President's
Message, March, 2000
MB stands for “Mighty Busy”
By now, I am sure you all know that I am, in addition to being
President of QSER, I am also the
Vice President of AERC. When I ran for that
office I though thought it meant
that I got to be in charge of vice but found out later that
was not true. Now Randy is vowing
to work me to death.
One of the duties I have is chair of AERC Hall of Fame Committee
which I wrote about in the April
issue of Endurance News. If you have any
candidates, please send in your
nomination now. They will not be decided on
until October mid year meeting,
but the committee will be getting them by
mail shortly after the deadline
which will probably be in June and that is
not that far off.
Also, if you have any ideas about new meeting places for the club,
let me know.
The By-laws are being updated and hopefully, we will be sending the
draft to you by next month. Mainly
we just cleaned up the language a little
but there are a few semi major changes
which need to be voted on.
Remember, it is
your club. The next meeting at Trilby's will have a few
small surprises so be sure and come.
Hint.....food and prizes.
DUH!!!
MB
APRIL 2000
April 1 Shine & Shine Only III 25/50
Becky
Hart 408-997-0814
April 1 Derby Ditch 50
Gene
Myers775-246-7972
April 8 Deadman 30/50
Steve
Shaw 831-685-3436
April 12 QUICKSILVER MEETING 7:30 PM
Trilby
Pederson’s home, see page 2
April 16 Wildflower Ride
Judy
Etheridge-see page
April 29 Shine & Shine Only IV 25/50
Becky
Hart 408-997-0814
April 29 American River 30/50/70
Marilyn
Hunter 530-885-4819
APRIL ITEMS
Our sympathy to Quicksilver Member
Linda Cowles on the loss of her father. A
tough blow and we wish her well.
Ken Cook hung on when he should have
let go. Result? Some fractured bones
in his right hand
Our sympathy to Dominique Freeman
over the loss of her horse, Fire
Mountain Fancy. . He took
a wrong step an d broke a bone in his foot at the
20 Mule Team Ride. After all efforts
to repair the damage failed,. Fancy had
to be put down
Mike Maul wants us all to know that
there is now another source of
information for Quicksilver members.
See page 4. .
Quicksilver
Banquet Costs
DEPOSIT HARRY'S, CHECK
#925 $ 100.00
STEVE FOR
CALENDAR
214.00
JUDITH OGUS FOR CALENDAR
164.00
BROWNS ARABIANS FOR AWARDS
1,769.34
M. STOVER FOR SPECIAL AWARD
60.00
Total
$
2,307.34
REFUND OF DEPOSIT
[LESS $50.00 TO CLEAN UP PEOPLE)
50.00
TOTAL
EXPENSES $ 2,257.34
The $50.00 for the cleanup was a
tip left for the lone busboy who was still
clearing when we left at 11:00 pm.
Banquet Chairperson, Maryben Stover
April Meeting
We have decided not to renew our
contract with the Horsemen. We will contact
various places to see about a new
site or sites.
Meanwhile, the April 12 meeting will
be at Trilby's. at 20535 Rome Drive
which is off of Almaden on the right
just before you reach the town of
Almaden. Board meeting at 6:30 and
general meeting at 7:30.
Our March meeting featured a presentation
by Thurman P. Chappell of Conform
Unlimited of magnetic products for
both humans and horses. I tried one of
them and it really did make my thumbs
feel better. They had been hurting all
day [arthritis, not carpal tunnel]
and you know that I am a true unbeliever.
He will be at the April 1 SASO ride
on Friday for anyone who is interested.
His presentation and demonstrations
were very interesting.
Spring Sales List
Almost new Big Horn Cordura Black
Endurance Saddle. 15' Wide to medium back
horse. $350. Leather Aussie Saddle
Black 16" seat $300. Quarter Horse tree.
Joanne or Jim Dietz 831 426-6610.
English saddle for sale: brown
British-made(can't find a manufacturer's name
on the saddle) 32 cm, 17.5 cm seat
size, with 46" leather girth, stirrup
leathers, quality irons and a wool
back pad for $500.00 or obo.
I also have a nice brown round English
bridle with round laced reins for
sale, paid $150 years ago, will
sell for $75.00. Call Judy at 925 862-0232.
Here is something I learned about
saddles. Have had various saddles fitted
to my horse's back with no luck,
white spots, heat bumps, sore back. The
most recent fitter told me that
my horse needed a narrower tree (31 cm) than
what I have been using. Bought
a 31 cm Courbette and lo and behold, it fits!
All those years and $$$$, argghhh!
Judy Etheridge
Judy Etheridge
April 16
Wildflower Ride
Judy Etheridge 925-862-0232
10 AM Trailer Park
Directions: take 680 north.Take Highway
84-Calaveras exit (NOT
the 237-Calaveras exit) Proceed
about 4 miles east. Turn left on
Geary Road which is about 1/4 mile
past Welch Creek Road.
Follow Geary to the Park.
Trailer parking fee-$6.
Call Judy at 925-862-0232 for more
info.
A HEARTY WELCOME
to our newest QUICKSILVER members..
Jennifer
Kurtzall
Michael
Power
Kathy
Mayeda
Karla
Perkins
John
and Darlene Wilcock
Long may they ride!
Mike Maul Brings Us Into The Information Age
Members of the Quicksilver Endurance
Club now have an e-mail list where they
can share information, post ads,
receive reminders about the meetings etc..
In order to use the mailing list
- you have to be a member of the group.
This avoids "spam" being posted
to the list. You cannot mail to the list
unless you are a member.
To join the list - if you are not
already a member - send your e-mail address
to Mike Maul at Michael.Maul@nsc.com.
Members who are on the list will
already have received a notice by e-mail
that they were on the list and given
an opportunity to unsubscribe if they
did not want to belong. The
traffic is expected to be small - mainly
reminders about the monthly meeting,
a few ads, some information on trails etc.
Mike
Janice Frazier Reports
Quicksilver thanks Janice for keeping
us informed on decisions which could
dramatically change the way we live
with our horses. The following is her
report of the Zoning Committee meeting
held on February 15th.
A modified draft was discussed and
and approved unanimously. Unless the
cities reviewing the draft ask for
substantial changes the committee will not
meet again. The
current draft is available on the web site
http://www.sccplanning.org/zoning.htm.
I encourage you to read the draft,
it is livestock-friendly for the
majority of land owners. The draft
will go through 6 different public
hearings before going to the Board
of Supervisors.
Clarification at the meeting included:
-watercourse definition
-grandfathering follows property
not owner
-definitions of rodeo and equestrian
events were split to allow
non-commercial activities to be
protected.
The committee also recommended
Letters to Board of Supervisor requesting
-Right to Farm be emphasized in
real estate transactions as a mode to protect
-Central Facility for manure management
-Educational voluntary and separate
from County using multi-modes and
locations
-SCC Water District continue nitrate
studies as it is a complex issue
Both Gilroy Dispatch (2/25) and San
Jose Mercury News (3/2) ran articles on
status this last week, you may also
want to read.
Janice Frazier, Manager Water Test
and Yield , SSD, Office Bldg. 14-2225A;
Phone tieline 276-4931; external
(408) 256-4931 pager (408) 542-6270.
Steve Greets Spring
Steve Lenheim loves Spring.
He and his horses have been out an about lately.
A couple of weeks ago it was the
Fort Ord trails and this past week he went
Pacheco. He claims that this
week or next will be the best
for the wildflowers. Maybe
we should prevail upon Steve to put on a ride in
one of those areas.
AERC CONVENTION
Reno, Nevada
March 3 and 4, 2000
The American Endurance Ride Conference
celebrated its 28th Year with a
bang-up Convention and Trade Show.
If you wanted answers, they were there.
If you needed equipment, it was
there. Better produced, better attended and
overwhelmingly well received, two
day of Seminars, Trade Show, Board
Meetings and a General Meeting laid
it all out for the season's endurance
riders or just the voyeur to relish
and enjoy.
Of particular interest to Quicksilver
members is the elections of Maryben
Stover as vice-president.
We are not sure how she is going to do it all this
year—QUICKSILVER President, AERC
Vice-president a full time job and 18 horses
in her pasture. Capable,
she is and when we can help out, she should know
that we are there. So congratulations,
Maryben! Barbara McCrary and Becky
Hart also represent us on the Board.
That's three Quicksilver members
readily available to each of our
members to listen to your concerns and
questions. If you want them
to represent you, you have to let them know how
you feel about the different issues
as our expanding sport plows new ground.
Randy Eiland was re-elected to serve
a second term as President of AERC and
Louise Reidel and Vicki Rutter were
chosen as Secretary and
Treasurer..Committee appointments
have been pretty well decided upon and the
best news of all, the organization
is in the black by approximately $60,000.
This has mainly been realized through
the efforts of the President in
achieving considerable success in
attracting sponsors for some of our
programs.
The Hall of Fame Awards went to Phil
Gardner and Hal Hall and the horse
recognized by the Hall of Fame Committee
was Rushcreek Mark, owned by Andy
Bender. Shirley Delsart and
the first horse she has ever owned, K J
Destination ( “Dusty”), won
the Pard’ner’s Award The Bill Stuckey Award
goes to the senior rider (over
65 years) who goes the most miles in the
course of the year. Need we
tell you who won that? We figure that Trilby's
name will appear on it for at least
the next decade. This perpetual trophy is
in memory of Bill Stuckey who died
during a ride which was the way he wanted
to go. The poem on the lower
part of the trophy is very moving and was read
by Trilby to the banquet crowd.
The 1999 Yearbook was handed out
to those attending the Award Ceremony and
will be mailed to all the other
members. It faithfully records your miles,
your horse's miles, ride results
and the year end awards.
j.s.
Published by the Quicksilver
Endurance Riders Inc.
P.O. Box 71, New Almaden,
CA 95042
Julie Suhr, Editor
TEL and FAX 831-335-5933