Trademarks is open Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday from 10-5 and Sunday from noon to 4. For more information, call 775-2222. If the pace of a new business in town continues, there won't be much left of Grand Forks. A lot less anyway. In its first month of operation, Curves for Women already has shaved 70 inches off its full-time members, according to Pam Nielsen, one of the fitness instructors there.
Paper stars with strips hang on the walls as testimonials to how much new members are losing.
The length of each strip represents how much a member has lost so far. There are a lot of strips. Curves is owned by Jim and Judy Woehler of Montana and already boasts close to 50 members in its 1,300 square feet of space. It's at 2550 S. Columbia Road. It's only one of the latest stores to open in a big boom around the country, according to Jim.