EVER RIDE AN ELEPHANT, OR RACE AN OSTRICH?  IT ALL HAPPENED TO ME WHEN FORMER OTTAWA COUNTY FAIR MANAGER APPROACHED ME ABOUT TAKING PART IN THOSE ACTIVITIES AT THE FAIR.  CHUCK ANDERSON OUR MORNING ANNOUNCER, BILL BRODIE A WJBL ANNOUNCER AND MYSELF GOT ON THE ELEPHANTS AND "RACED"DOWN THE RACE TRACK.  FORTUNATELY IT WAS CONTROLLED BY THE TRAINERS AND WE DID NOT GO FAR.  NEXT WAS THE OSTRICH RACE WHEN WE GOT ON THE CARTS BEHIND THE BIG BIRDS.  STEERING THE OSTRICH, WE WERE TOLD, WAS WITH A BROOM, PUTTING THE BROOM UP NEAR THE BIRDS HEAD.  WE FOUND THIS WAS NOT VERY EFFECTIVE.  BILL AND I WERE STOPPED A FEW HUNDRED FEET DOWN THE TRACK, WHILE CHUCK'S BIRD RACED ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TRACK TO THE CHEERING CROWD.  MY WIFE AND KIDS WERE IN THE STANDS AND THEY GOT A BIG KICK OUT OF DAD GOING ON THE WILD RIDE.  

EVER DO SOMETHING CRAZY? TELL ME ABOUT IT.