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TheLeadline
Summer 2011
The Voice of NATRC Region 1 Competitive Trail Riding
www.natrcregion1.org
Trailblazer Emma McCrary, 80,helped build miles of county trails
Reprinted with permission from the Santa Cruz SentinelBy Jason Hoppin
SWANTON - Emma McCrary, who carved hundreds of miles of trails through SantaCruz County's wilderness to help bring others closer to the natural wonders aroundthem, died Friday after a battle with cancer. She was 80.
Using her cherished horses and a sharp chainsaw, McCrary, a member of aprominent logging family, shaped paths through Henry Cowell, Fall Creek, WilderRanch and Pogonip parks, forging ahead with hard work and a philosophy that thedeeper people got into the woods, the more they would care for them.
"I think it's good for people to know how those trails got where they are," saidhusband Homer "Bud" McCrary, co-owner of Big Creek Lumber. "She left a legacy ofconcern for other people in allowing them to get out into the forest, because if shehadn't done what she did, a lot of those trails wouldn't be there."
McCrary was as beloved as she was tough, a child of the Great Depression whobought her first horse, Chiquita, over her father's initial objections. She worked trailsuntil the end of her life, and even testified in front of the Santa Cruz County Board ofSupervisors the day she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Her calm determination was legendary, and friends say it came without pretenseor ego. As a girl, she would ride Chiquita from her home in Palo Alto to her grandpar-ents house in Morgan Hill, a 12-hour journey.
As a 17-year-old, she found work on the McCrary family ranch in Swanton.
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHTThe raging 1948 Pine Mountain fire
burned 20,000 North Coast acres. BigCreek Lumber was a fledgling company atthe time, and among the firefighters wasBud. Though Bud's face was covered withsoot, Emma later proclaimed that she fellin love the moment she saw him smile.
Bud proposed after a two-weekcourtship, but Emma's father forbade herfrom marrying until she turned 18. Thewedding was held on her birthday; that italso happened to be Christmas Day didnot dissuade her.
McCrary was around animals from ayoung age, and was active in 4-H. Shewas also a longtime board member of theSanta Cruz County Horsemen's Associa-tion, and hosted annual rides on the milesof trails she cut for herself on the Mc-Crary's Swanton property. She alsoserved on the board of the North AmericanTrail Ride Conference.
But her lasting legacy comes in the Emma McCraryContinued on Page 3 . . .
Chairman’s Corner 2
Request For Memories 4
Appreciation Awards 4
Region 1 Benefit Ride 4
NBOD MeetingHighlights 5
Region 1 Ride Schedule 5
Regions Will Conduct Elections 6
How I HeardAbout NATRC 6
A Ride to Remember 7
Ride Results 8
More Ride Results 9
Region 1 BODMeeting Minutes 10
NBOD CandidateResume 11
Coming Soon!We’re working on doing an ex-panded on-line only version of
The Leadline, which will includemore ride stories, photos, and
informational articles.Stay tuned for more info!
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Region One Board of DirectorsChairman:
(530) 283-3221 [email protected]
Board Treasurer &Alt. Nat’l BOD:Phil Young
(530) 432-6513 [email protected]
Recording Secretary:Stephanie Swain
(707) 528-2775 [email protected] Secretary:
Linda Thomason(510) 651-9470 [email protected]
National BOD Rep.:Jamie Dieterich
(530) 836-1075 [email protected] BOD Rep.:
Jim Ferris
Regional Board Member:Laura Harvey
(916) 689-1631 [email protected] Board Member:
Gene Boicelli(925) 672-649 [email protected]
Regional Board Member:Steve Meroshnekoff
(707) 743-9973 [email protected] Board Member:
Angie Meroshnekoff(707) 743-9973 [email protected]
CommitteesRegion One Points & Membership
Jim Ferris(530) 432-6513 [email protected]
Wonder Worker RecruitmentSteve Meroshnekoff
(707) 743-9973 [email protected] Leadline Editor
Laurie Knuutila(907) 378-9190 [email protected]
Publicity / OutreachLinda Thomason
(510) 651-9470 [email protected]/Clinic Coordinator
Jamie Dieterich(530) 836-1075 [email protected]
HistorianKathy Nixon
(530) 283-9336Trails Advocacy Rep.
Judy Etheridge(925) 862-0232 [email protected]
National NATRC Exec. AdministratorLaurie DiNatale
(303) 688-1677 [email protected] Print Editor
Kelly Carper [email protected]
NATRC Home Page: www.NATRC.orgCTR Listserve info: [email protected]
See Hoof Print for National Board,Committees, and Secretaries
Linda Thomason(510) 651-9470 [email protected]
THE LEADLINE is the official publication of Region One of the North American Trail Ride Confer-ence (NATRC). The Leadline is published three times per year and mailed or emailed to all NATRCRegion One members. It is available by subscription to non-Region One members at $8 per year.Issues contain updated information from Region One committees, ride results, point standings,minutes of board meetings, and the current Region One ride schedule. Send subscription requestsand payments (made out to NATRC Region One) to Phil Young, 674 La Porte Rd, Quincy, CA95971. Contributions are welcome and may be sent to Laurie Knuutila, 455 Ream Lane, Fairbanks,AK or email to [email protected]. NATRC Region One and The Leadline do not necessarilyendorse or support the opinions expressed in printed articles or advertisements. The Editor reservesthe right to edit material as necessary. No letters to the Editor will be printed if not signed. NATRCand the staff of The Leadline are not responsible for errors in spelling of horses’ or riders’ names.
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Chairman’s CornerI hope you are all enjoying the warm summer days. After the rainy winter and
spring, it’s nice to have sun and dry trails and not have to brush the caked mud off yourhorse. I wish you all many enjoyable hours on the trail this summer.
This past weekend I attended the memorial service for long time NATRC promot-er Emma McCrary. For those of you who never rode with her, she was a tirelessworker promoting trails throughout the Santa Cruz Area. She put on the SwantonNATRC ride for 35 years and competed in many of the other rides. I had the privilegeto both ride with her and camp by her multiple times. She was a strong supporter ofNATRC and the values the organization promoted. She will be missed!
As times change, we sometimes lose sight of the values that brought us togetherin the first place. It’s easy to focus on the negative rather than fight to maintain thepositive aspects. Our organization is facing a challenging time: the economy, thechanging focus and financial hardship of the park systems, and the changing dynam-ics of everyday life for members. It feels like we don’t have as much “free time” forourselves and our horses as we used to. These are daunting obstacles. However, wemust focus on the important aspects of what we get back from riding and competingour horses. I recently received an e-mail from a member and was reminded of whatyou “get” out of NATRC. She wrote that NATRC allows you to “put together on the traileverything you’ve learned.” Information gathered from reading, clinics, videos, ridingwith and learning from experienced riders - all is applied as we compete in this sport.While endurance is challenging because it’s a race, NATRC is challenging becauseyou do the same distance as LD endurance riders but you do it in control, utilizing allthe principles of horsemanship you’ve learned throughout the years. NATRC isactually providing more of a challenge than endurance, and you can be successful atit without having to condition your horse for 50-100 milers.
We need to hold our heads up high and communicate to the rest of the ridingcommunity how exciting and fun this sport is and how much we learn every rideseason. ALL of us should speak to other riders - at the barn, out on the trail, at clinics– and promote the excitement of having a venue where you can “put it all together”while you’re out there riding and competing. I would like to challenge all of you to giveback to a great organization - just a few hours each month to work on promotingNATRC and bringing it to the attention of your local riding community. This must be agrass roots effort. The Board of Directors provides leadership - they can’t possibly doall the work. I welcome any ideas that you might choose to share with me or any othermember of the board. As the saying goes: “It takes a village.”
Happy Trails-Keep On Riding
Linda ThomasonRegion One Chair
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form of miles of trails she helpedbuild, often with her husband and aunique trail-cutting machine. Bicy-clists, hikers and equestrians alikeenjoy her work, with the trailssometimes challenging but oftenrewarding users with impressivevistas.
She was as skilled with achainsaw as she was on a horse. BobBerlage, who works in Big Creek's forest-ry department and lives near the Mc-Crary's property, came across her oneday about a decade ago. She was in herearly 70’s, standing on her horse, wieldinga chainsaw.
"She was literally standing on hersaddle and cutting a rather large limb off.There were two things going on there: thiswas an extremely brave woman, and avery good horse," Berlage said. "She wasa phenomenon. More energy than thevast majority of people a third of her age."
BLAZING A TRAILEmma McCrary was known to disap-
pear into the mountains for hours on end,threading her horses through dense
woodsand imag-ining newpathways.A partiallist of hertrails in-cludes theWheel,Cabin andZaneGrey trailsin WilderRanch;the LostEmpire,Big Ben,Escape
and Spur trails in Fall Creek; and theU-Con trail connecting UCSC and RinconRoad.
"I think she wanted to get people outinto the forest and let them see the beautyand experience the beauty. She saw thebeauty in a well laid-out trail along themountainside. She saw them as a work ofart," Bud McCrary said.
McCrary worked with state parks tobuild several trail connectors, rode horsepatrol and at one point was the only civil-
ian al-lowedto car-ry achain-saw instateparks.
"A lot of peo-ple write letters anddo things on paper.Emma went outthere with a chain-saw," said RobinMusitelli, a friendand former Sentinelreporter. "The word'determined' ishardly adequate."
Her legacy iseverywhere, butperhaps unknownto those who don'tknow the stories.Lost Camp, a trailthrough Fall CreekState Park, was notnamed after somelong-forgotten log-gers redoubt, butbecause McCrarybecame lost therein 1987.
In 1973, shewrote a book called "Influencing Horses"that took a new approach to raising hors-es. Her gentler style came decades be-fore "The Horse Whisperer" popularizedthe idea.
"That book was way ahead of itstime," said Claudia Goodman, head of theHorsemen's Association. "It's only in thelast 10 to 15 years that a lot of the ideasthat she had are coming to the fore."
McCrary's approach to nature wassymbiotic to the views of the family shemarried into. The McCrarys have operat-ed Big Creek in a way that has earnedpraise from environmentalists, rebukingharmful logging practices and selling hun-dreds of acres of land over the years forpreservation.
After surgery following her diagnosis11 months ago, doctors warned McCraryto take it easy. She didn't. Her familybought her a chainsaw that started with apush-button rather than a rip cord.
"That made her happier than any-thing," Bud McCrary said.
A celebration of Emma McCrary's lifeis being planned.
"There really isn't anybody like her,"said friend Mary Fenton. "We're going tomiss her."
Emma McCrary
BORN: Dec. 25, 1930
DIED: June 24, 2011
HOME: Swanton
OCCUPATION:Mother, volunteertrailblazer
COMMUNITY IN-VOLVEMENT: activein 4-H; former boardmember, Santa CruzCounty Horsemen'sAssociation and NorthAmerican Trail RideConference
SURVIVORS: Hus-band, Homer "Bud";son, Ken; daughters,Carol and Emmy Lou.Preceded in death byson, Michael.
Emma and Bud in 2003Emma was most at home on
the back of a horse
Emma cleared many a trailwith mileage marker behind
Emma in an English competition
Emma Walker and Bud McCrary en-gagement 1948
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I am hoping that many of you, whoeither rode or volunteered at Swantonover the years, will write down yourspecial memories associated with Em-ma or the ride itself, and send them tome. My plan is to compile a booklet ofthose memories and have it printed andready in time for our 2012 Awards pre-sentations. I think the Swanton Ridecreated more memories, tall tales andfunny recollections in people's mindsthan any other Region 1 ride. To havethose compiled in one place would be
so much fun, as well as a tribute toEmma and her wonderful ride.
Please get them to me by the endof this year (sooner is much better thanlater......do it while you're thinking aboutit) and mail or email them to:
674 La Porte RoadQuincy, CA 95971
Thanks very much---hope to hearfrom a whole slew of you folks!
Request For MemoriesBy Betty Young
Please contact your Region 1 BOD ifyou would like to nominate anyone forthe following appreciation awards.
Jim Menefee HonoraryLifetime Membership (HLM)
Each region may nominate one mem-ber of NATRC for the JM HonoraryLifetime Membership award. At thefinal board meeting, the National Boardwill select one recipient with the awardbeing presented at the following Nation-al Convention. Nomination letter to belimited to 400 words. *This award is notrelated in content to the Jim MenefeeMemorial Combined Horse /Horseman-ship award.
Workers Hall of Fame
Each region may nominate one mem-ber of NATRC for the Workers Hall ofFame. At the final National Board meet-ing, the board will select one or morerecipients at their discretion. Recipientsmay be individual or pairs. The awardis presented at the following National
Convention. Nomination letter to belimited to 400 words.
National Appreciation Awards
Each region may nominate one mem-ber for a National Appreciation Award.At the final National Board meeting, theboard will select three (3) recipientswho will be presented at the next Na-tional Convention. A recipient can beeligible only once every three years.Nomination letter to be limited to 200words.
Regional Appreciation Awards forNational Recognition
Each region may select up to three (3)recipients for national recognition.These recipients will be presented tothe board at the final National Boardmeeting, and appreciation certificateswill be presented at the following Na-tional Convention. Recipients may beindividuals or pairs or groups such asride sponsors or clubs. Nominationletter to be limited to 200 words.
Certificates of AppreciationDEADLINE for Nominations: October 15
Region 1Benefit Ride
Please join us for the Region 1 Ben-efit Ride, to be held at CowboyCamp near Williams, California, onSeptember 24th.
Please think about what items youmight be able to donate for the raffleand silent auction.
Come prepared to bid on excitingitems already donated, including aset of four Michelin passenger/lighttruck tires, valued at up to $1300.00.Bids will start at $500.00. The tireswill be shipped to the winning bidder,who will be responsible for expensesassociated with installation at theirlocation of choice.
If you can’t be there but are interest-ed in bidding anyway, contact Jo-sette Brault at [email protected].
Gary Fitts and Fames Baydal BLat the Mount Diablo ride.
Photo by Michael T. Solomon
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Highlights From the National BOD Meeting - Denver, Colorado, July 9, 2011
Webinars: Jim Ferris organizedand conducted 2 Webinars/ GoToMeetings for the NBOD between theFebruary and July regular meetings todiscuss a special raffle, the proposedbylaws changes, the Hoof Print, and“branding” applications. Jim has re-solved some technical difficulties, andthe effectiveness of the meetings hasincreased. This technology uses tele-phone communication as in a confer-ence call, but in addition enables theattendees to view a computer screen.The service is available for our Regionsor special committees to use. Pleasecontact Jim Ferris for more information.
Business of NATRC: ElaineSwiss, NATRC Treasurer, wrote an ex-cellent article and provided good infor-mation in the financial statements in theSummer Hoof Print. Largely due to few-er rides, fewer riders, and fewer mem-bers – even though expenses are down- we are looking at a $5,000 - $8,000shortfall for 2011. Each Region has agoal for 2011 to help decrease thisshortfall. R1’s goal for 2011 over 2010is to have one more ride (7 instead of 6),a higher average number of competitorsper ride, (31 instead of 28), and onemore member (155 instead of 154).
Proposed bylaws changes: By-laws changes are difficult to enact andrequire a majority vote of the respond-ing membership plus an affirmative 2/3vote of the NBOD. Three proposalswere considered this year.
Term limits did not pass.The length of a term for anAlternate NBOD member whofills the seat of a regular NBODmember passed.The proposal for regions toconduct their own electionsfor National Board represen-tatives passed. See separatearticle.
Proposed rule changes: Pleaseread the report in the Fall Hoof Print andlet us know what you think.
A Protest was filed regarding anobstacle. See report in the Fall HoofPrint.
Jean Green, Management Chair,Bev Roberts and I worked on getting allof the on-line management documentsstandardized to the new branding spec-ifications. Jean and I also updated theManagement Manual, and the 2011 edi-tion has been posted on the website.
Marketing and Publicity: NA-TRC has gotten free publicity in 17 pub-lications, websites and radio showsfrom articles submitted by membersand Bev Roberts, Marketing and Public-ity Chair. E-News, a subscriber basedemail application administered by BevRoberts, is delivering information veryefficiently. Find NATRC on FaceBook.
National Raffle: Details in theSummer Hoof Print and on the NATRCwebsite for details on the incredibleopportunity to travel lodge to lodge, byhorseback, in Machu Picchu, Peru.
Contact any R1 BOD member for tick-ets.
Sponsors: Please remember tobuy from and say thanks to our wonder-ful national sponsors. See the Region1 or national web sites for more infor-mation.
Hoof Print: Preparing, printingand mailing Hoof Print remains a largepart of our budget. We are investigatingways to make it more informative andefficient.
Judges Committee: The thirdcopy of the scorecards is still beingreviewed in an effort to improve judgingquality and consistency. Improvementin the comments of several judges hasbeen seen. In addition, this year we’llbe asking for comments from riders.
Membership: Personal contactwith prospective new members is veryimportant.
2012 National Convention will behosted by Region 2 in conjunction withthe AERC Convention in Reno, NVMarch 9-10.
Information & Education CommitteeJudges Committee
Hoof Print Advocate/Media Advisory Committee
Policies & Procedures Committee
2011 Ride ScheduleAugust 6 Georgetown Georgetown, CA “B” O/N/CP Helen Steenman (530) 333-4364 [email protected]
Sec: Lucinda Elliott (530) 887-9785 [email protected]
Aug 20-21 Jackson Forest Ft. Bragg, CA “A” O/CP; “B” N Steve Meroshnekoff (707) 743-9973 [email protected]
Sec: Maria Pilgrim (707) 795-8163 [email protected]
Sept. 10-11 WA State Horse "Park & Ride" CleElum, WA “A” O/CP/N; “B” O/CP/N Kathryn Lewandowsky (360) 403-8471 [email protected]
Sec: TBD (425) 737-4594
Sept 24 Cowboy Camp Williams, CA “B” O/N/CP Jean Armer (530) 755-8301 [email protected]
Sec: Maria Pilgrim (707) 795-8163 [email protected] RIDE !
NEW RIDE !
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Regions Will Conduct NBOD ElectionsThe following proposed change to theNational Bylaws was passed at the Ju-ly NBOD meeting:
3. Voting within each region: The pro-posed amendment is in italics and un-derlined. Present wording is struckout.A. ARTICLE XIII. CommitteesSection 4. Nominating Committee:The President Each region shallappoint a Nominating Chairman anda Nominating Committee. of onevoting member from each region.This committee may nominateannually, sufficient individuals to fillthe positions of National BoardMembers/Alternates whose termsexpire at the end of the year.Nominees must be and have beenvoting members for at least two fullfiscal years previous to the year ofnomination. Nominees must, in theopinion of this committee, be activeas a competitor, or as a judge or inRide Management or NATRCManagement. The committee shallgive due consideration to
geographical areas and states, andto different categories of occupation,so that the Board of Directors is idelyrepresentative of NATRC and is atrue composite of the leadershipthereof. At least thirty (30) daysbefore the Fall meeting of NationalBoard of Directors, the chairman ordesignee regions shall submit to thevoting members of their region bywritten mail ballot a slate ofnominees for the vacancies to occuron the National Board of Directors.Such ballots shall also provide spacefor nominees to be written in by themembers. To be available fortabulation, all ballots shall bereturned by 9 a.m. of the first day ofThe tabulation from each region shallbe presented at the Fall meeting ofthe National Board of Directors. Theballots shall be counted before noonof that day.
Section 5.Ballot Committee: Ballotsshall be counted at the Fall meetingby a committee appointed by thepresident, excluding nominees and
members of the NominatingCommittee. This Each region'sNominating Committee shall reportthe results to the President, whoshall cause an announcement of theelection to be made thereafter.
This means that each region willelect its NBOD representatives beforethe November NBOD meeting. Region1 will have to revise its own bylaws ac-cordingly, but for now, the National by-laws supersede those of the region.
Region 1 needs to have an elec-tion for its NBOD Alternate position,currently held by Phil Young who wasappointed to fill the remainder of a termfor Jim Ferris.
The Resume form to nominate aperson is included in this issue as wellas in the Summer Hoof Print. If youwish to run, you many nominate your-self and return the resume to Jim Fer-ris. If you would like to nominatesomeone else, please notify Jim Ferris.The deadline has been extended toSeptember 1.
Ballots will be mailed to you.
I don't know why I wanted to dodistance riding when I purchased myfirst horse. That was when I was closeto 40. Coming from a long distancerunning background was a HUGE partof it.
OH! I also come from a Pianobackground - classical piano lessons atthe teaching convent in Fremont (yes,that's right, NUNS), where we had fullblown recitals on stage, etc. UGGG!! Apainfully- shy kid’s nightmare!!!!
SO....needless tosay, getting in a show ringand performing was OUTOF THE QUESTION forme as an adult. So WHATTO DO WITH THISHORSE?
I heard about NA-TRC at my first boardingplace. I went riding withthe owner of the property.She trailered us out andwhen we got to the trail-head, we tied our horses
to her trailer on the side that has thespare mounted. She said, and I'll neverforget, "I don't think that this would beright for NATRC." She also mentionedthat the latch for the back door shouldbe protected so that the lead ropecould not get trapped in it.
This was all information that I wasfiling in my brain. At this point, I think Ihad been on a horse 10 times, so I waslike a SPONGE - just absorbing everybit of information. AND I remembered
the name NATRC.I logged onto the
website and I kept loggingonto the website for a fewyears. I kept note of whowas winning and keptreading about the divi-sions and the distanceand speed. I think I knewthat website better thanthe creators! I think thatthe MOST important partto me was the emphasison SAFENESS!!!! WOW!
I had a vet judge who would pull myhorse if I didn't condition it well enough.This was extremely important to me,this new horse person who read everySusan Garlinghouse article and everylong distance book.
Without getting off topic, NATRCis not a highly advertised sport. Andthat's really too bad. I was so im-pressed with the SAFETY part of NA-TRC.
I truly hope that we don't dissolvein R1. It will be a sad day if we can'ttake our new/upcoming horses to asafe, long distance trail competitionwhere people have the etiquette andpoliteness and common sense to helpothers along.
I plan on boarding my Mule at afacility for the next few weekends sothat I can ride and take care of my dadrecovering from cancer. I will hopefullybe a good ambassador for thesport.....these are all trail people in Pol-lock Pines, CA....
How I Heard About NATRCBy Michelle Pimentel
Michelle & Royal PrancerPhoto by Michael T. Solomon
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A RideTo
RememberBy
VictoriaBoicelli
And so it was at last a spring day as wesat on the deck of Jim and Sheri Ferris’sbeautiful home in Penn Valley, California.The view is gorgeous there. The oak stud-ded green rolling hills stretched out reach-ing for the flat land far beyond. BettyYoung, Sheri, and myself joined in con-versation as our men folk attended to thebusiness of the Region 1 board meetinginside. I almost felt like we should bequilting or something, but we found some-thing much more fun to do. Sheri hasnumerous bird feeders ideally situated forher feathered visitors. We watched themflutter at the feeders in a kind of birdfeeding frenzy and enjoyed their antics.We were trying to identify each one. Sherihad that one hands down, plus tidbits ofinformation about their different habits The sun was much too inviting. Wemoved our chairs into it to soak up thewarmth and glow. Now I know why olddogs lie in the sun. Soon our talk turnedto a common denominator, that of horsesand their stories. Betty began to tell usabout her favorite horse Bart and a veryspecial time in her life. Bart, it seems, was a Crabbet lineArabian. Not the kind with spindly legsand exaggerated dished faces animatedlytrotting at the end of a lead in a halterclass. Bart was what was expected of aCrabbet line Arabian. (A Can Do Horse).He was 14.3 hands, a chestnut in hue,with a splash of white running down hisface in between two wide spaced, expres-sive, kind eyes. His body depictedstrength, well sprung ribs, good width ofchest, plenty of room for heart and lungs.He had substance, good dense bone,strong hooves, the foundation to carry hismuscular frame over miles, but Bart hadmuch more than all of this. He had desire,the desire to please, the desire to go thedistance, the desire to reach their goal. Betty’s sincere, determined, steel blueeyes took on a far away look now, shewas some where back there. Back whereit had all started. Phil evidently was thecatalyst. You see, he was quite certainthat Betty and Bart could finish the Tevis.
Betty was somewhat reluctant, but shejust couldn’t escape Phil’s urging andprodding, which in some instances shefound annoying. Phil was insistent, andso Betty began to condition Bart in ear-nest for the Tevis. The big day had arrived. The sun hadyet not risen but the eastern horizon fore-told of its arrival. The air was cool as theystarted out, but the still, dry day promiseda warm if not hot Tevis. In fact it would beone of the warmest Tevis rides. As theytraveled up the rocky steepness to Cou-gar Rock, it was already getting warm,and Betty was not heat tolerant. Through-out the ride Betty would say she neverreally felt the heat. It seemed to her as ifshe was enveloped in some kind of magiccocoon, protecting her from that externalinfluence. On to Robinson Flat they went, to resta bit and replenish themselves with fluids.The crew of friends and family were thereto encourage, support, and ready themfor the next part of the ride. Both horseand rider were doing well at this point. Asthey started to get back on trail there wassome confusion. Some riders had taken awrong trail on the way out and had dou-bled back. Riders were bunched up want-ing to proceed and anxious to get goingonce again. People were getting frustrat-ed and loudly protesting from behind.Betty and Bart got back into their rhythmafter that fiasco and trekked on. Puffs ofbeige dust from the horses ahead hungin the air, and endless scenes of coniferssurrounded them. Bart and Betty movedon down into the hot, humid canyon floorsand then up again. The elevation changeson the Tevis are tremendous. Yet Bart didnot falter, and Betty’s cocoon still sur-rounded her.
And so here they were at MichiganBluff and by now Betty was getting tired.Phil had made a makeshift shower there.Betty rested for a bit. Bart still gave noindication of fatigue. He watched otherhorses leave and patiently waited his turn,his work not yet done. Arriving at Foresthill was, at best,surrealistic. People and horses were ev-erywhere, glow sticks and the full moonadding to the eeriness. Betty sufferedfrom vertigo in the darkness, but Bartknew none of that and was eager to getunderway. He was, after all, a horse anddarkness did not hamper him. Betty onceagain bid her loyal crew goodbye andheaded out. Francisco was a “give out give up”stop for many people. Close to the finishyet so far. Betty got off her horse and wasworried about him. They had come so far.Tears fell then, and she cried uncontrolla-
bly. Phil had his stethoscope on Bart andreassured her that his pulse was comingdown. It was then Gregg Fellers ap-proached. He had checked many horsesand told them it was no use, their horseshad given all they had. He looked Bartover, took his vitals, watched him trot out,gave him a pat and said “He is good togo.” Then he looked at Betty, who was stillcrying, and said, “What’s wrong withyou?” Her crew then helped her back ontoBart, wished her luck and told her theywould see her at the finish. The moon peeking through the treescast splotches of light on the trail. All wasquiet except for Bart’s steady and surehoof beats. Both horse and rider knewthey were nearing their goal. There camethat time of connection that a rider neverforgets. Both horse and rider are equallyfocused. They move literally as one unit,different species but the same.
Gliding across time, which hasseemed to vanish now, they are caughtup completely in the moment. Bart sensesthe excitement and forges ahead. Bettyfingers the reins and calls him back effort-lessly to her hands. “Okay, mom,” hesays. He does this one more time andgives the same response. The ride hastaken on a dream-like quality. The finishis nearly in sight, the adrenalin pumpingthrough both horse and rider. There theyare, her crew. David, her son, sports awide grin and holds a can of beer in onehand to toast his mom. Phil, who knewthey could do it all along, smiles with prideat his wife and Bart. Linda Thomason,Betty’s riding buddy, assists in gettingBetty down. Betty feels like so much jellyall over and is sobbing now. One moretime Linda helps Betty back up for hervictory ride. Her eyes are full as she doesso. Betty is too proud of her little horse tospeak. The ride has been ridden, but it willbe re-ridden many more times in Betty’smind. Further on, David would also rideBart on another Tevis ride, but of coursethat is another story. After all, horses arewonderful creatures if only for the storiesthey leave with us.
It is said Phil never posed the ques-tion to Betty of who she loved best, Bartor himself. He was just too afraid of whatthe answer might be.
Thank you, Betty, for taking mealong with you on this ride.
(Bart was the winner of the GrandChampion Horse Award for 1985, wasinducted into the Horse Hall of Fame in1991, and Betty was three-time winner ofthe Polly Bridges Award for high averagehorsemanship.)
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Ride ResultsResults not official until posted at www.natrc.org
Mt. Diablo Spring5/7/2011 Region One-CAB-O/N/CP Total Riders: 21Chairperson: Ellen PofcherJudges: Stephanie Ostrowski DVM,Karel WaughNovice Sweepstakes: Tuscany Berlitz/Berlitz, Barbara-98Open Sweepstakes: Stealth Knight/Boicelli, Victoria-92
Open Heavyweight1/1 Stealth Knight/Boicelli, Victoria2/2 Take-A-Walkaloosa/Hess,
LucieCO Marilyn/Pestana, Philip
Open Lightweight1/2 Cobay/Wolf, Jeanine2/1 Royal Prancer/Pimentel,
Michelle
Novice Heavyweight1/1 Tuscany Berlitz/Berlitz,
Barbara2/2 Kodi/Pimentel, Joe3/DO Amiaborr/Boicelli, Gene
Novice Lightweight1/1 Sierra Sunshine/Stidolph, Don-na2/2 7th Heaven Star/Fuller, Lisa3/3 Snap 2/Ward, Keith
Novice Junior1/1 Garnet/Barash, Emma
Competitive Pleasure1/5 Banner 3/Doub, Kathleen
2/2 Om El Shakeeb Dream/Dillard, Joe3/3 Nura BL/Hoffman, Rose4/ Fames Baydal BL/Fitts, Gary5/ Laarkin/Brown, Tammy6/ Azzana BL/Mertens, Becky /4 Huck Finn/Frey, Ute /1 La Paloma Dream/Dillard,
Ashley /6 Lakota 5/Lieberknecht, Kay
Round Valley AJune 18-19/2011 Region One-CAA-O/CP Total Riders: 11Chairman: Gene BoicelliJudges: Carol Ormond DVM, Jamie DieterichOpen Sweepstakes: Desert Rein-
beau/Meroshnekoff, Angie-95
Open Heavyweight1/2 Stealth Knight/Boicelli, Victoria2/1 Tura Lura/Cannon, Linda
Open Lightweight1 /2 DesertReinbeau/
Meroshnekoff, Angie2/1 Andarko/Walls, Lory
Competitive Pleasure1/4 Om El Shakeeb Dream/Dillard, Joe2/1 La Paloma Dream/Dillard,
Ashley3/3 Lady Tigers Hysyn/Schlerf, Haley4/5 Take-A-Walkaloosa/Hess,
Lucie5/2 Lakota 5/Lieberknecht, KayP MJ Abiad Amir/Ferris, Jim
Competitive Pleasure DO SD SzZaphira/Huff, Suzanne
Round Valley BJune 18/2011 Region One-CAB-N Total Riders: 17Chairman: Gene BoicelliJudges: Carol Ormond DVM, Jamie DieterichNovice Sweepstakes: Pokani/Owens, Jill-98.5
Novice Heavyweight1/2 Laarkin/Brown, Tammy2/DO ZK Rubicon/Christopherson, Stu3/3 Tuscany Berlitz/Berlitz,
Barbara4/DO Blue Camel/Brown, Doug5/1 Tango Sierra/Harvey, Laura6/4 MK Van Gough/York, Ron
Novice Lightweight1/5 Pokani/Owens, Jill2/4 Garnet/Isgrigg, Kaysha3/3 SC Tecka/York, Debbie4/2 Apache's Shila/Arnold,
Mary-Ellis5/6 Sierra Sunshine/Stidolph,
Donna6/ Tehya 2/Ross, Sandy /1 Amiaborr/Thurman, ArielP Sunny 9/Ross, Nicole
Novice Junior1/1 Kaylee/Johnson, Karlie2/3 Sage 5/Heinzman, Catherine3/2 Shadow 7/Goodfriend, Ariel
Ariel Thurman at Mt. Diablo Rose Hoffman & Nura BLat Mt. Diablo
Photo by Michael T. Solomon
Gene Boicelli and Amiaborrat Mt. Diablo
Photo by Michael T. Solomon
Photo by Michael T. SolomonVickie Boicelli and
Stealth Knight at Round Valley
Photo by Donna Stidolph
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More Ride ResultsResults not official until posted at www.natrc.org
Challenge of the North A7/16-17/2011 Region 1A-AKA-O/CP Total Riders: 28Chair: Laurie KnuutilaJudges: Mike Peralez, DVM, SueFlaggOpen Sweepstakes: Quest Forelegance/Hamlin, Kiana-91
Open Heavyweight1 / 4 Always Lucky/Romine, Rebecca2/3 Star of Excellence/Halley,
Catherine3/1 Indy’s Midnight Sun/Hess, Lucie4/2 The Jewel Thief/Lythgoe, MarciaP Jasmine’s Magic/Fisk, Colleen
Open Lightweight1/1 CR Splash of Magic/Hamlin,
Ginger2/3 Willow Bey Star/Grogan, Brenda3/2 ShaMara/Forrester, Donna
Open Junior1/1 Quest Forelegance/Hamlin, Kiana2/3 Sanalta’s Sugar and Spice/Carlson, Jessica3 / 4 Siddasnickerechoes/Lorence, Kelti
4/2 TWS Echstravaganza/Quinn, ChaseCompetitive Pleasure1/5 Genuine Arctic Attitude/
McDonough, Barbara2/1 Electrachex/Bergman, Stephanie3/2 Bo/Schamber, Pam4/ Dixie Girl/Rinke, Gaila5/ Gypsy/Stevenson, Kelly6/3 Dartagnon’s Path/Schirack, Julia /4 Wild Lady’s Night/Dent, Susan /6 Daisy/Hrncir, Dorothy Sam/Bentti, Keith Lola/Berkley, Claudia Poncho/Faulkner, Jane Spiffy/Gotschall, Sarah Cinch/Sands, WilliamP Rio Borealis/Williams, NancyP Haidas Handy Lad/Carney
KatrinaP October Impulse/Elsberry,
Dorothy
Challenge of the North B7/16/2011 Region 1A-AKB-N Total Riders: 13Chair: Laurie KnuutilaJudges: Mike Peralez, DVM, SueFlagg
Novice Sweepstakes: Dapper Dan Da Lady’s Man/
Kolehmainen, Karol-98
Novice Heavyweight1/1 Dapper Dan Da Lady’s Man/Kolehmainen, Karol2/5 Push Flirt’s Button/Wilson, Shirley3/3 Dynfari From Arctic Arrow/Miller, Charles4/4 Lady’s Midnight Scout/
Kolehmainen, John5/6 Genuine Silver Dollar/Covel, Kathy6/2 Pace N Mad/Wilfer, Lauren
Novice Lightweight1 / 3 Manadis/Baker-Miller, Cynthia2/2 LaReigna/Smith, Angela3/1 Hoss/Kiskin, Anna
Novice Junior1/1 Jake/Bue, Cortney2/2 Is A Perfect Dream/Parsley,
Morgan3 / 4 Cherries Jubilee/Smith, Rebecca4/3 Dusty/Miller, Kiana
VetJudge MikePerlez givesinstructionsto CP riderStephanieBergman.
Region 6member LucieHess riding In-dy’s MidnightSun. Also pic-tured is Lucie’sriding partner,Open JuniorKelti Lorenceon Sidda-Snickerechoes.
CP rider Nancy Williamsmanages a smile despite the
pouring rain as she times out.
Open Junior rider ChaseQuinn works a side-pass obstacle.
Scenes from theChallenge of the
North Ride
Photo by Leila Johnson
Photo by Jenny Daniels
Photo by Jenny Daniels
Photo by Jenny Daniels
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The meeting was held on May 22, 2011, atBig Oak Valley, CA. The meeting was calledto order by Linda Thomason, Chairman, at10:26 a.m. Present: Phil Young, JamieDieterich, Jim Ferris, Linda Thomason,Gene Boicelli, Stephanie Swain, and LauraHarvey. Absent: Angie Meroshnekoff andSteve Meroshnekoff. Guests: Sherry Lind-ley-Ferris, Betty Young, and Vicki Boicelli.
Secretary’s Report:Phil Young moved to approve the Secre-tary’s Report, including approval of the Min-utes of the meeting held 13 March 2011,seconded by Jim Ferris. Approved unani-mously.
Treasurer’s Report:Primary Checking: $22276.76With the 2011 Benefit Ride postponed dueto the EHV-1 outbreak, if not rescheduled,there will be no income for this year. Also,there will be no income from the 2012 R1Convention because the National Conven-tion will be hosted by Region 2 in Reno, andwe will have our program associated withthat. Due to Quicken file conversion issues(PC to Mac) the 2011 Budget Proposal hasbeen delayed. Phil Young will complete theBudget Proposal by end of week, includingaccounting for each event (Convention,Benefit Ride, etc.) Phil investigated movingthe checking account to a new bank, but therequirements are rather onerous, so theaccount will remain at Bank of America.
Committee Reports:Physical Resource Coordinator:
Should ride managers be charged a refund-able deposit for using the bibs, to be refund-ed when the bibs are returned, with a fee formissing or damaged bibs? Phil Youngmoved to approve, Stephanie Swain sec-onded. Approved unanimously.
Historian: Kathy Nixon – still has NA-TRC pictures that were donated at Conven-tion to be put into albums. Laura Harvey haspictures to make new boards to show atConvention, rides, clinics, etc.
Wonder Workers: Steve Merosh-nekoff – No report.
Points/Membership: Jim Ferris – 62members, down significantly; due to a lot ofnon-renewals. No points yet.
Publicity: Linda Thomason – RideMagazine has printed the pre-Conventionarticle and will print a post-Convention arti-cle in the early summer issue. They wouldlike an article on the R1A Alaska ride to printin a later issue. Jim believes there may bean article available from Laurie Knuutila.Rides are being advertised in Ride Maga-zine, BAEN Calendar.
Benefit Ride: Rescheduled due toEHV-1 outbreak. Tentative date September24. Angie to be reimbursed for fuel costsrelating to ride preparations in an amount upto $300.00. Jim Ferris moved to approve,Gene Boicelli seconded. Approved unani-mously.
The Leadline: Phil Young – No report.National BOD: Electronic NBOD meetingwill be held this coming Thursday, May 26,2011, via webinar to deal with 3 items: ratifi-cation of bylaws changes, ratification of2012 Convention Raffle prize, discussion ofbranding. Jamie and Jim to update boardregarding bylaws voting.
Region 1 Website: Debi Carpaduswill continue to host the Region 1 websiteand hold the domain registration. DonnaStiddolph continues to work on a new sitewhich will include updated pictures as ridesare held. The transition to the new websiteshould take place by 01 June 2011.
Ride/Clinic Management: Still re-searching dates and locations for Ride Clinicto be held March/April 2012. Tentative re-scheduled ride dates: Arnold Rim – July 23,Cowboy Camp – September 24. Jim toe-blast membership when rescheduleddates are firm.Gene Boicelli mentioned possible 2012change of venue from Round Valley to LosVaqueros in Antioch.
Outreach Coordinator: Linda Thom-ason – handed out one new rider gift bagsat Mt. Diablo ride. She will be at the RoundValley ride, but needs someone to handleNew Rider outreach at rides she can’t at-tend. This entails giving out new rider bags,which include copies of the new boot ruleand information on the drug rule.
Trails Advocacy Coordinator: JudyEtheridge – contacted by Linda. Reportedthat there is an advocacy group working tokeep Coe Park open in the face of State
Parks closures. Projected 2 year closure atSunol for dam work will not be happening.The park will remain open while the work iscompleted. We need members to representNATRC at trails advocacy work days, prefer-ably wearing NATRC T-shirts.Bylaws: No report – see minutes of March13, 2011 meeting.
Judging Issues: Protest filed in R3regarding unsafe obstacles. No update.
Old Business:T-Shirt/Sweatshirt Sales: Angie
Meroshnekoff – Linda stated T-shirts andsweatshirts were sold at Convention. Lindahas remaining shirts and will bring them tooffer for sale at the Round Valley ride, thenpass them to another board member to getthem to rides she will not be able to attend.
NATRC Computers: Jim Ferris –work in progress. No update.
Change of location for R1 BODmeetings: No update.
R1 Corporate and Non-profit status:Ongoing – no update.
New Business:Year End Awards: we need a replace-
ment for Kathy Nixon. She is willing tocontinue doing perpetual awards gifts forride chairmen, Leadline editor (Specialawards). Betty Young graciously offered totake over the horse and horsemanshipawards, and Jamie Dieterich will do certifi-cates. Betty requests that we share anyideas for award items that we come acrossin catalogs or on the Internet.
Next Meeting:Date: September 25, 2011Time: 8:00 a.m.Location: Cowboy Camp ride, Cache CreekWilderness
Tentative upcoming meetingdates/locations:??January 2012 via Go-To-Meeting
Close of Meeting: Motion to adjournby Gene Boicelli; seconded by Phil Young;all agreed. Meeting adjourned by Linda,Chairman at 12:43 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Minutes of the NATRC Region 1 BOD Meeting
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RESUMEFOR NOMINEES FOR ALTERNATE TO NATRC BOARD OF DIRECTORS – Region 1
In order to select a slate of nominees for this year’s ballot, we need a resume of your qualifications. Please answer the following, sign the pledgeand return this form to the Nominating Committee Chairman by September 1, 2011.
NAME_____________________________________________________________________REGION_______________
ADDRESS________________________________________________________________________________________
CITY_________________________________STATE__________ ZIP_____________PHONE_____________________
HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN A NATRC MEMBER?_______________________________________________
INTEREST IN NATRC (RIDER, MANAGER, JUDGE)______________________________________________________
Please make a statement regarding your interest, qualification, related interests and what you would like to do for NATRC.Be brief and please do it in 200 words or less. The information will be used on our ballots to acquaint the voters with you.Use the back of this page for your statement or attach an additional page and return to the Nomination Committee Chair-man.
Results of the election will be presented at the fall meeting of the National Board of Directors. Your term will begin in Jan-uary.
As an Alternate member of the NATRC Board of Directors, you will be expected to attend the Board meetings held threetimes a year if the regular NBOD member cannot. Expenses related to the Board meetings are borne by the Board mem-bers. The current Board has voted to split transportation costs (not rooms or meals) equally between all Board memberswho are attending the meeting. The average shared cost of the transportation for 2010 was $326.02. Total average costto attend the three meetings, including transportation, hotel and meals, was about $550.00 per meeting. Most of the Re-gions are able to provide some funding for their Directors. Please check with your Regional Directors to receive additionalinformation.
Thank you for your interest in your NATRC.
PLEDGE:
IF I AM ELECTED TO THE NORTH AMERICAN TRAIL RIDE CONFERENCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, I AGREE TOBE PRESENT AT ALL BOARD MEETINGS, IF POSSIBLE, AND TO ACCEPT THE EQUITABLE FINANCIAL RESPON-SIBILITY AS VOTED BY THE BOARD ON WHICH I SERVE.
SIGNATURE OF CANDIDATE________________________________________________________________________
Please return no later than September 1, 2011, to:Jim Ferris
PO Box 300Penn Valley, CA 95946
530/ 432-6513 [email protected]
NATRC Student Loan Program
Student loans are available up to $5,000 per person /year, at the discretionof the NATRC National Board of Directors, after proper application has beensubmitted. Preference will be given to a full-time student who has been amember of NATRC or whose family has been an active member for at leastthree years. Consideration will also be given to a student or a student’s familywho has been an active member of NATRC for less than three years but morethan six months.
A loan will be made based upon financial need, scholastic achievement,and character of the applicant as determined by the Student Loan/ScholarshipCommittee.
A loan is to be repaid in monthly installments, with an annual interest rateof 3% charged on that loan, beginning not later than six months followinggraduation or when the recipient ceases to be a full-time student.
For an application, contact the NATRC Executive Administrator [email protected] Please complete the form in Word and submit via email to theNATRC Executive Administrator at [email protected]
AttentionJunior Riders!
The Region 1 Board of Directors votedto continue the Junior Rider Paybackprogram at their October 2010 meeting.Junior riders can receive a payback of30.00 per ride on a minimum of tworides and a maximum of three ridesentered during the 2011 ride season.Contact Phil Young for more informa-tion.
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