“YOU BETTER THINK (think), think about what you’re doing to me!” Those song lyrics from Aretha Franklin’s hit “Think” played repeatedly in my mind each time I heard 4L arena owner Kari Payne emphasize that her events weren’t the usual games for those with experienced gaming horses.
“IT’S SUCH A wonderful feeling knowing we have a year’s worth of hay stacked in our barn,” exclaimed OPEN co-founder Valerie Jackson. “And this is the second year in a row we’ve been financially able to have it delivered and stacked for us.”
BY NOW OLYMPIC Peninsula Equine Network, or OPEN, runs like a well-oiled machine. But even a well-oiled machine needs more new oil to keep it up and running.