In Loving Memory ofRobert B. AhrensHowell Wheaton

In Loving Memory ofWarren “Corky” AllenDarrell & Daina BeckettCharlette CarringtonDell CunninghamCarolyn DoughertyPatricia Phillips

In Lovingt Memory ofMary B. AnglenMary Ann Anglen

In Loving Memory ofRichard BaackJerry & Maggie Ubl

In Loving Memory ofSusanne E. BaskettBuford & Helen Kanatzar

In Loving Memory ofHazel BaurichterLynne, Stephen, Jane & John

In Loving Memory ofMr. & Mrs. L.E. BaurichterL. D. & Mary Baurichter

In Loving Memory ofMartha BidewellElizabeth Brown

February 2013

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Memorial GiftsIn Loving Memory ofMichelle MorrowDoug & Janice Asbury

In Loving Memory ofCurtis L. PorterEddie & Brenda Porter

In Loving Memory ofMorgan Renee SappSusan Sapp-Lawrence

In Loving Memory ofYancy ShiftlettCooper FarmsHarriet FrostBarbara JiraBob, Sally & Kelly MeyerLiving Stones MinistryTri County Trust CoBetty Wyatt

In Loving Memory ofBetty VoorheisR. E. Voorheis

In Loving Memory ofJeff WilcoxsonKen & Karen Pudenz

A Safe Place to Be a Child

P.O. Box 19501 Coyote Hill Rd.Harrisburg, MO 65256(573) 874-0179(573) 875-0510 fax

Email:office@coyotehill.org

Web:www.coyotehill.org

In Loving Memory ofBarton BoyleTom & Peggy Freeman

In Loving Memory ofHelen ClarkEleanor DudeFaye SharpBud & Marilyn Stone

In Loving Memory ofJohn C. CritserDaniel & Roseanne Mayfield

In Loving Memory ofMarcia EasleyBob & Nonie Dudley

In Loving Memory ofDiane HensleySusan Walker

In Loving Memory ofDr. & Mrs. M. P. LeechSharon Krumm

In Loving Memory ofRalph & Janet MadsenEinar & Anna Madsen

In Loving Memory ofAmanda Joy McDanielBill & Mary DykhuizenMiles & Lisa McCoyLarry & Denise McDaniel

In Loving Memory ofBentley WrightJames T. BuckleyMike & Gail DavisDavid & Joy DunafonMiller, Bales & Cunningham, P.C.Max & Deborah MitchellMichael & Pamela NicholsRon & Kim Nielsen

Coyote Hill lost a long-time supporter and friend in January - Bentley Wright.Please take a moment to read our staff’s words of tribute to Bentley at:http://bit.ly/bentleywright

Memorial and honor gifts must be received

by the 12th of this month in order to be included in next month’s newsletter.

Providing a professional, yet traditional family home for abused & neglected children

in mid-Missouri since 1991.

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February is the month to celebrate LOVE! Thus, we asked our staff and children to share some of the things they love about Coyote Hill. We hope you’ll enjoy the varied answers as much as we enjoy being a part of The Hill.

We all get to be one big family! -- girl, age 7

I love being able to travel and learn life skills. --boy, age 17

I love sharing the gospel with the children, hearing about their salvations & witnessing their baptisms. There have been many lately! I love those tender-hearted moments when a child has a break through, being honest with their feelings and seeing a change for the better. I love crazy family dinners full of laughter! There are so many things I love about Coyote Hill, you don’t have time to read them all.

--Merri Heberlein, Relief Home Parent

I love popsicles from Kim, swinging with the kids, getting one of a kind artwork from a child and pulling pranks on Bill! --Kari “Kid-at-Heart” Salmon, Development Director

I love how much I’m loved & cared for, and that my Home Parents introduced me to a loving Jesus. --girl, age 12

I love warm sunny days when the kids are out of school and everywhere I turn, there are children and youth enjoying A Safe Place to Be a Child. They are playing ball, or working with Lance on the property, or riding horses with Allison at the arena. They’re fishing at the lake with Home Parents, playing on the beach and swimming, throwing a frisbee in the yard, riding bikes up and down the lane, taking nature hikes in the woods, playing fetch with the dogs. I especially like it when they stop in the office just to say hello to everyone.

--Larry McDaniel, Executive Director

If you haven’t “liked” us on Facebook yet, you better hurry. We’re about to launch our March Madness, Awesomest Toy EVER bracket! You nominate the toys, we’ll create the bracket, and then you vote each week. By the end of March, we’ll be able to declare which toy is the most awesome of all time. Will it be a ball? A stick (turned light saber, fishing pole or baton?) Legos, perhaps? It’s entirely up to you.Be watching our Facebook page towards the end of February to begin making your nominations.

In Honor ofEd & Kathy BakerDarlene JohnsonCindy MustardJolene SchultzDan & Susan SchuppanNorm & Virginia StewartDavid & Joy Dunafon

In Honor ofCharley & Karen Blackmore FamiliesGary & Connie Blackmore

In Honor ofHelen & Kenneth ClarkDavid, Jill, Danielle, Hannah & Jacqui Clark

In Honor ofGary & Virginia EvansPaul & Sharon Wunderlich

In Honor ofJim & Mary FoutzDavid & Marilyn Jobe

In Honor ofLouise GolobDonna Golob

In Honor ofMr. & Mrs. HappDonald & Helen Tennyson

In Honor ofIra & Gail HubbellLarry & Sarah PutsavageGreg Sickal

In Honor ofHelen JankowskiRandy & Anita Larsen

In Honor ofDr. Kristin MatthewsBonnie Caldwell

In Honor ofJeana MeinertJulie MeinertRoland & Shirley Meinert

In Honor ofRoy & Irene MuellerRick & Darlene Mueller

In Honor of Katie NovotnyGoodness Works, LLC

In Honor ofBill & Melanie PohlmanMel & Anne Wagner

In Honor ofJeanette RayRandy Asbury

In Honor ofJohn & Onella ReaganChristy Sherrer

In Honor ofCarol SchroderJack & Dulane Wohlman

In Honor ofIrmaLee WestrellDixie Wyatt

In Honor of“Our Grandchildren & Great Grandchildren”Gerald & Shirley Westfall

Honor Gifts

Entertainment by Local Musicians

All proceeds benefit Coyote Hill

Saturday, March 27 AM to 12 PM

Memorial Baptist Church Fellowship Hall (1634 Paris Road)

Contact Kari for more info: kari@coyotehill.org or 573.874.0179

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Our Equine Program and Barn Manager, Allison Mather, has begun working on a plan to turn a bunch of City Slickers into Coyote Hill Cowboys this year. It’s a five step reward process for the children in our Equine Program.

“As of now, we have a bunch of City Slickers running around,” states Allison. “But beginning in February, we’re going to change all of that.”

The City Slicker level is where each child begins, learning simple tasks like where the first aid kit is located and what are the parts of a horse. As they successfully master new skills, they progress through our next four levels - Buckaroo, Wrangler, Trail Blazer, and finally, the expert Coyote Hill Cowboy level. Once a child reaches that level, they will be able to do such things as deworm a horse, assist the farrier, work a horse in the round pen, etc.

It is a very long list of tasks and skills that we’ll be expecting them to work through. However, it’s all geared towards our overall purpose with the Equine Program: building renewed self-esteem, character and confidence in our children.