So I didn’t know that at the time. So I said, “Then, Mel, you talked to Jerry. “You know, he’s here, in your department. “And right now we’re under your department, “even though we have a private zoo board here.” He called up Jerry and said, “I’m gonna look at that.” I met Jerry, talked to him. I said, “I like this guy.” I said, “Jerry, I’ll help you the animals. “So will other people up here. “That’s not really our problem.” I said, “Running the day-to-day operations. “It’s how big the operation’s getting right now.” He takes the job, he’s here for 17 years (laughs).
