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Article: New Gift Basket Store Opens in Arcadia, Fla.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- May 14, 2001
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By John Lawhorne, Sun Herald, Port Charlotte, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
May 14--DESOTO COUNTY, Fla.--With friends looking on, Linda Williams and Pam Ames, mother and daughter, cut the ribbon to a new business -- The Basket Peddler -- that specializes in preparing gift baskets for special occasions.
The Basket Peddler is located at 105 W. Oak St. in downtown Arcadia.
The opening of their new business marks a new direction for both women. Williams retired as superintendent of the DeSoto Correctional Institution last December after 30 years of service.
Ames spent nine years with the DeSoto County School District before ...