The downtown Worthington store will close on April 30 after 17 years and one month in business. 5:00 am, Mar. 13, 2021 × Picket Fence on Main owner Julie Dykema will close her downtown Worthington shop on April 30 after 17 years in business. (Tim Middagh/The Globe) WORTHINGTON — Julie Dykema will mark the completion of 17 years in business in downtown Worthington on April 1, and on April 30, she will close the doors of Picket Fence on Main for good. It was a bittersweet decision, but Dykema is at peace with it. She’s reached retirement age, although that wasn’t the only thing that factored into her decision. The COVID-19 global pandemic was devastatingly hard on small businesses.