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By Kara J. West
Times-Democrat Staff Writer
Buying a gift for a woman — be she wife, lover, mother, sister or friend — can be a challenge. Unless the women in your life distribute “wish lists” complete with color choices, sizes and store names, you may be dreading the prospect of holiday shopping.
Unique Main Street gifts
The storefronts on Main Street in Old Town offer many options for the unique gift.
A new store, Lou-Bon Rocks and Gems, offers a varied mix of rock and gemstone items including fossils, collector rocks and minerals, jewelry, watches, shells and figurines.
“All kinds of people develop an interest in lapidary (the art of cutting, polishing and working with precious stones),” said owner Lorri Brown who called her store eclectic.
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