Don Shafer Display, Inc

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Don Shafer, founder and owner, said the company got the movie job in April in a call from the producers of Paramount Pictures. They wanted to start filming in June. "That was no problem," Shafer said. His plant on Park Avenue has been handling similar jobs for years for real college basketball teams--and for the National Basketball Association. Shafer, 66, said his silk-screen printing company got into athletic decal making about 25 years ago: "It all started on day when Charlie Mancuso, then the City Auditorium Manager, came into the shop." "He said the Cincinnati Royals of the NBA would be playing some of their home games in Omaha, and he wanted their logo on the floor. It would be a four-foot decal. "I said, 'We can't do that.' He said, 'Yes you can.' Charlie didn't take 'no' for an answer. "A week later he brought in the art work and the material for the decal. He said a Do it,a then he left. So we did it. "Soon after that we were making decals for all the NBA teams -- the Pistons, Bullets, Lakers, Knicks -- everybody." Shafer said. "The NCAA saw what we were doing for the pros, so they wanted them," he added. "Today," he said, "the company is undoubtedly the biggest printer of athletic decals in the country." Products include decals, banners and other attention-getting products for the CWS as well as NCAA basketball tournament, including the Final Four basketball championship." "We also do a lot of work for over individual conferences, like the Southeastern...

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