Reminder… Annual Trail Ride & General Meeting, June 16th, across from the old Weyerhaeuser logging mill area located approximately 2-miles East of the King County Fair Grounds.

It’s that time again! That whinnying you are hearing is your horse saying, dang partner/s summer is here and let’s go riding. And a great opportunity to ride with old friends and meet new riding buddies on Saturday, June 16th, 2007. The ride will leave directly across from the old Weyerhaeuser logging mill area located approximately 2-miles East of the King County Fair Grounds, Highway 410/Roosevelt Ave, going east out of Enumclaw. Trailer parking and horse hitches are on the right side of highway. Saddle up starts at 10:30 a.m., and the ride starts promptly at 11:00 a.m. The ride is approximately three hours long and is an easy to moderate trail and accommodates most riders. Bruce Chalfant will be our trail ride leader. Following the ride, barbeque will be served, burgers and dogs on the barbeque with all the fixin’s. Approximately 4:00 we will start the general membership meeting. Should it rain, we will move to Bruce and Betty Chalfant’s farm, located at 40227 268th Ave NE, Enumclaw, 253-835-5032. For more information, please call Cyndi Schlemlein at 360-862-9514, or at rideawalker@hotmail.com . Let us know if you are able to make the ride or the barbeque so we can plan accordingly. See you on the trail and the meeting... bring a lawn chair!

The Inland Empire Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders and Exhibitors Association will be hosting its 35TH Annual Celebration Horse Show in Spokane, Washington. The show will be a three-day event held at the Spokane Fairgrounds on July 27, 28, and 29, 2007.

Friday's festivities will include a Versatility show followed by a night of gaming classes, pizza party, and a judging clinic.  Saturday will feature several divisions of classes including trail, country pleasure, plantation classes, lite-shod, and padded classes.  A special tradition at our show highlights a class ridden by developmentally disabled children from Litehouse Incorporated. This class is sponsored by members Kathy Thorsen-Rosen and Robert Rosen.  Many of the children have been taking lessons for several years from trainer Bart Ovnick. 

The IETWHBEA will also sponsor a canned food drive that will benefit the Spokane Food Bank.  Canned goods may be brought at anytime during the show and placed in the appropriate containers.  Saturday evening will include a home-cooked barbeque and silent auction.  Proceeds from the auction will benefit an organization yet to be determined.  Items for the auction may be brought to the show anytime on Friday.  

Sunday will conclude our show with several championship classes and high point award presentations.  All registered Tennessee Walking Horses are welcome to attend our show.  We are also looking for sponsors for classes.  Please contact Teresa Owens for further information.  Email teresaowens@windwireless.net or 509-292-0582.

 

This year the Pacific Northwest Jamboree will celebrate its 21st year, July 13-15! With a full complement of classes over 3 days, from Trail Pleasure to Open Show horses there is something for everyone at the Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds.

The Story of the Pacific Northwest Jamboree…Many years ago, a man from Tennessee had a dream. He had settled on a farm in Gig Harbor, Washington but his heart belonged to the “Volunteer” state, and it’s Tennessee Walking Horse. He set out to introduce his Walkers to as many people as he could, and promote these great horses throughout the Pacific Northwest. Barns and an arena were built right there on his own property. If you build it, they will come…he did, they did, and the “Jubilee” was born. Arnie Arnold and the “friends of the Jubilee” put on a fun, down-home but classy show for 20 years. Many long-time exhibitors have fond memories of the Jubilee, including cold showers, blown fuses and huge classes intermixed with events such as dog/owner look-alike classes, inventive costume classes and people-cart races. Hot weather, Mint Juleps and silver cups, water fights and dancing under the stars were all part of the Jubilee. They knew how to have fun, but at the same time, the Jubilee was a showcase for the best and most versatile Tennessee Walking Horses in the Northwest. Arnie believed in helping as many novice horse owners get started as possible, and it worked. It wasn’t unheard of to just be there to watch, but then find yourself in borrowed clothes on the back of a dependable Walker, participating in your first horse show! Next thing you knew, you owned one! As the Northwest Walking Horse population increased, the quality of horses bred, raised or trained in this area rivaled those from many great farms around the country… evidenced by the number of World Champions and Supreme Versatility Champions from the Pacific Northwest.
After 20 years of hosting the Jubilee at his private farm, Arnie decided it was time to retire from showbiz. Not wanting to see a good thing end, a small group of exhibitors got together, and in the spirit of “The Jubilee,” the “Pacific Northwest Jamboree” was born. True to the tradition of Arnie’s show, the Jamboree has maintained the “fun but classy” atmosphere. This year the Jamboree will celebrate its 21st year! With a full complement of classes over 3 days, from Trail Pleasure to Open Show horses, there is something for everyone. A number of Saddlebred classes have been added again this year to add more variety & excitement. Following a patriotic theme, local military color guards open the formal session of each day, and extra effort is made to add a little style and a little glitz, to make the show a joy to watch. Horses from all over the Pacific Northwest will compete for top honors, high point awards and the Arnie Arnold Versatility Award to honor the “roots” of our show. The “down-home” touch will be the great Catfish Fry for exhibitors and friends, followed by car races and often fireworks. The spacious Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds with a covered arena, plenty of parking, hot water & electricity is far different from the humble beginnings of the Gig Harbor Jubilee, but hopefully the family friendly Pacific Northwest Jamboree will inspire many of the same fond memories for years to come. Join us to behold the horseman’s dream come true!
Please contact Eddylou Izzy for further information.  Email deizzi@msn.com or 360-825-1871.

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The Inland Empire Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders and Exhibitors Association hosted its 35TH Annual Celebration, and WHOA Versatility Horse Show in Spokane, Washington. The show was a three-day event held at the Spokane Fairgrounds on July 27, 28, and 29, 2007

Friday's festivities included a Versatility classes followed by a night of gaming, pizza party, and a judging clinic by NHSC Judge Kirk Peters.  Saturday featured several divisions of classes including trail, country pleasure, plantation classes, lite-shod, and padded classes. 

A special tradition at the show highlights a class ridden by developmentally disabled children from Litehouse Incorporated. This class was sponsored by members Kathy Thorsen-Rosen and Robert Rosen.  Many of the children have been taking lessons for several years from trainer Bart Ovnick – many thanks to Bart!  Special thanks to the exhibitors from Montana, Washington, Idaho and Oregon for providing their walking horses to the seventeen children to demonstrate their riding skills.

Saturday evening included a home-cooked barbeque and silent auction.  Proceeds from the auction went to benefit the Litehouse organization, supporting the developmentally disabled children riding program. 

Sunday concluded the show with many championship classes and high point awards. A great time was had by all…

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Annual Christmas Party on December 8th at 5:00.

Please bring a wrapped gift (or two) worth at least $20.00.  Dinner & refreshments will be available, or bring your favorite refreshments. Hope to see you all there.  Please contact Terry Jerke at 253-939-3642, if you are able to attend. The event is at Terry and Patricia's home; 18524 SE 346 ST, Auburn, WA. 98092. See you all there...holiday cheer!

Pacific Northwest Regional Tennessee Walking Horse Awards Banquet “A Night at the Oscars”

Saturday, January 19th, 2008, at McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey, Troutdale, OR. 97062, reservations; 1-800-669-8610, http://www.mcmenamins.com/ . Deadline for reservations is January 123, 2008, email Sharon Gueck-Deford at sgdeford@hotmail.com Schedule of Events: 9:00-11:00; TWHEAO (Oregon Club) Annual Membership Meeting, 3:30-5:00; WIWHA Committee Meetings, 6:00; Pacific Northwest Regional Tennessee Walking Horse Awards Banquet.

Scarff Ford in Auburn, our Club sponsor, just announced new incentives and are as follows:

2008 F-150  0% for 60 months or
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Ronny Clark is hauling to Tennessee from Washington State on March 17

Ronny Clark is hauling to Tennessee from Washington State on March 17 and returning on March 22. So if anyone needs a trailer slot in either direction, please contact Ronny at 360-426-2040 or 206-396-2669 or email at rcfarms@qwestoffice.net. The cost will be $700 one-way.
  

General Membership Meeting and early spring Trail ride – Saturday March 22nd.

The General Membership meeting will take place Hacienda Del Mar Family Mexican restaurant at approximately 3:00, 27433 Maple Valley Black Diamond Road, Maple Valley, WA. Prior to the meeting, for those that that wish to knock the mold of the saddle and the mud from your horses’ flanks, we will be meeting at the Danville-Georgetown Trail Head at 11:00 in Maple Valley area (1-mile from the Hacienda Del Mar restaurant) for a 2+ hour trail ride. Riders will leave, and be on the trail at 12:00. After the ride, park across from the restaurant to join the club meeting, and have some great food and fun. (See the web site for trail head location and trail ride condition under http://www.twhbeaofwa.com/club-docs.html ). Contact Kirk Peters at peterstwhranch@aol.com to let us know you will be on the trail with us. See you on the trail!

 

TWHBEA of WA Issues Challenge to Other WIWHA Associations Organizations

On March 31, 2008 the TWHBEA of WA Directors passed a proposal to provide a general sponsorship to the TWH Breeders Association. President Kirk Peters submitted a $500 check from the TWHBEA of WA organization.

In addition to sending the check, he has sent a challenge to other state and local Tennessee Walking Horse organizations under Western International to consider, and support the TWHBEA breed registry in this time of financial uncertainty. (see Call for Support  http://www.twhbea.com/ProgramContributions.htm )

 

TWHBEA of WA President - Kirk Peters Sends Challenge to Northwest Walking Horse Clubs (WA TWH Pleasure Club, Inland Empire TWH Association, Montana TWH Association, Western International Walking Horse Association and TWH Exhibitors Assoc. of Oregon)...

 

 

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