Hedley store shutting down temporarily

Hedley’s only convenience store is closing at the end of this month, but the owner says she plans to be back in business soon.

Tonja Ruthardt told the Enterprise Tuesday that either Saturday or Sunday will be the last day for Uncle Bob’s as she prepares to move into a café one door west.

“I’m just moving to a new location, we’ll still have a store,” Ruthhardt said. “I’m taking most of my stuff with me.”

When Uncle Bob’s re-opens it will be a combination café and convenience store, although the menu and hours have not been set yet.

“I don’t know what all we’ll have, but we’ll definitely have chicken fried steak. Everyone tells me we have to have that,” Ruthardt said. “And I will be closed a couple of days a week, but even that might change.”

Ruthardt said the electric bill at her store had gotten out of hand, and she expects to trim that cost significantly at the new location. She said she has to close the store temporarily in order to have time to fix up her new location.