They were robbed. Twice. Someone stole cash from their donation box. After the
first time, they secured the box better and installed a security camera.
This picture is from last year, showing the donation box before it was made more secure. Recent video showed a young woman trying to take the box, but finding that it was locked and bolted to the boards, she returned to their truck, and a man emerged and tore out the box and the board, damaging the surrounding enclosure. He threw the board with the box in the back of the truck and drove off.
The video was posted to the Internet, and local people recognized the
couple. My understanding is that they were arrested.
The owners of the sunflower farm were devastated by the crime and decided to
close for the season ahead of schedule. They are accepting donations.
It’s not unusual for people in this area to rely on an honor system for small
purchases. It was startling to me when I first moved here to see how many
roadside stands were unattended with cash boxes for produce, flowers, or eggs. I think this system worked fairly well until drug addiction became widespread in rural areas..
The final picture is one that Lynn took of me and Charlie in front of the scarecrow at the maze. I’m glad she got to see it when she did. I’ve been in previous years and I enjoyed going back. I hope that the owners can recover their losses and their faith in humanity.
Such a violation of trust, yet heartening that the community recognised the culprits and rallied around the farm with support
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ReplyDeleteIt's a wonderful photo of you and Charlie. It's very sad and disheartening that the addiction issues of some are ruining so many things. I hope those people can get some help.
ReplyDeleteThat is so sad, a few people have to ruin a good thing.
ReplyDeleteWe have the same road stands or farm stands at the end of their driveway. I have not heard of people stealing, yet. Great photo of you and Charlie. Take care, Happy Friday! Have a great day and a happy weekend.
Honest boxes are quite common here and seem to work well. Addiction will drive decent people to do bad things to fuel their habit.
ReplyDelete...low lives.
ReplyDeleteIt's terrible one cannot go by the honor system anymore. The sunflowers are beautiful and I love the scarecrow.
ReplyDeleteSo sad. A good example of how a few bad people can spoil things for everyone else.
ReplyDeleteHow sad. There aren't many honor boxes in my area of the state anymore. I hope the owners of the maze will have enough faith to plant it again next year. The dishonest people ruin things for all of us. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteCrimes like that seem to rip the fabric of the universe in rural areas. It kind of destroys trust.
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