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Monroe native's Super Bowl dream comes true
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Submitted photo Joe Simler, a 2004 MHS graduate and sales executive for the Packers, poses with his parents, Don and Marcia, in Dallas during the Super Bowl.
MONROE - The Green Bay Packers won Super Bowl XLV just over a month ago, and one Monroe native was right in the middle of it - not on the field, but in the offices upstairs."It was incredible. It's one of those things that you could hardly believe it happened," said Joe Simler, a 2004 MHS graduate and current premium seating sales executive for the Packers. "For days it just didn't even settle in. It was just pure joy and excitement after the game. It's hard to even describe.