{"id":744,"date":"2008-06-27T12:26:43","date_gmt":"2008-06-27T16:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/?p=744"},"modified":"2008-06-27T12:26:43","modified_gmt":"2008-06-27T16:26:43","slug":"sam%e2%80%99s-pet-shop-serves-community-for-37-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/?p=744","title":{"rendered":"Sam\u2019s Pet Shop serves community for 37 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>After 37 years in the animal business, Sam\u2019s Pet Shop in Tyrone is scheduled for its last day this Saturday, June 28, 2008.
\nSarah Ieraci, owner, has been involved with Sam\u2019s Pet Shop for the entire ride. She has had a few helping hands along the way, however, as Donna Ieraci, 31 years at Sam\u2019s, and Joyce Fultz, 23 years, have opened their lives up to the community by giving them a pet shop that residents will never forget.
\n\u201cSam\u2019s was more of a personal experience with the community,\u201d Fultz stated of the customers. \u201cIt was normally a one-on-one approach with the customers and we weren\u2019t out to make money by selling people the wrong items. We gave the customers what they needed and told them what they really didn\u2019t need. It was more of a friendship than a business with the customers we had throughout the years.\u201d
\nThe community has supported Sam\u2019s Pet Shop for the past 37 years and always seemed to have a smile after visiting with the store\u2019s pets and other animals that were present there.
\nThere was a monkey named Chikeetah, a piranha named Daisy, and who could forget Bo and Luke Duke, the two Blue and Gold Macaws. Bo is still probably perched outside somewhere smiling down on Tyrone.
\n\u201cWe called the fire company the day Bo flew out the front door,\u201d Donna said, \u201cand they chased him up and down the road with their ladder and they even climbed up a tree after him, but he was never recovered. We did hear of some people stating they saw him in town, which always brought a smile to our face that he still visits.\u201d
\nFrom children to adults, Sam\u2019s Pet Shop has been a great supporter of the community and has been almost like a shelter for some people. It was always a warm welcome from the trio and there was never a dull moment. From dog food to bird feed, Sam\u2019s Pet Shop was always a great place to be when a person shopped for their beloved pets.
\n\u201cThis was a big part of my life,\u201d said Fultz. \u201cI love animals and pets and got to know a lot of people personally throughout the years here. I enjoyed seeing the families come in and visit us and our pets. I think the community will always remember Chikeetah, who always sat in the back and came out when someone asked for him. The memories were great here for us and we loved being a part of the Tyrone Community.\u201d
\n\u201cIt meant a lot to see a whole generation of customers come through,\u201d Donna said of the former customers she served that are now adults. \u201cTo wait on kids 30 years ago and now see them with their kids is just something special. We are a family-oriented shop and had a lot of great memories through the years, especially when we were able to help out with the nursery schools that would take tours through our shop. That was very special to us.\u201d
\nThrough the years, Sarah Ieraci has worked hard to keep Sam\u2019s Pet Shop a community friendly business. For 37 years, the shop has worked well with the community and will be remembered for all of the great things they have provided for Tyrone through the years.
\n\u201cAbout 10 years ago we had a little Shitzu named Midget,\u201d Donna said, \u201cand he used to visit everyone who came in the store. He was one of the most lovable dogs and never hurt anyone. Midget will be one of the most memorable pieces linked to the shop through the years and he really brought a smile to our face and the community\u2019s as well.\u201d
\nSarah now has two dogs just like Midget named Sam and Sammy. She also has a bird named Thumper that was a Macaw just like Bo and Luke. The pet shop was a place where people could bond with their animals and the people who worked there.
\n\u201cSam\u2019s Pet Shop thanks the Tyrone community for all of the support these 37 years,\u201d Donna, Sarah and Joyce stated. \u201cThank you for being a great family to all of us.\u201d
\nFor Joyce Fultz and Sarah and Donna Ieraci, the community thanks you for the having a great shop for us these past 37 years and will always remember the great times Sam\u2019s Pet Shop had to offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After 37 years in the animal business, Sam\u2019s Pet Shop in Tyrone is scheduled for its last day this Saturday, June 28, 2008. Sarah Ieraci, owner, has been involved with Sam\u2019s Pet Shop for the entire ride. She has had a few helping hands along the way, however, as Donna Ieraci, 31 years at Sam\u2019s, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area","category-excerpts-from-the-tyrone-daily-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}