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Show Thursday, July 28, 2005 Page J Sicken WHO'S WHO AND WHAT'S HAPPENING Surrounded bywords of the wise Barbara Christiansen I he more Colleen Cannon is surrounded by books, the happier she seems. It s good for her busi ness, since she is the owner of Nick's Book Exchange. She opened her toors in March of 2004 with around 300 books; the inventory has increased to 6,500 and she is looking at expanding to a new room in her home. She started her business looking look-ing for a way to supplement her retirement income with something some-thing she could do at home. Now, the location is home to new and used books, including historical romance, classics, literature, junior classics, self help, mysteries, fantasyscience fantasysci-ence fiction. Western, religious, decorating, craft condeased books and cook books. They come in both hardbacks and paperbacks; pa-perbacks; some are large print editions. Customers may wonder about the business name and ask who "Nick" is. Cannon explained ex-plained her maiden name was Colleen Nicholes and she Is actually actu-ally called "Nick." "I am the little bald-headed man out there on the sign," she said. Cannon was recently reading an entry in her journal from 1986. "I had thought about having a bookstore at that time," she said. She had planned out what she would do and what she would need to bring her dream to a reality. Eighteen years later, it has happened. Her love of books started even earlier than that journal entry, however. "I kjve to read," she said. "I have ever since I was a little girL When I was a little bigger I was begging everybody to read me the funny papers. I learned to read when 1 was real young." She continued her reading throughout her life. "Every place I have ever lived wmmm , i If W if rHiV'' ' if Jim Irl - i 1 Hi 4. : ei .. S ' B IV i V S ! (1:8 I n l n B f w rn tWHil-.H 1 JEREMY HARMON'i'rth County Colleen Cannon runs Nick's Book Exchange out of her house on Main Street in American Fork. The store e(s it s nume from Cannon's nickname, "Sick," which is short for her maiden name, Sicholes. Below, mysteries are a populur seller at Nick's Book Exi hune. I have had a library card," she said. Cannon has also patronized patron-ized other used book stores, but said it became too far to go. "The traffic got too bad in Orem, so I thought 'why not this end of town? " she said. Her customers enjoy several advantages from shopping with her. "Some people take their books to a thrift store, but they don't organize them," she said. Her shelves are categorized according to genre, with each one alphabetized by author. Not only that, but Cannon often is able to tell about the various volumes, plots and characters, making recommendations. "I have read a lot of them," she said. Customers agree with her enough, she has had to expand and has had custom shelves built four times since she opened. Customers may browse and make purchases, but are also offered credits for books they submit for trade. She gets them on the shelves as soon as she can. but often has a backkg, with books in boxes, waiting to be placed. "It takes a lot of time," Cannon Can-non said, but "It has really been fun," she said of the experience. 1 mm tJ-Mi-iai " i B'55 -vwm- TJ itZf ... - -- - - '- J- - Chamber has new member : Calx;la's is one of the lat- ' est additions to the Lehi Chaml)er of Commerce. The chamler announced the re-" cent membership on its Web site, www.lehicity.com. The outdoor sports megastore company has announced its north Lehi store , which Is expected to draw 4 million visitors a year, will often Aug. 25. Contractor re-certified Hansen All Season Insulation, In-sulation, headquartered in Lindon, was recently recertified re-certified through the NAHB Research Outer's prestigious Certified Insulation Contractors Contrac-tors lYogram. The NAHB Research G-nter, a wholly-owned wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Na-tional Association of Home Builders (NAHB), administers the certification program and provides neutral third party evaluation of participating contractors. Lehi Chamber luncheon set The Lehi Area Chamlier of Commerce will host its monthly luncheon on Aug. 2 at 1145am. at the Ix-hi Historic : Hotel, .'KM W. Main. Cost is S10, There will a guest speaker and opportunity for networking after the meal. Glasgow joins SimplyFun Mark Glasgow of Alpine has joined the network of independent consultants for Simplyl un, a party-plan direct sales company offering offer-ing original board, card and party games and other entertainment enter-tainment products. 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