SILVER SPUR NEWSLETTER

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1 SILVER SPUR NEWSLETTER April 2015 OFFICERS & BOARD MEMBERS President: Paul Smyth Vice President: Jessica Sharpe Secretary: Mel Honeycutt Treasurer: Julie Gordon Board Members: Erika Anderson Joe Bryan Suzie Knight-Reitan Chris Miller Jennifer Mock George Nold Tim Parker ATTENTION SPURS MEMBERS! Please have your membership cards with you when you are on the grounds. You may be asked to show your cards. Your cooperation is truly appreciated. I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E 1 Officers & Board / Letter from President 2 Ask Ms. Daisy / Member Information 3-5 Minutes for February and March 6 Work Party Info / Fair Parking Update 7/8 Show Committee / Clover Valley Vet 9/ Calendar / Corey s Day on the Farm Membership Application / Games Entry Form 15 Silver Spur Junior Rodeo Sponsorship Form MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT At this time of year you will find me writing something like here we go again probably because I have been your President much too long. The spring work party is here and with that we will continue with a busy season. It would be my hope that all of you and your friends will join the rest of us and make this year a good time. In years past we have always had a good time be it a work party, performance show, game show, rodeo or the open house. The business meetings have even had a level of fun the only Question has been whether you have been there to be part of the fun and fellowship. Please join us the members of Silver Spur club and have some fun with us. Paul Smyth, President Newsletter 1

2 Ask Ms. Daisy Ms. Daisy: How do you clean a male horses sheath - X. Brown X.Brown ; The Sheath Cleaning Song Author Unknown Sing it to the tune of "Hello Mother, Hello Father" from camp song. How's it hangin'? So much cleaner. Aren't you glad I washed your wiener? I'll admit it's kinda creepy that I had to stick my arm up in your pee-pee. It was sticky. It was gunky. It felt icky. It smelled funky. It was cruddy, it was crusty-- when you stuck it out, it creaked like it was rusty. After half an hour of toilin' and of squirtin' baby oil in, you're as fresh there as a daisy. Either this means I love you or else I m crazy! Welcome New Members: Angie Alexander Rachelle Ensor Shelby Marsh-Quinlan SILVER SPUR CLUB WEBSITE Silverspurclub.org There is a lot of information that can be found on our website. All show forms and schedules are posted. A calendar of events and membership application forms are also available. SILVER SPUR CLUB MEETING NIGHT April 4/5 April 11 April 18 April 26 April Event Highlights Work 9 am. Lunch served on Sat afternoon in the clubhouse. Open House & Tail Gate Tack Sale Games Show 8:30 am Sunday Work 9 am. Lunch served in the clubhouse. Our general membership meetings are held the second Wed of each month at 7 pm, with the exception of June and July. The June and July meetings will be held the second Tuesday at 6:15 pm. Newsletter 2

3 Minutes for Board/General Meeting Minutes for February 2015 Meeting called to order at 6:20pm by President Paul Smyth January s minutes were read and approved. Julie Gordon gave the Treasurers report Membership Nothing new Scheduling- Calendar is set for 2015 and has been submitted to the web site. SCA contacted Suzie and requested to use the October date. Show Committee turned over $ 7, to Spurs for the 2014 Season. Publicity Nothing new External Affairs Contracts are completed and will be sent out next week. Grounds George is making a list of what need to be done for the work party. Tim and George are ready to start construction on the covering for the diesel tank. A piece of metal was torn off the roof of the announcer s booth at the rodeo arena. Jake Sanford has been notified. A couple tractors are going to be available to clean out the fence boundaries. The fence in front of the clubhouse will need 26 posts. Paul will supply those for $ Paul suggested we put L flashing around post to protect from the weed eater. We are getting bids for a road grader. Julie suggested we gravel all the way to the dumpster. Barrel Club Nothing new Royalty Kayla attended the Miss Teen Rodeo Washington coronation. Prize Ride Scavenger hunt on Silver Spurs. October 17 th. Paul will be making up a map Rodeo Committee Discussion on getting sponsors Parking Posse will take one day. Erika is asking that all Spurs members take off August 26 th to help with parking on Silver Spurs day. Newsletter Need all material by the 20 th of the month Meeting adjourned for a break at 7:00 and reconvened at 7:10 Old Business Erika is in charge of stalls for all events. Spurs will be buying poop forks that will be available to check out to clean stalls. Spurs offered the 26 th & 27 th of September to NJRA for finals. Sweatshirts are on sale Contact Chris Miller Jessica met with the arborist and Insurance adjuster Feb 10 th and the arborist suggested we remove the tree in question in the next 30 days. George will be meeting with Leonard Anderson for an estimate on what it will cost and the time frame he can do it in. Bucklin Hill be closed between Blaine and Mickleberry starting July 1 st for about 1 year. New Business A letter was read from Coleta Corey thanking Silver Spurs for the $ 2, turned over to benefit Corey s Day on the Farm. Feb 28 th from 3:30-5:30 the Clubhouse has been rented out to a Silver Spurs Member Discussion went on regarding complaints the board has received regarding a member s dog. Julie Gordon won the $ 6.60 Coffee Raffle Member raffle was unclaimed Submitted by Suzie Knight Mel Honeycutt Newsletter 3

4 Minutes for Board/General Meeting Minutes for March 11, 2015 Meeting called to order by President Paul Smyth at 6:05pm Paul received a letter from a tower group wanting us to sign a contract with them for the tower. Paul showed us the contract and it raised some red flags. Information was given over to Joe Bryan to research. Suzie brought up that we need to check into the taxes for the tower itself. We need to make sure that they cannot ask Spurs to pay for the tower structure. Spurs received a certified letter from the neighbor regarding the tree situation. Leonard Anderson will be removing the offensive tree and will be out to do that by the 3 rd of April. Minutes were read by Mel Honeycutt and approved Julie Gordon gave the treasurers report Finance Nothing new Scheduling 4-H has asked if they could schedule a judging at Spurs in April. Board agreed as long as there is no conflict and that non-members sign the release. Show Committee Work Party is coming up April 4 th & 5 th. Open house will be April 11 th Newsletter Newsletter is out. Chris would like to get next one out prior to Open House. She needs the flyer for that sent to her. She will also put in there that all members need to have their membership card on them. Membership Discussion on how to handle new applications that are handed to Board Members. If they sign the waiver are they eligible to ride right away even though board has not approved their application yet. Motion was made by Suzie that we allow a temporary card to be given to new applications that will expire 10 days after the next board meeting. Joe/Chris seconded that motion. Suzie will put together a packet for each board member. In it will be applications, temporary card and a template of a membership signed out correctly. Each Board Member will have one in order to handle new applications on the spot. Some points were brought up about our current application and Suzie will correct those and get them to Erika to get on the web site. 4 new members were voted in External Affairs Food Service contract is ready and Joe will get together with April and get that signed. A discussion on if we should charge a small fee to April to cover electricity and cost of repairs to cook shack. Suzie pointed out that we do not have people lined up to do this. It is a nice thing to have on the grounds for our members. Voted to not charge a fee Radio Club has asked for 2 more dates. One in October and one in August. Suzie will contact Steve Austin and get exact dates and see if the grounds are available. Kitsap Mounted Posse has the June 14 th date reserved Posse also discussed helping Spurs with trail maintenance. Tim will get with George and see what they can do. FC made their 2015 Payment Meeting was adjourned for a break at 7:00pm and reconvened at 7:10pm Maci led us in the Pledge of Alliance Minutes were read Paul re-capped External Affairs (cont.) Lower Puget Sound Dressage was contacted and they will use their own facility this year, but might be contacting Spurs next year for a date. Suzie and George are going over the rate sheet for facility rental and will update if needed and return to Joe New caretakers have signed their agreement. Current caretaker should be out by the 31 st of March New caretaker would like to move in the 4 th of April, but inspection of house will have to be done prior to that. Tim reminded the board that we need to switch out the locks prior to new caretaker coming in. Judith (car lady) was discussed and decided to offer to let her car stay here if she wanted or to refund her money. April 8 th is the next board meeting. New caretakers will be invited and board will go over duties and expectations. Grounds George has his list done of jobs that need to be completed. Newsletter 4

5 He talked with Randy Kan for SS Jr Rodeo and Randy said he will be up here April 1 st with the kans for the show season. George met with Leonard on the tree removal and told him not to worry about bringing up a chipper. Spurs would handle all of that. Cost of tree removal is $ George got bids on doing the gravel and grading Markowitz Bid came in at $ 4, for grading alone Ensor Came in at $ 3, for grading and gravel Board voted to accept Kelly Ensors bid and George will call and get that set up. George has requested that Spurs rent a large dumpster for the month of April. He will be leading a charge to clean up the corner by the tractor/water truck area. The fee is a flat $ and that includes the dump fee. George made a motion to do this and Joe seconded it. Parking August 26 th is Spurs parking day. All member need to see if they can help out on that day OR come help with set up and clean up. Royalty Kayla went to the Mason County Rodeo Pageant last week. Jessica met with the group on a schedule. They will be going out April 7 th to get sponsorship for the JR Rodeo. Barrel Club 1 st event of the year will be the Tack Sale on May 3 rd. There will be a 2 nd annual Terri White Barrel Clinic in June. Brittany reported that it is already full. Old Business Bid for the sewer is in. Paul reported that Dale gave it Darrel and Paul will get that from him. JR Rodeo Meeting will be March 26 th at 6:00pm. Erika has put up the forms on the web site. George will miss the NJRA meeting this month he will be out of town Mel and Jessica heard Mason County announce they will have a JR Rodeo in May and will be hosting the finals, but George reported that is not official yet. Les Scwab contacted Suzie and wanted a W9. Discussion on correct use of a W9 Spurs has agreed to trade the old meat slicer that has been sitting in the club house for years for a Grader Blade. Erika made the motion we accept this trade and Chris 2 nd it. Website If you need to have something on the web site please send it to the website . It is silverspurwebsite@centurylink.net If you are sending a picture file please send it in JPEG form If you are sending forms send it in PDF and it will create a hyperlink 2015 year end, games and performance forms are on web site New Business Drill Team approached George on grooming for their practices. Discussion on new guidelines for Drill team practices. John Olson attended meeting to ask questions regarding Family Memberships and our guideline. Paul read a letter from Coleta Corey regarding the 2015 Corey s Day on the Farm. Encouraging Spurs members to volunteer. It will be held May 11 th and 12 th. Jessica Sharpe won the coffee raffle of $ 6.00 Kaitlyn McKinsey would have won the membership raffle if they were present of $ Meeting adjourned at 8:40 Submitted by Mel Honeycutt Newsletter 5

6 WORK PARTY INFORMATION Hello all: Silver Spur is having a work party the first weekend in April 4-5 starting at We will be having lunch at 1300 (1pm) Saturday No lunch on Sunday. I have listed below what we are trying to get done this year to make the clubs better. Please come out and help this is a good way to meet other club members and get your volunteer time in. Please bring weed eaters and tools to help with the projects you wish to work on. The club will provide the equipment and materials to get the projects done. If there is something you would like to club to work on please come to the meeting on the second Wednesday at 7pm and let us know. Any questions please contact me at equineacre@comcast.net Thank you all Board member and Ground Chairman George C. Nold Jr. Spur work party to-do list Fixing gates at the Fair Grounds entry Installing two new water hydrants north end by rodeo arena Putting up new fence in front of club house Cleaning up fence line north and east side. Mowing and weed eating grounds Clean up around the equipment storage area south end Kitsap County Fair & Stampede August 26 th 30 th Erika Anderson is our Fair Parking Chairperson. She has asked for Spur s members to help with parking on Wednesday the 26 th. She needs to have 12 members in the morning and 12 in the afternoon. If you have any questions or can volunteer, can contact her at: silverspurwebsite@centurylink.net Newsletter 6

7 Silver Spur Club Show Committee... The entire committee is very excited about the 2015 Silver Spur Club Show Season. There has been a lot of positive changes and lots of new faces and event. We are thrilled to announce our 1st annual Halloween Scavenger Hunt Prize Ride on our grounds in October. The Silver Spur Event Calendar has been finalized and provide for you in this newsletter and posted on the website. It looks like our hope of having an equine event on the grounds every weekend over our show season has just about been achieved. Also we have lots of weekday barrel events scheduled. We are going to be super busy this year. Games and Performance Year end paperwork is available on the website along with Jr. Rodeo signups and other important documents. Don't forget your 2014 membership expires on April 18. Please renew now and continue to enjoy all your member benefits including unlimited use of the grounds, discounted event fees, camping and much more! Our first main event will be the Open House on April 11th. Please plan to attend and start having some fun!! Open House & Tail Gate Tack Sale April 11th at 10:00 am Agenda 10:00 Games warm up - Barrels, Poles and more All Day - Everyone is welcome to bring tack to sell and set up next to the arena in a tail gate fashion. Bring your own Table if needed. You get to sell your tack & Ride!! All Day - Clover Valley Veterinary Services Vaccination Clinic - complementary 15 minute examination prior to vaccinations. See price in this newsletter. sheet Any questions or ideas please give me a call or me at cruz454.1@netzero.com Let's have another awesome year!! Suzie Knight Follow scheduling updates on the club website at Newsletter 7

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