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Wayne Newton and his wife, Kathleen, recently opened Kat’s Korner in Lakeside. GREG LINDSTROM | FLATHEAD BEACON
Wayne and Set Up Shop in
looked an awful lot like legendary Las Vegas show- Kathleen Newton L
man Wayne Newton pulled up in his black SUV and asked where the garbage dump was located.
By JUSTIN FRANZ of the Beacon
Lakeside
It was no impersonator. Newton was making a garbage run for his wife, Kathleen Newton, who recent- ly opened a new gift and home ac- cessories shop in downtown Lake- side called Kat’s Korner. The busi- ness is one of several new shops and restaurants that have popped up in the small community this year and Wayne Newton, 72, said it’s no sur- prise the town is growing.
“Lakeside has been such a well- kept secret for so long,” he said. “It’s exploding.”
This spring the owners of Tama- rack Brewing Company opened two new restaurants at the Lakeside Town Center. Seven, named after the number on Flathead County li- cense plates, caters to the dinner crowd and Farmhouse offers local food with a southern twist for break- fast and lunch. Along the shores of Flathead Lake, the restaurant for-
AKESIDE - few weeks ago, some West Shore resi-
dents may have been puzzled when a man who
Kat’s Korner joins
a growing number of
new businesses on the
West Shore
Jewelry on display at Kat’s Korner in Lakeside.
GREG LINDSTROM | FLATHEAD BEACON