DATE: Wednesday, March 5, 1997              TAG: 9703040069

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SOURCE: From staff and wire reports 

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SHOPPING: NEWS AND NOTES

Fashion show

features 10 merchants

The Virginia Beach City Union of The King's Daughters will present the ``Spectacular Spring Fashion Show'' March 14 at the Founders Inn and Conference Center.

Tickets for the shows, one in the afternoon and one in the evening, are $25. Reservations are required. For the afternoon show, call 499-7813; evening show, 721-3198.

New store to open

in Chesapeake

The new concept store, 3 stores 1 roof, is opening at 1501 Crossways Blvd., (off Greenbrier Parkway) in Chesapeake on March 16. Owned by Farm Fresh, it includes Rack & Sack, Open Air Fresh Market and Drug Store Plus.

Get help editing

home videos

A new product, The Home Video Producer by Videonics, can help you edit home videos and add sound effects.

For $330, the buyer gets a ``Thumbs Up'' video editor, a sound effects mixer, a microphone and speakers, and a how-to video and handbook.

For information, call Videonics at 1-800-338-3348.

Electric irons

being recalled

More than 5,000 electric irons with defective thermostats have been recalled because they present a fire hazard. The irons, labeled NNE Steam/Dry & Spray Electric Iron With Detachable Water Tank, were sold nationwide in discount stores between December 1995 and February 1996. Consumers should return them to the place of purchase. For more information, call the manufacturer, Leon Korol Co., at 1-888-798-2004.

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