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SEC 1473
(09-02)
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        FORM 3




(Print or Type Responses)
  UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*   2.   Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year)
  4.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol        
    Staffieri   Ronald   S.       December 30, 2002       Michaels Stores, Inc. (MIK)        
   
 
 
       
    (Last)   (First)   (Middle)   3.   I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)   5.   Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
  6.   If Amendment, Date of Original
(Month/Day/Year)
    8000 Bent Branch Drive                          Director              10% Owner        
   
 
        X     Officer              Other  
    (Street)               (give title below)   (specify below)        
                                                 
    Irving   Texas   75063               President—Michaels Stores Group        
   
         
       
    (City)   (State)   (Zip)                               7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check Applicable Line)

    X    
Form filed by
One Reporting Person

          
Form filed by
More than One Reporting Person

Table I — Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned


1.   Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
  2.   Amount of Securities
Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
  3.   Ownership Form:
Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
  4.   Nature of Indirect
Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

No Common Stock Owned                    

                             

                             

                             

                             

                             

                             

                             

                             

                             

                             

                             


FORM 3 (Continued)   Table II — Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
   

1.   Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
  2.   Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
  3.   Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
  4.   Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security   5.   Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
  6.   Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
                                 
       
                       
            Date
Exercisable
  Expiration
Date
      Title   Amount or Number of Shares                        

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

Explanation of Responses:

/s/ Elizabeth K. Giddens   January 7, 2003

**Signature of Reporting Person
 
Date
Elizabeth K. Giddens, Attorney-in-Fact for Ronald S. Staffieri
   

  *If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v)

**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

        The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Mark V. Beasley, Robert L. Estep, Mark V. Minton, Anna Marie Dempsey and Elizabeth K. Giddens, or any of them, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact and any of them full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any such attorney-in-fact, or any such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that none of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

        The execution by the undersigned of this power of attorney hereby expressly revokes and terminates any powers of attorney previously granted by the undersigned relating to Forms 3, 4 and 5. This power of attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this power of attorney to be executed as of the 3rd day of January, 2003.

    /s/ Ronald S. Staffieri
Ronald S. Staffieri



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