Editor Notebook

August 5, 2021

Patriot Beef purchased the old pantry (Zero Pantry building) in Deshler. They have done some work on the building and have started processing cattle. The Patriot Beef ribbon cutting was Friday. Those who attended the event were (from left) Mike Zucker, Haley Webber, Julia Pohlmann Deshler chamber members; JD Marquart, chamber president; Jacob Renteria, Darryl Lindeque (owner), Steven Sanchez (Patriot Beef), Aubrey Lindeque, Patriot Beef; Julie Deepe, Deshler mayor; Rafael Colon, Patriot Beef, Chrystal Miller and Jamie Calkins, both chamber members.

It took 21 years but Friday I finally made it to Deshler and the Spring Creek Model Trains store. I had planned to attend their spring toy show but a family conflict took me south to Osborne on show day.

As a youngster, I enjoyed playing with a Lionel model train and dreamed of expanding the train layout to circle the basement of my family's home on Blauvelt's Hill. I studied the toy catalogs and designed the layout I wanted to build when I got sufficient money together. Of course, there had to be bridges across the two openings that led from the basement and I drew bridge designs. As the...

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