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Tracy Balnis checks displays at her Rissi's Old Time Candy & Toys in Berwyn on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. A stop along the way on a road trip down Route 66 with her mom and sister pushed Balnis to finally fulfill her dream to open a candy store.

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Bill Ackerman — backerman@shawmedia.com
Tracy Balnis checks her window display at her Rissi's Old Time Candy & Toys in Berwyn on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. A stop along the way on a trip down Route 66 with her mom and sister pushed Balnis to finally fulfill her dream to open a candy store.

Bill Ackerman — backerman@shawmedia.com
Tracy Balnis checks a display featuring 4" pecan patties and giant peanut butter cups at her Rissi's Old Time Candy & Toys in Berwyn on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. .A stop along the way on a road trip down Route 66 with her mom and sister pushed Balnis to finally fulfill her dream to open a candy store.

Bill Ackerman — backerman@shawmedia.com
Tracy Balnis demonstrates an old style spinning top at her Rissi's Old Time Candy & Toys in Berwyn on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. .A stop along the way on a road trip down Route 66 with her mom and sister pushed Balnis to finally fulfill her dream to open a candy store.

Bill Ackerman — backerman@shawmedia.com
On Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, Tracy Balnis points to an old gumball dispenser, that was the first purchase for her Rissi's Old Time Candy & Toys in Berwyn . Finding it during a stop in Stroud, Oklahoma, on a trip down Route 66 with her mom and sister pushed Balnis to finally fulfill her dream to open a candy store. The map hanging inside the front door shows the map of their road trip.

Bill Ackerman — backerman@shawmedia.com
Tracy Balnis checks her window display at her Rissi's Old Time Candy & Toys in Berwyn on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. A stop along the way on a trip down Route 66 with her mom and sister pushed Balnis to finally fulfill her dream to open a candy store.