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Article: FAMILY KEEPS QUEEN CITY, PATTON'S STEEL ON TRACK ANNIVERSARY: PARENT FIRM CELEBRATING 50TH YEAR WITH STORE UPGRADES.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- September 8, 2009
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Byline: Matt Wrye, Staff Writer
ONTARIO - Sales run in the Novack family blood line.
"We came from an entrepreneurial spirit, where my dad sold anything he could sell," said Patton's Sales Corp. President Jon Novack while sitting at a conference table in the company's Ontario headquarters.
The economy is stuck in a recession rut, but the steel parts and metal craft tools distributor-retailer is still celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
While it's a time for reflection, Novack isn't letting dust settle on his shoes.
He and sister Paula Zeidman, executive vice president of the company, just finished having their San ...