD, Ohio – The Findlay/ Hancock County Crime Stoppers program is seeking tips about a burglary at a convenience store on South Main Street in Mount Blanchard. The break-in occurred about 11:30 p.m. Sunday at the Liberty Convenience Store, 607 South Main. A window was shattered and cigarettes were taken. Two men were seen fleeing. One wore a black hooded coat, blue jeans, and white …

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Hancock County detectives seek to solve burglary of Mount Blanchard store (The Toledo Blade)

ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The Great Recession and Americans’ retreat into thriftiness are teaching retailers a new lesson: How to survive when consumers are focused on “needs” rather than “wants.” For years, shoppers splurged on luxuries from $5 lattes to $200 jeans, and retailers responded by opening more stores and offering more choices. Now, beset by high unemployment and limited access to …

Continue here: Retailers pull in their horns (The Toledo Blade)

NEW YORK – Shoppers remained tight-fisted in July, raising concern about the back-to-school and holiday shopping seasons as well as for the broader economic recovery. The big worry is that frugal parents will focus on outfitting their children this fall with just necessities like notebooks and jeans. “The consumer is stressed and depressed,” said Ken Perkins, president of the retail consulting …

Continue here: July retail decline spurs fears about back-to-school sales (The Toledo Blade)

Erek Hansen, 8, has collected 1,055 pairs of jeans, more than twice as many as the Jerusalem Township boy hoped to gather for recycling into insulation for houses in areas damaged by natural disasters. The jeans Erek collected at his home and at a drive last month at Jerusalem Elementary were delivered yesterday to First Solar Inc. in Perrysburg Township. The firm heard about Ereks efforts to …

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Jerusalem Township boys jeans collection tops goal (The Toledo Blade)