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FICTIONAL HEROINE LIVES ON FOR YOUNG 'ANNE' FANS.(POSTEXTRA)

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From: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)
Date: 19970319
Author:Witt, Kathy

Byline: Kathy Witt, Post contributor

It's as though the vivacious Anne Shirley flounced right off the pages of Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic, ''Anne of Green Gables,'' and into the vintage ambiance of a boutique in Northern Kentucky.

Anne, the fictional girl from Prince Edward Island in Canada, lives on - through books, music, videos and turn-of-the century fashions at the Burlington shop known as Billie's and Billie's Too.

The shop, formerly Billie's Consigning Women, is owned by the mother-daughter team of Billie Burkart and Jean Tringale.

Their infatuation ...

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