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Photo courtesy of Buck’s Hardware Hank

Buck’s Hardware Hank of Grand Marais is the recipient of the 2008 President’s Paint Award, which was presented in January at United Hardware Distributing Company’s Spring and Summer Buying Market in Minneapolis’s Convention Center. The President’s Paint Award is given to the top 100 Hardware Hank stores that excelled in paint sales and promotions during 2008. Shown receiving the award is Julie Pederson (left) and Tracey Benson of the Grand Marais store, and David Heider, president and CEO of United Hardware. United Hardware Distributing is the parent company of Hardware Hank stores and services over 1,200 hardware retailers in the upper Midwest.