“Name that Year” is designed to put your knowledge of Tracy and its newsmakers of the past to the test. Each week, we will publish a news item that ran in a past edition — maybe it was a major event, or a story about a Tracy resident — it’s up to you to determine in what year that particular news item hit the pages of the paper:
• ONE OF TRACY’S OLDEST FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESSES BEGAN A “RETIREMENT SALE” IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
“It’s time,” says Warren Hemmingsen of Hemmingsen’s RV Sales. The 1970 Tracy High School graduate plans to sell his remaining inventory of campers this spring, and then have an auction to dispose of his tools, equipment, and parts inventory. The Hwy. 14 property will be put up for sale.
“It’s been a good business,” Hemmingsen reflects. “But I’m going to be 65 this summer, and I’d like to have more time to do some other things in summer that I enjoy.”
Having made the decision to retire, Hemmingsen did not order in new RVs to sell from his lot this spring, as has been the case for the past 30 years. The RV units that remain are pre-owned fifth-wheels and travel trailers that were taken in on trade.
He feels the Hwy. 14 property will be attractive to a buyer looking to start or expand a business in Tracy.
Hemmingsen anticipates that after the remaining campers are sold, an auction to sell the equipment and tools will be held in June or July.
• Last week’s answer: The City of Tracy and the Tracy Public School District decided to move ahead with a cooperative plan to improve the Veterans’ Memorial Center athletic arena in 2016.
