Joe Raymond, Megan Raymond and Randy Raymond Jr. of Raymond’s Trophy & Awards are proud to serve the community with personalized trophies and plaques.
A WINNING FAMILY Trophy business owners prize their longevity By Lisa Kimble
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n a day and age when a gentleman’s word and a handshake don’t count for much, it is nice to know that’s still the cornerstone of the Raymond family’s commitment to service at Raymond’s Trophy & Awards. Chances are good there is a personalized trophy or plaque in your home or office from Raymond’s. It’s Kern County’s largest trophy shop, and this summer, the familyrun business celebrated 20 years in business. Two decades ago, a former Kern County Sheriff’s homicide detective took a
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leap of faith and left the job security of working for the county to become his own boss and buy a trophy shop. His family, including sons Randy Jr. and Joe who now own the business, prizes the shop’s longevity and that fateful decision their patriarch made in the summer of 1994. Moss Henken started the trophy shop in 1952. It was sold to G.R. Reynolds in 1971, and for many years was known as Reynold’s Trophy. But after 23 years, Reynolds decided to sell the business and retire to Colorado. He didn’t have to look very far for a prospective buyer. Good friend and neighbor Randy Raymond was ripe for the picking. Raymond had worked for the Kern County Sheriff’s Office for 20 years, and retirement was only 10 years away. But the lifestyle, unpredictable hours, and nature of investigating murders were taking their toll. “As my dad puts it, by the time Reynolds and my dad got to Chester and California avenues, they shook on it, and my dad owned a trophy business,” Randy Raymond Jr. said