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LIFE The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com Midweek Edition-April 5-6, 2023 3B DONNELL SUGGS I The Times Value Village, a popular thrift store franchise, is opening a location in the Browns Bridge Crossing shopping center in Gainesville. Thrift store franchise opens Gainesville spot BY DONNELL SUGGS dsuggs@gainesvilletimes.com Editor’s note: This pub lished in a previous E-Paper edition and is being pro vided here for print-only readers. A Value Village franchise is opening in Gainesville, and the owner believes it will add another reasonably priced option for clothing and furniture. “The area really needs to have something with a cost point that’s better for the value,” said Value Vil lage franchise owner Tom Stutzman. “There’s noth ing in this area like us and I don’t think anyone does the job that we do.” Located next to Get Air Trampoline Park in the Browns Bridge Crossing shopping center, the new store will have 30-35 employ ees, Stutzman said. The store features wide aisles, making it easier for employees and customers to coexist among the clothes, shoes, socks, new and used furniture and household items, said Stutzman, who has been in the retail busi ness for over four decades and personally owns 11 Value Village franchises throughout metro Atlanta. “All of our stores are like this. I just think it makes it easier to shop,” Stutzman said. He added that the interior and exterior construction, including the shipment and placement of the goods for the space, took just under three weeks to complete. A storefront had to be cre ated and carved out of the brick wall that was once in its place. Major utilities were also installed or replaced in the space, including the ven tilation for central air condi tioning and heat. Making secondhand sec ond nature Value Village purchases all of the store’s merchan dise from the American Kidney Fund, a Maryland- based qualified 501(c)(3) organization that receives donations from the public and spends 97 % of every dol lar value donated, according to the organization’s web site. Stutzman believes this makes for a unique shopping experience for customers. Colored tags on merchan dise at Value Village indicate what is on sale; for example, blue and yellow tags mean Value Village Opening: Tuesday, April 4 Where: 2281 Browns Bridge Road, Gainesville Hours: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday More info: valuevillage. com sales, while white tags mark new merchandise. Stutzman said new mer chandise is delivered and processed by the staff every day. Every last Wednesday of the month, all clothing is 50% off. “It’s going back to the community,” Stutzman said of the money spent at Value Village. “I just feel like it’s something we need to do. You don’t feel like you’re in a thrift store.” BERND KAMMERER I Associated Press Klaus Teuber, a dental technician from Darmstadt, presents his game “The Settlers of Catan”, Friday, Sept. 29, 1995, in Frankfurt, Germany. Teuber, creator of the hugely popular Catan board game in which players compete to build settlements on a fictional island, passed away on April 1, after a short and serious illness, according to a family statement. Fie was 70. Catan board game creator, Klaus Teuber, dies at 70 Associated Press Klaus Teuber, creator of the hugely popular Catan board game in which play ers compete to build settle ments on a fictional island, has died after a brief ill ness, according to a family statement. He was 70. The board game, origi nally called The Settlers of Catan when introduced in 1995 and based on a set of hexagonal tiles, has sold tens of millions of copies and is available in more than 40 languages. It has spawned dozens of spinoffs and new editions, including electronic versions, not to mention products related to the game. “It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that the Teuber family announces their beloved husband and father Klaus Teuber passed away at the age of 70 on April 1, 2023 after a short and serious illness,” said the statement posted on the German-language Catan website. The family requested privacy. A statement from the Catan studio team on social media noted that “While Klaus’ contributions to the board gaming industry are immeasurable, we will remember him most as a kind and selfless human being, an inspirational leader, and most impor tantly, as a friend.” Teuber was born in June 1952 in the German town of Rai-Breitenbach. 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