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ever since: a family-owned
business for 34 years.
The Kurdupskis both say,
"Graeagle Land and Water
has been very good to us."
Cathy adds, "It's a great
community. It's a great place
PROFILES IN BUSINESS to own a business. It's a great
.................................. I ii i woRKS .................................. place for everything."
Diana Jorgenson
Staff Writer
djorgenson@plumasnews.com
Graeagle Mill Works is a
familiar oasis to travelers in
the Graeagle-Lakes Basin
area and a favorite place for
locals to gather.
It has had time to gain
familiarity and to become a
favorite and in May, Cathy
and Tim Kurdupski cele-
brated their 20th anniver-
sary, a milestone that makes
them proud.
But wait, there is a back
story and the Kurdupski
story goes back even further:
back to Tim's mother, Zella
Kurdupski, who began
Graeagle Mill Works next
to the Knotty Pine (where
accountants currently reside)
and ran the small shop for
14 years.
At some point, she transi-
tioned to the little red house
next to .the small office mall at
the northern end of Graeagle.
And they've been there
cooking, although Cathy
credits Tim with being "the;'
cook.
Tim agrees that he does
much of the cooking, but
says, "I do my soups. She
does her soups,"
Cathy's not satisfied with
that and adds, "He's probably
Coffee, teas and candies got the best clam chowder in
were the original sellei"s Plumas County."
when Zella owned Mill Tim jokes, "Northern
Works, and rows of glass jars California."
filled with coffee beans and By way of example, the
jelly beans (and a colorful soups for that day were:
assortment of other sweets) stuffed bell pepper, taco
greet you when you first soup and chicken tortellini.
walk in the door. Gazpacho is a mainstay in
Although colorful candies summer months.
may catch the eye, brewing "Consistency" is the word
coffee and simmering soups that comes to Tim's mind
send delightful odors to your when he is asked to attribute
nose. Mill Works' longevity and
Then, take a look at the success.
yummy things in the display The Kurdupskis pride
case. themselves on providing a
Mill Works has earned a consistently good product
reputation for its homemade day after day, seven days a
soups and cinnamon rolls, week, 11 months of the year.
highly placed on a menu that In addition to those,fast-
includes a lot of other tasty moving espresso drinks, Mill
desserts made at the shop: Works sells coffee by the
cheesecake, carrot cake, pound. There are also a
brownies, chocolate mousse, variety of coffee cups, greet-
pies and muffins, ing cards and a smattering of
"Everything is pretty much gourmet condiments: jellies,
as Zell had it," said Cathy, hot sauce, chutney, ranch
but she and Tim have aug- dressing and honey.
mented the shop's reputation Cathy also credits their
by becoming known for their longevity to having great
culinary skills, employees. "In the past 20
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Tim and Cathy Kurdupski have been running Graeagle Mill Works
14 years the business was previously owned by Tim's mother. It
coffee and dessert lovers. Photo by Diana Jorgenson
no more than 12 differentfrom Tim's mother. Before
employees." too much time passed, the
High school kids, who start couple began to wonder why
their work lives at Mill Tim was leaving home to log,
Works, tend to continue there while Cathy needed to hire
throughout high school and help.
into college. One of them, "I'm just the hired help,"
Chelsea Gallup, was their says Tim, but it's obvious
youngest-starting employee, that they have found a
She has moved around and balance in their working
come back, working there off relationship over the years.
and on for 15 years. "We've certainly laughed a
Lisa Hartwig has been lot over the last 20 years. We
there the longest at 14 years, have great clientele," says
and Kandy Foard has now Cathy. "The locals are the
been with Mill Works for five best and they keep me afloat
years, in the winter."
In the busy summer Sometimes, the locals are
months, the coffee and con- scared away by the summer
fectionary shop may require crowds, but Cathy looks
a staff of seven employees, forward to those customers
while only two or three are as well. The same visitors to
needed in the winter, the area come year after
The Kurdupskis met when year.
Cathy owned the Sattley She says that there are
Store, having recently relo- three groups in particular--
cated from the Bay Area. Tim one in June, one in July and,
was a logger living in Sattley. one in August -- that are her
After they were married ..............
Cathy bought Mill Works :.She:s CtLrrently lookrag
for 20 years, surpassing the
is a favorite Graeagle haunt for
forward to a group of 45 - 50
people who, each year, take
over the Feather River Park
Resort for the weekend. Each
morning, the wives walk to
Mill Works for coffee,
desserts and sandwiches.
"This is their 20th year as
well. That will be fun," says
Cathy.
The Kurdupskis are ready
for a busy summer of greet-
ing returning friends. After
20 years, customers become
old friends.
Graeagle Mill Works
Owners: Cathy and Tim
Kurdupski
Address: 115 Highway 89,
Graeagle CA 96106
Phone number: 836-2828
Hours: Open seven days per
week, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.,
excluding the month of
March, Christmas, New
Year's, Easter and Thanks-
giving ......
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,!
Looking for a great
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Lassen County Fairgrounds
Susanville, CA 96130
Doors open at 5:00 pm
Dinner at 6:30 pm
Tickets available at
Honey Lake Firearms,
DalCar Electric. in
or
Susanville,
call 530-310.3734
200 E. Main St., Quincy
Natio nty
Front row; Tim DeMartile, Linda Patton,
Back row; Evans Jr., J.R. and Evans DeMartile
Local businesses sometimes do not receive an atta boy for
services that they perform above and beyond. The business that I would
like to commend is DeMartile's Automotive in Quincy. During the past
several weeks I have had a problem with my vehicle being covered under
my warranty by a dealership in Reno. The reason that I had purchased
this vehicle was because it had a wonderful warranty. DeMartile's
diagnosed the problem and since it was an expensive item to fix and I
only had a few thousand miles to go on my warranty the dealership was
not willing to fix my car without a fight. DeMartile's went the extra mile.
They called the dealership for me and told them what the problem was
after I had to have it towed there. They made copies of pertinent paper-
work showing the dealership that they had performed the required
maintenance when required and double Checked with another dealership
to make sure what they had done was by the manual. Thank you again
Evans and Tim at DeMartile's.
Linda Patton, Quincy