The Anniston Star l Monday, August 24, 2009
MONDAY RECORD YOUR GUIDE TO PUBLIC RECORDS AND VITAL STATISTICS IN CALHOUN COUNTY
Off to work ... with a screen printer
Debra Stephens works on designs with an eye toward quality By Bill Edwards bedwards@annistonstar.com
Debra Stephens’ daily work is inspected by not just a boss or a couple of clients, but by people all over the community. That’s why she takes precise care when she screenprints images on T-shirts that come across her machine at B&S Sporting Goods. Started by the late Jimmy Stephenson 38 years ago and now owned by his daughter, Karen Godsey, B&S has been doing business at its current location on West 12th Street for 22 years. The segment of the business that prints designs on shirts, shorts, sweats and bags is called American Design Studio. Stephens is Godsey’s aunt, but she didn’t enter the business automatically through family connections. Her introduction to the clothing manufacturing business came at Chalkline from 1979-92. After the textile manufacturer closed, she was employed in a couple of other local industries before joining B&S in 2005. Her motive was to be helpful at the family business, but around the shop, she emphasizes, she’s another employee. Her typical day starts with “anything that’s on that table,” she said, gesturing to a stack of shirts with orders attached. Her work might entail creating a new screen from a design worked out by the client and staff artist Chris Harris, or finding an old design on one of thousands of woodPlease see work ❙ Page 3
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Debra Stephens screen prints a jersey in filling an order at B&S Sporting Goods in Anniston.
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