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EfstonScience is proud to be celebrating our 38th year as Canada’s Science & Astronomy SuperStore. Started from humble beginnings in 1970 by Evan and Terri Efston, the business was built by offering innovative, unique and scientific products. Today, Nick and Irene, their son and daughter, have the honour and challenge to manage and grow the business and continue to offer products that are new and unique and will spark the inquisitive mind.
This year our founder, Evan Efston is celebrating his 80th birthday… a unique man ahead of his time. His vision of EfstonScience started with the idea of bringing holography equipment to Canada. While researching how to do so, he met the owner and founder of Edmund Scientific in New Jersey and based on a handshake, became their exclusive Canadian distributor. We are no longer only their distributor – today we offer products from hundreds of suppliers whom we source for astronomy, science, technology and educational items.
Generations of shoppers have come through the doors of EfstonScience – we often talk with customers who first visited when their parents brought them in as children and now that they are all grown up, they are bringing in their own kids. We are very pleased and proud that we have fostered such a community that is part of our family.
We invite you to share your thoughts, experiences, and memories about EfstonScience and its founder, Evan Efston, to celebrate these special occasions.
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May 07, 2009 at 09:56 AM
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Dear Mrs. Irene Efston:
I am a science teacher in Peterborough Ontario, and this year I helped 6 of my students to participate in the Trent University Regional Science Fair.
It was a wonderful experience, the students did extremely, and consequently we received a gift certificate generously provided by your store.
The students were most impressed, as was I. We visited the web site, and I ended up ordeing a pair of binoculars, which we hope will be usefull for field trip activities.
Tnaks so much,
Sincerely,
Mireille D.-O.
Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
Dec 18, 2008 at 12:38 PM
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Dear Mr. Efston,
A very belated happy birthday to you! I think that we have only talked to each other by phone as I worked from the mid 1980's at Meade Instruments. I also got to know you better from your wonderful son and daughter, as I eventually became Eftson Science's sales representative for Meade starting in the late '90s.
Of course you are well known in our industry, but I think more importantly, your hard work to increase science literacy through your store and your events have impacted people's lives for the better. I'm sure that if we could meet all of the young people who visited and shopped your store through the decades, we would find that most, if not all of them were inspired to learn more and therefore had a better understanding of the nature of things. And I would bet, that those people were inspired to obtain higher learning and get better jobs as a result of their contact with Efston Science. So we all owe you our gratitude.
Wishing you many more years of health and happiness,
EXPLORE SCIENTIFIC
Scott
Scott W. Roberts, President and Manager
March 31, 2008 at 10:05 PM
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Sorry I did not know about your birthday until today. It was always a pleasure to work with you, and talk with you on any subject that came to mind. You and I both came out of the stubborn mold, but we both were able to learn from each other and the end result was that the project worked out better because of the joint input.
The operating philosophy of your company was that the customer should always walk away happy, and that it was better to be good to someone even if we lost money. That is the way that things should be and I am proud to have known you, just sorry I did not get to take you up on that flying lesson, yet.
Take care and don't wait to your 85th to be in touch.
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March 02, 2008 at 01:37 PM
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Dear Mr. Efston,
Happy Birthday! It is an honour to have been given the opportunity to celebrate this special milestone with you, your family and friends.
You are a very kind and warm individual who has always made me feel welcome in your home. As you may know, Irene is like a sister to me and I look forward to sharing in her 80th birthday some day!
I wish you much health and happiness in the years to come. Enjoy your many hobbies and as Greek philosophy has taught us...Pan metron ariston (my guiding principle in life)!
Me agape,
Lydia
Feb 26, 2008 at 04:49 AM
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Dear Uncle Εvan,
I knew from Irene and Nick about this surprise and I wanted to be with you and all the Efston family to celebrate your 80th birthday.
I love you very much and you are very precious to me.
I feel you like my father and I know that you have the same feelings for me. I thank you very much for being close to me.
I wish you health and happiness always.
With love,
Anastasia
Feb 24, 2008 at 05:49 PM
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My beloved uncle Evan,
I'm glad I have the opportunity to express some of my thoughts and feelings for you.
You are the smartest man I know, gifted, sincere, honest, generous, full of life, hobbies, interests, with a bright smile and a warm embrace. You believe in human possibilities, you support and inspire everyone who is near you. You are very special, you are unique!
You also have an amazing wife, a precious fellow-traveler all these years and you know what they say....."behind a great man hides a great woman"
I'm really proud to be your niece!
Happy Birthday!!! 
Feb 24, 2008 at 04:05 PM
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Happy Birthday Uncle Evan.
I wish you health and happiness,
Keep spreading smiles and good vibes,
to all of us that we love you.
We are always looking forward for your company.
Give a noisy kiss from Greece to your cute granddaughter.
Feb 23, 2008 at 06:40 PM
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Warmest wishes to you our dearest Evan for having reached the blessed number of 80 in years lived.
Judging from the glow in your eyes every time both John and I have had the pleasure to meet you, the zest and the warmth you greet everyone you meet with and mostly the "joie de vivre" you so strongly possess, I can surmise that you have led a very happy life.
When we met you next to Terri, your lovely lifelong companion, it was in 2005, and we brought the new year together. Ever since that lovely evening, we have come to know of your giving and inquisitive spirit, the humble person that you are, and the gentlemanly qualities you possess.
You have been a joy to have you as a friend infecting those you touch with the optimism, warmth, and the generosity of yourself. I am certain that both John and I join the voices of your so many other friends in wishing you
THE HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS
May the past memories of your life
Enrich your today, and
Bring joy in all your tomorrows.
Lovingly your friends,
John and Maria Sandstrom 
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