RIP Hechts...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/28/AR2005072802270.html?referrer=emailarticle

Actually, Hechts is a minor loss, at best. It had been owned by out of towners for many decades (the May Comapny when I worked there about 23 years ago). But we still have the Variety Store down on Fort Hunt Road!