Wednesday, July 15, 2009

The return of Jane Drussel

Jane’s stationery store to reopen in Hailey

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By TONY EVANS
Express Staff Writer

Jane Drussel is painting the walls of her namesake business in Hailey after a five-year hiatus. She plans to re-open Aug. 1. Photo by Willy Cook

In 1981 Jane Drussel opened a small stationery and office supply store below Atkinsons' Market in Giaccobi Square in Ketchum. Within a few years she and her husband, Kenny, had expanded to a 12,000-square-foot shop on two floors offering everything from paper clips and greeting cards to oil paints and office furniture.

Drussel opened another Jane's on Main Street in Hailey in 1990 and then sold both stores to Doug and Robin Brown in 2004. For the last five years, she has been working as a sales representative in four Western states.

Due to a faltering economy, the Hailey Jane's store closed in January and the Ketchum location closed two weeks ago.

But Jane's is back. On Aug. 1, Drussel will re-open at the building she owns at 106 S. Main St. in Hailey.

"We are going back to scratch," Drussel said. "We were unable to find someone to lease the building and had so many people asking us to bring the store back, we decided to do it ourselves."

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Like the first Jane's, which opened 27 years ago, the store will offer arts and crafts supplies, party goods and office and school supplies.

"We have a strong feeling that Hailey will be the shopping center for Blaine County," Drussel said.

Tony Evans: tevans@mtexpress.com