George Mills of Wilmington Trust worked with the pharmacy owners to acquire the loan.

To the Editor: As a former retail pharmacy owner I appreciated the information in your article.

The pharmacy owners think he's another junkie, seeking some kind of fix.

Yet, he emphasized, these are "difficult times" for independent pharmacy owners, and he said the state association "should not dictate anything to them."

It is time for the pharmacy owners to put aside the commercial interests - although I think the real problem is with the chain pharmacies.

The drug makers gave discounts to managed-care companies and health maintenance organizations, the pharmacy owners said, while charging them higher prices.

The pharmacy owners must determine how the money will be divided.

The only difference by law is that only a pharmacist may own a Danish pharmacy - i.e. become a pharmacy owner.

Mr Denham said he understood the pharmacy owners had wanted more time to prepare their case.

The widow of a prosperous small-town pharmacy owner, Grandmother let us roam the town with whichever teenager she had hired to help.