SCCHA NOVEMBER 2015 CORRAL CHATTER OUR PURPOSE IS TO PROMOTE GOOD FELLOWSHIP BETWEEN HORSEMEN AND A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF HORSES. Hello All, I missed the meetings in October as I was on vacation celebrating my milestone Bday. Ouch!! But a sandy beach made it so much better to endure. I see that we have received some nominations for the 2016 officers and welcome their eagerness to participate. Our club appreciates those who donate their time, keeping us financially stable, helping to sustain old memberships as well as seeking out new ones. Our Junior members are so important and hopefully it will continue to grow as well. I would have sought out another year as your 2016 President but due to some medical issues I will sit on the 2016 board in the "Past President" position offering guidance if needed. I suggested that Karen Tarasco run for President because I believe that she will continue to guide the 2016 Board in keeping our financial responsibilities and corporate obligations in check. 2016 will have more social events and horse activities now that our taxes are in order. I think we can concentrate more on adding monthly activities such as horse events and fundraisers to help obtain newer amenities for the grounds and hall. Some new picnic tables and shade areas would be awesome. The new sign will be installed on 11/5 instead of 11/4 which could be deemed the beginning of our new look. I look forward to seeing you all at our November 20 General Meeting to enjoy our awesome turkey dinner provided by your Officers and Board Members. Don't forget to save the date December 12, 2015 and buy your Installation Dinner tickets. We will have them available for purchase at the November General Meeting. It is important to purchase them in advance because we have to notify the caterer of the exact amount of dinners needed several weeks before. The cost is $25 per member and $35 per non-member. This is a social event with dinner and dancing to a live band (which the additional cost for the band was donated by Pat McAndrews). There will be a silent auction which helps raise money for the club. If you wish to donate any items for the auction please contact Yvonne or Shalla. We are still looking for a new or almost new refrigerator for the hall/clubhouse so if you have any information about one please let us know. Happy trails to all... Mary Anderson President SCCHA PRESIDENT S MESSAGE SANTA CLARA COUNTY HORSEMEN S ASSOCIATION 76 GREAT YEARS!
CORRAL CHATTER CORRAL CHATTER CORRAL CHATTER Page PAGE 4 2 NEXT GENERAL MEETING November 20, 2015 Social Hour 6:30 Dinner 7:30 Dinner tickets Adult $10 Kids $5 MENU A Thanksgiving Feast Turkey and stuffing Mashed potatoes and gravy Sweet potato casserole Green bean casserole Rolls, Dessert VOLUNTEER CHEFS Your Board of Directors Advertising in the Corral Chatter The Board has established the following monthly advertising rates for non-members business ads. Business card: $ 5.00 ¼ page: $10.00 ½ page: $20.00 Full page: $40.00 Members continue to have free personal classified ads. Member s business ads will cost one half the above. For new ads or renewals, or cancellations, contact Angie Moffatt via email at angiemoffatt@comcast.net or phone her at 408-677-8841. Send all monies to SCCHA, P.O. Box 20124, San Jose, CA 95160, Attention Treasurer. SCCHA WEBSITE has a new look! www.horsemens.org on the internet. If you have any submissions of photos, flyers or other information, contact Shalla Villett at 408-268- 6436. General Information OFFICERS PRESIDENT Mary Anderson 891-8878 VICE PRES Yvonne Lee 927-0985 SECRETARY Linda Carcione 476-1683 TREASURER Angie Moffatt 268-4215 SGT-AT-ARMS Norma Tucker 268-0318 PAST PRES Edie Behning 421-1214 BOARD OF DIRECTORS INSURANCE Pat McAndrews 268-0714 HALL RENTAL Sandie Quinones 927-6647 GROUNDS Pat McAndrews 268-0714 James Tucker 314-2166 BEVERAGES Shalla Villett 268-6436 NEWSLETTER Linda Carcione 476-1683 WEBSITE Shalla Villett 268-6436 MEMBERSHIP Angie Moffatt 268-4215 Shalla Villett 268-6436 SOCIAL Sandie Fish 612-8930 JUNIORS Karen Tarasco 705-7024 PUBLICITY Lori McIntosh 776-7591 HORSE EVENTS Danielle Behning, 921-2361 Karen Tarasco 705-7501 The Santa Clara County Horsemen s Association publishes the Corral Chatter monthly for its members and friends. Please send articles of interest to Linda Carcione via email to lindabcarcione@gmail.com by the 25 th of the month to be published in the following edition. We are trying to go green by sending this newsletter by email. If you would like to receive email copies instead of printed ones, send your email address to Linda as shown above. Thanks! Our Junior membership has been growing, and going strong! Fun events are being planned, like horse shows, fundraisers, movie nights and Giants games! Our junior members have selected their president, Kelsey Tarasco, and their secretary Stella Villett. Kids under 18, come join in the fun! Juniors meet ½ hour before our General Dinner Meetings at the clubhouse.
CORRAL CHATTER PAGE 3 CORRAL CHATTER Page 3 SCCHA CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2015 General meetings are held the third Friday of the month No general meetings in July or December Social Hour 6:30 Dinner 7:30 Meeting 8:00 OUR 2015 EVENTS CALENDAR IS HERE! Some events are still in the planning stage watch our newsletter for updates! EVENT DATE PLACE CONTACT GENERAL MEETING November 20, 2015 SCCHA Clubhouse Board Members LOS GATOS PARADE December 5, 2015 Los Gatos Danielle Behning Chris Minkler INSTALLATION DINNER December 12, 2015 SCCHA Clubhouse Yvonne Lee After the October General Meeting, our Juniors sponsored a small but rowdy group for a first of hopefully many Bingo Nights. Kelsey Tarasco and Jayden Gardener handed out Bingo cards and called out numbers to our players. Cash prizes were given out to the winners, and some of us were luckier than others! The Juniors earned money for their various club projects, and it was a fun way for members to hang out and socialize after the meeting. Be sure to watch for upcoming announcements for more Bingo Nights!
CORRAL CHATTER CORRAL CHATTER Page 4 WELCOME returning member Doug Hutten! Doug is the founder of Victory Ranch, an equestrian nonprofit organization serving the San Francisco Bay Area community by offering innovative, equine-related programs. Their emphasis is working with disadvantaged, underserved, at-risk, neglected, abused, and low-income youth of the Bay Area. Check out their website. VICTORY RANCH INC. www.victoryranchinc.org Cell/VM: 415-215-9763 "Today is a gift. That's why they call it the present." MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS It s never too late to renew your 2015 Membership. Applications are available at the General Meetings or you can mail your Membership Renewal Form and fee to: S.C.C.H.A., P.O. Box 20124, San Jose, CA 95160. Questions, call Angie Moffatt 408-268-4215. Family Membership $45, Single Membership $30, Junior Membership (under 18) $30 HAPPY TRAILS! Check out this great video about trail safety: Bicycles and horses share the trails. https://www.facebook.com/svmtb/videos/411674512357176/
CORRAL CHATTER PAGE Page 5 5 Saturday, December 5 th The Horsemen s will be participating in this holiday tradition again this year. Any SCCHA member may join us as we display our club s holiday spirit on horseback. You must RSVP so we can have enough decorations for every horse and rider. This year we will be sporting a new look! Chris Minkler will be leading us with a more classic western horseman style, and our riders will each need this jacket. Please sign up soon so you can be a part of this holiday tradition! Contact Chris Minkler 408-429-1312 or Yvonne Lee 408-927-0985 The Santa Clara County Horsemen s Association wants volunteers! Help lead our Club into the future! We are recruiting qualified members to become Board Members for 2016. Any member in good standing for at least one year can run for a position as an Officer or Director. Please consider serving our club by putting your name in the hat! Elections will be in November Contact any Board Member
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CORRAL CHATTER PAGE Page 7 7 Horse camping by the redwoods! We have been invited to camp at the Santa Cruz County Horsemen s Association grounds on November 21 st. This facility offers lots of horse corrals and camping spots, bathrooms with showers, BBQ, arena and round pen, and miles of riding trails in the adjacent Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children, families cost $25. Gate will be open by 9 a.m. Saturday and we can stay until Sunday evening. We are planning a POTLUCK DINNER on Saturday night. Tri tip will be on the BBQ, and bring a side dish to share. Our Host will be Pat McAndrews Reservations must be made by November 18th as they need to know how many corrals to reserve. Reservation by text only please at 408-828-1140. Directions: From Highway 17, take the Sims Road Exit. As you exit 17, take an immediate left onto La Madrona and then a right at the stop sign onto Sims Road, and follow it until it dead ends at the traffic light. Take a right onto Graham Hill Road and proceed about 500 feet. The showgrounds entry gate is on the left.
CORRAL CHATTER CORRAL CHATTER PAGE 8 CORRAL CHATTER Page 4 SCCHA GENERAL MEETING MINUTES October 16, 2015 CTO at 8:12 p.m. by Yvonne Lee, in Mary Anderson s absence. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: lead by Mike Behning WELCOME GUESTS: Jackie and her Dad Miquel, on their second visit. Toni Pullin has moved away but is visiting with us tonight. Welcome! THANK YOU to the cooks: Leslie Brauer, Liz Kehoe, and Jennifer Gonzales. THANK YOU to the bartenders, Paul Tarasco and Tony Carcione, filling in for Shalla and Mike Villett. ANNOUNCEMENTS -- There will be a Playday at Thorsen s Arena on November 14 th. Sign up is 9:00 a.m. -- Christmas Parade in Los Gatos will be December 5. Chris Minkler will take sign-ups. He showed the new jackets and outfit that the riders will wear. Jackets can be purchased for $35. -- Hollister Light Up Parade on November 28 th. Karen Tarasco is coordinating this and has sent in our registration. Sign up with her. -- San Martin Horsemen s Poker Ride on Saturday October 31, at Harvey Bear Park. Sign ups start at 8:30, costume contest and lunch. Cost is $25. -- Grand National Rodeo at the Cow Palace is November 24, and the SCCHA will sit together as a group in section 18. We have 32 members going. -- Almaden Days Parade was in September and Angie Moffatt shared the ribbon we won as Best Group. We had an excellent turnout of about 20 riders plus Norma s wagon. -- Playday announced by Danielle Behning, Sunday October 18, here at our grounds. Cash awards, lots of fun. -- Kitty announced the Rancho San Vincente trails will be opening in February 2016. Also there are plans to work on a trail to go around the lake at Calero park. Also, the Bell Tower is in place at the Hacienda staging area. -- The Juniors earned $265 during their tack cleaning event, and they donated it all to the Katrina Molera Fund. -- Installation Dinner will be December 12. We will have a live band, silent auction (which we need donations for) and tickets are $25 for members, $35 for non members. --Our November General Meeting dinner will be provided by our Board of Directors and will be a Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixings. -- Tonight after the meeting the SCCHA Juniors are hosting a Bingo Night. Stay and play! NOMINATIONS President: Karen Tarasco, nominated by Linda Carcione Vice President: Yvonne Lee, nominated by Shalla Villett Treasurer: Angie Moffatt, nominated by Bev VanderWeide Sergeant at Arms: Norma Tucker, nominated by Linda Carcione Director: Pat McAndrews, nominated by Linda Carcione Director: Sharon Pfeiffer, nominated by Shalla Villett NOTE: DIRECTORS REPORTS -- Treasurer s Report by Angie Moffatt, as of end of September: Beginning Balance: $ 3,815.11 Income: $ 7,493.00 Expenses: $ 4,638.67 Ending Balance: $ 6,669.44 Juniors: $ 572.14 Liabilities: $ 6,078.01 Savings: $ 2,000.14 Other names were offered for a Director position, but the nomination has not yet been accepted by these people: Mark Pacheco, Peg Danielson, Liz Kehoe. -- Membership Report, by Angie Moffatt Doug Hutten has renewed his membership and is attending tonight with his wife, Pat. SPECIAL PRESENTATION Butch Kittle shared about his experiences at the Valley fire where he and the Large Animal Evacuation team helped with the fire victims and their animals. Thanks to volunteers like them, many animals were saved and returned safely to their owners. ADJOURN at 9:16 p.m Motion by Butch, second by Mike Behning, all in favor.
CORRAL CHATTER CHATTER PAGE Page 9 9 Here is a sample of what our CORRAL CHATTER looked like back in July 1944. Back then, World War II was raging, FDR was elected to a fourth term, a gallon of gas cost 15 cents, and a new house cost $3,450. Santa Clara Valley was called the Valley of the Heart s Delight, being one of the largest fruit production and packing regions in the world. Ranches spread across hundreds of acres of the valley and surrounding hills. The Santa Clara County Horsemen s Association had been established for only five years, and already their membership numbered 350! The article at right was in the July 1944 issue. Below is a picture of the beautiful Grant Ranch with horses roaming the countryside in 1944.
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