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OHC State News -
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Congratulations to Rick Patterson - 2010 Gibby Award winner!
details
(posted 8/11/10)
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Thanks to Jackie Romaker our new State Newsletter Editor.
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Congratulations to Tom Green on his appointment to the Clean Ohio
Trail Fund Advisory Board
details (posted 7/1/10)
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 1st
Place - Equine Affaire Youth Photo Contest (Josalyn
Crumet- Fairfield County)
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Other Equine Affaire® Contest Results
(posted 5/6/10)
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SAVE JEFFERSON LAKE! details
(posted 4/30/10)
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WANTED - A few good people to fill State Committee Openings
(updated 3/9/10)
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County News -
| Best of America by Horseback at Cleveland Metro Parks hosted by
Cuyahoga OHC - See the article on the County Page (posted
6/18/10) |
| Check out the winners from
the 6th Annual Chili Cook-off hosted by Adams and Scioto
OHC. See the article on the County
Page
(posted 3/9/10) |
Trail News -
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AEP Recreation Land - Morgan County - Temporary
Annual Trail Closures - September to November
details (posted 8/25/10)
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Oak Openings damaged in storm -
details
(posted 6/9/10)
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Legislative News -
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United Organization of the Horse - Perception is reality and
those who are offering no solutions, while continuing to campaign loudly
with misinformation and falsehoods need to be called to task for the
suffering they are causing......article
(posted 5/17/10)
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Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board-
Public Listening sessions scheduled
to allow Ohioans opportunity to comment on creation of new
standards. OHC members
encouraged to attend regional meeting in their area.
more info (posted 5/4/10)
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H.O.R.S.E. Act - Horse
owners and concerned citizens have come together (The United Organizations
of the Horse) and will offer Congress an alternate proposal dealing with
the humane treatment of horses which they believe will ensure the long
term viability of the horse industry (the H.O.R.S.E Act)
details (posted
2/10/10)
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Ohioans for Humane Farms -
led by HSUS (the Humane Society of the United States) is on the move again
in Ohio to impose "minimum standards" and thereby limiting the influence
of Livestock Standards Board recently implemented with Issue 2.
Please do your research before you sign any petitions.
details
(posted 2/10/10)
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Caution!
- The American Horse Heritage Fund
details
(alert provided 3/26/09 by the OHC
legislative committee)
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Other -
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Delaware Humane
Society needs our help. They have taken in 5 horses from a rescue
situation. They have been in stalls with 4-5 feet of manure. Older
sway back gelding; stallion with ulcerated hoof; stallion with large
tumor on chest (hospice situation); mother & daughter about 15 and 5
years old (have never been separated). If someone can help - call
740-369-7387. (posted 6/21/10)
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| Purina Mills, LLC, is voluntarily recalling two specific lots of
50-pound bags of Strategy® Professional Formula GX horse feed and one
lot of Layena® SunFresh® Recipe Pellet poultry feed. The recall is being
implemented due to the discovery of metal fragments in a limited number
of bags from one of the Strategy® product lots.
details (posted 4/19/10) |
State News
Congratulations to Tom Green
- he has been appointed by Governor Ted Strickland to the nine-member
Clean Ohio Trail Fund Advisory Board, which works in conjunction with the
ODNR Division of Real Estate and Land Management to improve outdoor
recreational opportunities by devoting millions of dollars to funding
trails for outdoor pursuits of all kinds, including horses. The Board is
responsible for review and approval of trail-related applications from
political subdivisions and nonprofit organizations and funds up to 75% of
project costs for successful applicants. (posted
7/1/10)
Save
Jefferson Lake - We are waiting for the
Jefferson County Commissioners to take action to take over Jefferson Lake
State Park as a County Park. Please write, call or email asking them
to “Save Jefferson Lake”. If you have been there and used the
Park, let them know what you think of it. If you haven’t, send a note
asking them to save the park.
Jefferson County Commissioners, 301 Market Street – 1st Floor,
Steubenville, OH 43952, 740-283-8500, Email:
commissioners@jeffersoncountyoh.com
Trail Mileage reports for 2009- have been
posted. Go to the Forms and Info
page to check out the Top Ten Trail Riders, Saddle Hours, counties and
more. Congratulations to the following for achieving top in their
class: (posted 3/10/10)
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Top Mileage County |
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Montgomery |
39,077 miles |
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Madison |
98.18% |
| Top Trail Rider - Adult |
William Stacy |
Adams |
3,448 miles |
| Top Trail Rider - Youth |
Crystel Fedele |
Scioto |
1,763 miles |
| Top Saddle Hours - Adult |
Richard L. Burnett Sr. |
Carroll |
2,156 hours |
| Top Saddle Hours - Youth |
Ashley Weaver |
Medina |
1,894 hours |
| Top Location - mileage |
Salt Fork State Park |
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20,648 miles |
| Most Popular Location |
Mohican & Hocking |
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reported by 29 counties |
| Youth Program - most active youth |
Madison Price |
Lorain |
237 points |
State Committee Openings -
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Newsletter - The state newsletter is
produced at least twice and sometimes three times annually. OHC
needs someone to coordinate the information and get it to the printer on a
timely basis.
job description
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Nominations Committee - Jim
Corman has announced that he will not be continuing as the nominating
committee's chair person in 2011. New chairman will be needed for
this committee. The chairperson is nominated by the president, but
appointed by the Executive cabinet at their first meeting of the year.
If you are interested in chairing this committee, please let your interest
be known.
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Trail Committee - It is with a heavy
heart and mixed emotions that Larrry Matthews has tendered his resignation
as the Trail Committee chairman. Larry has been our "trail leader"
for many years. These will be some mighty big shoes to fill.
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Website - looking for new talent to oversee OHC's "public face" on
the world-wide web. Current web-masters will continue to perform this
function until a replacement can be found. Ideally looking for
someone with the enthusiasm and skill to take our site to the "next level".
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Anyone interested in volunteering for any of the above positions should contact
State President, Rick Patterson.
Trail News
Oak Openings
damaged by storms - Here is a recap of what is going on up here
after the tornadoes came through on Saturday night. Route 64 is now
open between Whitehouse and Swanton. It was closed to allow crews to
cleanup the debris. The Rider's Center is still closed until further
notice. They are working to get it open. It has major tree damage. The
mounting stand and barn seem to be undamaged.
Trails in Oak Openings - a few are being opened up. The trails that are
being opened are those ones heading to the North. ALL the trails in the
South are closed indefinitely. This includes the Hour loop, complete south
loop and all trails going to the lake. These were the trails that were hit
the hardest and it could be a year or better before they open again -if at
all. This may be an opportunity for us to get new trails in this area.
PLEASE DON'T THINK YOU CAN GET AROUND THE CLOSED TRAILS - YOU WILL ONLY
CREATE MORE PROBLEMS - AND POSSIBLY GET A TICKET FOR BEING IN A RESTRICTED
AREA. (VERY COSTLY!) THERE ALREADY HAVE BEEN RIDERS TRYING TO GO THROUGH.
These trails in the south section are the trails most heavily used. Now
you will be using those trails going North. There are a couple of shorter
trails to the North - about the same as going to the lake and back. Check
the maps available at the Rider's Center.
The Maumee State Forest is also closed at this time. They are working to
get the overflow parking area opened - the trail between the overflow and
the Rider's Center is CLOSED. That area is completely destroyed. I do not
know how the trails are coming out of the back of Harry Hughes - I believe
they are ok. Harry Hughes received no damage from the storm.
PLEASE- before you decide to come and ride at Oak Openings - call first -
or check out the following websites for information. Detours are supposed
to be marked.
www.metroparkstoledo.com 419-407-9700 Ask about Oak Openings horse
trails
www.fcohc.com - I will
post what I know there or call me 419-270-8916
Both the Maumee State Forest and Oak Openings are going to need a lot of
help. We will let you know when we can start. They are still trying to
figure all all the damage and need to figure it all out. Please tell
all your friends about this - Will try to keep everyone up to date on the
news.
Cheryl Zielinski, Pres. Fulton County OHC
Here are a couple of pictures of the Rider's Center on
Sunday morning. One is by the mounting stand and the other was were
you used to head out on the trail. it will never be the same in the
Rider's Center.
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Legislative News
The H.O.R.S.E Act - The Humane
and Optimal Restoration and Sustainability of Equines
Act - is intended to offer legislators an alternative proposal with
solutions to ensure the humane care, management, and euthanasia of
horses in a way that will ensure the long-term viability of the horse
industry and to restore the market for all horses. The act is
being proposed by The United Organizations of the Horse which consists
of horse owners, horse organizations and concerned citizens familiar
with the industry. The Act proposes humane treatment, safe
transportation, and regulation without impeding the market, transport or
processing or use of horses in anyway. It does not take away the
property rights of horse owners. It does not eliminate the
right of Americans to decide how, or if they choose to market
or consume horse meat. It also encourages the efforts of states,
tribes and private citizens to implement services, facilities and
options for all horse owners. For more information go to
www.unitedorgofthehorse.org
(posted 2/10/10)
Ohioans for Humane Farms -
led by The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS,
an activist lobbying organization advocating vegetarianism)
petitioned the Ohio Secretary of State 2/1/10 in support of a
farm-animal care measure that the group plans to place on the Ohio
Ballot this fall. The group needs to collect 600,000 signatures of
registered Ohio voters. The measure would require that the
Livestock Standards Board (a 13-member, bi-partisan board that was
established in the fall with the passage of Issue 2) adopt
"certain minimum standards" that the group said would prevent "cruel and
inhumane treatment" of certain farm animals. Specifically , the
measure would, according to the announcement "provide guidance" to the
Board targeting modern cage housing for laying hens and sow and veal
calf stalls and other practices such as euthanasia. Passage of the
measure would limit the effectiveness of the Board in establishing it's
own standards of care. (posted
2/10/10)
Caution! - The American
Horse Heritage Fund is campaigning among horse owners to raise funds
to protect horses from 'unconscionable...senseless abuse'. This
fund is an arm of the Humane Society of the United States, a radical
animal right group that does not necessarily have horse owners best
interests are heart. Please do your homework and research what
these organizations really stand for and base your decision on facts and
not an emotional response.
(alert provided 3/26/09 by the OHC
legislative committee)
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