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Show OREM TIMES Thursday, June 14, 2007 Page 4 "I ticker n WO'', 'l H () All D SMALL BUSINESS PROFILE .f- Rodney Eastman, slimcii inr kiiksoii Truvis Oppcl, opcrutes Mr. E's Sports Cards and Collectibles in Orem. Mr. E's turns hobby of collecting into Stacy Johnson I i m the lime lie w;is a ( Inld. kixliicv I ..isliiian found happiiu in ( ollccliiifi spoils en ils ( her I he vi'Mi s. his colic I ion Urcvv, ami loday his holihy has till lied inlo a joh 1 aslman, owner of Mr. I.'s Spoi ls ( aids and ( ' - t ll cs. alun;; w ill) his wife. Miclvle, use Ihen store lo sell a wide a-i a-i let v of spin Is i ai ds. amini; i arils and spoi Is collectibles. "We have cards t rum anv sports, and we also sell pat ks ol non-sports cards." Michele said. "We sell an llunj; l l 0111 gaming to mov ie cards, and we also sell all ol the acicssones needed with card collect ine, " I he card collection at then' store ranges I mm cards that Scientist ( 'ontinued jrom I 'age ' expert in his lield, McArthur will lie going to Spain in late July at the invitalion of a professor pro-fessor friend in Barcelona w ho shares an interest in I he genus Arteniesia the genus which in hides sageDi ush. Dr McArthur McAr-thur has been asked to assist in hearing a graduate student's dissertation delense and in preparing pre-paring papers for publication "ll keeps one busy." M Arthur Ar-thur said, "but it's lewardmg work." A colleague, Stan Kitchen, a botanist anil manager ol a research property near ireat Basin National Park, said of McArthur, "A lot of what lu- What's Your Teenager Doing This Summer? mi 1 mmw rmrmrmrmmmmifi STCiYtM. IfC.f, ill 'j v it J A P P E tl 11 ' .jE?" i mil sell for $1 to ones that go for hundreds of dollars. There are vintage baseball cards from the fills and tills as well as the newer ' p , of cards. "1 he new stuff is popular." Rodney said. " The jersey cards sell well. I hey are cards that nave a piece of the player's jersey jer-sey in the card." I he Kastmans have owned the store since March 20(tt. "He had told me from the time we first got married I hat he wanted to open a card shop." Michele Eastman said. "1 always said, yeah right!" Alter Ins retirement, though the Last mans decided to go forward with his dream. 1 hey found their location and bought equipment from other card shops that were going out of business. I heir lour vears of business, rant does to promote science and lo promote the good effort ef-fort of our unit here is seldom seen, and is done under the radar The fact that he has received this honor is evidence that there is a lot going on." Kitchen said McArthur is particularly gtxid at mentoring young professionals profession-als and other co-workers, encouraging them to "stretch themselves" through his "gentle "gen-tle pushing." "I le's a superb scientist," Kitchen said of the man he considers a personal mentor, men-tor, noting that McArthur has been able to creatively combine a traditional genetics background with the practical practi-cal application of rangeland studies. ,r x b an ud- - i 5 VJ H A 1 For more info. Visit Us at 350 E State in American Fork I I J G fir irmjf iw . however, have not been easy. The Eastmans said that the growing popularity of internet stores and eBay are pushing many card shops out of business. busi-ness. "Two years ago, we went to a conference, and they said that 500 card shops in the United Unit-ed States went out of business in thai year alone," Michele Eastman said. But the Eastmans say that card shops have many advantages advan-tages over Internet buying, including having more of a personal connection with their customers. "One thing I use the store for is to teach kids about cards," Rodney Eastman said. "What they mean and how to properly prop-erly take care of them." While the Eastmans have customers of all ages, many Jeff Ott, a graduate student working on a doctorate at the University of North Carolina, is in Utah this summer, following follow-ing up on a project he did with McArthur at Zion National Park, surveying vegetation, sampling, and using the data to organize knowledge of plant variation in communities. communi-ties. "He's definitely a great mentor." Ott said of McArthur. McAr-thur. "I've worked with him at least a dozen years. He's certainly helped me to learn how to do scientific research, and given me good positive support." McArthur said he grew up in St. George, where he spent a lot of time in the outdoors. He attended Dixie College and of the customer's at Mr. E's are children who enjoy the hobby of collecting, and the Eastman's help show them how to put their cards in penny sleeves and in protective sheets. The Eastmans have also joined with the Major League Players Association to help children about the hobby of card collecting. They offer free classes where Scouts can make an appointment and earn a merit badge by going to a presentation presenta-tion put on by the Eastmans. The Scouts all get a kit provided provid-ed by the Major League Players Play-ers Association that includes a pamphlet about the care of cards and a few cards to start a collection. "One of the most important things we do is work to keep the University of Utah. He was studying pharmacology at the U. When he took a genetics ge-netics class that was a career-altering career-altering experience. "To the consternation of my mother-in-law, I changed majors ma-jors and went into plant genetics," genet-ics," he said. In England, he studied cabbage cab-bage and its wild relatives, with the purpose of transferring transfer-ring qualities of wild plants to cultivated plants. In 1972, he began his work with the Forest For-est Service in Ephraim, before the transfer to Provo. McArthur said an exciting "Eureka!" moment occurred in his career when he was working work-ing with sagebrush, a wind-pollinated wind-pollinated plant, and wondered won-dered if it could be hybridized x jr-1& w -v LEGENDARY MUSIC FAMILY THE OSMONDS (Inciidfng Donny Marie) REUNITE ON STAGE AND CELEBRATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY WITH AN ALL-STAR TELEVISION CONCERT SPECIAL FOR PBS AT THE ORLEANS HOTEL SHOWROOM IN LAS VEGAS AUGUST 13 AND M, 2007 2 Free Tickets When you List or Buy a home with Osmond Real Estate during the month of juneT 7V-. .jn mil I I II Cue 27 IfewiA gf txcttlence! MARC HADDOCKNorth County business If you go Mr. E's Sports Cards Address: 720 S. State, Orem Telephone: 367-0287 Hours: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday the hobby alive," Rodney Eastman East-man said. For kids who come into his store, it wouldn't be the same without the presence of Mr. E. Zach Bingham saves his money to come in and buy cards for his sports collections, and when he gets a good card he always runs back in yelling, "Mr. E, look what I got!" "That is what he most loves about being here," Michele Eastman said. to promote qualities that, for instance, make one subspecies more palatable to mule deer than another. The scientist attempted hybridization hy-bridization by putting bakery bags on the plants, adding flowering branches, shaking up the mix, then collecting seeds. The process of identifying identify-ing bona fide hybrids included crushing leaf tissue and placing plac-ing it in water. McArthur was able to tell from the fluorescent blue coloration of the leaves under a black light that he had managed man-aged to create the first artificial artifi-cial hybrids of sagebrush. He then proceeded with applied and basic research deriving from that discovery. The Osmonds SO Anniversary Show Soaniih Fork 798-1200 Orem 224-8200 some restrictions army while supplies Insulator recertifies Hansen All Seasons Insulation Insula-tion of Lindon recently recertified re-certified through the National Association of Home Builders' Build-ers' Research Center's Certified Certi-fied Insulation Contractors Program. To maintain certification, an insulation contractor must go through a rigorous semiannual semi-annual review by the NAHB Research Center involving both the contractor's office records and installation work at job sites. The NAHB Research Re-search Center evaluates the contractor's quality assurance system, conformity to that system, installer training records, re-cords, and inspection records. In addition, NAHB Research Center auditors visit job sites to inspect for conformance to installation standards. Vice president named Zions Bank has promoted Nathan Noel to Executive Banking relationship manager manag-er and assistant vice president of the American Fork office, located at 606 East State Rd. Noel provides specialized service for clients in his Executive Ex-ecutive Banking portfolio, offering personalized care in managing and maintaining their banking needs. Noel previously worked at Zions as a business analyst and now brings more than two years of management experience. ex-perience. Noel holds degrees in both Finance and Information Informa-tion Technology from the University of Utah. He lives in Sandy with his wife Rajathi. In his spare time he enjoys camping and golfing. Harmons fundraiser Harmons Grocery Stores hopes to raise $40,000 for the National MS Society Utah Chapter with a series of events in June. Events will include selling sell-ing Harmons' bratwursts or Boar's Head hot dogs, chips and bottled water for $3 this Friday from 4-7 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Harmons is collecting $1, $3 and $5 contributions at check stands during that time as well. Harmons is the title sponsor spon-sor of the National MS Society So-ciety Utah State Chapter's 21st Annual MS Bike Tour, June 23 -24 at the Cache Valley Val-ley Fairgrounds in Logan. The society's goal is to raise $1.4 million. To register, participants can visit www. fightmsutah.org, or call the Utah State Chapter at 801424-0113, 801424-0113, press option 2. Car show Antique car collector and real estate developer Lynn Wardley is showcasing 50 of his cars for a free antique car show at Lakeside at Saratoga Springs June 23-24. Lakeside at Saratoga Springs is a new active adult community situated on the back nine of the TalonsCove Golf Course and the shores of Utah Lake. The vintage cars date back to 1926 and span seven decades. Car manufacturers manufac-turers represented include Ford, Jaguar, Rolls Royce, Chevrolet, and more. In addition to the car show, several decorated model homes will be open to the public pub-lic Monday through Saturday 1 1 am to 7 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. last 'Til www.OsmendRcalEsUtc.cem - www.Osmondi50th.com pOQR Co |