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Come Help us Hit a "Grant Slam"

Help us in our Effort to be chosen for a $30,000 Grant to help make our downtown the place to be and do business!

When: May 23, 2012

Where: The Sun Theatre

Time: 10:00 a.m.

The time is NOW to come out and support your community! The Department of Economic Development has chosen Holdrege as a town they want to visit as part of the Downtown Revitalization Grant Process. This is our chance to show them why Holdrege is a great investment!

Help us fill the theatre and see why our town is Just The Place to Hit a Grant Slam!

This is OPEN to everyone!! Call the Chamber for more information!!!!

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Charming guests in downtown Holdrege
By Jennifer Chick

Jan Weich and Graham Henning have opened their century-old home on Holdrege’s East Avenue to guests from around the country at their bed and breakfast, Das Gasthaus.

Das Gasthaus (German for the guest house) has been open since 2005 when Jan and Graham decided to rent out four of their bedrooms for out-of-town guests to enjoy. The couple had been living in and renovating the house at 621 East Avenue for ten years, which in its former lives had been a doctor’s residence and a mortuary, when a neighbor and owner of another bed and breakfast then in town, the Crow’s Nest, encouraged them to open it up as a bed and breakfast. Jan says she had never stayed at a bed and breakfast, but the house’s layout was perfect, with four bedrooms upstairs separate from the couple’s living space. It also sounded like an ideal retirement endeavor.

“It worked out with our schedule because if we are going to be busy or out of town, we just don’t take guests,” Jan said.

Jan, a retired teacher, and Graham, a retired computer analyst and insurance and investment agent, did most of the renovations themselves. Jan has decorated each of the four rooms with a different flavor, often using family heirlooms such as her grandmother’s 100-year-old bedroom set and her mother’s cedar chest. Both reside in Grossmutter’s Zimmer (Grandmother’s Room).

Das Gasthaus doesn’t do much advertising, but an Internet site set up three years ago, www.dasgasthaus.net, brings in most of their guests, along with recommendations from past visitors.

“We’re not near as busy as we could be because we’re a little bit too far off the Interstate to be really busy,” Jan said. “But once guests stay here, they usually come back.”

She is always excited to meet new guests and serves a basic breakfast, which includes homemade applesauce from her backyard tree, along with homemade bread or muffins. Das Gasthaus has seen family Thanksgiving celebrations, birthdays, class reunions, an Australian solar car crew, and a Texas bank president on his way to Lincoln to referee a UNL football game. This June, a bride and her bridesmaids will stay at Das Gasthaus before the wedding.

“Everybody has a story and it’s so interesting because everybody is anxious to tell you their story,” Jan said. “I love meeting the people. That’s the best part.”

There are no televisions in the rooms to disturb other guests, but there is a television in the downstairs parlor. Das Gasthaus also offers wireless broadband for guests. As Holdrege’s only bed and breakfast, Das Gasthaus’ charm sets it apart as a unique experience featuring Heartland hospitality at its best. For more information, visit Das Gasthaus’ website or call 308-995-2440.

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