Sunday, August 25-31, 2013
THE DALLAS POST
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BACK MOUNTAIN BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: THE UPS STORE
Local franchise
is family owned
and operated
ELIZABETH BAUMEISTER
umeister@theabingtonjournal.com
"One thing Larry
Sprankle, 67, owner of The
UPS Store in the Dallas
Shopping Center, and his
wife Sally, 62, said they
enjoy most about running
the business is the element
of surprise contained in
each work day.
“It’s fun,” Sally said. “You
never know what will come
in the door. It (the job) can
be problem solving... That’s
what makes it fun and inter-
esting. It’s never a dull day.”
A short while after saying
this, the Sprankles watched
a customer, Marilyn King,
of Kingston Twp., walk in
with a horse saddle she
needed to ship to a buyer
she'd just sold to over the
Internet. The UPS Store
Assistant Manager Harry
Harter, of Trucksville, set to
work immediately measur-
ing the saddle to find the
right size box, then he and
carefully lifted the
Pn, testing it in a couple
different boxes to be sure of
the perfect fit.
This certainly wasn’t the
most unusual item the store
ever shipped, however.
Not even close.
That, according to the
Elizabeth Baumeister photos | The Dallas Post
Larry Sprankle, left, owner, and Harry Harter, assistant manager, measure a saddle in order to find the
perfect size box in which to ship it for customer Marilyn King at The UPS Store.
Dallas artist exhibits his
work at Friedman Gallery
Jason Brady will be
among the featured artists
when the Pauly Friedman
Art Gallery at Misericordia
University presents
“Capturing Realism 2013,”
a biennial exhibit of works
by instructors, alumni and
apprentices from the nation-
ally-renowned studios of
the Ani Art Academies and
acclaimed modern master
Anthony J. Waichulis.
The installation will be on
display Sept. 7 through Oct.
31
The 24-year-old Brady is
a life-long resident of Dallas.
He will have the charcoal
drawing “Rebirth” on dis-
play and a second drawing
“Desert Pilgrimage” will be
unveiled.
His drawings have also
been exhibited in “The Big
Gamble” exhibit at Rehs
Galleries in New York,
NY, as well as in the “New
Season, New Works” exhibit
at Mainstreet Galleries in
Kingston. His drawing “Just
a Game” also won first place
in the drawing category in
the Art Renewal Center's
2012/2013 International
Salon.
Brady describes his draw-
ing “Rebirth” as “a charcoal
drawing that portrays the
shells that make up the lay-
ers of an individual. The
shells serve as a facade to
protect, hide and deceive
others from what truly
dwells within, a pearl.
Unfathomable probabilities
occurred for this rare beauty
to take shape.”
The exhibit will open
with a Meet the Artists
Reception from 5 to 8 p.m.
on Saturday, Sept. 7 in
the Pauly Friedman Art
Gallery. Gallery hours are
10 am. to 8 p.m. Tuesday
through Thursday, 10
am. to 5 p.m. Friday
and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday
Jason Brady's charcoal drawing
“Rebirth” will be among those on
display at the Pauly Friedman Art
Gallery at Misericordia University
from Sept. 7 through Oct. 31.
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from left, Harry Harter, assistant manager; Sally Sprankle and Larry Sprankle, owner, The UPS Store,
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ber one” service for over
night shipping. He added
the store provides a “Pack
and Ship Guarantee,” which
means if an item which was
packaged by The UPS Store
associates using new mate-
rials purchased there and
ated,” as Sally grew up in
the area and Harter is her
brother.
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the customer will be reim-
bursed for the packaging
and shipping costs, as well
as the item’s value, repair or
replacement cost.
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any item, regardless of the
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Larry said the most out-
standing aspect of the busi-
is its customer service,
th is his top priority.
you don’t serve the
people and help them, they
won't come back here.
That’s so important,” he
said, adding the people are
the best part about running
the business.
Sally agreed. “We enjoy
serving the people,” she
said and Larry added, “And
we know so many of them.”
Larry purchased the busi-
ness in 2001 which origi-
nally opened in 1996. Sally
often helps in the store, but
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