I do hope everyone is doing well and
thinking about the many things that we can all do within the MVMHC
this coming year. With the January meeting now over, the club has many
things to again look forward to doing. I want to ask each member to
think of a couple of club events that you would like to attend or help
out with this coming year. This month is always a big one for the
club. The White Elephant Sale is one of our biggest fundraisers and we
need everyone to participate.
The club's horse sale will be coming up
in March and I ask if you have a horse to sell, please get in touch
with Brenda Whiteman at
wccmorgan@yahoo.com as
soon as possible.
The club will again hold three horse
shows this year and if you are not showing and would like to help out
at the shows, please contact Diana Vannaken at
tcreekfarm@yahoo.com
for the May show, Brenda Whiteman
at wccmorgan@yahoo.com
for the July show, and Darlene
Horner a t dswise@webtv.net
for the September show.” There is
more information on the shows within Tales. And if you have a horse
and like to show, these are the ones to attend. We always have a good
time!
I would also like to encourage
everyone to get their memberships and directory listings in as soon as
possible. The deadline for the directory listings is February 1st. If
you know of anyone with a Morgan that is not a member, invite them to
do so. The directory is a great cheap way to let people know what
horses you have and what you might have for sale. Many people, in
addition to club members, see the directory.
I want to thank Kathy Mayes for taking the time to
revamp the Illinois Morgan Futurity and for all her hard work over the
years. There will now be alumni classes for those horses that have
been shown in the past, but are not so young anymore. I think we will
see more Morgan's showing at the State Fair. Again, there will be more
information in Tales. I do hope that each of you will come to the
events we have planned this year. If you have any suggestions or
comments for the club, please let me know. Until next month, everyone
think WARM!! Morgan time is coming real soon!
Darlene Horner