Lake Country Faces: Meat cutter eyes 60 years at Schaefer's Foods

Where I Live: Lake Country at Eagle Mountain Lake is ‘a little slice of heaven’

By Jonas and Robin Bohlin We both have our roots in northwest Tarrant County. We like to call this our “little slice of heaven,” Lake Country Estates, that is, on Eagle Mountain Lake.  Where I Live spotlights Tarrant County’s unique neighborhoods, as told by the residents that live there. Submit an essay to tell us about your neighborhood. Where I Live is sponsored by Frost Bank. We moved back to Lake Country in 2001, after spending our young a…

Lake Country Faces: Meat cutter eyes 60 years at Schaefer's Foods

NISSWA — Jack Hagerty wouldn't change a thing about his long career in the Schaefer's Foods meat department. In fact, his goal is to make it to year 60 at the grocery store that opened in Nisswa in 1964-65. "Next June!" said Hagerty, who is now 82 and started working in the store's meat department in June 1966. Though he retired from full-time work in 2004 after 38 years as meat department manager, Hagerty continued cutting meat for two more sum…