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Show DAVIS DECEMBER 4, 1985 REFLEX-JOURNA- UPRR opens auto center BRYANS PEOPLE people in Davis Union Pacific System has completed and placed in operation its new $5.3 million automobile distribution center at Clearfield THE FACILITY will serve as the County. -- - . primary distribution center for General Motors vehicles destined for dealers in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and parts of Nevada. It is also the regional distribution center for American Motors and UP hopes to Theres no tie game add other manufacturers near future. Restmmntuer had vision LAYTON The Peppercorn more than a restaurant. the story of a man. is ..It's also THE MAN is its owner. Persian-borHersh Ipaktchian, a enigma who left an engineering program in his senioi year of college to operate a then n Ham-buoya- minimally-profitabl- fast-foo- d e res- taurant That early decision has led to one of Utahs greatest success . it was only the first of many in which Hersh rejected the comfortable and sensible" option to pursue a greater risk. Hersh is like a football coach w ho refuses to settle for a tie game. stories-b- ut TAKE AWAY the challenge and you've taken away an integral part of human character," he says. You develop character by working hard and taking risks. I'm not the type of man to sit around and clip municipal bond coupons for a Life is one secure if you don't gigantic gamble--anplay the game, then you can't win." As a gambler Hersh shuffled the cards early. He knew only a few words of English when as a teenager, he came to Los Angeles to enroll in an inner-cithigh school. All the odds were against foreign kids like me, he recalls. I had very little money and I didn't I did know know the language-b- ut how to work! early-retiremen- LAY! ON - Inspitc of the late fall season and th'eat ol bad weather, construction activity in Layton icmamcd vciy healthy. Duting October, the building dcpni intent issued 47 pel nuts for single dwellings, one 4 pie peimit and thice lot new commercial buildings. -- CLEARFIELD up close and personal look at interesting An Layton building healthy seret News" lestauiant cutic. Io confound the skeptics even mine, the Peppeicoin sales mix is showing mine than 60 peicent fiesh seafood. this in w hat Heish admits is a tradition, il ' meat and potatoes" mat ket I HE KIA to any successful icsiamant is the involvement ol the I he owner. savs Hersh guv at the helm is the one who makes somethingclick. Any business person who invests a million dollars into a pioje i and then turns it totally over i employees is a damn , in the The facility has three unloading tracks with a capacity of 30 multi-leve- l rail cars used for transporting motor vehicles and parking stalls tor ,700 automobiles. Three automobile portable unloading ramps expedite unloading of the rail cars. ASPHALT paving has been installed on all but 13 acres of the site. The remaining area has been surfaced with gravel and is being held for future expansion. Other facilities at the center include a battery charging area, ramp office, covered truck loading area, guard house and Five-ba- y garage and office building. INITIALLY, UP expects to handle 59,000 motor vehicles annually with that number expected to grow as other manufacturers begin using the center, a UP news release says. 70-ac- chocolate bar stuf ted with puddings, mousses, s and a variety sundaes, ot toppings and chocolate candies, (lbs traditional bar" the Pepper-c-u- n Lounge, also accents the unusual with a variety of blended dunks horn taspberry, strawberry and banana daquiris to the Kahlua-base- d Iootsie Roll.) Comloitably decorated with an assoitment of solid oak, stained glass and sunny terrariums, the ti ip through a nnm-eclair- lestaurant even boasts of salt and pepper shakers. But Hei sh is aware that decor may gold-loppe- d 1 controlled through successful management," he says. The most important thing to do is get it right in the first place. Our customers will pay for a superior product. Where a restaurant gets into trouble is when it starts one way but then shifts to cutting back on food or decor. After losing its game plan,' a business rapidly goes dow- t. d WAVWVj nhill." HERSH VOWS he will not "cut back he often "looks back on his career. That immigrant who couldn't speak English now writes a regular column for a Los but y Angeles-base- d restaurant THE BUILDING inspectois lesponded to during the month, dntg AND HOW he worked! He parked cars, loaded produce, served as a waiter, sold clothing, pumped gasoline. ..And through a e succession of jobs in California and Utah, he gained a valulow-ag- - LAYTON Layton's loimci postm.oici will cxpl mi an in m Kot.uv a vcntion he's winking to petted m tod.o's meeting. 1 I I GROUP is looking foivvatd to then ( hns'iiiis Pain at the Valley View Golf Couise. as well. Mi oung says. Rod Lewis is this year's piesident THE! Dec. 11 A Wins nursery award Tammy King of Clinton has been named a Silv ci aw ai d w inner in regional competition foi the National I Nniseiy Proficiency Award. She is the daughter ot lolm and Alton Chapici King and a member of the Cleai field I 1 I Opu-ation- A i 1 Inc. The award is one of 29 Agiicultuial PioIiucikv Awards presented annually at local, state, regional and national levels to recognize H'A members for achievements m activ ities leading to careers in agriculture. Tammy was presented a framed ceitilie.de tesogmmg hei placing in the regional competition Introducing Products Leisure-Lif- t maga- 1 Valley Home Medicare 377 E. Gentile, 0 Layton 544-570- He had vision. : HERSHS vision was to achieve success on his own terms. When he was offered a substantial family inheritance, he flatly rejected it. demake it on my ciding he could own. When he was later offered a handsome pay raise to continue as general manager of a string of restaurants, he also turned it down, opting instead to hawk his automobile to raise cash and buy his First restaurant. And when skeptics told him Layton was a poor and untested location for an upscale restaurant, he poured nearly Si million into the Peppercorn. So far, the cards are in his favor. The Peppercorn sales volume is running some 35 percent ahead of his own projections and the restaurant has received an excellent r rating from the De four-sta- IIKUSH II KTCHI AN fool. Employ ees can make or bi eak attract, but not hold" a customer. if they break it. I he food quality is essential, and a business-b- ut then it's the owner's fault for let- heading the kitchen operation is veteran (and former Beehive ting them do so." Herxh's concept for the Pepper-coin-hi- s Chef of the Year") Carl Morgan, tilth icstaurant in current previously retired after serving as operation was, as he describes, executive corporate chef for Salt Pearson Enterprises. casually elegant" dining in a Lake-base- d y . California-t- y pe MORGAN WAS lured back into atmospheie " His menu offerings challenge the traditional in Davis the kitchen after Hersh promised County. His luncheon menu, foi him carte blanche in equipment instance, includes three types of and food preparation. The Pepomelettes, and both lunch and percorn was exciting in that Hersh include three Fresh said cost would not be a problem. Catch seafood items. Of course, cost is always a consideration. but Hersh views cost as HISMAJORd essert attraction is a secondary ingredient in a sucalso unique, offering customers a cessful restaurant. Costs can be non-stuff- The Gift that Keeps on giving-yea- r after year after year Were expanding Help us celebrate our grand opening in our new location Come in and register for free drawing to be held on Dec. 21st 12 Color TV - (need not be present to win) Over 2000 program choices 24-hou- rs a day Unsurpassed picture quality All major systems available Patio or deck mounted systems s TAMMY BEX'AME! eligible for the legioital an oil w hen she won the $100 State I FA Nursery operations pmliciciicv Aw.ud sponsored by Weyerhaeuser Company I oimdation. Lyonia. Washington as a Special Project ot the National I A t ounda-tion- , better. The average person judged success on how much money he was making; however, the successful person judged success on how much money he could make. It was a big difference The average man had a paycheck; the successful man had vision. v t HIE SERA ICE! gtoup w ill meet at noon at the iltleti ee Inn Restaurant for their iegul.it vveeklv meet me to hem Ken Stuart's address, says Spencei Young, club spoke spei son Three new members weie iccently installed lom Wmegai. of Tom's Super Save; Dan (Jaibet. loan otku lm a l.avton mortgage loan firm and Brad Camp, ow nei m.in.ieu ol avion Hills Mali's Chick Fillet. I hirtv two now k I, me to the dub HE KNEW that times would get able insight. inspect calls Rotary luncheon set zine delivered in Western states. And he remembers walking home with his wife some 20 years ago when he discovered he had only 10 cents left in his pocket. He stopped at a grocery store and blew the entire dime on a Coke. 1 4'X) -i- deal for condos and apartments Financing Service Greenhouse & Garden Center 315 North Main New Hours 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. M-S- - Kaysville - 546-361- 7 Closed Sundays Visa Mastercharge |