Linda Deshler, circulation coordinator and all-around administrative support for Antiques & Auction News, is retiring after 38 years of employment. I started working for Joel Sater in September of 1983 when they were still in Marietta, shortly after my husband and I moved here from the Lehigh Valley. Joel and Denise interviewed me over coffee and cookies at their kitchen table. Our offices were in the basement. It was a laidback environment. We occasionally took breaks in the backyard and had coffee together every morning, yet it was a very busy time, remarked Deshler. In the 80s, we had to convert from Radio Shack to IBMs soon after Engle Printing & Publishing Company bought the paper in 1984. Classifieds were a big thing then. When I came on board, I was prospecting, and then did distribution. Ive seen so many changes, furthered Deshler, who, in many regards, is the backbone of the publication. Im well over retirement age, and the plan is to move back to the Lehigh Valley to be closer to family. My whole family lives in that area. Ive enjoyed the people Ive worked with and the work itself, but I want to be around my family more, ended Deshler. There has been no greater personal supporter and asset in my short eight years at the helm than Linda. I will greatly miss her. We all wish her nothing but the very best and thank her for her dedicated work.