Publisher and Co-owner Brenda Johnson Brandt joined The Holyoke Enterprise staff in 1979 as News Editor, and added the Managing Editor responsibilities in 1980. In 1994, she assumed the Ad Manager role and became Publisher at the Enterprise, while continuing news coverage on a more limited basis. In 1999, Brenda and her sister and brother-in-law (Lori and Russ Pankonin) purchased Johnson Publications (Holyoke Enterprise, Imperial Republican, Grant Tribune-Sentinel and Wauneta Breeze) from Loral and Elna Johnson.
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    Amy Einspahr joined the Enterprise staff in August of 2002. In addition to serving as receptionist for the office, she also handles the classified advertising. Amy and her husband Allen farm in the Holyoke area. They have three grown children and three grandsons.
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    April Peregoy began at the Enterprise in August of 2007 as a reporter.
        Peregoy earned an associate's degree in social sciences from Central Wyoming College in Riverton, and later earned her B.A. degree in history from Chadron State College in Chadron, Neb. in 2006.
        Peregoy and her husband moved to Holyoke when Drew accepted a job as a kindergarten teacher in the local school district.
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    Brandt is no newcomer to Holyoke, as she returns for the summer after her freshman year at Amherst College in Amherst, Mass.
        Brandt handled some writing duties for the Enterprise for several weeks last summer, and the staff is glad to have her back for this year's summer break.
        While she's not yet declared a college major, Brandt said she is checking out English and psychology as possibilities. She added a new dimension of "sport" last year when she joined her college women's fencing team.
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