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Show Thursday, October 19, 2006 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Page 5 WHO'S WHO AND Altos Fine Art affordable for eveiryomie Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF n American Fork's east side, back from the road in an unpretentious block building there is one of the community's best kept secrets. Altus Fine Art has only a small sign on 50 South, but inside in-side its walls are thousands of works of art. "We are a wholesaler specializing spe-cializing in inspirational art," said owner and founder Tim Leavitt. "We publish, frame and distribute inspirational art." He told how the company got its start. "Six years ago when we first started Altus Fine Art our dream was to create a company that could bring beautiful, high quality, and affordable af-fordable art to all those who want it," he said. Leavitt has been a good friend of the artist, Simon Dewey, who is one of the main artists for Altus. "Simon is the main artist, the one we started with," he said. "There are about eight artists we work with." "I grew up in England with Simon," he said. "He was a commercial illustrator and was quite famous. He had done some inspirational paintings. paint-ings. As a favor I showed them around. Then we decided to do a print run. That was in 1999 and we had no idea what we were doing." Things have changed since then. "We started selling products, prod-ucts, and they went really well," he said. "One of Simon's paintings, 'Beside Still Waters,' Wa-ters,' was featured on the cover cov-er of the Ensign in April, 2000. That helped launch the work. Since then he has been featured fea-tured many times on church magazines." Leavitt had been a management manage-ment consultant, but that job required a lot of travel, and a move to New York was in store. He gave that up and Altus Fine Art was created. It seemed to be a good direction for him. "I have always loved art and images," he said. "With Simon being a good friend, it went from there." 1 " There are about 10 employees em-ployees who work at the company. They may do framing, fram-ing, matting, assembling or shipping of the art work. They may even find clothing and models to pose for photos which are sent to the artists to use. The products range from 50 cent cards to high-quality giclee canvases which have a suggested retail price around $1,000. 0 Federal Consumer Protection has confirmed the fuel saving described in this paid advertisement. Device may increase gas mileage by 22 Boston - National Fuelsaver Corp. has developed a low cost automotive accessory called the Platinum Gas Saver which is guaranteed to increase gas mileage by 22 while meeting all emission standards. With a simple connection to a vacuum line, the Gas Saver adds microscopic amounts of platinum to the air and fuel entering the engine. Since platinum allows non-burning fuel to burn, the Gas Saver's platinum increases the percentage of fuel burning inside the engine from 68 of each gallon to 90 of each gallon, a' 22 increase. Since unbumt fuel leaving WHAT'S HAPPENING ' V-.. . ' i iV K . - . S ' y v ',"'i'. ; " . . yT" 00 '''j' . ... . - rr lhl'i v V Nick Nelson stretches a canvas "Our mission as a company is to produce inspirational art of the highest quality and make it affordable," he said. "We want to bless people's lives with this." Leavitt wrote of the company's goals in the latest catalog. "We were told that we had www.lieralclextra.comyelowpages an engine is pollution, this 22 of each gallon normally burns when it reaches the platinum of the catalytic converter. Unfortunately, this fuel burns in the converter-muffler, converter-muffler, where the heat and energy produced from burning this fuel cannot improve miles per gallon. But when the Gas Saver allows the air and fuel to carry the platinum into the engine, 22 more of each gallon burns inside the engine so that 22 fewer gallons are required to drive the same distance. After a five year study, the government concluded: "Independent testing shows greater fuel savings with the at Altus Fine Art. to charge higher prices for the artwork and only create limited editions," he wrote. "We were told that beauty and high quality have to equal high prices. We were told we would not survive if we did not increase the margins on our frames and mats. Fortunately Fortu-nately we chose not to listen Gas Saver than the 22 claimed by the developer." In addition to the fuel savings, the Gas Saver has received patents for cleaning out the carbon and raising octane, making the higher cost fuel unnecessary for most vehicles. Joe Robinson, the developer, commented: "Since the government concluded its study, we have sold a half million Gas Savers. To our surprise, more people buy the Gas Saver because it extends engine life by cleaning out the carbon than buy it to increase gas mileage or to raise octane." For more information call: 1-800-LESS-GAS 1-800-537-7427 to any of that. We continued to pursue the finest art, designs, materials, and processes pro-cesses to create beautiful products that the average person can actually afford. And we lived to tell the tale." t Sat., October 21 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Central Utu'. Clonic !ragi;)g m 1055 North 500 Wt, SuHe 1 12 'novo, UT ficc- Osteoporosis Screening-Call 812-4624 for an appointment Vr Educational Seminars ? Refreshments ? Door Prizes 'v..,, .(wo. i ,;(. 9:30 to 10 a.m. M T t "i Dr Meven Bigler Gynecologist Provided as a community service BARBARA CHRISTIANSEN Norll! County Altus Fine Arts Address: 1063 E. 50 South American Fork Phone: 763-9788 Web site: www.altusfineart. com 'c4fcifb can? s"A"jm i . - ' ' " I ou spend a lot of your time taking care of others-from your spouse, to your children to your pet! Take time to celebrate your health at a Women's Health Fair v, Wei-; 1 10:30 to 11 a.m. J by Dr. Wendy Breyer Medical Oncologist bv the Central Utah Clinic ft UJ Candle company raises awareness of breast cancer For the fifth consecutive year, For Every Body, located lo-cated in Lindon, has raised awareness of breast cancer in Utah by donating 1,500 candles to local hospitals in Provo, Orem, America Fork, Murray, Sandy and Salt Lake for women who receive a mammogram in October. For Every Body donated a 9 oz., pink, plumeria-scented candle called "Hope for a Cure." This candle was developed de-veloped in 1999 to support the crusade against breast cancer. It is sold in several sev-eral different retail locations throughout the country. A portion of all proceeds go toward to-ward breast cancer research. This year candles were donated to Utah Valley Regional Re-gional Medical Center and Orem Community, American Fork, LDS, Cottonwood and A It a View hospitals. "Hope for a Cure" candles can also be purchased at any of For Every Body's locations loca-tions in Draper or Lindon or online at www.forevery-body.com. www.forevery-body.com. Stilson named president of GRTN Chad B. Stilson has been named the new president of the Grapevine Talk Radio Network, according to Robbie Rob-bie Lawler, one of the founding found-ing partners of the network. Stilson, 36, lives in Highland, High-land, Utah, and was a former police officer for American Fork City and Utah Highway Patrol and a pilot. He has supported the Grapevine Talk Radio Network with Web and marketing support since its inception in March 2005. Now he will take over full-time responsibilities for the growing network. Grapevine Talk Radio Network is located at www. grapevineradio.com. The network has five full-time and four part-time employees and broadcasts several nationally-available talk radio programs from Orem. EDCCfiTion wnim'na Vacation Help promote literacy in our schools! Here's how: 1. Call The Daily Herald at 375-5103 and tell the customer service represenlative when you will be away on vacation. 2. Request that your undelivered newspapers newspa-pers be donated to a local school. 3. We will automatically stop delivery while you are away and resume delivery automatically auto-matically when you return home. The undelivered papers go to local schools during the current or coming school year. 1 :30 a.m. to Noon by Dr. Richard Olsen Internal Medicine Central Utah Clinic, four Health, four Choke " COPY |