By Tracy Record

West Seattle Blog editor

For a small independent business to last 40 months is a feat – let alone 40 years.

But that’s the milestone CAPERS in The Junction (WSB sponsor) is celebrating this weekend – the store’s 40th anniversary.

The party Saturday and Sunday coincides with the start of the annual CAPERS “everything in the store” sale. But CAPERS proprietor Lisa Myers has added a few touches – such as a private reunion party tonight for employees past and present. “We’ve probably had 1,000 employees over the years!” Lisa marveled when we talked this morning for a look ahead to the big weekend. Their tenures, anywhere from one month to 25 years. “They really make the business.”

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