BY AMY BALTODANO
Hays Post

A Hays business closed its doors on April 28, but will reopen soon.

“We are remodeling our current location at 2013 Vine,” according to KS Kollections owner Kathy Schupman. “We are knocking down walls, and will have a new floor. We will open again in June, do not have a specific date, but shooting for the first week in June.”

Reconstruction is scheduled to begin Monday.

Schupman and her husband, John, recently purchased the Paper Mart Party Center. After the remodeling, KS Kollections still will have Kansas-made products, but also will feature Margie Gilpin’s expertise in the paper mart department and other items.

Schupman hopes the “contemporary, shabby, chic” remodel will entice many loyal customers back.

“I am very appreciative. We’ve been open since November 2013. We started out in the Hays City Quality Meats building, and we moved to this location July of 2014,” she said. “We’ve done really well, the community has supported us.”

Schupman said she is excited to be working with Gilpin.

“This looks like a good way to continue to supporting the community, because Paper Mart is a really great business. She has done very well, with having had it for 25 years, but it also brings in some of the people that will see some of the handcrafted items, and they might not have had otherwise.”

Although they will not have many of the furniture pieces, they will continue to carry the wooden handcrafted children’s pieces made by local Irvin Dreher. Some other favorite items staying are the cement lawn ornaments from The Good Life Greenhouse, greeting cards created by Ellis resident Tracy Augustine and candles made in Russell.

The public will also be able to enjoy their family business, Wheatland Food.

“Snaxfun is roasted wheat that comes in seven flavors,” Schupman said. “We manufacture it, package it and sell it all over the United States.”

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