Kokomo Joe’s celebrates employee’s enlistment in the marines

ST. PETERS, Mo. – Celebrations aren’t new to Kokomo Joe’s Family Fun Center in St. Peters. But one they hosted Thursday was more special than most.

Kokomo Joe’s hosted a sendoff party for one of their very own employees, Ian Hedgecorth, who enlisted in the Marines and will be deployed to Japan for the next three years.

“It’s a little sad knowing I might not see many of these people very much anymore, but knowing where I’m going and what I got ahead of me, makes me really excited,” he said.