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Show Page 4 OREM TIMES Thursday, June 7, 2007 I i 'i:rA ticker mm W HQ'S W HO AND SMALL BUSINESS PROFILE r, . X 1 J I Kim Shields sits uifi in lu standard poodles, loe and Cheeto. Shields owns Leader of thePaek, Leader of the Pack keeps Stacy Johnson Spanish l urk resident Kim Shields considers her ( ;treer an artistic outlet Shields, owner of Leader of the Ia k in ( h em. spends her days using her artistic abili'v to take care of animals. "It is really rewarding to be able to groom a dog and help to create the image lh.it matches what the owner sees in their animal's personality." Shields said In January. Shields moved her pet grooming business from the Pleasant drove location loca-tion where they had been for nearly two years, to t he new Lindon store The new loca Just Because Karissa Neely The little green Just Because Mowers sin p harkens back to an era ol roadside flower stands And what it may lack in square footage, it makes up for in beauty and color that comes si reaming through its little drive-up type w indow "Originally in Utah there were several little yellow boxes walk-up type flower shops." said co-owner and Ame rican Fork resident Richard Dennis The flower shop w as one of those, and has been in that same spot for .30 years It started out as Patti's Flowers IX-nnis, who enjoyed buy ing his wife flowers every week, would slop there on his wav LEGENDARY MUSIC FAMILY THE OSMONDS (irKudinf Donny ft Marie) REUNITE ON STACE AND CELEBRATE MTM ANNIVERSARY WITH AN ALL-STAR TELEVISION CONCERT SPECIAL FOR PBS AT THE ORLEANS HOTEL SHOWROOM IN LAS VECAS AUGUST 1J AND 1, 4007 2 Free Tickets When you List or Buy a home with Osmond Real Estate during the month of June! 0 Cue 27 yum LxceUence! www.OsmoBd8et8EiUf.com www.Oimonds50th.com WHAT'S H A P P E tion gave Shields, and her five employees, a brighter, roomier and more practical rx)m for her to lake care of the animals. "We wanted to upgrade our facilities to provide what we feel the dogs deserve," Shields said. "Peoples dogs are like their kids, and we needed an urea where we can treat them like they are." At Leader of the Pack. Shields provides customer's pets, specifically dogs and cats, with a full range of pet care and grooming from bathing bath-ing and show grooms to teeth brushing and nail painting. They also offer more in depth treatments, like deshedding. "Our deshedding process is a special shampoo and condition harkens back to the days home. "So one day, I said, this was getting expeasive, I should just buy the place. And the lady said she might consider selling it to me." IX-nnis said. So he went home and discussed dis-cussed it with his wife, who 1 ved the idea. They bought l he place, and renamed it "just because I love to give my wife flowers." Dennis said. They owned it for 1.3 years, and then sold it to an employee. The employee had it for about four years, and then one day over family dinner, the Dennis Den-nis family discussed buying it back. Dennis and his daughter. Highland resident Tralaye Matthews, did so, and started beautifying it with sod and some trees, to make it a little Tlnnivcrsary SIioiv Spanish Fork 798-1200 Orem 224-8200 some restrictions apply wmiu supplies N I N G ing where we use special tools to get rid of much of the shedding," shed-ding," Shields said. "It reduces shedding 60 to K0 percent." Another more in depth process pro-cess they offer is hydro-massage therapy, which helps to massage typically elderly dogs to aid them with arthritis. Shields began working with animals 1.3 years ago. when she got a job working as a receptionist at a veterinary office. Soon, the owner let her bath the dogs and then offered to help her train as a groomer. Shields had plans to become a vet, but said she soon saw benefits of grooming over veterinary vet-erinary practices. "I didn't want to see dogs in pain," Shields said. "With "oasis" there. Now, with flower shops getting bigger and selling more than just flowers, the little green shack on State Street in American Fork is a unique experience. The store focuses only on fresh cut flower arrangements, not the arts and crafts and decor de-cor of other flower stores. Customers Cus-tomers don't wade through an entire store to get to the flowers flow-ers either. They simply roll up to the gravel parking lot, hop out and make a flower request. It's not just a place to just get a few flowers, either. Just Because Be-cause does weddings, funerals, events, prom dances, deliveries, and more. "Some people think because we're teeny, we can't do huge things. But we do. We like huge," said employee last 4" STACY JOHNSONNorth County where she provides a wide variety of pet grooming options. animals in style grooming, you can help to make them happy." She has now been working as a Certified Master Groomer for 12 years. Shields loves how owning the store allows her to spend time everyday with her own two dogs, standard poodles Cheeto and Joe "I am married and have a 9-year-old daughter and a 5-year-old daughter," Shields said. "Cheeto and Joe are my two sons." While her pet grooming business busi-ness is doing well Shields continues con-tinues to work to improve animal ani-mal care in the area, including working to increase the number of dog parks in the county. "There are tons of kid parks, but no dog parks," Shields said. of roadside flower stands Sherry Kiflpack Tuesday morning. morn-ing. She is one of about six employees who work part time at the shop. Arrangers at the shop also enjoy being creative, and using a large variety of flowers. Kill-pack Kill-pack said pointing to an orchid arrangement, and another with beautiful large white lilies. While they can do the regular regu-lar red roses, babies breath, and fern arrangement, they try to introduce their customers the beauty of all colors of flowers. "Isn't that beautiful?" Kill-pack Kill-pack asked pointing to a trio of yellow-orange roses with reddish red-dish edges. "And gerber daisies are so happy. Plus they're one of the only flowers you can have if you're allergic they have Prime Rate ZERO4 There has never been a better time to start building a home! Goldenwest is pleased to introduce the following special offer for members: Construction Loans with the interest set at Prime Rate plus ZERO! And with our low 0.50 mortgage origination fee, you'll save even more. This special offer is available for a limited time. To learn more, stop by the Provo branch inside Ream's Family Foods or call 373-8900. int rat. ot I Annual tarrantag Nat. ftufant M o tuna 1. Jt7 and rr.Frt -'007 tuf'am ratal call M0 2S3-4MO or www gwtv Org If you go Grooming mainly by appointment Hours: Monday-Friday 8-4 Saturday 8-2 Phone: 922-4223 Address: 135 S. State Street, Lindon Other future plans for the store include doggy day care facilities, doggy self-wash facilities fa-cilities and pet photography. "Basically, we try to give the dogs a posit ive experience," Shields said. "I love animals, and have a company that treats that way." If you go Just Because Flowers Specializing in fresh cut flower arrangements for all Address: 645 E. State Road, American Fork Phone:756-4185 Hours: 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday very little smell," Killpack said referring to an arrangement with pink and orange flowers. "They're hypoallergenic, you could say." Just Because is a little place with a big goal of making everyone ev-eryone happy. Construction Loans Nurse of the Year Medstar sponsored a Nurse of the Year contest in May for Nurses Week. Vickie Bronson was nominated by two patients, Dr. John R. Wynn and her daughters Norma Nor-ma Puzey and Heidi Layton, for the honor and won. Bronson Bron-son received a gift certificate for five sets of scrubs, a pair Doc shoes and a stethoscope. "There were several people nominated but there were two patients, a doctor and two daughters who nominated her," Sandra Price, Medstar representative, said Bronson was nominated for her professionalism, profes-sionalism, her dedication and her friendly demeanor. Plato's Closet owner honored Jason Young, owner of Plato's Closet in Orem, was recently recognized with the Sales Excellence Award at the company's national conference and trade show at the Hyatt Regency in Denver, Den-ver, Colo. Young was honored with the award for their store reaching certain dollar levels. Young additionally owns three Plato's Closet locations in the Salt Lake City market. "It was a great experience to be recognized in front of all my peers. I was happy to be honored for all my hard work and efforts over the past year," Young said. Friends in Need seeks volunteers An animal rescue and sanctuary in Eagle Mountain, Friends in Need, is seeking volunteers for its nonprofit shelter. An assistant grant writer, director, instructoreducator instruc-toreducator and other are needed. More information on these positions and the organization are available at www.friends-in-need.org, friendsinneed hughes.net or kpohughes.net. IM Flash hiring Entry level production operators are needed at IM Flash Technologies to help produce NAND Flash memory memo-ry for use in consumer electronics, elec-tronics, removable storage and handheld communication devices. Interviews for the positions will be conducted by IM Flash representatives with prospective candidates on June 7 from 6-8 p.m. and again on June 9 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1550 E 3400 North, Lehi, at the IM Flash campus. 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