i keia la ʻO Sterman Masser, Inc. nā moku 8,000 loli me nā limahana 400 a me nā mahiʻai 6,000 mau eka - ma kahi o 1,000 mau ʻeka o kaʻuala
Ua ulu lāua ʻo Keith lāua ʻo Helen Masser ma nā mahi ʻai ʻuala ma Pennsylvania ma mua o ka hui ʻana a me ka male ʻana i ke aʻo ʻana ma ke Kula Nui ʻo Penn State. Akā inā ʻoe e nīnau iā lākou i ko lākou ʻano i ka wā i male ai lākou e pili ana i ka hoʻi ʻana i ka wā mahiʻai piha, e pane koke lākou a hoʻoholo ʻole i ka maikaʻi ʻole.
"ʻAʻole loa," wahi a Keith.
"ʻAʻole," wahi a Helen, e ʻakaʻaka ana. "Ua male au iā ia ma lalo o nā hoʻopunipuni wahaheʻe."
Akā ʻo ka lilo ʻana i mākua kahi ala e hoʻololi ai i ka manaʻo o ka poʻe. I ka wā i hoʻokipa ai nā Massers i kā lāua keiki ʻo David i ka honua, ua ʻike lākou i ka hopena e kōkua i ke ʻano o nā ola ʻaʻole wale o lākou a me ko lākou ʻohana, akā he mau haneli mau poʻe ma ka ʻoihana ʻuala.
"Ua hoʻomaka mākou e hana i kahi ʻimi ʻuhane," wahi a Keith. "Ua nīnau mākou i kekahi i kekahi," Pehea mākou e makemake ai e hānai i kā mākou keiki? " A ua hoʻoholo mākou ʻo ke ala ʻoi loa e hānai ai i kahi ʻohana ma kahi mahiʻai. ”
No laila ua hoʻi ka ʻohana ʻōpio i ka mahiʻai Masser kokoke i Sacramento, Pa., I ka 1976, e hui pū ana me ka makuakāne o Keith, ʻo Sterman Masser. Ua hoʻokumu paʻa ʻia ka ʻohana, ua ulu ka ʻuala ma waenakonu o Pennsylvania mai ka makahiki 1800, akā i loko o nā makahiki i hala aku nei, e hoʻonui ana ʻo Keith lāua ʻo Helen i ka mahi mahiʻai a me ka ʻūlū ʻana a me nā hale hoʻouna ma mua o ka mea a lākou i manaʻo ai.
"Ua pālua mākou i ko mākou ulu ʻana i kēlā me kēia ʻelima mau makahiki i nā makahiki '70 a me 80," i hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻo Keith. "Ma 1976 ua ulu mākou ma kahi o 100 mau eka o ka ʻuala a ua hoʻouna ʻia ma kahi o 300 truckloads me 10 limahana. I kēia lā, ua hoʻouna ʻo Sterman Masser, Inc. i 8,000 truckloads me 400 mau limahana a me nā mahina ʻai 6,000 eka - ma kahi o 1,000 mau ʻeka o kaʻuala. "
Ua hana nui nā Massers i ka ʻoihana ʻuala ma mua o kā lākou ʻoihana kūleʻa ponoʻī. Ua lawelawe ʻo Keith lāua ʻo Helen i kekahi mau makahiki ma ka US Potato Board (i kēia manawa ʻo Potato USA), a ua lawelawe kēlā me kēia no hoʻokahi makahiki ma ke ʻano he noho o kēlā hui. Ua pili pū lākou me ka National Potato Council, me Keith e noho pelekikena ana ma 2004. Noho paʻa lākou ma Pennsylvania Farm Bureau a me Penn State, kahi a Keith i noho ai ma ke ʻano he lunahoomalu o ka papa kahu a ʻo ia ka luna o ka Penn State Health i kēia manawa. Papa.
Hāʻawi pū nā Massers i nā haʻawina haumana iā Penn State ag a me nā haumāna lapaʻau. I ka 2018, ua hoʻopaʻa ka Massers i ka hoʻohiki e hana i ka ʻO ka noho luna ʻohana Masser ʻohana ma ka ʻImi Uala, ka mea e kākoʻo i ke lālā o ke kumu ma ke Kulanui o ka mahiʻai mahiʻai a Penn State nona ka noiʻi a me ke aʻo ʻana e kia ana i ka holomua ʻana i ka ʻoihana ʻuala o ka mokuʻāina.
"He mau hoaaloha maikaʻi ʻo Keith lāua ʻo Helen a me nā lālā hoʻolaʻa o ka ʻohana Penn State," i ʻōlelo ʻo Barron. "ʻO kā lākou mau makahiki he nui i lawelawe ai i kā mākou ʻoihana, kākoʻo no kā mākou mikiona hāʻawi ʻāina, a me nā manawaleʻa manawaleʻa i hoʻololi. Hōʻike kēia makana i ka mākaukau hou e piʻi i luna e hāʻawi i 'A Greater Penn State.'"
ʻOiai kā lākou keiki, ʻO David lāua ʻo Julie, i kēia manawa ke poʻo o ka hana a Sterman Masser, Inc., Keith a me Helen Masser e hoʻomau i ka hilinaʻi ʻia e kōkua i ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka ʻoihana ʻohana, a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā ʻōlelo aʻo a me ka loea i loaʻa i loko o ke ola o ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ko lākou ʻohana a me ka ʻoihana ʻuala.