Fremont Ace Hardware and Garden Center at 1660 East 23rd Street belongs to a family business that goes back to 1936, when George W. Jelinek founded the Grand Island Hardware Company on Fourth Street. It joined Ace in 1960, incorporated the following year, and under Donald L. Jelinek acquired the Fremont store in 1986, then Columbus in 1992, Kearney in 1998 and Elkhorn in 2013. The third and fourth generations run it now. Departments cover paint, hardware, cleaning supplies, lawn and garden, housewares, plumbing, tools, electrical, patio and outdoor living, clothing, pet and bird food, automotive and a full garden center. It is a Benjamin Moore paint dealer and a Honda power equipment dealer with its own service department doing tune-ups, oil changes, blade sharpening and repairs, with pickup and delivery. Open 7:30 to 8 weekdays, 7:30 to 7 Saturday, nine to six Sunday. Phone 402-727-7067.