We requested our honorees: What would crowd be shocked to find out about you?

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We requested our honorees: What would crowd be shocked to find out about you?

“I actually worked on the mechanical side of dairy farming. I used to help change tires, change oil. I didn’t do it myself; I will say that I’m not that good. But I helped change a radiator in a Mack truck and those kind of things.” — Tineke Greyling

“I own an off-the-track thoroughbred [Rowdy] who was bred in Kentucky and is supposed to be a really great racehorse, but he never won a single race.” — Samantha Sonnemaker

“Sometimes employees are surprised when I tell them I want to ‘train my replacement.’ People need to know the business, and they need to understand how everything works. When I tell people that, they say, ‘You mean, you want me to take over your job?’ They’re kind of surprised by it.” — Jeff Defonseka

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