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Hoffmaster Sets Pace as Industry Leader in Protecting Environment & Consumers

For most native Nebraskans, red is their favorite color. It signifies generations of leading the pack as a national football powerhouse. Andy Romjue has taken a slightly different path as he focuses on green. Not that kind of green but the hue that reflects the protection of our environment and for years to come.

As the leader of Hoffmaster’s foodservice division, he has created an agenda that…

Over the weekend a couple more vintage trailers showed up at Hoffmaster State Park. In my relatively short time as pseudo Carl Camper I believe I have become somewhat of a trailer snob. I appreciate style and function. These small old trailers hold up well and promote an environmentally conservative approach to camping.  

Unlike the vast majority of large stick-built trailers and motorhomes, the vintage aluminum campers as well as the many different brands of fiberglass trailers will continue to have a life of their own long after the behemoths are thrown on the perpetual junk heap.

The showers and restroom in our section of Hoffmaster are new, clean, hot, and with good water pressure. The best yet in a Michigan state park environment. But all is not well. Yesterday I had to approach our new neighbors and express to them that I was not feeling good about what appeared to me to be their encroachment into the clearly-marked buffer zone between us. Their tent stakes and tethers did not bother me, nor did their two long clothes lines stretched between the trees. But the two hammocks hanging outside my front door didn’t seem right. It felt unfair. And they agreed immediately to take care of the problem. This was my first encounter with neighbors in a campground, in a possible confrontational situation, and it went very well. I read recently that the truth, if spoken honestly and from the heart, will always come out of your mouth perfectly. Often we stew about things, get angry, plan our attack or manipulation, and consequently create a bigger problem only because we fail to speak honestly from the heart. I have been consciously practicing this new approach for the the last two weeks and have had great success. I am certain this is not the first time I have done this, but I was not previously aware of my actions. Now I am.  And I am a better, more likable, person for it.