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Thursday, September 2D, 1C04 Daily Nebraskan Pego 11 Christian boolcstoi loands I i ; f 5 ' "1 ' I I t 1 i Ai 4-. I 1 I , t:iV NtJrnsksa Eu2T Editor Just 13 years co when tha Dworak family of Lincoln became Christian, there was only one Christian bookstore In the city. Now, with the opening of the second M&ran&tha bookstore in downtown Lincoln, there ere three within six blocks of each ot her, and 1 1 others listed in the Lincoln yellow pzz?x "We rerJly don't see this cs a competition with Loses or anyone eke, sdd Dou Dworak, man ager o! both the new store in the Gunny's building and the 6-year-eld ttore at 032 N. 70th St. "We ssll only items with Christian-related themes. Logos sells some items with secular themes. We really see this as an opportun ity to Joint minister with them, not compete with them." The Dworak family started the Maranatha stores in 1078 to help Last time, McDvgan took a trip ing his lips. "Fine, Walt. You have a necd that existed with the down memory lane. He went back a chance to vin $25,000 and a linilted amount of Christian sup- to trip to Mexico." Wink smiled and PIles available. "The real reason behind that was to provide a ministry," Dworak said. "In fact, the com mitment was, and still is, that all the money that comes into the store goes right back into the store. It's really a non-profit situa tion for us." The store sells paperback and hardback books by Christian aut hors with Christian themes. Wood "That was a tremendous day for us," Dworak edd. "We had over SCO people in here at one time." The new store was a surprise to the Dworaks themselves. The original plan was to remodel the old store, a process that added more music merchandise and in creased the store's sLe. Dut, even though the store tripled its income in a year's time, the Dworaks still wanted to move to a more central location. "We had taken a survey, and we found out that the msjor prob lem was our location," Dworak said. "We found out that most of the people who said location wrj a problem were from downtown or west of Lincoln." The Gunny's space is ideal because of its large size, Dworak said. He said the Maranatha store can now offer its ministry to a larger group of people, and can do a better Job with the people who were already regular cus tomers. Ccr.tir.acd on Pag a 13 aid McDonald?" The clock ticked and tocked. to the police station he used to work at and tripped over the old blinked both eyes at once. "Ready .... I- CA 1 ILf . J tf . f . - . rucKoji. viTiaipco. waawasutcre to piay tne gamer and had filed charges aginstMc- , Duganfur punching him. McDu- ... l8Wk founded gandtdnt punch Wait, but they f dirt clod. "Ready I sure am." struck and cp-ccrU: I Salt drops v1,t c,r!d at hl3 P"ammar cn the assault charge and they co to 1V, ?l Wink Winkvdink 's nam knn 4 . 4u"?n-w " Pia3 Kon & VWlV VI V person. McDunan McGruder and his new buddy Walt walked into stu- "Kins' Moodvi" Walt shouted. "I dio 6-H. That was the studio where saw it on the back of a Happy plaques, jewelry and other gift the most popular television came Meal He also was Starker On 'Get itATTifl rtp avcilaWf with xrrinsn show in history was taped, "Tic, Smart.'" Christian and religious themes. Tic, Tsk. The object of the game Winkydink choked. "Riht. Do The biggest selling item has been was to answer the questions be- you want to stop or go for the records the downtown store fore the clock stopped. If you tester oven?" Wink wanted to opened Sept. 1 with a visit by answer wrong, host Wink Wrnky- sing his song. Christian recording artist Amy dink would do his well-loved and "Toaster oven, Wink." Walt peer- Grant, Grant signed autographs much-mutated theme song, "Tsk ed into the audience and McDu- in the store for an hour before for Two." The audience would can save him the thumbs ua- An0in at. t.h Thri-a stt. root for the contestant to lose. A woman with a Colgate smile and ruby fingernails escorted Walt to the contestant podium. Walt thought the set looked more ex pensive on TV. The orchestra boomed and in a hot-white spotlight of his own, the tuxedo-clad Wink Winkydink strutted on stage waving to his fans! There he was! Hair sprayed and perfumed! His face was lined with a thousand wrinkles from laughing at his own jokes and hi3 eyes reflected every neartiight in the studio audience. The game began. Wink Winkydink spoke. "Walt, tell us about yourself." The audi ence sighed in unison at the vocal strength of their idol. Wait stood up straight for the first time in his life. "Well, Mr. s Winkydink. I like the show. I watched it all the time when I was a kid. My mom used to watch it too." The pearly smile froze on Wink's face and he sooke without rr.ov- r-m jr p" r"y p"i ir-""s J --- :3 on Fe3 13 Fair. 1 - "V" P. 9 , 0) , '";Jj ,, j- r" L 1i.'isaMJ 1 Execist (s seniors ans degree make oriented? 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