That was one of our goals, to surprise people. Everyone thought that we'd be down, but we want to show we still have something special.

and I thought the people who voted against him were nuts.

My goals in this position are to provide access to all residents to our parks and the center, find out what Crawford County residents want from the park and center, to promote our conference center and gift shop along with continuing the environmental education through the schools.

A lot of the fear was fueled by misconceptions, ... Some people thought bodies were going to be burned so diseases could be spread through the air. None of that is going to happen.

I thought to myself, here's a real worthwhile cause. You're helping people in a struggle here. You want to do what you can to help, and this is the time of year for it.

You have to look at the positives. We scored some goals. I thought we battled hard.