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' : ' nall:'' S' '':' - 7114'k: e t V '' : d1' i4 thd le 14''t 4 ' i - iL ''' '''''''''- 4 4r14"' ' '' ' tWi t:11 '' '':' '4 ''' 4 - —Ifibune Staff Photo by Pool Roughtoo Kevin and Chad Olson left to right have made The Pro Image Inc sports stores a $2 billion a year success The brothers were honored by Inc magazine as Emerging Entrepreneurs of the Year for the Rocky Mountain region of the US Small Business Administration The state award qualified them for the national competition where they tied for second place Chad was flown to Washington DC and met President George Bush who presented him with a plaque honoring the brothers' accomplishments "Even though I met President Bush its an honor that we both share" said Chad "We work well together We focus on the areas we are strongest in and we also have a very talented group of 23 employees who rarely get the attention they de- lic- serve" Those awards are only a few of the many honors the Bountiful residents have received since Kevin started the first store then named The Sports Fan in June 1985 in a 100- - n square-foo- t kiosk free-standin- g in the center of ZCMI Malt When they learned a California company had licensing rights to that name the brothers "brainstormed" and came up with "The Pro Image" "The ZCMI store was profitable from it's very first day" said Kevin "The mall manager loved the idea and wanted it to succeed Customers were thrilled and said they were looking for something like our shop for a long time We quit our full-tim- e jobs and haven't looked back since" Kevin said he got the idea to start a sports-appare- l shop when he and his wife were vacationing in California They had promised their - and 11- sons they would bring back year-olauthentic Los Angeles Dodger base ball caps but after visiting "a to a dozen stores" with no luck they came home empty-handehalf-doze- Centerville Council OKs Bonds for Water Projects "We thought about it and decided there were probably a lot of other people out there that had gone through the same experience So we developed the idea and just fell in love with it We did research and sought out vendors and manufacturers who could supply us Then we had to convince the malls that we had a viable idea" he said One of Kevin's first steps was to enlist the help of Chad a Weber State College graduate with a degree in accounting Chad had been working as a controller for Adventure-lan- d Video which provided him with some expertise on franchising "I saw Adventure lald experience phenomenal growth through franchising We sat down and set goals and objectives from the very beginning: said Chad who credits his much-neede- about proper care and treatment of animals through games films art experience projects and hands-oHands-oexperience includes ex ercising grooming and socializing with shelter animals For more information contact the —r n through Animal Workshop for Kids advenThe program is a ture working with and learning about domestic pets Children learn one-wee- ' : ! t k ' ea: :4 41-- r V - t 3 4: lt - 141 60 65 rA -- shelter I- 0!17- pa A - 4 $ir 4 ' 0 Ales2 e 'f ' 115 BY WEEK OR MONTH-Girl- s A SUMMER DAY CAMP-Boy- s BIRTHDAY PARTY PONIES V 1 V I I I V YEAR-ROUN- Y I II" 12 2 7 & PRICE EXPIRES July 31 ' fitemarsnersvzsrotmelizpinkfirlos-i eti 1 (Ili r i '''''' ) 0 ft A OLD ON TE‘ 1 Retail Our right 1 I i - L NO PURCHASE NECESSARY WHILE SUPPLIES LAST L WITH THIS AD ''' - !i' eTrimiiimi 273 WEST 500 SOUTH e BOUNTIFUL ' - - il ---liaaa- - (In 5th South Plaza) HOURS 9 30 630 MON SAT 295-343- 4 - A -- 7 1 1711Z 4: - 68J ammo mcmon ammo mon woll it self-propell- RIA:r 41101r: - 1Z4711' 4 !'' : ts t s -- 4 N 41111 61 shifts speeds to MatCh any conmowtpt NEW FOR 1990 OF BIKE ITS 15 : : : fl ''' A A ' 4tyl i kc't NEW CATEGORY ITS NOT CAUSE -- A LIGHTWEIGHT ITS ''1- !? 4$A14sr - ' i A REBEL PURE BIKING FUN VEHICLE I WHOLE NEW MEANING I ---i' $ -'- HOURS: 380 EAST PAGES LANE To "4 CENTERVILLE 414 ri 9 AM-MON-FR- 9 0444' PM PHONE 12 (7) '4"f' — Nter1 5 TOCMYJD'Aga7 FITNESS CYCLING AND I AM-- 9 PM SA1 CLOSED SUNDAY 8 EITIM :LITER LOW LOW PRICES ON ALL NATIONAL BRAM MERCHANDISE 4 A NOT AN NITB WITH Snap-Cred- 0 tt - g G I V ES RECREATIONAL Snapper's famous Oise drive lets you shift through 6 forward speeds °in under 1 mph for thick grass to over 3 mph for normal conditions The geared differential takes you effortlessly through turns with full limited warranty on the mower housing Let pulling power help you join the minions of satisfied Snapper users : 407) : 1Aci'1:1 Iti : ' ed BOUSTIMIL BICYCLE CENTER 755 North Highway 89 North Salt Lake 2921471 i A 2 i mrlprpaPogrc$ 14114" It ':' Everything 1 Mt WI? 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Girls increase e - 14g'1: PAFG SUGGESTED 8 8( OFFFR EXPIRES MOWN : 2 Peg $1500 Group Lesson With This Ad tlip-:- 1 fiCCENTSI17 For Free 8( RIDING LESSONS D :' more with this coupon WINDOW I 9 OFF MINI BLINDS I C !illIS:SC1 for kids who love horses I 5 water-rat- SUMMER RIDING CAMP :A)IJ OFF VERTICAL BLINDS Save i I f 571-171- WOOD BLINDS OFF I A proved by the council in December will provide an additional $200000 annually to fund continued improvements in the city's culinary water system over the next 12 to 15 years city officials said scoiTmitlig Cfrarm tita-- 10852 Ittg c::3:f 55 rj itili 2:4 40 4f 'x' 1 il 4i D ' D Lz---- : ' ' CI - n Lake County Animal Services - h (1°"' e The projects should begin sometime in July according to Public Works Director Randy Randall In December 1989 a citizen's committee recommended that approximately $300000 should be borrowed to fund several critical projects to improve the fire-floprotection and water supply in the city d d —'t d Drive from 800 to 850 South A new water line will also be installed along Main Street from approximately 400 to 700 South and a new booster pump station is also scheduled for construction this summer 9- Young animal lovers can learn more about their friends while lending a helping hand at Salt - Special to The Tribune CENTERVILLE — The City Council has approved $310000 in water revenue bonds to finance seven projects recommended by master the city's culinary-wate- r plan The city will provide an additional $103000 from the water fund to complete the undertaking The work is needed to improve the city's water supply in south Centerville Projects include the installation of a large water line along 300 East from Pages Lane to Porter Lane a new water-lin- e extension along 600 south from 300 East to Centerville Junior High development of a new well in the south end of the city replacement and enlarging of the water line along 100 North from Main Street to 400 East and installation of a new water-lin- e connection along Island View and d Animal Workshop for Children Offered four-foote- parents with instilling strong moral ethical values in the family "The basis of this business today are those values and attributes our parents taught us Dad gave us the drive to be successful and we knew we were meant to be entrepreneurs from the beginning" he said Chad said all six local Pro Image franchises are owned by the Utah Jazz which causes a lot of Utahns to assume that the Jazz own the entire company "They are our largest franchisee in terms of number of units and they bring us a lot of recognition locally but they don't own us" he said The company still has a lot of potential for growth said Chad who runs the franchise development and expansion end of the firm while Kevin oversees the product and concept development operations The company plans to continue expansion domestically and throughout Canada and has set its sights on Japan and Europe as well Chad said n The trip wasn't all hard Klair said he was glad for the chance to get out and relive some old times with his brothers And he said a lot of the trip was very pleasant "There were a lot of parts that were really enjoyable Blackbirds would chase us for a hundred yards or so Some of the scenery is very pretty And all the people down there were really friendly" he said On the second day the wind cooperated and blew from the north so they made it to Richfield by 2 pm that afternoon And from then on it was just like old times "Grandma had lunch waiting for us when we got there" Klair explained "All our aunts and uncles came over and we had a sort of little reunion It made it all worth it" Was it worthwhile enough to think about doing it again? "You bet In fact in four years we plan on doing it again only with our oldest kids Just to show them what it is like" he smiled ten-spee- one-spee- Enterprising Bountiful Brothers Get Last Laugh By Jay Drew Tribune Staff Writer BOUNTIFUL — In late 1985 brothers Kevin and Chad Olson boldly told manufacturer representatives at a Southern California trade show they would have 60 franchises of their newly formed sports apparel company The Pro Image Inc operating in less than a year The manufacturers laughed Five years and 159 stores later the Olson brothers are doing the laughing Now The Pro Image Inc with ensed-product sales totaling $2 billion annually is the largest franchisor of sports-fagift and apparel stores in the world Shops can be found in 46 states seven Canadian provinces and on a military base in West Germany And 22 more stores are scheduled to be opened by the end of the year chuckled "They manufacturers at us That was our impetus our motivation Now they are asking us to come speak at their sales conventions" said a smiling Chief Executive Officer Chad Olson 31 as he sat in his spacious top-flooffice in Bountiful's Gateway Park Chad and company president Ke- vin 38 recently returned from Denver where they were named Emerging Entrepreneurs of the Year for the Rocky Mountain Region by Inc Magazine In 1989 the brothers were named Utah Small Business Persons of the Year by the Salt Lake District office road" ten-spee- d 1' 7— f' 0 i 4 tit: Al 0 ' 'I' t'"" t'-- '''''' 1''' t - t 1143 0 11r ' r?''''' - 4iit 93164i i -- IV i '''f'44- -- '' ' 4 ltd 0 IrsT'-'- : ''''" ''r" :AttiA - '40YY ' I 'z4 I - t - $ 4'' ' ' '' it4 ' ilk9k - 1 ''' v-- shape as they were then "The first day was horrible" Klair said "Its really hard to say if it was easier or harder Its quite a journey There's some stretches where you don't know if you will make it or not But we had better bikes and stuff so we made it" The trio were making good time until they got about half way to Nephi Then the wind started to blow and it took them twice as long to cover the rest of the distance to town "We were about 10 miles out of Elberta when the wind started to blow" Klair explained "It took us until 7 pm to get to Nephi We were pretty discouraged by then" But they did make it to Nephi and the next morning they were chomping at the bit to get going again Sort of "I woke up in the morning and thought " 'Oh no! I've got to do this again!' Klair laughed "I thought our family would have to come out and look for us somewhere along the By Darren Tucker Tribune Staff Writer Maybe it wasn't the longest bike ride ever And it certainly wasn't the biggest group ever to take to the highways either But for the three men involved in the trip this bicycle ride was as important as the Tour de France At 5 am the three men (brothers actually) straddled their bikes at a home in West Jordan The destination: Richfield The purpose: None other than to relive some memories from many years ago When Randy Jeff and Klair Nielson were children most of their family lived in Richfield Their mother promised them that if they got their Eagle Scout awards they could ride their bikes to Richfield to see their grandmother When the oldest Randy got his award his mother remembered her promise and he and Jeff took off on their old bicycles They made it and the next year they did it again And then after another year Klair joined the group (He had a though) But as the boys grew up and eventually separated the tradition of riding to Richfield faded away The memories did not die Twenty years later Randy called Klair from Cedar City and said "Do ?" you remember when That was all it took "I thought pretty long and hard about how much older I am and the fact that I've gained a few pounds" Klair said "But it didn't really take much prodding" So the three decided to take the trip one more time "I thought they would never make it" Klair's wife Roxanne said "But I knew he was just crazy enough to pull it off But I didn't know if his legs would make it It was a little different this time d d or Instead of bikes they all had mountain bikes And yes they are all 20 years older and maybe not in quite as good of one-spee- d e ' -- oirti' r-ww "!:r" - t y 4 i 41414111414 4 :4:h C 1 ft" le - (1-1- - 6- '1 '4440Ahla '6!' t' t'4 ! 5 '41110tZ'''it-- ''''' 'ip:4 j 1 te q‘e - ' ZP4W 1 44 ''': - ''' '2'''!-4'' ' !' -- i '1 Ip ' -' (N-- '' ''' f 'NI t 4 r ) ' : I' ' 't ' sa i' :' tii ' 1r ' - Zorlq4 J) ri - 0'W "1'6'4"D -- ''' 4 At '' ' :' - ' 1 1ii-- 4 1 12444Y lstii- -- 4'1 : 1:ittl' we ? - “4 1 YFA Ity ' ' 0145'' '''' 47 4 14eY : tc f4 l'' r 0 44 7 f 4 -- Al '''''''''''''' '' '7 ' 4 41?) 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