The Newport Plain Talk

Nicholas Rhodes, fourth from left, welcomed shoppers to Newport Dry Goods, local shopping mecca owned by his grandfather Carroll Kyker, bright and early this morning. Customers arrived before daylight in search of special holiday bargains on Black Friday. From left are shoppers Martha Williams and Susan Ashmore; Paige Kyker Rhodes, Nicholas' mother; and shoppers Robin Smith, Carol Kelley, and Donna Gilbert.