Owners hope to open more stores in other rural towns

Lauren Brown
Burns Times-Herald

Just A Buck $tore, located at 302 S. Broadway, will host its grand opening starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 30.

The dollar store will stock household items such as paper towels, garbage bags, aluminum foil, cleaning supplies, school and office items as well as shampoo and toiletries. Food products such as cereal, coffee and munchies will also be on hand. Co-owners Judith McClain and Robert Rogers said everything in the store will be either $1 or $2. McClain said they also plan to carry seasonal items throughout the year.

McClain and Rogers have been working on opening a dollar store in Harney County for the last nine months. They were simply waiting to find the right location. The building on South Broadway, a block down from Burns City Hall, was the perfect solution as half of it will house the store and the other half will be used as a warehouse.

McClain and Rogers hope to open more dollar stores in other rural towns such as John Day and Lakeview. The Burns store would serve as a warehouse and distribution center for the whole operation. In this economy, with gas prices being what they are, McClain said such stores are needed to supply rural folks with basic household supplies that are used on a daily basis.

“We’re keeping the money in our community, and that’s good for all of us,” Rogers said.

Just A Buck $tore will host its grand opening starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 30. After that, regular store hours will be from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days a week. McClain said the store will not accept checks. Cash, credit cards and debit cards are the preferred forms of payment.