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Eastern Oregon Cycles ......................................3
Tri City Physical Therapy ................................7
G reg Gomersall Saddlery ................................8
Iseri Travel............................................................14
Sparks Auction Service ...................................18
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DRIVELINE AND GEAR SPECIALISTS
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Pedal pusherPedal pusherBike shop owner offersexperience, expertise
Story and photos by
Leslie ThompsonThe Argus Observer
Eastern Oregon Cycles has bikes in stock for all ages, with a special corner dedicated to youths. In addition to pedal bikes, thestore carries balance bikes for toddlers. Owner Joe Heinz’s son,Oliver, 3, learned on a balance bike before switching to pedals andis now riding without training wheels, Heinz said.
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ONTARIO
In his free time, Joe Heinz, owner ofEastern Oregon Cycles, might befound working up a sweat as he ped-
als his way to the top of the foothills outEighth Street in Boise. You could evenfind the Ontario man switching into alower gear to pedal down a trail onHemingway Butte, outside Marsing, as herides a Trek Remedy 8 — a full-suspen-sion mountain bike that’s built for bothroad and trail.He hasn’t always been a mountain bik-er, but growing up in his parents’ bikestore and competing in BMX races fromages 11 to 20 eventually led Heinz toother avenues in the cycling industry.And he put himself right in the middleof it when he reopened his parents’ shopin April 2012.As the owner of a store that sells bikesfor both recreation and comfort, Heinz iseverything from a bike technician to anadvice giver. “It’s me, myself and I at the shop,”Heinz said.He encouraged people to visit him ifthey have questions about anything andsaid the worst thing someone can do toresearch a bike is get on the Internet.“I still believe in going to a local bikeshop [for advice],” Heinz said. “That’swhat I’m here for. There are things thataren’t described online.”
Those things include getting the prop-er fit, which is one of the most importantkeys to successful riding. Frame shapesand sizes can, and do, vary, and it is im-portant to find one that fits to ensureyears of comfortable riding.Eastern Oregon Cycles carries an as-sortment of bikes to fit any lifestyle. Ithas road bikes, comfort bikes, three-wheeled recumbent bikes, youth bikesand, of course, mountain bikes.“Not everyone wants to ride a bike on a
road in a bike lane,” Heinz said. That includes him. Ontario’s immedi-ate surroundings don’t offer much in theway of trail riding, but Heinz has lookedinto trail building in the Big Willow areanear New Plymouth. The land he is look-ing at is about 5 miles past the Big Nastyhill climb area and includes Bureau ofLand Management, state and some pri-vate property.“Once the weather works out, I’ll pur-sue it again,” Heinz said.
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Joe Heinz, owner of Eastern Oregon Cycles, in Ontario, gets ready to take a tubeless tire off a rim toput fresh sealant in it. It’s a chore that has to be done about every six months, Heinz said.
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The biggest factor is finding pack-able dirt, he added.“You want clay so it’s not too dusty,”he said.It is, however, important to considerthe natural habitat and whether dirtwill have to be added or taken away,he said.Heinz has experience building trailsaround Boise and Marsing. Last year, he was invited to Trek’sheadquarters in Waterloo, Wisconsin,where in addition to touring the bikefactory, he got to see firsthand thecompany’s private trail system out itsback door. Eastern Oregon Cycles is part ofPeople for Bikes, a national organiza-
tion that works hand in hand withbike retailers to improve communitycycling through education programs.The organization also works withLeague of American Bicyclists and theInternational Mountain BicyclingAssociation — giants in the cyclingworld whose advocacy impacts ridingon roads and on trails, respectively.“At some point, we will have officialscome into town to say, ‘Here’s whatyou can do,’” Heinz said.Trail building is happening rightnow in Weiser, he said, with theWeiser River Trail. That project con-verted an old 84-mile railroad corridorinto a public recreation trail.This early in the year, trails arestill pretty soggy, so Heinz focuseshis efforts elsewhere, including be-hind the scenes on the Tour ofOntario bike race. Heinz also rollsup his sleeves for the Great OwyheeRide in June by doing sack support
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Heinz keeps a bottle of goatheads — driedseeds of puncturevine — on hand to showcustomers who might not be familiar withthem. The spiky-seeded weed thrives in thedry desert area of the Western Treasure Valleyand can wreak havoc on bike tubes and tires.
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and mobile repair, he said.Though continuous effortsto improve cycling havechanged the industry over theyears since his parents first
owned Eastern OregonCycles, Heinz has had noproblem honing his skills tokeep up with the transitions.It’s just like riding a bike.
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LARRY MEYERTHE ARGUS OBSERVER
FRUITLAND
You could say CodyStephens came to physi-cal therapy through the
school of hard knocks, as auser of physical therapy serv-ices because of farming andsports injuries. Stephens has worked at TriCity Physical Therapy for 15years, the last two as owner,having bought the businessfrom Bret Nattress, who wasinstrumental in bringingStephens to the Fruitlandcommunity.Stephens was working for St.Luke’s in Fruitland when hegot a call from Nattress askingStephens if he would be inter-ested in going to work forhim. They did not know eachother, Stephens said, but
they had mutual friends whosuggested Stephens toNattress when he said hewas looking for someone tojoin the clinic.Stephens joined Tri CityPhysical Therapy in December2000, nine months after hestarted working St. Luke’s do-ing inpatient rehabilitation.While still working at theBoise hospital, Stephens didvolunteer work at Tri City.“He needed me right away,”Stephens said.Raised near the small townof Henefer, Utah, near thejunction of interstates 80 and84, Stephens said he had a lotof experience as a patient re-quiring physical therapy as aresult of high school sports in-juries — football and wrestling— and injuries sustained whileworking on his family’s dairyfarm, including being runover by a tractor.
“I broke some bones and lig-aments,” Stephens said. Also, because of a congenitalcondition, he went throughsurgery to have his backfused. “I find that a lot of thera-pists become interested in itas a career path through theirown experiences,” Stephenssaid. Tri City Physical Therapy isclassified as an out-patient fa-cility, with post-surgeryclients, workers’ compensationcases, car accident victims andsports injuries. “We work closely with localhigh schools, so we see a lot oftheir athletes,” Stephens said. While the patients are gen-erally teenagers and older,Stephens said he has had oneinfant under 1 year. His pa-tients cover all age ranges.
“We see a lot of geriatric pa-tients to a few years old,” hesaid. The staff now includesthree full-time therapists, apart-time therapist and threeaides. There’s an office inWeiser in addition to theFruitland clinic.He used to do a lot morewound care, Stephens said,but when St. Luke’s openedits wound care center, most ofthose cases were sent there. Stephens and his wife havefive children, and they feelright at home in the Fruitlandarea. “We love the community,”he said. Having come from a smalltown, Fruitland has been agood fit for them, he said. “We like being involved inthe community,” he said.
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From left are therapists JaNeil Heaton, Craig Hamann and Cody Stephens,owner of Tri City Physical Therapy in Fruitland.
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Greg Gomersall sitsnext to his work benchbehind a nearly com-pleted saddle that willbe shipped to Canada.
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A pair of chaps that belonged to Gomersall’sgrandfather hang on the wall of his shop.
NEW PLYMOUTH
Greg Gomersall built his firstsaddle out of a book in 1985.Shortly after, he went to work
for a saddle maker he had known for afew years.
“We kind of started out fixing our
own stuff at home and thought the
guy with the shop in town was too ex-
pensive. So I figured I could do it for
less money, and now I’m the guy
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for a nearly finished, intricately pat-
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and rodeoing in Saskatchewan, andhis own children will be fifth-genera-tion ranchers. “In 2000, I loaded a truck load ofmerchandise up and went down to theBig Loop Rodeo in Jordan Valley andended up meeting my wife there,”Gomersall said. Shortly thereafter Gomersall movedhis business to Ontario and later toNew Plymouth.Today, Gomersall owns a horse foreach of the four members of his fami-ly.Everyone has their own gear, muchof which Gomersall makes himself.“We use the stuff extensively our-selves, too,” said Gomersall. Having worked with horses his en-tire life, Gomersall understands the
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Tools of the trade
A variety of stampingtools, right, are usedin saddle patterns.
Today, sewing machinesused in saddle makingare manufactured inChina. This one, at left,was built in England inthe early 1900s.
Above, Gomersall uses an antiquemachine with needles built specif-ically for saddle making to stitchthe edge of a piece of leather. Thecentury-old sewing machinesGomersall uses, below, are power-ful enough to sew through metal.
Gomersall uses a machine manu-factured in St. Louis in 1911 for thestitch work on his saddles.
Greg Gomersall usesedgers to round the cor-ners of stirrup leathersin his shop outside NewPlymouth.
quality his customers look for. He buildsfunctional works of art.While large factories use machine-cutpieces, Gomersall fits every piece of thesaddle individually. He designs carbon pat-terns and traces them to the leather beforecutting them in with a swivel knife. Severaltools are used for texturing the leather, ei-ther to makes an impression or raise theleather “to create a three-dimensional ef-fect,” Gomersall said.His tools are all handmade and most ofthem are 100 or more years old. The ma-chines he uses to sew the pieces togetherare also antiques, built in St. Louis andEngland during the early 1900s.Each saddle starts with a shaped woodenpiece called a tree. The tree is covered withsides of raw, heavy, native cow hide. ThenGomersall puts the ground seat in.“This is the portion you would actually siton,” Gomersall said, tapping the seat. “Thisis the foundation of your comfort.”Once the seat is formed, he starts to fit inthe rest of the pieces. The saddle is com-pleted with sheepskin on the bottom tohelp draw heat away from the horse’s back.“It’s going to be a fancy son of gun whenit’s all together,” Gomersall said, indicatingan Alberta-bound saddle waiting to be fin-ished with the stirrup leathers.Every saddle Gomersall builds is one of akind.In the past he has even built movie props.He did the leatherwork for the 2000 movie“Shanghai Noon,” starring Jackie Chan andOwen Wilson. Gomersall also created theprops for Chan’s Hong Kong museum fol-lowing the movie.
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This is a saddle Gomersall made for a silversmithusing metal pieces the smith built himself.
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Gomersall designed and built these spurs straps.
Though building props is fi-nancially rewarding,Gomersall doesn’t do it muchanymore because he doesn’tthink it is fair to put his cus-tom orders aside and make
customers wait.“I’m pretty fortunate,” hesaid. “I get to go to work anddo something I love everyday. A lot of people don’thave that.”
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Family tradition Iseri taps into uniqueniche to aid travelers
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EMILY CARPENTERTHE ARGUS OBSERVER
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After World War II, severalJapanese families in theOntario area returned to
Japan to visit loved ones. Many ofthem needed help arranging boats tocross the Pacific Ocean, and GeorgeIseri was a Japanese communityleader in the Western TreasureValley. He helped first-generationJapanese with things such as SocialSecurity filing, immigration filingand visits to family.A few years helping friends travelback and forth convinced Iseri that abusiness could be used to meet theparticular need, and in 1952 Georgeand his wife Dixie added Iseri Travelto the family’s insurance business. At the time, a couple of other travelagencies in the Northwest helped
them get their start. Today, Ontario-based Iseri is the second-oldestagency in Treasure Valley still main-tained by the original family.George Iseri’s children own thecompany, with his son Mike Iseri asthe administrator. It’s this family aspect that is bothone of the more rewarding and mostchallenging aspects of the job forMike Iseri. Sometimes professionaland personal can be difficult to sepa-rate, but he said he and his brotherJan work well together, using differ-ent skill sets to create the best experi-ence for clients.The way Mike Iseri explains it, theydo the hard work so their customersdon’t need to. Despite competitionfrom online travel retailers, Iseri is
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Mike Iseri and Merry Gill are shown in thefront office at Iseri Travel in Ontario.
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The office at Iseri Travel in Ontario is filled with traveling mementos fromaround the world.
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still competitive because the Iseri brothersknow the local market.Mike Iseri said most travelers in this areacome in and go out through the Boise Airport.Using software tools, online sources and yearsof gathered knowledge, Iseri Travel can finddeals not available on websites.“With websites you can see what fares areavailable on given days. With travel agent reser-vation systems, you can see the actual tariff. Youcan see what the lowest fare filed is,” Iseri said.The tariff is the list of prices for flight servic-es, and the fare is the actual price a travelerwould pay. Iseri Travel can find not just the bestfares available on a given day, but the day withthe lowest fares.“We know the Boise market. We know whoserves the Boise market, and not all of them areavailable on a third-party website on theInternet,” Iseri said. He added that for travelers to be confidentthey have the best fare, his business also needsto know all the airlines that serve the market.“Those two things are the difficult things forthe traveling public. Since [for] travel agents,this is what we do every day, it’s second natureto us,” he said.The agency is also aware of smaller factors,such as which airlines charge for bag checks. Iseri handles travel needs from business to va-cation. Merry Gill, “the frontline worker” at theagency, knows a little bit about everything, Iserisaid. From time to time, people will come inknowing how much they want to spend, but notwhere or when they want to go. Gill gets toknow the clients so she can help work out thedetails.In 2009, Iseri Travel made the arrangementsfor Ontario’s wrestling team to compete inHawaii. The picture hanging on the office wallof the wrestlers waving from a beach speaks toan agency that has remained community-mind-ed over the years.
A globe in the office at IseriTravel marks all the locationsGeorge and Dixie Iseri visited.
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Steve Sparks started outto be an auctioneer afterhigh school, but he met
with some challenges alongthe way.First, his family’s farmequipment business side-tracked him. Then, theInternet changed the auctionbusiness.
Sparks is a third-generation
auctioneer, having followed
the footsteps his grandfather,
Guy Sparks, and father, Gary
Sparks, operating Sparks
Auction Service for more than
55 years.
But, mostly Steve Sparks
can be found at the parts
counter at Nyssa Tractor and
Implement, where he keeps
track of parts being ordered,
available, salvaged and
shipped. However, he still does auc-
tions, mostly donating histime for nonprofit organiza-tions raising money. Those include ONTCCY,Ontario Area Chamber ofCommerce Auction; OregonHunters Association; andthe Nyssa Volunteer FireAssociation. He also helpedthe recent Nyssa Chamberof Commerce Auction, inwhich his dad did the sell-ing.The list doesn’t stop there.“I do the Malheur CountyFair every year,” Sparks said.He explained that at the fair,he is one of several local auc-tioneers who donate theirtime at the junior livestockauction where FFA and 4-Hkids sell their animals.“I enjoy it,” Sparks said. “Ilike the crowds. I like raisingmoney for a good cause.“I like working with Dadand the family,” he added.
While Sparks said he wouldlike to do more auctions, thebusiness has changed a lot. “So much is sold on theInternet,” Sparks said. “Thereis no need for a [live] auction-eer. Everything is on theInternet.”People can just sit at homeand click a button or key ontheir computer or keyboardand bid, Sparks said. It ismore private, and it gives peo-ple more time to think aboutwhat they want to do withoutthe pressure of being at anauction in person. Another benefit is on theInternet, sales get more expo-sure, getting a much biggeraudience.“A lot of stuff brings moremoney,” Sparks said ofInternet auctions. The face of agriculture hasalso changed in the TreasureValley, he said.
It’s not just the Web thathas changed the family auc-tion business, though. TheWestern Treasure Valley itselfhas changed.“We’re dealing with a small-er population,” Sparks said.“There used to be a lot offarmers,” he added. “Now,we’re seeing more and morelarge farms, fewer farm sales,less farm machinery.”Sparks went to auctionschool right out of highschool in Billings, Montana,for a two-week course.“A lot of kids came fromauction families,” he said.Auction school was a valu-able experience, he said, butperhaps not in the way he’dplanned.“It didn’t teach me anythingI didn’t know,” said Sparks,who by the time he went toschool had long been helpingwith auctions put on by his
Steve Sparks looks at some parts being shipped toThe Netherlands at Nyssa Tractor and Implement.
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family. “Just a different per-spective.”At the end of the auctioncourse, students helped withan auction put on by theschool. After school, Sparks foundwork in his chosen field.“I worked at an auto auc-tion in Nampa,” Sparks said.He left, however, to helpout at Nyssa Tractor andImplement, as the businessbecame busier. He never lefthis love of auctioneering be-hind, though.“I miss it,” he said.Sparks said he still is askedto do auctions and helps outwhere he can, be it helpingpeople get their equipment
ready for sale, or taking pic-tures or video to post on anInternet auction site.“There are a lot of plat-forms out there,” he said. Now, when someone askshim to do an auction, Sparksgoes over their options fordoing a sale. Some want tostick with the Web, but“there are people who stillwant to have a live auction,”he said.He said he wishes he couldsell a couple of live auctions aweek, but he enjoys doing thecharity events.“I do that for the fun andentertainment, for the cama-raderie,” he said. “You get tosmile.”
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stacked in piles, boxes and ontop of the shelves to createarches and walkways throughthe shop.Though a newcomer walk-ing through the door mightnot have any idea where tostart, Metcalf knows whereevery book in the store is lo-
cated. “It’s all in my computer,”Metcalf joked, pointing to hishead. “I don’t do [real] com-puters.”Because of that, Chris’ BookCorner doesn’t have a websiteor a Facebook page. Metcalfstill advertises the old-fash-
ioned way and holds downthe store on his own. “I don’t have any other em-ployees,” Metcalf said. “If Ihave something really impor-tant, like going fishing, mywife will watch the store, butshe ran it for 15 or 16 years,so she doesn’t want to do it
that often anymore.”Metcalf and his wife, Chris,started the bookstore innorthern California in 1984.The couple lived nearRedding, and they obtainedthe shop in an estate sale.“[Chris] went to bid on it,but she didn’t know that I’d
Oval Metcalf, owner of Chris’Book Store, has a wide varietyof books — but he says he cannever have enough.
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fixed it so whatever she bid,she got it,” Metcalf said. “Shebid pretty good on it, and Ibought it for her.”They moved to Weiser in1997 and opened their cur-rent location, on State Street,in August 1998. “We left because we gottired of California politics,”Metcalf said. “I’ve run [thebookstore] for most of thetime that we’ve been inWeiser.” Metcalf said in the begin-ning, he would search forbooks at yard sales and any-where else he could findthem, but now the bookscome to him. “People just bring them infor store credit or just to do-nate them,” Metcalf ex-plained. “Just the other day Igot five boxes of books.”Metcalf has pieces of histo-ry peppered throughout thevolumes in Chris’ BookCorner. It is common to findfirst editions published inthe early 1900s, and somefrom the 1800s as well,shelved alongside brand newworks. He keeps multiple copies of
classics such as “LittleWomen” and “War andPeace,” but Metcalf has a sepa-rate case for his special books.
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Valuable volumes, such as BeatrixPotter’s “The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle” and other stories, arehoused in a special case withinChris’ Book Corner.
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Oval Metcalf has a wide variety of books in Chris’ Book Corner, from newreleases to what some might consider artifacts of the past. Some of thefirst editions in Chris’ Book Corner are from the 1800s and are consideredcollectables.
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“I keep the more valuableones in here,” Metcalf said,squeezing behind the unas-suming case, nearly hidden bystacks of books. In the glass-enclosed case,Metcalf has stacks of firsteditions. Among them areStephen King’s “Carrie,”
works by Gene-StrattonPorter and Mrs. L.T. Meade,and the stories of BeatrixPotter. “You can never have toomany books,” Metcalf said.“When I go out and findbooks, I just try not to get theones I already have.”
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The classic stories of Dickand Jane are just some of the75,000 books Oval Metcalfhas in Chris’ Book Corner.
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ready to crack into their hibernating RVsfor a summer vacation, after all. Still,Ron Hollis says he is busy all year round,even without the springtime bustle. Hollis’ repair shop, tucked between asandwich shop and a gas station on U.S.95 in Payette, stands apart from main-stream RV companies in that he takes onthe monster projects that cause most toturn their backs: old caravans with decay-
ing floors, cracked steel furnaces or wa-terlogged ceilings. Total rebuilds, he callsthem.Summer can be busy with suddenpopped tires or zapped batteries, butHollis plans ahead for the slower wintermonths by buying a handful of totaledRVs from online auctions. When thingsslow down, he drags one in, repairs itand sells it out front.“I got one in the hole right now thatneeds to have its entire roof replaced,”Hollis said, work-worn hands folded andresting on the front desk.He has about four total rebuilds in hisgarage right now. “This one had a bathtub, but they want-ed a shower,” Hollis said as he toured theunlit caravan’s hallway, a skylight’s framehanging from the ceiling, and pointed towhere the tub used to be. “So I toreeverything out and put in a shower.”If anyone is preparing to buy a used RV,Hollis recommends asking the owner toturn on all the appliances, particularlythe fridge, hours before inspection. “It takes serval hours for your fridge tocool,” he said. “Your appliances are yourbig dollar items on your RV.”A new fridge, for instance, could runfrom $1,400 to $1,500, and a new fur-nace could cost between $400 and $500.
Of the many things to keep tabs on,Hollis says RV owners need to keep aneye on the roof for the No. 1 RV killer:water damage. Just throwing a tarp overthe top will not keep it protected, either.Tarps can actually do more harm thangood, since they are ill-fitting and themetal eyelets can scratch the paint andmetal.
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Zac Earll, a member of the salesstaff at Edge Performance Sports,takes a Polaris RZR out for a spinon the track behind the dealership.
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Vincent Kruszewski, left, and Zac Earll, both members of EdgePerformance Sports' sales staff, enjoy taking powersport vehicles, likethese Polaris RZRs, out on the dirt track behind the dealership.
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parts have been popular withfamilies for many years, butScott said he’s noticed a ris-ing interest with the youngergeneration.“Young people are more in-volved than ever before,” Scottsaid. “It’s fun and cool.”For those with a passion forpowersport vehicles, Ontario
Vincent Kruszewski and Zac Earll,both members of PerformanceEdge Sports' sales staff, kick upsome dirt in the Can-Am Maverickside-by-side powersport vehicle.
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is an ideal location. “It’s an hour or two to any-where you’d want to go,”Scott said. “If you’re intoracing, you can probably goto a race every weekend.”Scott said some of themore popular places to rideinclude Sumpter, the McCallarea and Garden Valley.Those looking to go on alonger jaunt will go to the St.Anthony Sand Dunes orMoab in Utah, ChristmasValley or to the OregonCoast.
“It depends on what youlike to do,” Scott said. “A lotof people like to go to theWeiser Sand Dunes becauseit’s close.” Edge Performance Sportssells powersport vehicles,but it also sponsors arearaces, like the Big Nasty,which is held annually in thehills north and east of NewPlymouth two weekends af-ter Labor Day. The event
boasts live music, vendorsand racing up the face ofthree different hills. “It used to be pretty wild,”Scott said. “It’s a little bitmore of a family event now,but it’s still a lot of fun.”Scott said the best partabout selling ATVs and mo-torcycles is the connectionwith his customers. “You have two groups, the
customers and our crew,”
Scott said. “We’re all pas-sionate about the samething.”That passion for ridingand racing prompts Scottand his crew to stock a vari-ety of machines from differ-ent manufacturers in orderto provide something foreveryone. “We try and get our cus-tomers exactly what fitstheir needs,” Scott said.“We’re about to get Sea-Doos, and we’ll have snow-mobiles for the winter.”
When Vincent Kruszewski isn't sell-ing powersport vehicles at EdgePerformance Sports, he can befound on the track romping in a vari-ety of vehicles like this Polaris RZR.
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Owner Mike Hanigan of HaniganChevrolet in Payette chats withguests during the dealership’s 90thanniversary on St. Patrick’s Day.
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The Hanigan Chevrolet dealership has been in the Hanigan family for 90 years. It is currently owned by MikeHanigan, far left, who has owned the company for 25 years. Pictured are, back row from left, Mike Hanigan, AnnieHanigan, Susie Hanigan, Mary Hanigan, Liz Hanigan, Christy Hanigan and Kevin Hanigan. Front row, from left,are Jill Hanigan, Katie Hanigan and Bob Hanigan.
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About that time, his father,Bob Hanigan, announced hisretirement at age 65. Hewrote to all eight of his chil-dren, asking if one of themcould take over the used-cardealership in Payette. They allsaid no, including Mike.“Then I started to feel bad,”he admitted. Mike Hanigan took a leave
of absence from work, packedhis bags and flew to Payette tohelp his father auction off thedealership. But that neverhappened.“Instead, I fell in love withthe car business,” Hanigansaid. That happened whenHanigan sold a car. Not justany car, but the oldest car on
the lot, the one everyoneswore would never sell.There was nothing mechani-cally wrong with the vehicle;it was an old Ford pickuptruck in perfect working con-dition, with no outward blem-ishes. But for some unknownreason, everyone had a hardtime getting it off the lot.Then Hanigan swooped in,
inexperienced and untrained,and made the deal happen.That’s when he found he wasnot only good at selling cars,but he also enjoyed it.“Selling cars is fun,” he said.“It’s a really good business.”Now, 25 years later, MikeHanigan is in Payette celebrat-ing the dealership’s 90th an-niversary. It has been a large
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This is a 1938 photo of Hanigan Chevrolet Co. and its personnel from the Independent-Enterprise when the dealership was located at the cornerof Main Street and First Avenue South. It moved to its current location in 1967.
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part of Payette history as well as his fami-ly’s; his grandfather, John “Jack” Hanigan,co-owned it when it was Pruden-Haniganin 1925.Jack moved to Payette with his family in1902, where he took up owning a tavern.Even with the tavern, he had his eye onthe new automobile industry. In an inter-view with The Argus Observer early lastyear, Bob Hanigan said his father wasmore of an accountant, so meeting thenatural-born businessman Al Pruden wasa happenstance relationship that made thetwo excellent business partners. They each purchased the dealership for$1,000 using borrowed money, since nei-ther could afford the funds at the time.They started with a handful of tools anda single Chevy vehicle. Now, Hanigan Chevrolet is one of theoldest Chevy dealerships in the country,sitting at No. 25 on the list. Jack Hanigan took over the business in1932, when he bought out Pruden. In1940, Hanigan Chevrolet was doing wellwith 17 employees. The business alsohad added a used-car lot south of its lo-cation. An Independent-Enterprise ad-vertisement said the business sold nearly300 cars that year.Jack died in 1969, and Bob bought thebusiness in the 1970s. Mike took over in1989.Since then, Hanigan has had goodyears and bad years, but overall it has
been a success. One particularly roughpatch happened just at the turn of thenation’s economic crash in 2008. “They were terrible, terrible years,” herecalled. “But all my employees stayedwith me.”He survived those years by calling outall his employees to the showroom anddiscussing a 10 percent pay cut. They allagreed, and they stayed with him. He al-so pared down his inventory.
Now Hanigan is looking forward to theyears ahead as the economy picks itselfup. He owns a lot out by Interstate 84and U.S. 95 in Fruitland. He hopes tobuild a new dealership out there one day.He has all the plans ready to go, but heis waiting to sell a few more cars beforemaking that investment. If 25 years hastaught him anything, it is knowing howto go with the flow and wait for the righttime to take the next big leap.
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Mike and his father, Bob, are two of the three generations of Hanigans who have owned the car deal-ership. Bob’s father, Jack, was the first owner when he and his business partner, Al Pruden, openedthe dealership in 1925.
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