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Bob Hickman, owner of Hickman Saddlery in Post Falls, Idaho, operates a display at the Red Bluff Bull and Gelding Sale. He normally does 20 trade shows a year, but this was his first one since last year’s Red Bluff event. Work continued for ranchers, while others spent more time with their horses.
Many businesses suffered in 2020, but Bob Hickman’s saddlery shop in Post Falls, Idaho, more than held its own.
“This last year was the best year we’ve ever had,” Hickman, owner of Hickman Saddlery, said at the Red Bluff Bull and Gelding Sale. “No. 1, Idaho is wide open, and we had all these Washington customers because we’re right on the border.
Dec 26, 2020
In this file photo, Andy Baker, owner of AndyMark, welcomes the public to his companyâs new location at 1900 E. North St. on Wednesday, July 11, 2018. Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune
AndyMark, a Kokomo-based global robotic parts supply company, is receiving a loan from the city of Kokomo to help pay for new equipment and to retain and create jobs, as its business is trying to recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
The cityâs Revolving Loan Fund Board unanimously approved earlier this month a seven-year loan of $280,000 at a 2% interest rate. The money will be used to buy new equipment to expand and diversify the companyâs product line and its production capabilities, and keep more of the production process in-house as compared to outsourcing the work, which will save the business money in the long term, owner and president Andy Baker told the board.