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Our sincere sympathy to Kevin & Kristen (Lady Houdini) Ridgeway
January 12, 2019—Kevin Ridgeway Today is the two year anniversary of our wreck. Today
was supposed to be a celebration of being alive. A cele- bration of surviving a wreck that should have taken my life. A celebration of not just still being here, but of thriving. But a celebration seems very selfish now that a family member has been lost. A family member that has been taken in the same manner that tried to take me. It would seem selfish to celebrate life when Officer
Clayton Townsend is no longer here. When a wife is now a widow, and a son is now fatherless. Today is no
celebration...today is a wake up call to everyone that still texts while driving. This is Officer Clayton Town-
lanes of traffic at full speed and hit Clayton. He leaves behind his wife Deanna and a 10 month old son Brixton. DON’T let this happen to you. Make a commitment to
NEVER text & drive. It only takes one moment of dis- traction while driving to change your life and IMPACT the lives of so many others in a cata- strophic way. NOTHING is that im- portant. DON’T wait until you suffer a loss to make the commitment to NEV- ER text & drive. DISTRACTED driving KILLS!
send our niece’s husband. He was handling a routine traffic stop in Scottsdale, AZ and was hit and killed by a texting mo- torist. He wasn’t just side- swiped, the motorist was tex- ting and veered across two
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REMEMBERING THOSE……… There were no deaths reported from our membership
since our last publication. Please help us honor and recognize our friends in the
Fair industry who pass away during the year by sending their names and Fair affiliation to the Federation for inclu- sion in the Resolutions passed at each year’s Convention and also be included in the next issue of the newsletter. Please include person’s affiliation with your Fair or compa- ny and years of service. Send to
Cheryl.flood@freshfromflorida.com and to
lisahinton@floridafairs.org.
70 FAIRCRACKER-SPRING 2019
BOB JOHNSON RETIRES OABA President, Bob Johnson,
announced to the OABA Board and staff that he plans to retire in February 2019, after having served this trade association ex- ceptionally well for almost 25 years.
While Bob and his wife Alex are
looking forward to visiting with family on the West Coast, travel- ing and pursuing their retirement dreams, Bob will not completely “sail off into the sunset,” as he is passionate about the great fami- lies that comprise Fairs and the amusement industry where he has worked for 41 years. We wish you both many happy years in retirement!
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