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Blog Entry 141 of 210 From the mountains to 6th Avenue
Many Evergreeners commute. It's been described as a commuter community. Accurate. So there is an etiquette to commuting. The first rule: Leave early. Even if you depart for a 9 to five job at 6:30 a.m., you will not be alone. If you like being alone on the highway, go to Montana. The second rule: Leave early If you don't get off til 5 p.m., take a book on tape, because you will be sitting in traffic near Federal and 6th, and entertainment of any kind is helpful. There are polite drivers, like me, who let others sneak in, especially in merge lanes. I try. You probably do too. The one thing I have decided that will not happen to me is that I will not be mangled in a car wreck on 6th Avenue or I-70 in either direction. What do you do to keep this promise to yourself?

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What will you miss about Foss Drug?

Article Contributed on: 7/10/2007 10:38:27 AM

Recent news that Foss Drug is closing hit a nerve with me.

I watched as Evergreen Drug, a similarly long-standing pillar in the community, closed its doors. As did The Hardware, which was not only a delightful hangout for do-it-yourselfers and contractors, but held much mountain history within its walls, since it previously housed ranch hands who worked on the Hiwan Ranch.

The building is still there, but the nuts and bolts (and the cat) are elsewhere. My husband and I have the cat, but where do I go now to find those little things everyone knew would be on a shelf somewhere at The Hardware or Evergreen Drug?

Somewhere else, I guess is the answer.

However, there are many times when I just say fugged-about-it, make a note of something I need, and wait until I get more desperate.

Now, in Evergreen, a Walgreen's is poised to move in to the spot where I used to take my kids to the pediatrician. It's leveled, and fenced and there is a sign on the fence that says "Coming soon: Walgreens."

What holds Foss Drug, Evergreen Drug and The Hardware in like company is the fact they are or were, family owned businesses.

It just became too hard, and economically unfeasible to operate. Ted La Montagne held on to The Hardware for a long time. Ed Skaff has turned his part of the former building where the Evergreen Drug & Liquor was into a thriving liquor store. From news reports about Foss Drug, its future inhabitants are not known.

What do you think about family businesses disappearing?
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