P
o
l
k C
oun
t
y
L
i
v
ing
Po
l
k Coun
t
y
I
t
em
i
z
e
r
-Ob
se
rv
e
r
• Augu
s
t 26
, 2015 7
A
K
enn
e
l k
e
ep
s up t
rad
i
t
ion o
f d
e
s
i
gn
in
g h
i
s co
rn ma
z
e
THE
MAZE
CU
T
TER
By Luka
s Eggen
The
I
t
em
i
z
e
r
-Ob
se
rv
e
r
MONMOUTH — When A
i
r
l
ie
H
i
l
l
s F
a
rm show
ed o
f
f i
t
s f
i
r
s
t “
co
rn
ma
z
e
” in 2006 w
i
th i
t
s f
low
e
r and
bumb
le bee de
s
ign
, i
t wa
sn
’
t qu
i
te
l
ike the ma
z
e k
id
s a
r
e a
c
cu
s
tomed
to see
ing in r
e
cen
t y
ea
r
s
.
“When we s
ta
r
ted ou
t ou
r ve
ry
f
i
r
s
t yea
r
, we so
r
t o
f had a co
rn
ma
ze
,
” ma
ze de
s
igne
r Aa
ron Ken
-
ne
l sa
id
. “
I don
’
t rea
l
ly coun
t i
t a
s
a co
rn ma
ze
. I
t wa
s rea
l
ly sma
l
l
,
abou
t an ac
re and a ha
l
f
. I
t wa
s
some
th
ing fun to do w
i
th the
k
id
s
, and we had ju
s
t s
ta
r
ted
do
ing the pumpk
in pa
tch
, so they
he
lped ou
t
. W
e had a few p
re
-
schoo
l c
la
s
se
s come b
y and we
we
re open to the pub
l
ic
. I
t s
ta
r
ted
ou
t sma
l
l
.
”
Oh
, how th
ing
s ha
v
e changed
.
F
a
s
t fo
rwa
rd to 2014 and K
enne
l
,
who de
s
ign
s and cu
t
s the co
rn
ma
z
e ea
ch y
ea
r
, had a s
l
igh
t
l
y b
ig
-
ge
r can
va
s to wo
rk w
i
th
.
“La
s
t y
ea
r
’
s de
s
ign wa
s p
r
e
t
t
y
de
ta
i
led and comp
le
x
,
” Kenne
l
sa
id
. “
I
t wa
s a b
ig
, 10
-a
c
r
e ma
z
e
and had a r
ea
l
l
y coo
l eag
le de
s
ign
.
”
The ma
z
e ha
s in
c
r
ea
sed in s
i
z
e
and comp
le
x
i
t
y
, bu
t i
t
s goa
l r
e
-
ma
in
s the same f
rom the da
y i
t
s
ta
r
ted
.
—
Wh
i
le fam
i
l
ie
s f
rom th
roughou
t
Po
lk Coun
t
y v
i
s
i
t the fa
rm in O
c
to
-
be
r
, the wo
rk on the co
rn ma
z
e
beg
in
s long be
fo
r
e i
t open
s to the
pub
l
i
c
.
In mo
s
t yea
r
s
, Kenne
l beg
in
s
tack
l
ing the co
rn ma
ze r
igh
t
a
round the t
ime the coun
t
ry
i
s ce
leb
ra
t
ing i
t
s independ
-
ence
.
The co
rn i
s p
lan
ted in
,
ea
r
l
y Ju
l
y
, w
ea
the
r pe
rm
i
t
-
t
ing
.
Once the co
rn reache
s
abou
t knee he
igh
t
, K
enne
l
r
ead
ie
s the de
s
ign
.
“F
i
r
s
t
, I make a pe
r
ime
te
r o
f
the f
ie
ld w
i
th my GPS t
racke
r
,
”
PHO
TO
S BY LUKA
S EGG
EN
/
I
t
em
i
z
e
r
-Ob
se
rv
e
r
Aa
ron Kenne
l wo
rk
s on cu
t
t
ing the de
s
ign
in
to h
i
s co
rn ma
ze a
t A
i
r
l
ie F
a
rm
s
in Monmou
th
. Kenne
l began cu
t
t
ing the ma
ze on F
r
iday
.
Kenne
l sa
id
. “Then
, I pu
t tha
t
pe
r
ime
te
r on
to a compu
te
r
sc
reen and I s
ta
r
t p
lay
ing
w
i
th de
s
ign
s and d
raw
ing i
t
ou
t
.
”
H
i
s in
sp
i
ra
t
ion can come
f
rom a
lmo
s
t an
y
th
ing
, K
en
-
ne
l sa
id
.
Once a de
s
ign ca
tche
s
h
i
s eye
, he
’
s ready to
s
ta
r
t cu
t
t
ing in m
id
-Au
-
gu
s
t
, when Kenne
l w
i
l
l
fo
l
low a
long h
i
s GPS
t
racked des
ign on h
is
compu
te
r
.
Wha
t w
i
l
l the f
in
i
shed p
rod
-
u
c
t look l
ike
?
A
l
l w
i
l
l be r
e
v
ea
led soon
, K
enne
l
sa
id
.
“
I
ju
s
t f
in
i
shed m
y de
s
ign on F
r
i
-
da
y
,
” he sa
id
. “
I
t can take up to 40
hou
r
s to f
in
i
sh cu
t
t
ing and in a
coup
le w
eek
s
, w
e
’
l
l ha
v
e an ae
r
ia
l
sho
t o
f the ma
z
e
.
”
When A
i
r
l
ie H
i
l
l
s F
a
rm o
f
fe
red
i
t
s f
i
r
s
t co
rn maze
, Kenne
l d
idn
’
t
qu
i
te know how popu
la
r i
t wou
ld
be
, bu
t he had hope
s fo
r wha
t i
t
wou
ld ach
ieve — o
f
fe
r a fam
i
ly
f
r
iend
ly expe
r
ience fo
r a
l
l age
s
.
A
s
ide f
rom the co
rn maze
,
2015 w
i
l
l o
f
fe
r a hay ma
ze
, hay
p
y
ram
id
, t
r
ike rac
ing
, hay fo
r
t
,
hay r
ide
s
, indoo
r hay s
l
ide
s
, fa
rm
an
ima
l
s
, whea
t bo
x and
, on the
weekend
s
, peda
l
-ka
r
t
s and a da
rk
ma
ze
.
A w
r
i
s
tband co
s
t
s $7 du
r
ing
the week and $9 on Sa
tu
rday
s
and Sunday
s
, g
iv
ing acce
s
s to a
l
l
o
f the fa
rm
’
s a
t
t
rac
t
ion
s
.
“
I d
idn
’
t e
xpe
c
t i
t to g
row to
whe
r
e w
e
’
r
e a
t now
,
” K
enne
l sa
id
. “
I
don
’
t con
s
ide
r u
s to be huge
, bu
t
w
e
’
r
e a
t lea
s
t popu
la
r in the lo
ca
l
a
r
ea and w
e t
ry to se
t th
ing
s up in
a way tha
t make
s eve
rybody
happ
y
.
”
The A
i
r
l
ie H
i
l
l
s co
rn ma
z
e ha
s
come a long wa
y f
rom i
t
s mode
s
t
beg
inn
ing
s
; bu
t in the end
, K
enne
l
sa
id he hope
s i
t con
t
inue
s to a
c
-
comp
l
i
sh the same goa
l a
s when
he f
i
r
s
t s
ta
r
ted
.
“
I th
ink i
t he
lp
s in
c
r
ea
se app
r
e
-
c
ia
t
ion fo
r ou
r c
rop
s
,
” K
enne
l sa
id
.
“
I
t
’
s good fo
r fam
i
l
ie
s and ind
i
v
id
-
ua
l
s to spend t
ime ou
t
s
ide and
awa
y f
rom the compu
te
r and the
TV
, I th
ink
.
”
I
t
’
s a
-m
a
z
e
-
i
n
g
Wha
t
: A
i
r
l
ie H
i
l
l
s H
a
r
-
v
e
s
t F
e
s
t
i
v
a
l & Pump
k
in
P
a
t
ch
.
When
:O
c
t
. 1
-31
.
Whe
re
: 10720 A
i
r
l
ie Rd
.
,
Monmou
th
.
A
c
t
iv
i
t
ie
s
: Co
rn m
a
z
e
,
h
a
y m
a
ze
, h
a
y p
y
r
am
id
,
t
r
i
ke r
a
c
ing
, h
a
y fo
r
t
, h
a
y
r
ide
s
, whe
a
t bo
x
, f
a
rm an
i
-
ma
l
s
, indoo
r ha
y s
l
ide
s
,
peda
l ka
r
t
s (weekend
s
on
ly
) and da
rk maze
(w
ee
kend
s on
l
y
)
.
P
r
i
ce
: Monda
y
-F
r
ida
y
,
$7
; F
r
id
a
y and S
a
tu
rd
a
y
, $9
.
Fo
r mo
re in
fo
rma
t
ion
:
www
.
a
i
r
l
ieh
i
l
l
s
.
com
.
Aa
ron Kenne
l c
rea
te
s the de
s
ign fo
r h
i
s ma
ze on h
i
s compu
te
r
, then
cu
t
s the de
s
ign in
to the co
rn ma
ze by fo
l
low
ing the pa
t
te
rn u
s
ing
Kenne
l p
lan
t
s the co
rn
in ea
r
ly Ju
ly and beg
in
s de
s
ign
ing h
i
s co
rn ma
ze soon a
f
te
r
.
h
i
s GPS and
lap
top
.