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Upcoming events in Downtown Fond du Lac
Center for Spirituality improves health and well being
Ziggy’s and Page 2
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for consideration. Velasco is now scheduling appointments for fall and winter clothing consignment. For an appointment call the store at 920-922-3371.
TOP: Sandy Velasco, right, owner of The Clothes Line, 13 E. First St., Fond du Lac, assists shopper Kathy Braun as she looks at the purses in the women’s consignment shop. ABOVE LEFT: Kathy Braun looks at items in a case at the boutique-style store.
The Reporter photos by Justin Connaher
The Clothes Line, a women’s consignment shop at 13 E. First St., is much more than a place to buy used clothing and accessories.
It’s a boutique-style store that carries top-brand clothing and accessories — items that customers would pay outlandish prices for if they were new.
A few of the clothing items are new, although most arrive on consignment, with the owner of the pieces earning some of the profit. All of the jewelry and some of the purses at The Clothes Line are new.
Skirts, pants, dresses and tops in name brands such as Ann Taylor, Banana Republic, J Jill, J Crew, Columbia, American Eagle and many more can be found among the inventory, which changes seasonally. Shoes, purses, jewelry, scarves, belts, sunglasses, evening wear and coats round out the selection.
Owner Sandy Velasco treks far beyond Fond du Lac in search of new accessories.
“I frequently travel the country to provide my customers with breathtaking jewelry and purses,” Velasco said, noting that clothing is taken by appointment only. “Any clothes remaining at the end of the season are donated to various women’s shelters because that is what recycling is all about,” she added.
Velasco has shopped at jewelry shows in Las Vegas, Houston and Chicago and at markets as far away as
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Guatemala and El Salvador. Next July she plans a jewelry-buying adventure while on a pleasure trip to Africa.
“I’m always thinking about my customer, and often that means thinking outside of the box,” Velasco said.
What’s hot and tends to fly out of her store are purses that would be very expensive if purchased new.
“We get a lot of inquiries on name brand purses such as Coach, Dooney & Burke and Louis Vuitton,” Velasco said. “When I receive any of those, they’re usually gone before they hit the shelves.”
Velasco, whose background is in interior decorating, operated a downtown interior decorating business known as Between the Walls in the mid-1990s. After dissolving that business, she purchased an existing consignment shop on Main Street in 1999. Velasco changed the name and the look of the shop, and five years ago moved it to the present location after purchasing and renovating the building.
The large expanse of front display window caught her eye when looking to purchase the building. Likewise, Velasco’s attention-grabbing window displays help to
bring people into her store.
“A captivating window dressing can make all the difference in the world,” Velasco said. “Now if only those mannequins could talk.”
Velasco’s extensive renovation of the building — which found her knocking down walls, painting, and even laying the store’s hardwood floor slat by slat — also resulted in two apartments above the store. They are rented by the month to business travelers for area companies. Each apartment has Direct TV, wireless computer hookups and comes completely furnished.
The Clothes Line’s downtown location is important to Velasco.
“As a child I grew up in a very rural area, and there was always something intriguing about walking and shopping in the downtown of any city,” she said. “We may not be in the heart of New York City, but The Clothes Line provides that ‘let’s paint the town red’ sort of feeling.”
“It’s a fun and funky place to shop that would be at home among the boutiques of Milwaukee or Chicago.”
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Diplomat of acupuncture John Sprader works in a recent acupuncture session with Paulene Mueller of Fond du Lac at the Center for Spirituality and Healing, 74 S. Main St., Fond du Lac.
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The Fond du Lac Center for Spirituality and Healing offers a holistic lifestyle approach for healthy living with the goal to nurture the body, mind and spirit, according to Michael Ketterhagen, a professor of theology at Marian University who opened the Center in September of 2000.
Located at 74 S. Main St. (third floor), the Center for Spirituality offers an array of programs to help visi-tors reach the goal of healthy living by offering pro-grams such as yoga, group meditation, T’ai chi and personal growth classes. Alternative healing methods such as acupuncture, aromatherapy, reflexology, nu-trition counseling, art therapy, Reiki, Healing Touch, massage and homeopathy are also available. A more recent addition is an organic and natural food-buying club.
Ketterhagen, who earned a doctorate in Spirituality and Healing from the Union Institute and University of Cincinnati, used his dream for the Center as the basis of his doctoral thesis.
He is one of the Center’s certified yoga instructors, having received his training through the Himalayan Institute in Honesdale, Pennsylvania.
Committed to his own spiritual growth and healing, Ketterhagen’s knowledge of holistic living and his strong desire to serve others motivates him.
“There was a need for a place where yoga, medita-tion, T’ai chi, acupuncture and other healing arts could be available to people in the Fond du Lac area,”
Ketterhagen said. “The original force behind the Center was the science and philosophy of yoga and its approach to health and healing.”
The Center’s administrative support volunteer is Sis-ter Helen Renzelmann, who at nearly 90 still works at the Center.
“She’s been with us since Day One” Ketterhagen said. “And she’s been studying yoga from me since 1999.
According to the Center’s website, www.fcsh.org, Sis-ter Helen “offers comforting, healing hugs to all who enter the Center.”
Recent additions to the Center are additional mas-sage therapists, yoga teacher training, Healing Touch, a free Reiki clinic, art therapist and visits from inter-national yoga and spiritual drumming teachers that often attract visitors from other states.
“We offer free yoga and meditation classes to mili-tary veterans who have served in war zones,” Ketter-hagen said, adding that the vision for the Center is to serve people of diverse faiths and backgrounds and to nurture body, mind and spirit.
As for the Center’s growth, Ketterhagen foresees more of a connection with the conventional medical world, additional yoga therapy and health and nutri-tion programs. The idea of an organic-vegetarian deli or restaurant is also on the horizon.
“I’d like to see the Center become a strong support
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for young families,” Ketterhagen said, noting clients of all ages attend ranging from teens and college students to senior citizens — some from around the state. “College students are always welcome for half price,” he said.
“Our Center is centrally located and has the activity of the city at our doorstep,” Ketterhagen concluded. “It’s a place to relax and learn lifestyle choices that permit the healing power of the inner person to become strong.”
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