Purchases bring smiles at citywide garage sales

When Dixie Zeien’s grandchildren visited her after school on Thursday, she gave them a choice.“They could go to the roller rink — because we own the skating rink — garage saling or to grandma’s house, and they chose here,” Zeien said at one of the well-stocked garages on Ash Drive.Her grandson Ryan Kuhn had already picked up some neat loot, a cheese hat for dress-up days at school and some Marvel comics gear.Diane Kipp recalled earlier that day when a young girl bought about a 9-inch model sports car that flipped over to reveal a different chassis underneath.“She handed me her whole stack, $3 or $4 — it was just a dollar,” Kipp said. “She was so excited, she was ready to take off with that car. It was nice making that little girl happy.”— For more on this story, see the May 2 New Hampton Tribune.