Open for Business

A to Z Party Rentals and Mardi Gras Costumes are under new ownership and under one roof at 2323 E. Bennett St. Ed and Janet Barnett purchased both businesses April 27 from the estate of former owner Joe Anne Bouclin, who died in August. Ed Barnett, left, a 23-year employee of Bouclin, moved the inventory of Mardi Gras Costumes from its shop next door into the 10,000-square-foot A to Z storefront. The business rents party and wedding accessories including columns, candelabra, buffet and serving items, tables, chairs and linens, and themed costumes. The Barnetts have one part-time and six full-time employees. Hours are 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Bank of Bolivar opened its third location May 7 at 2126 W. Broadway in Bolivar. Bryan Allison is branch manager/vice president of the 3,500-square-foot facility, which has two part-time and six full-time employees, a full-service lobby and three drive-through lanes. The new bank is the only full-service bank on the northwest side of Bolivar. “We’ve watched the growth in that part of town as well as the growth of our customer base in that area and felt the convenience of a bank was needed there,” said Bank of Bolivar President Brad Gregory in a news release. Bank of Bolivar, founded in 1997, is locally owned and has assets of nearly $125 million. Lobby hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Drive-through hours are 8 a.m.- 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m.-noon Saturday.

Darin and Dinah Wray opened Wray Accounting & Tax Service LLC May 1 at 131 Johnstown Drive in Rogersville’s Johnstown Center. Formerly Wray & Roach Accounting at 1341 E. Kearney, the business was previously a partnership with Charles Roach, said Darin Wray, who opened that office in 1992. “We have lived our entire lives in the Rogersville area. To us, it’s moving our business home,” said Dinah Wray, who has worked with her husband since 2000. The Wrays offer monthly accounting for small business clients and individual, corporate and partnership income tax preparation. Hours are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Baby’s First Portrait opened Dec. 1 at 2200 E. Sunshine, Ste. 128, in Commerce Terrace, and at 712 E. 32nd St., Joplin. Kim Woolley purchased the businesses, formerly known as Daddy Did It, from Karen and Larry Doss, who had owned them for about 2 1/2 years. Woolley changed the corporate name to Little Miracles Prenatal Imaging Inc. to better reflect its ultrasound photography focus. “We take the picture of the baby, and it actually looks like a baby instead of the skeletal type photo that you get with the 2-D ultrasound. It’s actually a photo of the baby,” Woolley said. She has one full-time employee at each location. Hours are by appointment.