Jessica

Drill Team Members: Coach Jeff said we will go over the music next time we meet, and he will see you at the parade.

Horse Bowl Members: Your next meeting is Thursday December, 11. I will pick up at the high school let me know if you want me to pick up your child.  The meeting is 6:00-8:00, please bring a 1 inch binder to put your study materials in.

The link for the Junior and Senior Manual is
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/4hhorse/index_files/Page448.htm if you need a copy, we are not using the additional questions yet. Homework for Seniors is Breeds page 11-13, and the new material will be Anatomy page 2-10.  That’s what we will be working on at our next meeting.  For the Juniors Equipment Pages 7-11 and Anatomy Section the page numbers are off but it’s the first section in the Junior manual.

Horse Games:  Keep eating your eclairs and working on gathering equipment.

Reminder Thursday December 4 at 7:00 at the Extention office is the County 4-H banquet for last year’s members.  I encourage everyone who was a member last year to attend.  I do not know who is getting any of the awards, they are decided by the county.  The Matt Edwards Award, The I Dare You Award, and the Senior Award will all be presented.  Please wear your green T-shirts if you know where they are, I believe we are the largest club in the county.  They are asking each family to bring a desert (sorry I was wrong about that one.)  In addition if you want to participate in the Reading Reindeer program that counts for our participation in a community service project bring in a children’s book to donate.

Christmas Parade:  I currently have 6 adults riding: Jeff/Molly, Cyndi, Myself/Sugar Lady, Julie/Pat, Kim, Sherry.  I have kids riding: Jordan F/Sweets, Danielle/Redman, Addie/Angel, Lindsey, Logan, Trevor/Zoro, Brandon/Lightning, Amber/Gypsy, Jacob, Kelsey S, Rachel, Haley/Zip.

I still have not heard from the Aldridges, Perry’s, Cody, Candice or Olivia from the drill team, please let me know if you will be riding so we know if we have enough saddle pads.  You do not have to be on the drill team to participate, you just need to be a member of the Horse-N-Around club or an adult volunteer.  We also have the float for parents or siblings to ride on, unfortunately since we are entered as 4-H horse club no clover buds will be allowed to ride horses but they will be allowed to ride the float with a parent.  We are allowed to wear Santa Hats riders under 19 must have on helmets, although I encourage everyone to wear one because of the environment and the surface.  We will be riding back to the fairgrounds as a group and will have the float truck to block the riders on the ride back.  The float judging is at 8:20, Jeff asked for everyone to be there no later than 8:30 if you are riding to go over drill moves to be done on the parade route.  The parade starts at 10:00 AM we will be starting from the Fairgrounds.
The same night we are participating in the Bagdad parade with the float we will not be riding because it is after dark.  Everyone riding the float can meet at the Radcliff’s the parade starts at 7:00 PM.

Thanks,

Jessica

so far riding in the parade with us I have:

Logan Donnelly
Cyndi Donnelly
Addie Fow/Angel
Lindsey Fow
Jeff Radcliff/Molly
Trevor Radcliff/Zorro
Brandon Radcliff/Lightning
Jessica Woods/Sugar Lady
Danielle Woods/Red Man
Amber Woods/Gypsy
Jordan Franklin/Sweets
Julie*Adult Volunteer/Pat
Haley G/Zip
Kim Sipes
Rachel Sipes
Kelsey Sipes
Sherry Pilson
Jacob Pilson

So far I have 18, if you are planning on coming to ride with the club let me know so we make sure we have enough saddle pads or if those of us with Red ones need to bring those.  Jeff also needs some idea how many he is working with since we will have a short time to practice before the parade.

Thanks,

Jessica Woods

The second parade is the Bagdad Parade at 7 PM we will NOT be riding
horses in the dark.  Everyone who wants to participate will be riding
the 4-H float.  Everyone needs to wear their best Santa Hat  We will be
meeting at the Radcliff’s house where there is plenty of parking at 4761
Elmburg Road. Coming from Bagdad it is the second driveway on your right
past Vigo Road.  We will ride the float from the Radcliff’s to the
parade.
The Shelbyville parade has a “Santa” restriction, I am waiting for a
response from Shelbyville I am sure the “Santa hats” will be OK for the
float in Shelbyville as well but I want to make sure. I will let you
know their answer when I get it.  I have attached the information on the
Shelby County parade the county sent me, the form has already been
filled out and sent in for the club.

What I need from everyone is, If you are participating in the
Shelbyville Parade I need the number of riders, and the name of the
horses being rode so I can make sure we have coggins and a health
certificate on file.  If you do not have coggins, and a health
certificate on file you can bring me COPIES at the 4-H County wide
banquet which is Thursday December 4 at 7 PM, please bring a new
children’s book to donate for the book drive.  The dinner is usually
pizza and the awards given out that night include “The Matt Edwards
Award”, “The Senior Award”, and the “I dare you award.” They don’t tell
me who is getting the awards until they are given but I do know several
nominations have been made for kids in our club so it’s important that
we show our support and attend if you can.  This banquet is all 4-H
club’s in the county and as we are the largest club in the county so it
would be nice if we all wore our green T-shirts (under your jacket’s of
course.)
If you are riding the float at either Shelbyville or Bagdad I need a
number of people riding as well, so we make sure to have enough room for
everyone.
Also, a big thank you to everyone who braved the cold today to work on
the float, thank you to Cyndi and the Donnelly men for taking on the
project, and thank you to the Radcliff’s for providing the trailer, and
the Franklins for all the lights, the Fow’s and Chey McCarthy for
braving the cold and the great idea’s, especially Addie who seemed to be
the only one who knew how to assemble the Christmas Tree.

I have had a few complaints about the use of the “reply all” button, when
responding to my e-mail’s please only use that if your reply is important to the
entire club. Stuff such as being late to meetings, or being ill, or that I
misspelled something in my e-mail really only need to be sent to me. We do
have a forum on our web site for open discussion involving the club for
member’s only to share opinions, complaints, compliments or general discussion.
If this is not working for you or you need help registering please let
Christine McCarthy know by e-mailing her at: christine@aaronmccarthy.com . Also if you would rather not be on themailing list at all and want to be responsible for checking the web site for announcements instead of receiving e-mails. please let me know that as well and I will remove you. All e-mails I send out for the club will be posted to the web site.

Also, I have a few kids that were enrolled last year that are not enrolled
yet this year 4-H rules give you until January 1st. However, you will be
removed from the e-mail list if you are not registered or let me know you would
like to remain on the list. The Newberry’s will remain on the list as long as
they want to be, or they request to be removed because of their ongoing
commitment and investment in the Shelby County Horse-N-Around club.

Thank You for everyone’s patience during my employment changes,

Jessica

Friday October 17th at Waddy Arena, 7:00 PM, Drill team practice, at the  end of this practice you would need to make a commitment to the team if you  decide you like it, so if you haven’t tried it out yet and would like to this is  your last chance to join.  If you join after this date you would most  likely be an alternate.  If you can’t make it or are going to be late  remember to call Jeff.  I believe the cookie orders will also be due at  this practice.

Saturday October 18 6:00 PM Waddy Saddle Club Show-Last show of the  season, don’t forget to fill out your high points forms.

Tuesday October 21 7:00 PM Horse-N-Around business meeting

Thursday October 23 Horse-N-Around 2008 Appreciation and Recognition  Banquet.

Friday October 24-Drill Team Practice.

Thanks,
Michael & Jessica

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First Tuesday of the month meeting/Cloverbuds

Last year our club reserved the extent ion office twice a month so we had access to the building more often. They get booked up quickly. We had a couple of thoughts when Michael did this, first most of the other counties in 4-H meet twice a month, we were talking about starting cloverbuds, and we were starting new teams.

We decided not to use it for cloverbuds because it defeats the purpose of starting cloverbuds. The idea was to give the younger kids something to do when they were attending 4H practices with their older siblings, not to have the
parents bring them out at an additional time. So once I get the Cloverbuds program together (which has kind have been on the back burner with everything else going on) My idea is that we have a project or activity for them at the same time as the older kids, and that they can feel a part of the club at our meetings and events. Right now we only have 3 cloverbuds, if any one is
interested in starting this project or have any ideas let me know.

We decided to use the first Tuesday of the month to start as “Team Meetings and or Clinics” All four teams would meet with their coaches. This gives us an extra opportunity to get together during the winter to make team decisions, Jeff will be able to work on drills on the board, the kids would have a
chance to work on the music and costumes. The Horse Bowl Team would be able to meet and get any new reference material, trade books, ect. (I am working on a grant to purchase the books needed for horse-bowl so we have our own set).
The endurance/mounted games team would be able to go over all the stuff that will go along with being part of a pilot, rule suggestions, introduce new games, video ect. This would not be a “business meeting’ like we are used to. However it does give us an additional fortuity if we need to vote on something, as long as everyone is notified 24 hours in advance we will be voting on
for instance “sending flowers to a sick club member” as long as 2/3 of the club (a quorum) is in attendance we could vote without waiting for the next meeting. Hopefully this will make our business meetings shorter like it was in September. We did put on the ca lander that was handed out that October 7th
we would be having our first team meeting for horsebowl, mounted games, drill team would not be meeting since Coach Radcliff is out of town. We have three family’s out of town, who will also be out of town for the first Mounted games practice. If most parents think we should cancel the 7th meeting let me
know.

MOUNTED GAMES
Last Saturday our family and the McCarthy’s went to Red Orchard to watch the mounted games. It looked like a lot of fun Kelsey, Kim, Rachel, Sherry, and Jake participated. Congratulations to Sherry, Jake, Rachel and Kim for taking first place in the novice division.

This week I contacted the UMGA (United Mounted Games Association) they are the group that brought the idea to 4-H. With the help of Dr Stutman they have agreed to have their coaches meet with Michael tomorrow to go over what we
will need to do to get started. They also will be sending coaches, and all the equipment we need to John & Cyndi’s this Sunday at 3:00 PM and are going to show us how to make our own, and help get us started.

Please remember helmets, and current coggins if I don’t already have up to date coggins on your horse. Parents you might want to bring chairs. I have attached a calendar for anyone who doesn’t have one.

Thanks,
Michael and Jessica

We will also be discussing fund raising activities so if you have idea’s bring the information with you.

Also, I wanted to let you know I am not receiving all of my e-mail at my work address, because of the company’s mail filters.  So if you e-mail me at work please cc emtwoods@aol.com so I know you e-mailed me.  I am
automatically notified of my aol mail on my cell phone so it works for the weekends too.

Jessica Woods

On Saturday: The Horse Fair at Rea Farm

11:00    Welcome & introductions, Cindy Isaacs -  Who is Purina Mills? by Dr. Randy Raub, PhD
11:30    Bringing up Baby:  Ground Manners by Barbara Rea
12:00    Riding to Gain Control :  Moving your horse’s body parts by Rusty Rea
12:30    Lunch : Must RSVP for complimentary lunch – Hoof Care by Bart Cissel
1:00      Feeding for Health, Dr. Randy Raub, PhD
1:30      Rider Balance by Barbara Rea
2:00      What to look for in a Performance Horse by Rusty Rea
2:30      Problems :  Question & Answer Session for all clinicians & speakers

On Sunday September 7 at 3:00 PM at the Waddy arena, we will have Drill Team Practice. If you can not be there please call Jeff so we can get an alternate to ride in your place. You need to be saddled and in the ring ready to ride by 3:00.

Banquet Committee Meeting: will be Sunday at 3:30 to figure out food, and the agenda, awards, ect.  If you are on the committee, want to be on the committee, or just want to help out and share idea’s come join us.

I also still need the contact name and address of individuals or businesses who donated money last year.  If you had a sponsor please bring that information in we want to invite the people who helped us last year to show our appreciation.

I had some incorrect information on the days Red Orchard is open and those dates are updated on the new calendar attached.

The new date for the banquet will be Thursday October 23rd.

If you are on the drill team please locate your red white and blue shirt, the Sentinel says they are coming to see you preform on September 13 at the Mt Eden show.