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Volume XXVIII Number 6
December 6, 2019
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C & D Drive-In changes hands - but you’ll recognize everyone working! Denno, Jennifer and their two sons plus all the regular employees are still serving up Bozo Burgers!
Deeno and Jennifer Leighton are the new owners of Boardman’s C & D Drive-In as of November 1st. Nothing much changes since they have both worked there for years!
C & D Drive-In on Main Street in Boardman has long been familiar to the community and tourists. November 1st was a banner day for Jennifer and Deeno Leighton -- they signed all the papers making them the owners of C & D Drive-In and took over that day! “Nothing is changing,” says Jennifer. “Our whole family will continue working here and all the employees are staying.” Deeno has been a familiar fixture around Boardman since he grew up here, graduating from Riverside in 1979. After stints at delivering fuel and working at the Port, he settled down working at C & D about four years ago. Jennifer grew up near Corbett, OR, and graduated from Huntington High School in 1999, but she has family ties in Boardman, with her Grandma Alice Ellis, so Jennifer moved to Boardman after school and began working at C & D soon after that. Jack & LaVerne Bozarth had been long time owners of C & D, before selling to Jack Triperinas about
10 years ago. Jennifer has been the manager of C & D for five years, so she has a good idea of how to run the business. “Jack Triperinas would tell me he was going to be gone for a couple of weeks, and I just took care of everything,” she says. “Sometimes he would say he was going to be gone for a couple of months, and I just carried on!” Jennifer figured that owning C & D was a good opportunity for their family. “C & D is good to family and good to the town. It’s the next step, the next challenge in the process,” she added. The Leightons’ sons William, age 20 and Hunter, age 16 both work full time at the restaurant. Deeno and Jennifer work long hours and days, but try to take off a couple of days each week. They occasionally travel to Lincoln City and both love the beach. They recently purchased Jack & LaVerne Bozarth’s previous home, which is ironic. The
Leightons love the home with the privacy it has and the closeness to C & D. The Leightons are keeping the menu at C & D as it is for now, but they may add some items in the spring. If you purchased a Pirate Card from the RHS Football Team, that allows you a large pizza for $11.99; Take and Bake pizzas are $5.00 off always. And of course there is the famous Bozo Burger! Community members and travelers alike stop to partake of that tradition. The construction going on in Boardman has been good for business, the Leightons say. They pride themselves on having sometimes huge calledin orders done right and ready on time. C & D Drive-In is open 7 days a week, Monday through Saturday 6:00 am to 10:00 pm, Sunday 6:00 am to 9:00 pm. Phone number is 541/481-4981. Come by and try our seasonal pumpkin spice and eggnog milkshakes, they add.