Clearly, food isn't the only way to get Clark students to show up to an event. Free massages also work.

    Massage therapists from Massage Envy (8802 North East 5 Avenue), set up two chairs in the cafeteria Wednesday, May 5, for Clark College's quarterly Vendor Fair. Led by Debbie and Kelsey Walsh, the team opened their booth at 9 a.m., and by 11 a.m., had serviced over 50 people.

    "What I really like," Kelsey Walsh says, "is that everyone is so busy, but made time for it."

    Debbie Walsh says, "We've been here since nine and haven't had a free moment."

    Clark student Bryce Stark, who received a free massage, says, " I was 15 minutes late to my last class, but it was worth it."

    Also at the fair was Laura, a stylist from C Roberts Hair Design (2221 Main Street). She offered several on-the-spot services at a steep discount, the most popular of which, she says, was eyebrow waxing.   C Roberts Hair Design is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

     Sage Saenz, representing the Wishing Well, a fine gem shop (13898 North East 28 Street), was disappointed with the turn out. "Information flow doesn't seem to be all that great," Saenz says.

    Saenz had set up a table stocked with metaphysical supplies, ranging from crystals to incense to tarot cards. Despite her frustration over having few customers, she isn't sorry she came.

    "People are really accepting," Saenz says. "No one's been mean or weirded out, plus the food's really good -- I'm very glad I came."

    One World Merchants, LLC attended after having been solicited by the History Club. The gift and furnishing shop specializes in imported goods (2315 Main Street). Its hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays.

    The owners, David Schmitz and Elizabeth Halili, recruited Lonnie Smith to run their table, after a staffing mix up prevented them from showing up in person. Smith was happy to help.

    "It's a new business, they have exquisite things," Smith says, "You look at these people and immediately think earth friendly... It's a treasure trove."

    

    The Vendor Fair takes place to fund the clubs at Clark College.

    "The clubs charge twenty dollars to the vendor, and the money goes into the clubs account," ASCC president Pat Mehigan says. "Fall quarter we changed the fee to twenty, hopefully we can encourage more vendors to come out."

    Mehigan says six vendors in all showed up, as well as the Horticulture Club, which set up its own table. "The club did very well-- they sold a lot of plants," he said.

    "This quarter, we did it for just one day," Mehigan says. "Usually we do it for two. I popped in there once, just to see how it was going-- it looked pretty busy."

    Mehigan says that last quarter the turn out on the second day was dismal.

    The next Vendor Fair will be this fall.