Article: ?Last winter was depressing with my husband gone, my store gone. It was bad. I finally decided I'm not a quitter and I like doing construction stuff and I miss the people.? -- Carol Mankin, owner of Ole Country Store in Pandora: Pandora woman rebuilds burned-out store.

Byline: Dominic Adams

Aug. 27--PANDORA -- Call it a labor of love. For whatever reason, Carol Mankin couldn't walk away from her antique and collectible store in Pandora. A 2004 fire that gutted a connecting building nearly put Mankin's Ole Country Store out of business. And that was almost the last straw. "Last winter was depressing with my husband gone, my store gone. It was bad," Mankin said. "I finally decided I'm not a quitter and I like doing construction stuff and I miss the people." Mankin's husband of 40 years, Larry, died in January 2005. Construction work on Main Street right in front of the store followed, which further compounded her troubles. But ...

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