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Lotus continuum

Cranbrook bookstore marks 40th birthday, celebrates the four women who have owned it over the years.
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Left to right: Elaine Doran

Lotus Bookstore in Cranbrook held a special celebration Thursday, Nov. 29, marking the store's 40th anniversary and the four businesswomen who have operated it since it opened as the Book Shoppe. Original owner Tommy Wheeler opened the store in 1972, Elaine Doran took it over  in 1989, Joanne Belanger in  2000, and Erin Dalton has just assumed ownership. Coffee and cake were on the menu, and books were calling from the shelves. Happy birthday, Lotus.



Barry Coulter

About the Author: Barry Coulter

Barry Coulter had been Editor of the Cranbrook Townsman since 1998, and has been part of all those dynamic changes the newspaper industry has gone through over the past 20 years.
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