The Ekalaka Eagle - Your Community Builder

On Nov. 1, at 125 South Main Street in Baker the ribbon to mark the official grand opening of the much-anticipated Junction 39 was cut at 10 a.m. "This will make it so real," said JoDee Pratt while preparing things for the opening.

"It's actually kind of mind-blowing," added Deanna Hayden.

Junction 39 is the vision of Baker community members JoDee Pratt, Rita Breitbach, Pam Nelson and Deanna Hayden. "We talked a couple of different times about doing some sort of second-hand store," explained Hayden. "We just decided that we had enough things that maybe we could try it out."

"I wasn't goin...