You're An Old Smoothie

Zamboni père is not much involved with the company these days, but he stops by the rink and the plant at least once a week. "There used to be two tiny towns here," he says, standing in the middle of the newest shopping center, which is across the street from Iceland. "They were called Hynes and Clearwater. I was president of the Kiwanis, and I led a fight to have the two towns consolidated. We chose the name Paramount because of Paramount Boulevard, which went through the middle of the two towns."

He is asked, "Why didn't you call it Zamboni, California? You could have had your name on everything. Man. Machine. Company. Town."

He laughs and says, "Look, we had enough trouble getting everybody to accept Paramount."