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AUGUST 2010
HI KIDS – ARE YOU READY FOR AUGUST?
I’m not so sure I am – this year seems to be going by to darned
fast! I certainly hope you’ve been able to enjoy our brand new
“covered” arena as much as I have – we are certainly blessed……..
Our
July Business Meeting
was (again) very well attended. We had to start without Gerald – he
was away, taking care of his Mom (but he did show-up as soon as he
could.) We covered quite a few “newsy” items: The
lights
are now installed and they do a great job;
Water
has been installed at two corners of the arena with one out in the
back-40; The fences
are now painted; Now that so many folks are using the arena during
“off” hours, it’s doubly important that we
pick-up after ourselves
(trash, that is): We will attempt to have two separate
Judges
at future shows – one for Western and one for Racking; The arena
will be closed
on
Friday evenings BEFORE each show – to allow it to be conditioned for
the next day’s show; Thanks to Carol Demme/Jones for the great
bulletin board
– feel free to use it (and thank/support Carol in any way you can)
A couple of
Old Business
items
were
discussed: We need to keep our horses
OFF of the graveled areas
around the arena and behind the bleachers (we actually had one horse
bite a spectator….); Our first
Trail Ride
of the year will probably be in September (when it’s not quite so
hot); We now have (after our July Show)
344 Club Members.
A few
New Business
items were also discussed; We had quite a few suggestions for
future “improvements”
for the arena: such as a sprinkler system for watering the arena,
advertisement signs about the arena, etc. – we’re working on all of
these; We need to all remember, the
JUDGE”S DECISION AT A SHOW IS FINAL
– do not run to the sign-up ladies to launch your complaint(s). If
you find or suspect a problem, talk to one of your Club Officers and
they will take whatever action is appropriate; One more rule that we
need to enforce: the steps to
the announcer’s booth are “OFF LIMITS”
– Please don’t use them unless you have permission (they’re busy
enough up there – they don’t need interruptions!)
Don’t forget to
mark your calendars as follows:
-- Thursday, July 29th
-- Special meeting of the UCSC regarding parking for the rodeo @
7:00P
-- Saturday, August 7th -- Murray County Saddle
Club Open Horse Show (an Association Show)
sign-up @ 3:30P – start @ 5:00P
-- Saturday, August 14th -- Copper Basin Saddle
Club Open Horse Show (an Association Show)
start @ 3:00P
-- Thursday, August 19th -- UCSC Business Meeting @
the UCSC clubhouse @ 7:00PM sharp
-- Saturday, August 21st -- UCSC Open Horse Show -
sign-up @ 10AM, start @ 11AM
(Allison Morgan,
Judge)
-- See our web site <UnionCountySaddleClub.org> for everything else
(I’m running out of page…)
As usual, I
invite you all to send comments, suggestions, complaints, criticisms
and anything else you need to get off your chest to:
Union County
Saddle Club, Inc.
c/o Jim Holzinger
42 Brumby Run
Blairsville, GA 30512
- or -
E-mail to:
keyholz@aol.com
JULY 2010
HI KIDS – WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
OUR NEW COVERED ARENA? AIN’T IT GRAND? I certainly hope you all
had the opportunity to see it and feel it first hand last Saturday.
First the “Special Invitation” folks had a blast; then we got to
take part in the Grand Opening Ceremonies and finally our first Open
Horse Show of the year (which was also an Association Show.) What a
day – long but great! We think we broke our previous record number
of class sign-ups!
Our
June Business Meeting
was very well attended (standing room only). We did get quite a bit
accomplished – especially those items necessary to prepare for the
big show on the 19th. One particular item was a large
THANK YOU
from Gerald for the great turnout for our
Tuesday night work party.
We were able to get the kitchen and b-rooms ready, get the
sign-up/announcer’s house ready for action and, let’s not forget the
rocks. We picked up rocks and rocks and rocks and rocks ..….. but
all of the sweat was well worth the trouble when we saw how well
everything went on the big show day!
Hopefully, you all had a chance to enjoy all the goodies putout by
our concession folks
– a great job, kids. The “home-made ice-cream” folks also added a
great touch (and a good taste).
NOW FOR THE BAD STUFF
– Sunday afternoon I took a tour of our beautiful new arena grounds
to see how well we all did about picking-up our trash. Let me tell
you, “we” didn’t do very well!
Either you-all will have to do a better job of picking-up after
yourselves OR
I will have to buy a bigger truck (I thought I was going to fill
it!) Everything from broken sun-glasses, broken tack, shoes, cans,
bottles, paper of every sort, old shirts, etc., etc. There is
NO EXCUSE FOR THIS!
It’s just not that much trouble to put your trash in the containers
provided (or take it home with you)! We have a beautiful new arena
(and grounds) and it’s up to us (all
of us)
to do our part to keep it that way. I forgot to mention our
“smokers” – the bleachers at the northeast corner must have been
“the smoking section” – the ground under them was covered with
butts.#@^*#! My thanks to the Bar M Tack folks, who helped with the
pick-up job.
Don’t forget to
mark your calendars as follows:
-- Saturday, July 10th --
Copper Basin Saddle Club - St. Jude’s Fun Show
-- Thursday, July 15th -- UCSC Business Meeting @ the UCSC
clubhouse @ 7:00PM sharp
-- Saturday, July 17th -- UCSC Open Horse Show - sign-up @ 10AM,
start @ 11AM (John Holmes, Judge)
-- Saturday, July 24th -- Gilmer County Saddle Club
Horse Show
-- Saturday, July 24th -- White County Open Horse Show
-- Friday, July 30th -- Rodeo at UCSC – gates open
@ 6PM, start @ 8PM
-- Saturday July 31st -- Rodeo at UCSC – gates open @
6PM, start @ 8PM
As usual, I
invite you all to send comments, suggestions, complaints, criticisms
and anything else you need to get off your chest to:
Union County
Saddle Club, Inc.
c/o Jim Holzinger
42 Brumby Run
Blairsville, GA 30512
- or -
E-mail
to:
keyholz@aol.com
JUNE 2010
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? June is
here and so is the new “COVERED ARENA”! Be sure to come out and
help us “celebrate” a brand new chapter in Union County Saddle Club
history1
In case
you haven’t noticed, the new
Union County
Covered Arena
is actually in place! The scoring/sign-up house is almost ready for
use, the arena fencing is soon to be installed and everything else
will be ready in time for our first show. Be sure to mark
your calendars for June 19th,
the
Arena Grand Opening,
our Special Invitation Show
(starts (@10AM) and our first
Open Horse Show
of the year (sign-up @ 12 noon / start @ 1PM). This will also be
our first Blue Ridge Mountains Horse Exhibitors Association
Sanctioned Show. This will certainly be a GRAND DAY and I hope you
all will be able to be there to enjoy it with us. Be aware,
the parking situation may be slightly confusing for a show or two –
so be sure to come early enough to figure out the best place to
park, etc., etc.
Our May Business Meeting
was “sorta” well attended. We spent a bit of time discussing the
new arena features, the upcoming June 19th program and a
number of items related to the future arena scheduling operation.
Be prepared -- we will probably be calling a few “work days”
to get everything as ready to go as best we can before June 19th.
Our Concession folks have announced a new item on their already
awesome menu – home made B-B-Q. Our first Trail Ride of the year
has not yet been scheduled – will be soon. We also relished the
good news that Nicki and her new baby are doing great (another
barrel-racer to watch-out for). It was reported that membership
cards had been sent to 191 members @ 74 addresses, as of that
evening. If you haven’t renewed your membership,
please
try to get it
done before the first show “rush”.
It’s worth mentioning again -- if you find any problem(s) with your
name(s) spelling, addresses, e-mails or if your phone number
changes, PLEASE let me know so I can get/keep our records
up-to-date.
Don’t forget to
mark your calendars as follows:
-- Saturday, June 5th
-- Murray County Saddle Club Open Horse Show – sign-up @ 3:30PM
-- Saturday, June 5th -- Copper Basin Saddle Club Open
Horse Show
-- Thursday, June 17th -- UCSC Business Meeting @ the
UCSC clubhouse @ 7:00PM sharp
-- Saturday, June 19th -- Special Invitation Show @ 10AM
– lunch @ 12 noon
-- Saturday, June 19th -- Open Horse Show (an Association
show) – sign-up @ noon, start @ 1PM
-- Saturday, June 26th -- Gilmer County Saddle Club Open
Horse Show – sign-up @ noon
-- Saturday, June 26th -- White County Open Horse Show
Be sure to keep
your eyes open to our web site www.unioncountysaddleclub.org for all
of the latest poop (no pun intended)! Also note the link to our
face book page.
As usual, I invite you all to send comments, suggestions,
complaints, criticisms and anything else you need to get off your
chest to:
Union County
Saddle Club, Inc.
c/o Jim Holzinger
42 Brumby Run
Blairsville, GA 30512
- or -
E-mail to:
keyholz@aol.com
MAY, 2010
Hi Kids. It’s hard to
imagine – April is almost gone. It finally looks like our weather
is starting to get a little more horse friendly.
Although we
missed our hoped-for opening show date (May 15th)
the New Arena Project
is finally starting to show progress. With a little luck, we hope
to make the June 15th date – our Arena Grand Opening, our
Special Invitational Show, our first Open Horse Show of the season
(which will also be our first Association Show) – a real big day for
us all! If for some reason we aren’t able to make the June 15th
date, we will do the best we can – the new covered arena will be
worth the wait. You may have heard that the TVA won the “battle of
the pole” – after agreeing to move the “offending pole” -- so we
could locate the new arena where the old one used to be – they (the
TVA) backed out! The contractor immediately dug-up the concrete
that he had already poured, filled in the holes, re-graded to a new
(original) layout/plan and he has since poured all of the footings
in their new locations. Real progress should be seen in the very
near future.
Our April Business Meeting
was a lively one – that’s when we got the news about the TVA
reversal. The rest of the meeting was fairly routine. Why don’t
you try to make one or all of our future meetings – who knows, you
may have an idea or two that can benefit all of us. We can always
use help!
Be sure to
checkout our updated web site
www.UnionCountySaddleClub.org – you’ll find our projected
2010 schedule and a great new photo gallery of 2009 events. Also,
be sure to note, and support,
our Club “Sponsors”. You will also find a link to our new Face Book
page – join in and enjoy!
ONE MORE ITEM OF INTEREST: Your
2010 MEMBERSHIP CARDS are included with this mailed
newsletter. If you haven’t paid your 2010 dues, you didn’t receive
this in the mail!
If you find a
problem with any name spelling, or incorrect addresses, PLEASE let
me know so I can get our records up-to-date. I will e-mail this
newsletter to our total e-mail list (2009 and 2010 members) within
the next day or two – maybe the non-payers will get the message and
re-up.!
Don’t forget to
mark your calendars as follows:
-- Saturday, May 1st –
Copper Basin Open Horse Show (Association show)
-- Saturday, May 8th – Murray County Open Show
– Thursday, May 29th -- UCSC Business Meeting @ the UCSC
clubhouse @ 7:00P sharp
-- Saturday, May 22nd – White County Open Horse Show
-- Saturday, May 22nd – Gilmer County Open Horse Show
-- Saturday, May 29th – Memorial Day Parade in
Blairsville
As usual, I
invite you all to send comments, suggestions, complaints, criticisms
and anything else you need to get off your chest to:
Union County
Saddle Club, Inc.
c/o Jim Holzinger
42 Brumby Run
Blairsville, GA 30512
- or -
E-mail to:
keyholz@aol.com
APRIL 2010
Hi Kids. Can you believe
it? It’s almost April! Are you ready for this year’s Show Season?
If not, it’s time to hurry-up and get with it.
Our
March Business Meeting
was one of the best attended meetings yet – way to go guys and
gals. It’s an age old fact – you’ll only get out of the Club what
you put into it! Dr. Zagar gave us the latest poop (no pun
intended) regarding the subject of “worming.” When to, how to, how
to tell who needs it and how often -- an interesting subject for us
horse-owners.
Gerald also got the latest info regarding the
new covered arena
– the TVA has, reportedly, agreed to move the offending pole but
we’re still waiting for this in writing. As soon as the letter
arrives, we expect to see some real progress! If you’ve driven by
the Saddle Club in the last couple of days, you probably noticed
that the building is on site -- but in piles rather than in place.
Hopefully, we’ll soon see the footings being poured and the piles of
building parts beings put together and bolted in place. If you
doubt that the new covered arena will be in place and ready in time
for our May 15 show – join the crowd! All we can do is hope and
pray. Rest assured, as soon as the arena is ready, we’ll shuffle
our dates as required to get the season underway and in full swing.
Be sure to checkout our
updated web site
UnionCountySaddleClub.org You’ll find our projected 2010
schedule and a great new photo gallery of our 2009 events. Also, be
sure to note, and support,
our Club “Sponsors”. You will also find a link to our new Face Book
page – join in and enjoy!
One more reminder: Your 2010
MEMBERSHIP is due!
If you haven’t
paid your dues by the end of this month, you will NOT receive
you 2010 Membership Card along with everyone else and you will soon
be removed from our mailing list (we can afford to keep sending
stuff out to non-members.
PLEASE REMEMBER --
everyone is
required to fill-out a NEW
APPLICATION FORM FOR 2010.
Please print
clearly (so I can actually read everything) and return it to me as
soon as you possibly can. BE
SURE TO INCLUDE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS (if you have one)!
Don’t
forget to mark your calendars as follows:
-- Saturday, April 3rd
– Murray County Saddle Club Open Horse Show
-- Saturday, April 10th – Copper Basin Saddle Club Open
Horse Show
– Thursday, April 15th -- UCSC Business Meeting @ the
UCSC clubhouse @ 7:00P sharp
-- Saturday, April 17th – UCSC Trail Ride (time and place
to follow)
-- Saturday, April 17th -- White County Georgia Mountain
Association Sanctioned Show
-- Saturday, April 24th – White County Open Horse Show
As
usual, I invite you all to send comments, suggestions, complaints,
criticisms and anything else you need to get off your chest to:
Union County
Saddle Club, Inc.
c/o Jim Holzinger
42 Brumby Run
Blairsville, GA 30512
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E-mail to:
keyholz@aol.com
MARCH 2010
Hi Kids. Are you ready for
March madness? I certainly am and I’m ready for the snow and cold
weather to stop so we can get on with this year’s horsing-around!
Our
February Business Meeting
not as well attended as we would like – but – Mother Nature is still
socking it to us – as soon as the weather improves, we would expect
more folks to show up.
We did get some
bad news – our VP (Bill Jones) had to have
open-heart surgery
to do a triple by-pass. He seems to be doing fine but he had to
spend a couple days in the ICU. Please remember him and his family
in your prayers.
We also received an update regarding the
new arena “progress”.
Test holes have been dug and as soon as the results come back, we
should start seeing some visual progress. The building is now being
built and the arena fence material is already here. The TVA has
agreed to move the pole that currently encroaches on the new arena
position to the south -- out of the way. Until they get this done,
the builder will work from the north end. The soundman, that did
the Chatsworth Arena, has agreed to submit a price quote.
One more newsy item, our 2010
UCSC Christmas Party
will be held on Saturday, December 11th.
Be sure to checkout our
updated web site
– you’ll find our 2010 schedule and a great new photo gallery of
2009 events – a good job, Art.
PLEASE Note: Your 2010
MEMBERSHIP is due.
To make it
easier on myself, I expect to make-up and mail 2010 Membership Cards
for all club members who are paid-up by the 15th of
March. If you pay after that date, you will still get your card(s)
one at a time -- but remember, your entrée fees will be larger if
you are not a “member in good standing” by the first show (why wait
‘till then?) Do it in advance to make it easier on the sign-up
ladies.
PLEASE REMEMBER -- everyone is
required to fill-out a new APPLICATION FORM FOR 2010.
Please print
clearly (so I can actually read everything) and return it to me as
soon as you can. BE SURE TO
INCLUDE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS (if you have one)!
Don’t
forget to mark your calendars as follows:
-- Thursday, March 18th
– UCSC Business Meeting @ the UCSC clubhouse @ 7:00P sharp. Dr.
Zagar will speak to us about “de-worming”.
-- Saturday, March 27th – White County Open Horse Show
As
usual, I invite you all to send comments, suggestions, complaints,
criticisms and anything else you need to get off your chest to:
Union County
Saddle Club, Inc.
c/o Jim Holzinger
42 Brumby Run
Blairsville, GA 30512
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E-mail to:
keyholz@aol.com
FEBRUARY 2010
HAPPY FEBRUARY! I hope you
have managed to struggle through the winter weather (so far).
Our
January Business Meeting
was reasonably well-attended – considering the weather. We did get
a few things done. Gerald gave us an update regarding the new arena
progress (still waiting for the final word from the TVA)? We still
expect that it will be ready for our first show on the 15th
of MAY. The materials for the arena and the railing have been
ordered. We had a discussion about the difficulty involved with
determining whether or not a sign-up-er or is not a member of UCSC –
the Secretary agreed to produce an easier-to-read list for the
sign-up ladies (gotta make the type larger for those older folks).
Dr. Zager will talk to us at our March meeting. Jean Harkins will
try to reserve the Civic Center earlier in the month for next year’s
Christmas Party – hopefully, it will make it a little easier for us
all schedule our holiday doings – she will try for the 4th
of December.
Our congratulations go out to all those
Yearly “High-Point” Trophy Winners
for the Association Shows
– we did notify
them by e-mail – but, for those of you who don’t have an e-mail
address, the list follows:
HALTER:
52” and
under Kelly Engle
2 y/o and under Stacy Smith
Open Ronnie Smith
WESTERN PLEASURE:
12 and
under (tie) Josh Blanche and Adrianna Smith
13-18 Katie Braun
Open Peggy Blanche
RACKING:
13-18 Zack Sanford
Open Bill Jones
SPEED EVENTS:
12 and
under Jesse Stevenson
13-18 Kristen Miller
Open Nikki McCollum
Don’t forget to
mark your calendars as follows:
-- Thursday, February 18th
– UCSC Business Meeting @ the UCSC clubhouse @ 7:00P sharp
PLEASE FILL-OUT A BRAND NEW MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM FOR 2010
(if you
haven’t already done so).
Print
clearly (so I can read it) and return it to me as soon as you can.
BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOUR
E-MAIL ADDRESS (if you have one)!
As
usual, I invite you all to send comments, suggestions, complaints,
criticisms and anything else you need to get off your chest
to:
Union County Saddle Club, Inc.
c/o Jim Holzinger
42 Brumby Run
Blairsville, GA 30512
- or -
E-mail to:
keyholz@aol.com
JANUARY 2010
HAPPY NEW YEAR Y-ALL! Well we made
it – we “survived another UCSC year and, I for one, am really
looking forward to a brand new, wreck-free, 2010.
Our
December Business Meeting
(our Christmas Party)
was a roaring
success – very well attended with great food and entertainment.
Perhaps the best part of the afternoon’s entertainment was the
interplay between our auctioneer (Lonnie) and our President on stage
during the auction itself. By the way, we did pretty well at the
action for the Gary Jones Surgery Fund. Between the contributions
and the auction itself, we raised around $2,500.00 to help Gary pay
for the surgery he so badly needs to resolve his medical problem.
Gary called, the other day, and asked me to sent out a “BIG
THANK YOU”
to the Club and to all those who made donations and offered bids at
the auction. It is very much appreciated by the Jones family. It
also made your Club President and Officers very proud -- you all
came through once again! Well done!
As you know, our 2009 Season
saw quite a few weather “interruptions” but we still had a blast at
the shows we were able to hold/attend. Hopefully, 2010 will bring a
bigger and better season than we’ve ever seen – especially in our
new covered arena! This new arena-complex should bring folks from
everywhere -- attendance like we’ve never seen before and it should
also bring quite a new variety of events. As soon as the
politicians get through squabbling about right-of-way and all that
stuff, the actual work should start and move along with haste.
Our congratulations go out to all those
Yearly “High-Point” Trophy Winners
--
handed out at the Christmas party. Those of you that may have
earned trophies but we not at the party, contact our Jean Harkins
(706-879-9353) and she will make arrangements to get your trophies
to you – OR – drop by our next meeting and pick them up there.
Don’t forget to mark your calendars as follows:
-- Thursday, January 21st
– UCSC Business Meeting @ the UCSC clubhouse @ 7:00P sharp
PLEASE Note
(as I mentioned in the last few newsletters):
ALL UCSC CLUB MEMBERS WILL BE
REQUIRED TO FILL-OUT A BRAND NEW MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM FOR
2010.
PLEASE fill one out (clearly, so I can read it) and return it to me
as soon as you can. If you need a copy of the 2010 application
form, you can print one off of our web site or you can contact me
and I’ll give or send you as many as you need.
BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOUR E-MAIL
ADDRESS (if you have one)!
As
usual, I invite you all to send comments, suggestions, complaints,
criticisms and anything else you need to get off your chest to:
Union County
Saddle Club, Inc.
c/o Jim Holzinger
42 Brumby Run
Blairsville, GA 30512
- or -
E-mail to:
keyholz@aol.com
DECEMBER 2009
Well, we did it – we almost got
through another UCSC year – as soon as we celebrate the end of the
year at our Christmas party! This has been a good year – even with
the multitude of show cancellations. We’re certainly looking
forward to a great year in our new covered arena. Be sure to drive
by every now and then, during the off-season, to watch the progress.
Our November
Business
Meeting
was an important one – we did get a few business items accomplished
and then the main task for this meeting -- to nominate and elect our
2010 Club Officers! If you weren’t there, your voice wasn’t heard
so don’t complain if your favorite didn’t get elected. Refer to the
list on page 2 of this newsletter for election results.
Our last Trail Ride
of the season went off without a hitch -- not very well attended --
but those who did show had a great ride. By the way, our Trail
Master has developed some rather serious health issues that will
require surgery, so watch and listen for any way you can help. We
are in the process of setting-up a “Gary Jones Hospital Fund” and we
hope you-all can/will help.
Be sure to make plans to attend our
UCSC Christmas Party and Club
Officer Installation.
It will be
held at the Union County
Civic Center at 1:00 PM on Saturday, the 19th day of
December, 2009
(sorry, I messed-up on my last newsletter and showed the date as the
17th.). The Club will provide the meats, the drinks and
the tableware – you bring the rest (in the form of your favorite
covered dishes) for all to share. It looks like we may have music
and even some line-dancing lessons – so -- come one come all!
Don’t forget to mark your calendars as follows:
-- December 5th –
Blairsville Christmas Parade
-- December 19th – UCSC Christmas Party & 2010 Officer
Installation
PLEASE Note
(as I mentioned in last month’s newsletter):
ALL UCSC CLUB MEMBERS WILL BE
REQUIRED TO FILL-OUT A BRAND NEW MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM FOR
2010.
PLEASE fill one out (clearly, so I can read it) and return it to me
ASAP. If you need a copy of the 2010 application form, you can
print one off of our web site or you can contact me and I’ll give or
send you as many as you need.
BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOUR E-MAIL
ADDRESS (if you have one)!
As
usual, I invite you all to send comments, suggestions, complaints,
criticisms and anything else you need to get off your chest to:
Union County
Saddle Club, Inc.
c/o Jim Holzinger
42 Brumby Run
Blairsville, GA 30512
- or -
E-mail to:
keyholz@aol.com
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