09/14/2026
I am pleased to say I have some of the best young people working for us and this whole wide world. So the night before last we were a little heavy on labor so we were able to walk around the Hardin County Fair and see a few things that we wanted to say, as I’m walking up to Pony Ride, I’m seeing this young family standing in front of the ticket booth and as I got closer, I thought what in the world is going on what is the hold up? Why aren’t my people helping my customers at the window, there was several people in line. As I got closer, I seen this young family wrestling with tubes and wires and different medical devices and I thought I’m just going to watch and see what’s happening here and see how my employees are going to react because I just knew that this little guy was going to want to ride a pony.
So I stood back and watched in the people move the child’s mobility unit to the side of the ticket booth and so I preceded to walk into the pony rides and I said hey guys, how’s things going and the one little Asian girl that works for said oh things are gone great And before I knew it, she was allowing this little boy on a ventilator, and he had some other devices on him and he was assisting this family on putting this child on our ponies so after the crowd died down a little bit, I asked her I said Van, did you know that that little boy was going to be riding the ponies and she smiled real big and she said I did and I said you guys do not know how happy this makes me that you made this happen even when I was not around and I want you to know that the decision you made was absolutely the correct decision and I would’ve made the same decision as well and she smiled and kind of her shoulders and turned her head. She was so proud of herself when they ask her this guy ride the ponies and she said yes. Not only do I give her kudos, but I also give, Landon and Kiley, kudos for walking slowly with the ponies so that little boy would be able to Ride the ponies safely needless to say each one of my employees got a bonus that night and the only reason they got the bonus they did was not because we were extremely busy, but we had a great day, but it was because they created a memory for this little boy and for his family for the rest of their lives.
So we received a message today and it was actually from this little boys family and I can’t say enough about how well these kids maneuvered and handled this situation as well as Riley and I would have if not even better so I want to say thank you from the bottom of our hearts Once again for creating creating this memory for this little boy and his family and always know where there is a well there is a way to make things like this happen guys. You did a great job and I’m very proud of each of you.
