Guest Editorial

By this time next week, Deutschesfest will be over, and a lot of hardworking volunteers will be able to step back and heave a sigh of relief. For a little while, anyway.

We need to make it known that we appreciate all the effort that goes into making our hometown celebration a success year after year.

There are the people who put in hours and hours organizing the biergarten, the parade, the vendors and entertainment. There are the people who are new and leap in with both feet, and those who have been doing their part for so long they could probably do it in their sleep.

There are the people wh...