Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Concrete legacy

Hi-Grade Materials patriarch Robert Hove celebrates 80th birthday

The Robar Enterprises companies all stopped work for a brief period on Friday across the High Desert. Although rock dust still filled the air at the Hi-Grade Materials Company ready-mix concrete company site on Bear Valley Road, there was also the smell of steak, chicken and sausage grilling. Similar cookouts happened at company sites in Lancaster, two locations in Arizona and company quarries across the High Desert.

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