Article: Cerro Gordo Foods owner knows no strangers in nearly 45 years of business.

Byline: Arlene Mannlein

Jan. 28--CERRO GORDO -- For almost 45 years, Charlene Smith has been the one who knows everyone's name. "Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name, and they're always glad you came," the song by Judy Hart Angelo and Gary Portnoy invited viewers to the "Cheers" television show. Much the same, Smith, now 75, has invited customers into her grocery store. "Young people will ask, 'Do you remember me?' " said Smith. "Yes, I do, as if I would forget. "I wish I had kept a log of all the kids who worked for me. I would have three stock boys sometimes." Jim and Charlene Smith moved to Cerro Gordo in 1962. They opened ...

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