By Lori EhdeNorma Remme is living her professional dream, and the experience is sweetened by the fact that she’s living it with her family members.Norma, her husband Dennis, their son Scott and his wife, Lisa, are co-owners of Luverne’s newest business, Remmedez (pronounced "remedies").They purchased the former Harvey’s Gun Shop on the corner of Main Street and Highway 75 in August last year from Glen Gust.The building now houses three entities of the Remme business: a hair salon and a gift shop, which fall under the Remmedez name, and office space for Remme Construction.The whole business is owned as a four-way partnership between Dennis, Norma, Scott and Lisa Remme.Lisa, who has her manager’s license in cosmetology, heads up the salon portion of the business, and her sister-in-law, Susie (Remme) Bork, who also has a manager’s license, rents booth space for styling in the salon as an independent contractor.Lisa said business ownership is something most salon professionals strive for. "Nobody likes to work for someone else," said Lisa, who worked four years in Sioux Valley Hospital, Sioux Falls, as a health unit coordinator prior to attending Stewart’s School of Hair Styling, Sioux Falls.Linda Uithoven is employed as a part-time nail technician in the Remmedez shop. All three women have previous salon experience in Luverne.Both Lisa and Norma share duties in the Remmedez retail area, although Norma described this portion of the business as her dream come true."I love to decorate and now I can do it here," said Norma, who has incorporated many of her personal decorating ideas into the shop interior itself."A lot of the decorating and design ideas were Susie’s — especially in the salon, and I find myself consulting with her, too, on merchandise ideas for the gift shop."The shelves stock giftware items and home accessories, such as Wall Talk, candles and handmade décor items. There is a special place for little people, featuring items such as dolls and wooden puzzles.In addition, the store stocks jewelry and lotions.Norma said she finds most of her inventory on the Internet and said keeping the store stocked has been a learning process. "I like to find different and unique stuff, but a lot of it takes six to eight weeks for delivery," Norma said. "So, I’ve ordered Christmas merchandise already."Norma will also spend a good share of her time in the Remme Construction office, which occupies the north portion of the building."We’re doing the same thing we’ve always done, but now it’s in an office instead of at our house, Scott’s or in the pickup," Norma said. "So it was time to have an office." Dennis said the office in town has been good for business. "For Norma doing books, and for people stopping in, it’s easier," Dennis said. "It’s one place to go to do your bid meetings and to meet with clients."Remme Construction deals primarily in agriculture cement work. For example, they’re busy with monoslope cattle barns, bunkers and dairy setups.Dennis worked construction from 1969 to 1976, when he started farming, and he kept doing construction work on the side during his farming years from 1976 to 1992.Both he and Scott have been working construction for Dunham Companies and Limoges Construction Inc., Sioux Falls, for the past several years.As far as Scott is concerned, he’s doing the same work, but he said he enjoys doing it on his own schedule — one of the perks of business ownership.Norma seemed to speak for the group when she said the business venture has so far been a good thing."I’ve always wanted to do something like this. … It’s a nice change for me," said Norma, who previously worked 16 years with Rock County Family Services in child support services. "When Susie was going to cosmetology school we started thinking about it, and then when Scott started seeing Lisa (also a cosmetologist), that really sweetened the pot. … Now we are all in our own business."They all agreed business ownership has been somewhat stressful, but they said the experience so far is positive."We seem to be doing more work now than ever," Norma said. "But it’s just where I want to be and what I like to do."The 4-by-8-foot Remmedez sign will be erected at the corner in the next couple of weeks.