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THE GOLDSMITH 'RING' IN THE HOLIDAYS WITH CUSTOM JEWELRY Seiko Musical Clocks Seiko and Pulsar watches 'Firefly' motion pendants and earrings Diamond earrings Goldsmith The 205 N. Embree, Princeton • 812-386-7149 Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.- 6 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun. 1.-3 p.m. 12 MONTHS FREE FINANCING AVAILABLE With Minimum Purchase See store for Details Diamond Engagement Rings and Wedding Sets for all budgets brilliance timeless give Extended Hours! Equipment Company 407 E. KENTUCKY, HOLLAND (812) 536-3486 www.BLESCHBROS.com We service what we sell! Home Decor Outlet 4th & Jackson Store Hours: Mon-Fri, 10am - 6pm ET Saturday, 10am - 5pm ET Furniture Outlet 4th & Geiger Store Hours: Wed-Fri, 10am - 6pm ET Saturday, 10am - 5pm ET -"*"1,79č 6,-č,9-č- Visit Us For Gis & Decor is Holiday Season Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:30 to 5, Sat. 8:30 to 4, Sun. 10 to 2 CST Unique Gifts, Flowers & More! 121 W. BROADWAY, PRINCETON 812-386-0065 The Christmas spirit is in full bloom at Uniquely Michael's • Lots of Snowman Items • Milk and Cookie Plates and Mugs for Santa • Swan Creek Soy Candles • Ganz ® Kissing Crystals • The Naked Bee ® Products • Candle Warmers & Scents • Wind & Willow ™ Mixes Gift Ideas! Closed Tuesday, Dec. 26 3 great recliner styles YOUR CHOICE 104 N. MAIN OWENSVILLE, IN 47665 72 2 4- - 3501 1 or 1-8 8 00-440-4888 FABRICS at no additional charge 30 All 3 available in over $ 399ea. Conner Jasper Gabe Chaise Rocker Recliners UPGRADE TO POWER AND/OR MEMORY FOAM! The people who said big things come in small packages were obviously talk- ing about jewelry. Dan Rainbolt, custom jeweler, is a Princeton High School grad that went on to further his education in jewelry and whose specialty is offering person- alized, hand-picked jewelry to custom- ers at The Goldsmith, located on Em- bree Street in Princeton. In 1986, he had a cousin that inspired him to go to jewelry school. "I ended up really loving it," he said. "I started out without a whole lot, and built it up as I went along." While some businesses might send your jewelry away for repair, Rainbolt's training lets him do all jewelry repairs on premises, which he enjoys, as well as to create custom designs and redesigns of family heirlooms. "Everything I carry in store is a nice quality diamond. Some places cater to a price point, but with the price point, you can tell even with the naked eye that the diamond's not as nice," he said, add- ing every piece in the store is something he picked out personally. "A high qual- ity small stone is going to go a lot far- ther. I know of one place that was sell- ing one karat that had as much sparkle as a piece of gravel from their parking lot... there's just a night and day differ- ence in a high quality stone." What Rainbolt really likes, though, are the professional challenges. It's a typical Monday, and Rainbolt, with his magnifying headgear, is work- ing to make a family's diamond bracelet into six tie tacks, the kind of project that would let a mother's jewelry pass along to her sons within a family. "I do something like this almost ev- ery day," he said. He added that he doesn't do what many jewelers do to offer "sale" pric- es, which is to give the jewelry an ar- tificially high price so that pieces can look deeply discounted. "It's a sale here every day—the sale is that it's less than retail price anywhere else," he said. As far as what's new in the jewelry business, he said engagement and wed- ding rings are always popular around Christmas, but for those not looking at that, the last few years, Firefly motion jewelry has really taken off. It shows off the sparkle of the high quality diamonds Rainbolt specializes in by allowing the diamond to move and flash within its setting, which catches the eye. For men, he has a variety of rings, watches and unusual wall clocks that show beautiful inner machinery. There's nothing quite like making something new again, though, for Rain- bolt. "You see a piece that's beat up, and you turn it around," he said. "When they come in and I show it to them, that's my favorite part." JEWELRY GIFT GUIDE If you want to give jewelry as a gift, but are unsure what piece to buy, The Goldsmith team can help. Here are some ideas to start: • First look at what kind of jewelry you already see the person wearing— do they like earrings? Bracelets? Neck- laces? If you gave jewelry in the past few years, pick a different type of piece than what you most recently gave. • Most women have a fixed prefer- ence on whether they wear yellow or white (silver-looking) gold because of their skin tone. A peek in her jewelry box or at what jewelry she's wearing will give you an idea. Most women right now prefer white gold. Rose golds are trendy if she prefers unique or modern pieces. • From there, you'll want to pick a shape of stone, if you're doing a dia- mond. Going to the store, they can show you princess, round, marquis and other cuts of stones. • A fter you have a piece, personal- ize with engraving on the inside, like a special date or saying. • If she doesn't wear much jewelry because of issues with comfort, consid- er a comfort band. • Or add to an existing piece. You can add a "jacket" that fits over earrings you've previously bought or her current ring to give it a new look. • If there's a significant piece of fam- ily jewelry, for example, her grandmoth- er's ring/necklace/etc. that is meaning- ful, consider having the shop's CAD designer make an exact replica of the piece, which can be done from a photo- graph, so that the current owner doesn't have to part with the piece. If you have questions, contact The Goldsmith at 812-386 -7149 or pop by the store at 205 N. Embree St., Princeton. Dan Rainbolt Forest fungi boost invasive plants, choke out native species By Brian Wallheimer Purdue News Service bwallhei@purdue.edu Certain types of tree-asso- ciated fungi make a forest a welcoming environment for invasive plant species, crowd- ing out natives, including high-value trees such as oaks. The differences among my- corrhizal fungi, which have symbiotic associations with plant roots, is key to the type of impact they will have on non-native invasive species, according to a Purdue Univer- sity study. Arbuscular mycor- rhizal fungi grow inside the tissues of roots and are more common on maple or cherry trees. Ectomycorrhizal fungi live on the outside of a plant's roots and are often found on oak, hickory and beech trees. Songlin Fei, a forest ecol- ogist in Purdue's Depart- ment of Forestry & Natu- ral Resources, said arbuscu- lar mycorrhizal forests cy- cle through nutrients faster, breaking down more quick- ly the leaves and other plant litter that fall to a forest floor. Ectomycorrhizal forests, on the other hand, are slower to break down that plant mate- rial and leave a thick layer of litter on the ground. "If invasive species arrive in a forest dominated by arbus- cular mycorrhizal trees, they have easier access to soil and have higher nutrient concen- trations needed to establish and grow," said Fei, whose findings were published in the journal Ecology Letters. "In ectomycorrhizal forests, the litter layer is thicker and nutrient availability is poor, making it more difficult for these invasives to grow." As invasive species take hold, they take up space and nutrients needed by native plants. "They can choke the regen- eration and stop new seed- lings from coming through," Fei said. "Forests in the east- ern United States are heavily invaded, with an average of 50 percent of forests invaded by at least one invasive plant spe- cies. In the central hardwood region like Indiana, some- times 90 percent of the for- ests have been invaded. That is a huge economic and eco- logical issue." The state's 2010 report "In- diana's Hardwood Industry: Its Economic Impact" credits the hardwood industry with generating a $17 billion eco- nomic impact, including $1.2 billion in wages. Fei invasives The underlying layer of vegetation in this maple-dominated central Indiana forest is filled with honey- suckle, an invasive plant species that crowds out economi- cally important tree species such as oak. A-4 Shopping Wednesday, December 13, 2017 The Press-Dispatch Continued on page A-5