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PHIL JUILFS AND PATTI HOLTHUS stand in front of one of their new paint displays in the Kerner hardware store as work continues around them to change from True Value to ACE Hardware. Ann Wickett/Chieftain
“We needed to make a change and felt that ACE Hardware would be a good fit,” said Patti Holthus, co-owner of Kerner True Value. The change from True Value to ACE Hardware has been a three year process through education, attending ACE Hardware shows, touring other ACE Hardware stores and speaking with ACE Hardware representatives and members. However, Holthus and Phil Juilfs, the other co-owner of…