<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4eJxkq_176Y8FbJ00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4eJxkq_176Y8FbJ00" width="1200" height="600" >VERDIGRE, Neb. (KOLN) - Dana Konopasek starts her mornings baking at the Verdigre Bakery, teaches students at the elementary school and ends her days coaching cross country.After practice, she flies back to the kitchen to prepare pastries for the next day.“Some days I feel like Clark Kent because I come with my bakery clothes on,” Konopasek said. “I fly out of those and put my school clothes on. Then I go after school to put cross country clothes on.”Konopasek bought the bakery in July 2024 from Pete and Mary Pavlik, who had owned it for nearly 25 years.“Then I decided one day, I’ve always done farmers markets and I like visiting with people and selling stuff,” Konopasek said. “And so one day I told [Pete Pavlik], ‘You know, if you’re ever interested in selling the bakery, you know, I’d be interested.’”After taking over the bakery, Konopasek still uses recipes passed down from the original owners to honor her hometown’s Czechoslovakian heritage.“Before I hated cooking and I hated baking,” Konopasek said. “And that’s no lie. Now I own a bakery. But I like the building and I like pleasing people.”The bakery plays a central role in Verdigre’s annual Kolach Days celebration, which has run for about 56 years.“We celebrate Kolach Days every year, and I think we’re the kolach capitol every year because not many towns can say that they make almost a thousand kolaches for their town’s celebration,” Konopasek said.Konopasek follows in her mother’s footsteps and joins many of her siblings who own businesses in Verdigre.“We were so excited that it was still a bakery. We were afraid if when he retired, it’s not going to be. So yeah, it’s a great asset to the town,” said Kathy Masat, a community member.This resource feeds the small town and continues a big summer tradition.“Kolache Day started... probably about 56 years ago, something like that, and at that time, it was maybe a little larger as far as on Main Street,” said Karen Sonder, who was crowned the first “Kolach Queen.”Sonder joins Konopasek in the Verdigre Bakery, where serving the community comes naturally.“Just growing up with my mom and always wanting to do stuff for the community,” Konopasek said. “And so it just is natural for us to serve the community and want to, keep our community going strong.”In the meantime, she’s helping Czech heritage and local tastes thrive. The Verdigre Bakery is at 405 S. Main St. in Verdigre. The business’s Facebook page displays the operating hours.</div></body>

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VERDIGRE, Neb. (KOLN) - Dana Konopasek starts her mornings baking at the Verdigre Bakery, teaches students at the elementary school and ends her days coaching cross country. After practice, she flies back to the kitchen to prepare pastries for the next day. “Some days I feel like Clark Kent because...

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