Hair Needed to Mop Oil in Gulf Region
Rein-Aid wants hair to ship to the gulf ASAP. We have identified a wonderful not-for-profit organization that has set up emergency warehouses all along the gulf coast. They stuff nylon stockings with hair to create booms that mop up the oil.
Send us your horse hair if you need to clip for a show, pull a mane or trim a tail. If you groom or clip a dog, send us that. Ask you hair salon to give you their daily take of cut hair or ask them to contact us directly.
Any type of hair will work, but it must not contain debris or manure that could harm the volunteers stuffing the hair into the stockings.
Ladies we need your old nylons, any color and ladders are no problem. No amount of hair is too small as we will bundle all we get and ship it together.
Please mail your hair to:
Rein-Aid, Attn. Kim Keppick
P.O. Box 1268, Middleburg, VA 20118.
UPS/Fedex ship to:
Rein-Aid, Attn. Kim Keppick
3064 Lost Corner Rd, Rectortown, VA 20140.
If you are local to Middleburg and want to drop off your hair or have it picked up then please e-mail reinaid@earthlink.net or call 540 364 3668 ask for Kim.
2010 Poker Run Report
We had a good turnout at our Poker Run trail ride and camping demonstration at Northwest River Park Sunday, April 25th - 18 riders! We felt this was great considering questionable weather. SEAT members Tony and Lynda DeRossett from Suffolk called in the morning saying it was raining on their way, was it at the park. Fortunately, rain held off all day at the park! yeah! :) Fun was had by all! After riders turned in their poker hands, many continued riding. Trail obstacles were set up behind the bath house and several folks rode in the ring as well.
SEAT members joined together on 2 work days prior to the ride. They did quite a bit of work on the trails, clearing limbs, and adding a little bit of trail here and there. Members did some rerouting around some muddy areas on existing trails. There's still plenty of trail work that can be done, but for 2 recent work days since 2008, we should be pleased with the trails. Heavy rain all last year and this winter wrecked some right good havoc on the park's trails, but NWRP is moving forward with improvements and rangers have been very responsive to our suggestions and small requests. They've got a few boy scouts working on some bridges. There's talk of some new bridges as well as extending some existing ones.
SEAT members, don't forget to renew your membership at NWRP and encourage your horsey friends too. THANK YOU to all the members that helped make our event a success - from cleaning trails, set up, marking trails, registration, food prep, and clean up ~ your efforts are much appreciated!! Thank you to the members that set up for the camping demo - you were a great resource for those interested in learning to camp with their horses.
Also we would like to thank the following businesses and folks for their donations for our door prizes:
Sterling Meadows http://smt.homestead.com/757-471-2133
Totally Horses http://totallyhorsesonline.com/757-546-0009
Casey Shackleford's mom Bobbe Debbie Childers
Kim's Farrier Service757-536-7888
Vaughan Farms Produce http://vaughanfarmsproduce.com/757-615-4888
~ Kim Vaughn
The preliminary agenda for SETC - Atlanta is now posted on the website.
Check out the great line up of trail related programs. If you attended SETC
2006 in Va you will find some of the same great speakers on the agenda. this
year too!
www.southeasternequestriantrails.com
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Sally Aungier
Boards:
Virginia Horse Council
Trails & Greenways Task Force, Virginia Outdoors Plan
Southeastern Equestrian Trails Conference (SETC)
Powhatan Riding Association
Friends of Powhatan State Park
Keep up with current trail events by joining VaHorseTrails. To subscribe
just click on this link: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Vahorsetrails/>
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Vahorsetrails/
Looking for more information about Virginia Trails - visit
http://www.virginiaoutdoors.com
SEAT Attire: A variety of shirts are currently available, contact Casey Shackleford, 421-2799.
WANTED: SEAT members who would like to take part in a committee to help run SEAT functions, parades, or membership/sponsor drives. This is a perfect position for anyone who has joined the club but for whatever reason, is unable to ride at our functions, but wants to be a part of our horse loving community. This is a great way to meet new people and to really make a difference. Feel free to contact Dana Goheen at 757-619-7387 if you are interested or would like more information.
Northwest River Park needs your support; by buying an individual or family membership is the only way that the park can show the city of Chesapeake that the horse community is interested in keeping the trails open to equestrians. An individual membership is only $15 and a family membership is only $30 for a whole calendar year. The park is open all year from 9 AM until sunset, every day of the week. Please buy a membership so that we can take advantage of these trails for years to come.
Free for trail riders: The Equine Network offers a free online newsletter for trail-riding enthusiasts. Called “On the Trail”, it features tips, advice, and ideas to help you enjoy the great outdoors with your horse. To sign up to receive it, go to HorseandRider.com and type On the Trail Newsletter Sign Up into the search box.
Our Website is being updated! If you find things missing or links that don't work, please feel free to email Taunya, our webmaster at webmaster@seat-va.org, Thank you!
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Pictures from our event can be viewed at the following link. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ christopherbollingphotography/ sets/72157609915076687/
Thanks again to everyone who helped and supported our event!! ~ Kim B Vaughan :)
Of Local Interest. . .
At the Chesapeake Public Library
~ Equine services directory by Tidewater Horse Council (636.104 EQU 2006/08) is available at the Central Library
(Great Bridge ).
~ “Equus” and “Horse & Rider” magazines can be found at the Central Library ( Great Bridge ) and Major Hillard Library (Deep Creek).
~ If you search the catalog for the “horse” in the title, you will find 620 books! Searching “equine” yields 11 more and searching “equestrian” gets another two. These include fiction, non-fiction, adult and juvenile literature - everything from …
Black Beauty or Billy and Blaze to Richard Adams' Traveller and Rita Mae Brown's Riding Shotgun ~or~
The world according to horses : how they run, see, and think (J 636.1 BUD) to Two minutes to glory: the official history of the Kentucky Derby (798.4 BRO 2007)
The Virginia Wild Horse Rescue needs your help!
Dedicated to “Saving our American Heritage for Future Generations, the organization was founded in 2006 by Gene and Donna Snow of Virginia Beach for the purpose of preserving and protecting the free roaming wild horses in the NC/VA coastal area. The state of VA is working on a sanctuary in Virginia Beach . In the mean time, the group is working on getting memberships, sponsorships and/or donations to help with the cost of shots and gelding. They really need a first aid kit ( Bute , Rompen, vet wrap, wormer, Ace, Banamine etc.). They also have shirts with a full color front & back picture of "Timothy Red Feather" eating dun grass on the beach. They sell for $15.00 each. Any and all donations are accepted. For more information, call 721-7786 or go to the website for more info: http://www.virginiawildhorserescue.com/Welcome.asp .
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