Article: Huntington Beach, Calif., Soldier's Wife Wraps Worries in Gift-Basket Business.

Byline: Jan Norman

Jun. 1--An American flag hangs from the eaves of the house on Loire Circle in Huntington Beach. A wide yellow ribbon encircles the parkway palm tree.

This is the home of an Army Reserve major currently in Iraq. It is also corporate headquarters of a budding gift basket business. Life here is, at the same time, on hold and moving on.

Francine Mundt, 33, had always wanted to own a business, and the 18-month deployment of husband Glenn, 39, to Iraq in January was the impetus she needed to launch South Coast Baskets. Full responsibility for two toddlers, both born in 2001, plus a house and a part-time job weren't enough to fill ...

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