Sterle retires after 36 years at Texas Trail Market

The Pine Bluffs Senior Center was the setting Sunday afternoon for the retirement party of Texas Trail Market employee Shirley Sterle, who is leaving after 36 years with the co-op.

Approximately 40 friends, family, co-workers and the board of the market were in attendance for Sterle's sendoff. Amongst these was Sterle's longtime friend and co-worker, Linda Coffman.

"Shirley and I have been together, at the store, for 36 years," Coffman said.

Sterle was born in Kimball but has been a Pine Bluffs resident since 1979.

"I was born in Kimball, and raised west of Bushnell. Then I lived in Bushnell f...