Meet Dayne Hansen. He is 84 with a smile as bright as a new penny.

He owns Dayne Hansen & Associates at 2215 S.W. 152nd St. in Burien, the former Kirk's Pharmacy. I have often wondered what was in there as I drove by.

Dayne is an entrepreneur who lost his loving wife Alice about three years ago. He has three kids, all very successful. Nine grandkids and one great-grandchild.

He sells electrical controls for measuring the flow and use of water. He does this all over the nation by phone since he let his staff go a few years ago.

The office is nearly the same as it was when a large staff was there. Various papers are still on the desks.

His mother's furniture is stored in the building as favor to her. She's 103 and lives in Boise. She does not need the furniture any longer. I would like to talk to her. He says she is sharp as a needle.

Dayne also owns the former service station on the corner of 21st and 152nd where he often enjoys a mocha with friends at the coffee stand.

Jason is the proprietor who leases space from Dayne.

Dayne works every day in the office, often into the night. He does not watch television and does not own a computer though his family implores him to get with it.

He can type and has contemplated writing a book someday.

Yes, he is a very laid back, happy guy and is very proud of his son Dayne D. Hansen, a cardiologist at Highline Hospital.

Another son in Wenatchee sells a machine that reads the moisture content of soil as high as a satellite.

How does the soil get up there?

He bought his building from a realty agent in 1973 although he came to Burien in 1952. He lives a quarter mile from his office in Seahurst.