I'm going to tell you a story that I was hoping that I wouldn't have to divulge. With it hitting all the major newspapers in the area I might as well. I guess sometime Sunday night a handful of Glenview boys decided while in a self induced stupor that jumping the fence at the farm and trying their hand at "cow tipping" would be a good time. I don't have all the details yet but from the story I'm hearing some farm neighbors spotted the kids in the field and called the police. The kids ran and that was when the GPD called for heavy duty back-up, the State Police. When all the fun was over the cows were still standing and the kids were under arrest (trespassing). The only damage being "something" done to one of the police cars. Still investigating what that something was.Put yourself in my shoes, a call comes in from the Chicago Tribune wanting your thoughts on cow tipping. For those of you who don't know I'm from Iowa and while not all Iowans are from farms most of us do know cows are hefty. Heck, they come out at birth over 100 pounds. The calves we take to the county fair weigh up to 1,400 pounds. I can't tell you how many times I had one of these beasts stand on my foot and me push as hard as I could to try to move them. So I thought long and hard and said, "If the boys want to go snipe hunting I would be willing to take them."
Here's the newspaper story from WGN TV. http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/05/4-accused-in-attempted-cow-tipping.html
