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= First Alert Weather Closings & Cancellations Video News Community/Events 291 "I don't want to wash dishes. I don't want to mop the floor," Jones explained. "What do you want to do?" asked 16 News Now's Kim Shine. "Cut his hair off. And others," she replied. They all laugh. ADVERTISEMENT Jones is the owner of Wigfall Barber Shop on the city's west side. Oh, I love it. I don't have any problems with it. I'm here every day," she said. She enrolled in barber school in Gary in 1963 and started professionally a year later. She's had other shops and other partners, but she's been at the corner of Washington and Elm streets since 1976. "Boy, we went from Afros to Jheri curls, now back to a different haircut. It's more of a taper on the sides and leave the top for the young people. The adults are still wearing their regular haircuts," she said. ADVERTISEMENT Ad Sponsored by Alkermes® Prescribing Information Medica LYBALVI® is used in adults Important Safetylnforr LYBALVI' to treat schizophrenia LYBALVI may cause serious side alaniapineantlsamitlarphao s�zapine and sa idurphan including increased risk of cleat B zo�noyuh people with dementia -related In line with the varying hairstyles, this neighborhood also looks different. What Jones recalls as a bustling business district has turned mostly residential. "Oh, it was busy. You had a young men recreation. You had the adult recreation. Then you had 24-hour grocery store," she said. Of course, the landscape has changed, but time has been kind to Jones. She even said some of her late sisters lived past 90. ADVERTISEMENT Ad Sponsored by Alkermes® Prescribing Information Medica Important Safety Inforr LYBALVI may cause serious side includine increased risk of cleat And as she reflects, she stays grateful to still do what she loves and has no plans on stopping. "Well, I love people," she said. "And I'm not perfect. And I know other people are not perfect either. So we have to adjust to whatever might be different with that person, doesn't mean it's wrong. It'sjust not the way you do things, not the way you think. "I'm proud to be a business owner but I think that anybody that wanted to could be one. If you treat people like you want to be treated, you'll be able to stay in business." Jones also encourages other aspiring barbers or business owners to tackle their dreams. A couple of fun facts about Wigfall Barber Shop: Customers can also get their eyebrows done or get facials, and the place used to double as a restaurant drive-thru many years ago. ADVERTISEMENT