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the�weekend.�It�started�when�the�store� opened� for� special� hours�Thursday,�8�p.m.�to�midnight,�and�continued�with�a�4�a.m.�opening�on�Friday.�The�store�will�be�open�from� 7� a.m.� to� 7� p.m.� Saturday�and�8�a.m.�to�4�p.m.�Sunday.�In�addition�to�the�sale�this�weekend,�the� store� will� offer� photos� with�Santa�Claus�and�candy�bags� for�children� from� 10� a.m.� to� noon�and�1�to�3�p.m.�Saturday.
“Everything’s�been�great.�Cus-tomers�have�been�awesome.�Great�turnout�for�supporting�local�busi-nesses.�It�was�really�fantastic.�The�customers� have� really� supported�us�since�we’ve�opened,�and�I�can’t�give� them� enough� thanks,”� said�co-owner� John� Bousfield,� who�took�over�the�store�with�his�busi-ness�partner�in�April.
Bousfield� said� the�consensus�from� customers� has� been� that�they�are�happy�to�be�able�to�sup-port� local� businesses� this� holi-day� shopping� season� and� keep�their�money�in�Parsons.
Bousfield� said� there� were�
about� two�dozen�people�waiting�for�the�store�to�open�Friday�morn-ing,�not�as�many�as�in�past�years,�but� business� remained� steady�through�the�morning.�He�said�the�store�had�probably�more�than�200�customers�in�just�the�first�hour�it�was�opened�on�Thanksgiving.
J.R.� Allen,� manager� at� Jock’s�Nitch,�1814�Main,�has� tried�early�openings�in�the�past,�but�not�many�people� showed� up� early� because�customers� were� busy� at� other�stores� shopping� for� electronics�and�other�items�the�sports�clothing�store�doesn’t�offer.�After�they�buy�their� electronics,� however,� many�people� usually� go� downtown� to�continue�their�shopping,�and�that’s�just�fine�with�Allen.
Allen� said� Friday� morning’s�business�started�slow�but�gradu-ally� picked� up� as� the� morning�progressed,� remaining� steady�from� about� 9:30� or� 10� a.m.�Jock’s�Nitch�began�its�Black�Fri-day� sale� last�Saturday� and�will�continue�it�through�Saturday.
Kim� Hedrick,� owner� of� Par-sons� Fine� Jewelry,� 1722� Main,�is�offering�25� to�50�percent�off�of� merchandise� storewide� this�weekend.� She� and� co-workers�
said� they� were� grateful� for� the�people�who�stayed� in� town�and�supported�local�businesses.
“The� season� has� started� out�decent,”�Hedrick�said.
She�hoped�for�more�foot�traffic�on�Saturday�and�again�on�Dec.�1�when�Santa�was�to�be�in�the�busi-ness� for� pictures� with� children.�Downtown�Parsons�Inc.�is�offering�the�photos�from�11�a.m.�to�2�p.m.
Wal-Mart,� 3201� N.� 16th,� of-fered� pre-Black� Friday� sales�for� electronics� and�other�goods�Thursday�evening�and�had�other�Black�Friday�sales�Friday.
Tiffani�Nottingham,�front�end�zone� manager,� said� customer�traffic�was�good�on�Thursday.
“It�wasn’t�too�awfully�crazy,”�she�said�of�the�Thursday�sales.
Any� Black� Friday� items� that�were�not�sold�during�the�promo-tional� times� remained� on� sale�Friday,�she�said.
“It’s�been�steady,”�she�said�of�customer� traffic� as� of� early� af-ternoon�Friday.�Customer�num-bers�were�picking�up�Friday�af-ternoon,�she�said.
George’s� Gifts� and� Cards,�1716�Main,�had�a�steady�stream�of�buying�customers�coming� in�
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Devore Warren, a sales associate at Sears, looks for a product on sale with Chuck Cerventes of Parsons Friday morning.
Friday,�according�to�store�owner�Janet�George.
She�said�the�store�opened�at�6�a.m.�Friday�for�the�Black�Friday�sales�and�had�its�first�customers�at�6:05�a.m.�from�St.�Paul.
“It’s� been� pretty� steady,”� she�said.�“Our�sales�have�been�great.”
George�said�the�store�that�also�sells�Hallmark�products�has�of-fered�Yankee�candles�and�wrap-
ping�paper�specials,�buy�one�get�one� free,� and� had� other� special�sales�in�the�hallways.�The�store�also�is�offering�samples�of�gour-met�food�items�to�customers.
“It’s�been�a�real�hit,”�she�said.George’s�also�starts� its�Christ-
mas� hours� this� week.� The� store�will�be�open�on�Sundays�from�1�to�5�p.m.�until�Christmas.�It�is�open�Saturday�from�9:30�a.m.�to�5�p.m.�
Toys�R�Us�opened�at�8�p.m.�on�Thanksgiving,�an�hour�earlier�than�last�year.
Macy’s,�which�opened�at�midnight�on�Thanksgiving,�had�12,000�customers�wrapped�around�its�store�in�New�York’s�Herald�Square.
Julie�Hansen,�a�spokeswoman�at�Minneapolis’�Mall�of�America,�reported� that� 30,000� shoppers� showed� up� for� the� mall’s� midnight�opening,�up� from�20,000� last�year.� “This�was�additional�dollars,”�Hansen�said.�This�year,�200�of�the�520�mall�tenants�opened�at�mid-night�following�Thanksgiving,�double�from�a�year�ago.
effort� to� help� them� see� the� me-morial.
Central�Prairie�Honor�Flights�was�the�largest�trip�organizer�in�Kansas� and� raised� nearly� $1.2�million� for� them� between� 2008�and� 2012.� Flights� were� halted�this� year,� however,� after� more�than� $100,000� went� missing�from� the� group’s� account.� Its�program�director,�LaVeta�Miller,�was�charged�in�October�with�two�counts�of�theft�by�deception.
“With�that�kind�of�money,�we�could�have�completed�the�World�War�II�veterans�or�come�close,”�Foster�said.�“It�really�pulled�the�rug�out�from�under�us.”
Before� the� flights� stopped,�nearly�800�veterans�made�the�trip�from�Kansas�to�the�nation’s�capital�on�flights�chartered�by�the�Great�Bend-based�group.�It�pooled�do-nations�from�everything�from�4-H�groups�to�children’s�lemonade�stands�to�pay�for�the�trips.
But� this� spring,� the� group�canceled�two�charter�flights� that�would�have�transported�as�many�as� 220� more� veterans.� Another�group�called�Kansas�Honor�Flight�sprung� up,� but� the� three� trips� it�hurriedly�organized�on�commer-cial�flights�included�less�than�half�of� the� veterans� who� would� have�gone�on�the�chartered�flights.
Springfield,�Ohio-based�Honor�Flight�Network�decided�it�no�lon-ger�wanted�the�Great�Bend�group�to�help�organize�trips�for�the�na-tional�network.�It�cited�problems�with�reports�being�filed�late�and�a�veteran�breaking�a�rib�on�a�trip.