Friday, June 28, 1985
Paga 6
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By Lori Griffin
Staff Reporter
What started out as a part-time
job doing something that she had
loved to do since she was five,
Miriam Howard has turned her pas
sion for sewing into a thriving busi
ness. Howard started her sewing busi
ness 17 years ago because a friend
knew she was looking for part time
work.
"My friend suggested that 1 do
something with my sewing and I just
thought that I would give it a try,'"
she said.
Howard now runs her business
out of her home and has a variety of
customers of all ages. Included in
the list of customers are former
Nebraska football standouts Toby
and Jimmy Williams and Turner
Gill. Howard also sews for Doris
Felici, wife of former Husker defen
sive end Tony Felici.
"Toby came to me after hearing
about me through one of my custo
mers who knew us both," Howard
said. "He just couldn't find the
clothes that we wanted. That's how
I get a lot of my customers."
Howard's business has expanded
considerably since she first picked
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up a needle and thread. She now has
150 "regulars" who have her do a
number of sewing tasks. Some of the
growth has come through her cus
tomers convincing others to take
their sewing tasks to her instead of
worrying about them themselves.
That's how John Cougar became
one of Howard's customers.
"(Cougar) used a limousine ser
vice run by one of my customers,"
Howard said. "He bought some pants
at a downtown store and needed
them altered immediately and my
customer knew that I would be
available so I just did it. I never got
to meet (Cougar)."
Howard concentrates mainly on
alterations but also occasionally
does some constructions, where she
sews her own creations by sewing
patterns.
"Sewing takes up most of my
time," Howard said. "It is a full-time
job for me with both its advantages
and disadvantages. -
'Working at home has both it's
advantages and disadvantages," she
said. "It is a full-time job which I
can do at my house. The biggest
advantages are that you are there
when the kids come home from
school and your customers can call
you at just about anytime. You don't
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Health clubs not 'Perfect
developing into singles bars
Opinion by Cheryl Petersen
StafT Reporter
If your social life is the pits and
you've never been "lucky" at the Lucky
Lady, then you should solve your social
problems by doing the thing of the '80s.
Join a health club. Trust me, it's the
"in" thing to do, even in Nebraska.
Califomians have been doing it for
years -r- socializing in health clubs,. I
mean. I know because I just saw the
movie "Perfect."
This latest flick with Jamie Lee Cur
tis and John Travolta suggests not only
that people go to health clubs to social
ize, find dates and mates, but that
exercising and getting in shape is
secondary to this all-important goal.
The movie suggests that it's nice to
have an exercise bike to ride while you
check out which pair of biceps you
would like to go out with. That way you
aren't so conspicuous.
Perhaps health clubs are becoming
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"I've learned a lot about lines
and how different lines work on dif
ferent people," Howard said. "I have
also learned the history of fashion.
Both of these have applied to my
business."
"the singles bars of the '80s" as the
movie points out. Some health clubs
actually have bars in them. But I think
the majority of the people who go to
health clubs are more concerned with
their health than with meeting Ms. or
Mr. Right. Sure, yournake friends there
and that's a big part of the attraction to
health clubs. But that's because you're
meeting people with a common inter
est in fitness. However, wouldn't a sim
ilar kind of socialization take place at
a chess tournament or a horse, show?
Besides, it's not a lot of fun to work out
alone.
The Prairie Life Center, located at
1305 S. 70th has an atmosphere similar
to that of the club portrayed in "Per
fect." It's new, it's very open, with win
dows overlooking the pool and the bas
ketball courts. The atmosphere and
design of the club encourages you to
see and talk to people. It makes work
ing out fun, which is why clubs are so
popular.
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Besides sewing for her individual
customers, which include Ron
Lahners, U.S. attorney for Nebraska,
and his wife, Howard does all of the
uniforms for Chelsea's Pub.
"It's rare to find someone that likes
to work out by themselves," Anthony
Springman, fitness director at the Prairie
Life Center said.
Springman, who also works out at
the club with friends, said he keeps his
social life separate from workouts.
"If we just wanted to socialize we'd
go across the street and have a beer,"
he said. "But we want to work out.
"There are two types of people here,"
Springman said. "There are the people
that are here to work out, and the ones
that are here to socialize, Most people
do a little of both."
There must be something to this
club thing. After all, university stu
dents have racquetball, basketball,
tennis courts, swimming pools, weight
rooms, running tracks and aerobics
classes. All are available at little or fto
cost yet many of us are willing to pay
initiation fees and monthly dues to
belong to a club.
There's no doubt that health clubs
are beneficial both physically and
socially. They cater to the serious ath
lete, as well as the socially starved, and
everyone else in between.
I'd Tike to continue this, but I
haven't even decided what I'm wearing
to work out in tonight. Not that I'm
worried about impressing anyone or
anything. It's just that, well, I met this
guy at the club yesterday and he had
the most developed...of course, I'm not
going to the club just so he'll ask me
put. I'm going to work out. Really, I am.
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