Open Riding Session cancelled for today, Thursday 7-14-11

Hello-

 

Due to no response, the open riding session has been cancelled for today, 7-14-11.  Please email and let me know if you will be able to attend next week's riding session on  7-21-11. 

 

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Mary Anderson  (512) 680-5663

Hoofpicks 4-H Volunteer 

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Fwd: District Horse Show Information again

Hi members-

 

Great meeting tonight.  I wanted to resend out this info in case anyone needed it.  Remember that Friday is the deadline for validating your horse.  Please turn in the paperwork by this Friday to be eligible for district or state.

 

Thanks,

 

Mary Anderson

 

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From: dustin coufal <dwcoufal@ag.tamu.edu>
Date: Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 10:44 AM
Subject: District Horse Show
To: Mary Anderson <hoofpicks4h@gmail.com>

Mary,

 

Attached is the D8 Horse Show Registration Guide. This may come in handy if people have questions about entering the District Horse Show on 4-H Connect.

 

Can you also remind them that Horse Validation Paperwork and Fees are due to our office by Friday. Let me know if you need anything. Thanks!

 

Dustin

 

Dustin Coufal

County Extension Agent - Agriculture

Texas AgriLife Extension Service - Williamson County

3151 SE Inner Loop Rd, Ste A

Georgetown, Tx 78626

(512)-943-3300 voice

(512-943-3301 fax

 

From: Mary Anderson [mailto:hoofpicks4h@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 4:05 PM
To: dustin coufal
Subject: Re: Showbarn and Other 4-H Stuff

 

Sure, I will call you before 4 tomorrow.

 

Mary

On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 4:03 PM, dustin coufal <dwcoufal@ag.tamu.edu> wrote:

 

Mary,

 

Can you give me a call at your convenience so that we can discuss a few items regarding Hoofpicks. My office # is 943-3300. I should be in the office until 4 or so tomorrow.  Thanks

 

Dustin

 

Dustin Coufal

County Extension Agent - Agriculture

Texas AgriLife Extension Service - Williamson County

3151 SE Inner Loop Rd, Ste A

Georgetown, Tx 78626

(512)-943-3300 voice

(512-943-3301 fax

 

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Mary Anderson  (512) 680-5663

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[hoofpicks4h] Horse Scholarship for Youth

Please see the following email thread and links about some horse scholarships for youth.

 

Mary

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From: Kenny & Courtney <treschickasranch@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: [hoofpicks4h] Horse Scholarship for Youth
To: Mary Anderson <hoofpicks4h@gmail.com>

Mary   Can you forward these scholarship opportunities to your horse kids?  Wasn't sure how to get them out there?  They are mainly for speed eventers, but every little bit helps...   http://www.tammyfischerbarrelhorses.com/htdocs/riley_Key.html   http://futurefortunesinc.com/scholo.php      Thanks Courtney      Tres Chickas Ranch Kenny, Courtney, MyKayla & Ryanne 512-940-7750 Liberty Hill, Texas   -- Mary Anderson  (512) 680-5663 Hoofpicks 4-H Volunteer  Hoofpicks.net       News       Calendar       Opportunities       Shows       Facebook      522-HAUL -- You've received this message because you are subscribed to the "Hoofpicks 4H" group (a communication tool for all Hoofpicks' members and associates). To email everyone in this group, send to hoofpicks4h@googlegroups.com - all emails will be moderated by a club leader and may be edited before being sent or may be rejected all together. To remove your email address from this group, send an email addressed to hoofpicks4h+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com To subscribe with a different email address send an email addressed to hoofpicks4h+subscribe@googlegroups.com For more information visit http://hoofpicks.net

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3rd Annual Williamson County 4H Hoofpicks Campout and Trail Ride.

Dear Friends of the Williamson County 4H Hoofpicks.
 
As many of you are aware, our 3rd annual Campout and Trail Ride is quickly approaching.  The event will be held at Bluff Creek Ranch in Warda, TX (see the attached flyer), on May 13th through the 15th.  As you may also be aware, the event is open to those outside of the club so I would appreciate very much if we would all pull together as a team and promote this event to all our horse loving friends and family.
 
It has always been a personal goal of mine that this event would provide a blessed opportunity to those horse loving families less fortunate than ourselves.  As such, we have worked with the owners of Bluff Creek Ranch, the Nolan family, to keep the cost of this weekend very low so as to encourage as much participation as possible.  It is now up to us to get the word out.
 

When:  Friday May 13th through Sunday May 15th.
 
Where:  Bluff Creek Ranch, Warda, TX.  (See attached for more information.)
 
Cost:  Camping - $10.00/per night/per person.  Horse Fee - $10/per horse - one time fee for the whole weekend.

 
Bluff Creek provides sites for camping, trailers, and RVs, hook ups are on a first come first serve basis.  The ranch provides clean bathrooms with hot showers, an Ice maker, fishing, beautiful trails, canoeing, and even the occasional Long Horn to chase around.  The Hoofpicks club will be providing a free professional BBQ for the traditional Saturday Night dinner, and as a bonus, we are working on live music as well.  For the Saturday night dinner, we ask that you bring a pot luck dish, desert, or whatever, to contribute to the feast.  All other meals are your responsibility.
 
For the horses, there are two large holding areas, and two stalls that can be booked on a first come, first served basis.  I respectfully ask that you contact John at the ranch to reserve a stall.  Many folks bring panels to make small holding pens for the their horses.  The are over 9 miles of trails at Bluff Creek, however, not all are appropriate for horse riding and those will be clearly marked as closed to horses.  The remainder of the trails offer varied levels of difficulty and provide great opportunities for practicing horse control or just enjoying the pine woods.  There are also beautiful wide open pastures to play in, and a small lake to swim with your horse if you so desire.  Bring a camera!!  None horse riding activities include fishing, canoeing, swimming, and hiking, or if you're like me, chillin.
 
The trail riding is of the hub and spoke type.  This type of riding offers opportunities for saddle time that those without horses can take advantage of.  I will be bringing an extra horse specifically for that purpose and I would ask that if you are so inclined, feel free to take someone on a trail ride when one of your horses is available.   It goes without saying that this is completely optional, as a horse owner I fully understand the liabilities, safety issues, etc.
 
There is no agenda for the weekend, other than the Saturday night pot luck dinner, therefore, there are no planned group trail rides or events.  Many of the club members have been to the ranch before, so if you want to put together a group ride and would like to have a guide, I am certain that can be accommodated.
 
For organizational and administrative purposes, I ask that each and every family that will be in attendance send me an email with the number of people and the number of horses that will be coming.  I don't need names.  This information will be used to understand the amount of meat to be purchased for the BBQ, and to understand how many horses will be there.  My email is tedschiele@hotmail.com and my cell phone is 512-632-5304.  Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or if there is some other way I can offer assistance.
 
The Campout and Trail Ride is all about the joy of riding horses.  Lets pass that on to as many folks as we can, you never know, you just might change a life!
 


Regards
Ted Schiele

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Horse Scholarship for Youth

Please see the attachments regarding a youth scholarship opportunity.  I believe it is for $5000.  I was asked by the CEO to send out to the club.  Please contact the County Extension Office if you have any questions.

 

Thanks-


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Mary Anderson  (512) 680-5663

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Show, Other Opportunities, Meeting, Membership

Hey Hoofpicks!  Hope you have a good Spring Break planned.  As usual there's a lot of things going on:

OPEN HORSE SHOW
We're about a month away from our 2nd Horse Show of the series so it's time for a big push to get things ready and all the volunteer spots filled.  We had great feedback at the last show and we gained some new members.  Our club officers and members stepped up and ran many aspects of the show and did a great job with it.  All of this highlights that the Open Horse Show is fulfilling it's intended purpose which is to develop leadership, responsibility, and provide a service to the community, while learning and participating in a broad range of horse programs and raising funds for more club activities.  We're hoping for everyone to pitch in and make the show a success.  Take a minute and fill in the volunteer sheet for the job(s) you would like to do.  If you have questions regarding the volunteer positions let us know and we'll get you the information you need or look for the job descriptions links on the right side of the shows page. 
Also early registration for Hoofpicks' members - ALL events $65 for members if turned in at the March 29 meeting.  Download, print, and fill out your SHOWBILL before hand and bring to the meeting.

OPPORTUNITIES
Hoofpicks is well known in the community and we get many invitations and requests for volunteers in our email box.  Rather than us emailing the club every time something comes in, we will be posting those opportunities primarily on the web site.  Occasionally we'll forward emails that seem most relevant or critical to our club or county, but you may be interested in knowing what other opportunities are out there so check back often.  A couple worth mentioning today include the ACTHA  and the Central Texas Horse festival benefits both for the Horse Boy Foundation and Mini's and Friends.  Both of these sound like fun events and are being hosted by one of our sponsors and supporters.  Also see the flyer regarding the Bertram Team Penning Clinic which the Antolik's have kindly offered to head up in hopes to get a Team Penning team ready for the State horse show in June.

NEXT MEETING
March 29 at the CEO 7:00PM.

4H MEMBERSHIP
Our email list is reaching approximately 140 individuals, however 4H Connect indicates many of our active members have not actually joined or renewed their 4H membership.  Enrollment in 4H-Connect is mandatory.  If you are not a registered member, you will not be covered by liability insurance, and you will not be counted in the State enrollment numbers which is tracked for funding and effectiveness of the programs and scholarship eligibility.  It also is not just an online registration tool, but also offers members a way to track your years of membership, projects, events attended, etc.  If you plan to use your 4H experiences for references in the future you should take a few minutes to update your profile online and continue to keep it up to date each year.  Visit https://tx.4honline.com to login and check your status.  We will also be reaching out to individuals at the meetings if your status is inactive and will help you get things up to date. 

Have a great week, and we hope to see you at the next meeting.
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Mary Anderson  (512) 680-5663

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***Correction: *** Thursday's Open Riding sessions have been cancelled for the rest of March.

Hi Hoofpicks-

 

In my previous email I put the wrong date for the next monthly meeting.  The correct date is Tuesday, March 29th (not March 28th as I previously stated by mistake) at 7 pm at the CEO.  Our bylaws state:

 

Article VII 

 

Section 1. Regular meetings of this club shall be held on the last Tuesday of each month, or at such time approved by the Executive Committee.

 

Thank you for your understanding,

 

Mary Anderson

512-680-5663

 

 

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mary Anderson <hoofpicks4h@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 8:23 AM
Subject: Open Riding session has been cancelled for the rest of March.
To: hoofpicks4h@googlegroups.com

Hello Hoofpicks-

 

The remainder of the March Thursday open riding sessions have been cancelled due to no attendance at the last two sessions, and the low interest in the survey responses. The club can definately revisit this activity  at the monthly meeting on March 28th at 7 pm to discuss the Open Riding Sessions for the remainder of the year.

 

Thank you,

Mary Anderson

512-680-5663

 

 

Post Meeting Update....Make sure and take the survey!!!

We had a great meeting yesterday, and here are some of the things coming up....

 

 

To help make decisions on some upcoming opportunities (Team Penning, Thursday Night Programs, and End of Year Party), a survey was built to get the club's feedback.  Please take a minute to answer a few questions in the following web link:  http://hoofpicks.net/forms

 

Upcoming Dates:

 

February 23rd, 2011  Open Riding at the Williamson County Show Barn.  The barn will be open at 5 pm.  Any issues or concerns please call Mary or Scott at 512-680-5663.  Please note that we are looking for someone to assist in opening and closing the barn going forward. Please let me know if you want to do it.

 

March 3rd, 2011-- Top Roland of Top Horse Solutions has agreed to do a trailering session at the Show Barn for FREE!!. Come watch him load Keno in a 2 horse straight load trailer.  Demo horses needed.... Email hoofpicks4h@gmail.com if you want to bring your horse too!!

 

March 6th, 2011--  4H Riding Session-  Look for email from Sundra for more info.

 

March 10th, 2011-- Thursday Open Riding Session 5-9pm

 

March 17th, 2011--Thursday Open Riding Session 5-9 pm.

 

March 26th thru March 27th Texas State Youth Reining Horse Clinic-  see calendar entry for more info

 

March 27th, 2011 4H Riding Session--Look for email from Sundra for more info the week of.

 

March 29th, 2011  Monthly Meeting at CEO. 7pm

 

March 31st, 2011  Open Riding Session 5-9 pm

 

March 2011-  Team Penning Clinic at Sheriff's Posse Arena- Exact date TBD

 

April 16th, 2011--  Hoofpicks Horse Show, remember that if you sign up early it is $65.00 for all day. All members do not forget to sign up and work at least 2 hours and get those sponsorships!!

Click Here for Showbill .

 

 

Fwd: wednesday with your horse

Hi all! 

Well the sun is out finally.  We will be ready to ride again Wednesday at the Georgetown show barn.  I'll open the doors around 2pm ant the group lesson will begin around 6pm.  See you there!

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Blessings,

Ramona

February News and Announcements

Latest Hoofpicks' News & Announcements for February

• Open Riding Sesson has been cancelled for tonight, Thursday, February 10th, 2011.

 

• We have a riding session scheduled for this coming Sunday, February 13.  Yay! 
  
  
  Ramona will be directing this one, and she plans to have one session from 1:00 - 3:00 for general horsemanship and a second session from 3:00 - 5:00 more focused on speed events.  However, whether you are into speed events or not, both sessions are helpful for everyone, including beginners.  If you don't want to do speed on your horse, you and your horse can still learn from the techniques she uses without doing them fast.  I will probably post a question on the 4H Hoofpicks Facebook page  (http://www.facebook.com/hoofpicks ) in the near future asking for input on what areas you would like to focus our riding sessions (Horsemanship, speed, roping cattle, etc.).
  
  
  I'll get back to you with more specific lesson plans later in the week, but I wanted to let everyone know so you can plan to be there.  There is a minimum number of riders we need to have in order to have the session, so let me know if you plan to come by replying to hoofpicks.riding@gmail.com as soon as you can.  
  
  
  All current Hoofpicks members are welcome to bring a horse and ride.  It is $15 for each 2 hour session.  Be sure to bring your current Coggins papers on each horse you bring.  I have some on file from Mr. Bergman's records, but bring them anyway just to be on the safe side.  A parent or guardian needs to stay during the session. 
  Sundra Lemanski   512-964-2015

 

• Our next club meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 22nd, at the CEO.

 

 

Keep an eye on the web site for new news and event opportunities.  Also take advantage of our new Call Before You Haul #.  Just dial 522-HAUL before you make that long drive with horses and kids - just in case something is canceled or changed this will be another way for you to get the latest updates from our officers and leaders.  For all communications options visit http://hoofpicks.net/contact-us

Have a great week!!

 

Hoofpicks 4H

January 25th Club Meeting Canceled

Our monthly club meeting scheduled for 1/25/11 had to be canceled at the last minute.  Please check back here or watch for email messages for updates.