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<p>KINGSTON &#8212; Rainbow Jewelers has proudly served the community for 48 years, and this month marks the family business&#8217;s 20th anniversary on Wyoming Avenue.</p><p>&#8220;In this business, it&#8217;s how you treat your customers,&#8221; said Rose Marie &#8216;Mama Rose&#8217; Wateski, 76. &#8220;If your fair and honest, that&#8217;s what keeps people coming back.&#8221;</p><p>The store is run by matriarch Mama Rose and her children: Deanna Thomas, Rose Marie and Stan.</p><p>&#8220;Every year the business gets busier and busier and we&#8217;re constantly meeting new people,&#8221; said Rose Marie. &#8220;We&#8217;ve seen generation after generation of customers.&#8221;</p><p>She continued: &#8220;We&#8217;ve had people come in who have been loyal customers help their kids pick out engagement rings.&#8221;</p><p>The Wateski family business has a unique origin story.</p><p>&#8220;I was working in a bar at the time and I met this guy who asked me if I wanted to have a jewelry party,&#8221; Wateski said. &#8220;It was a hit and I began to connect with more people and we started selling jewellery at fairs out of a motor home.&#8221;</p><p>Wateski said after outgrowing the motor home, the business found a permanent spot.</p><p>&#8220;We spent 20 years in our house in Swoyersville,&#8221; she added. &#8220;When our current location came up for sale, we jumped on it right away.&#8221;</p><p>In September of 1998, the Wateskis&#8217; business moved to its current spot at 789 Wyoming Ave.</p><p><strong>Personal touch</strong></p><p>Unlike other businesses, Rainbow Jewelers has not felt the impact of online shopping according to Rose Marie.</p><p>&#8220;Jewellery is a personal item,&#8221; Rose Marie said. &#8220;People like to feel it, they like to touch it, see it in person. It&#8217;s a tangible item. A lot of people when they come here ask us for guidance, that&#8217;s something you can&#8217;t get when making an online purchase.&#8221;</p><p>It doesn&#8217;t matter if you spend $5 or $5,000, the staff at Rainbow Jewelers treat everyone the same according to Rose Marie.</p><p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t treat people like a customer or give them preference on the money they spend, we treat everyone like family,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We have a lot of care for the people that walk through our doors. We meet people at their highs and at their lows.&#8221;</p><p>Besides the many items Rainbow Jewelers has to offer, the business also repairs and cleans jewelry, update vintage pieces, as well as selling watch batteries and bands.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Rainbow Jewelers in Kingston, seen here, is marking its 20th year at this location. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL092318jeweler2.jpg</photo0><caption0>Rainbow Jewelers in Kingston, seen here, is marking its 20th year at this location. </caption0><photoCredit0>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL092318jeweler1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Mother Daughter pair Rose Marie and Rose Marie &#8216;Mama Rose&#8217; Wateski pose in their Kingston shop, Rainbow Jewelers, with dog Sage. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL092318jeweler1.jpg</photo1><caption1>Mother Daughter pair Rose Marie and Rose Marie &#8216;Mama Rose&#8217; Wateski pose in their Kingston shop, Rainbow Jewelers, with dog Sage. </caption1><photoCredit1>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit1></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Jewelers&#8217; marksmilestone onThe Avenue</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Dan Stokes</p><p>dstokes@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Dan Stokes at 570-991-6389 or on Twitter @ByDanStokes</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Roses and rainbows: Kingston jewelry shop marks milestone on The Avenue