Word: sheaffer
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...what's Fort Madison's secret? A healthy economy for one thing, with blue- and white-color jobs at Sheaffer pens, Dupont, Dial, Wabash National and a state prison. A sweet, leafy residential area within walking distance of downtown and the riverfront park, for another. And Fort Madison has the dumb luck of being too small to attract the kind of super discount stores that work like neutron bombs on downtowns, leaving the buildings standing but destroying all life forms...
...takes constant vigilance," says Skip Young, 39, who runs the jewelry store founded by his late grandfather Dana Bushong, who was famous around here for being the man who engraved names on Sheaffer pens. Skip's wife Michele, 37, headed up the local Main Street program for two years, serving as the lieutenant who passed on the National Trust's decades of know-how regarding renovation, business loans, retail niches and the marketing of downtown. "We're not where we want to be yet, but in the 15 years I've lived here, it's got a little better each...