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Newsletter
Spring/Summer 2015
From the President
Dear Friends
It’s very clear to me that for every bit of
effort that we as a community invest in
promoting our ponies that effort is returned
to us a hundred-fold by the public and the
media. The fact is that huge numbers of
people have been ignorant about the
history and uniqueness of our pony as
Newfoundland and Labrador’s only
heritage animal and the more they learn
the more interested they become, wanting
to learn more and more. This presents us
as a Society with a substantial opportunity
to introduce this wonderful animal to an
increasing number of people. Along with
this opportunity comes a responsibility for
all members of our Society, pony owners
and supporters to collaborate, cooperate
and work together for the betterment of the
pony. One of the most encouraging trends
we are seeing these days is a growing
interest by younger people, teachers and
school children. We must grasp every
chance we can to show off the ponies and
continually build on the experience of
dedicated Facebook Groups and voluntary
organizations all across the province, other
provinces of Canada and our friends in the
United States. Without question this is one
simple way of ensuring that the pony has a
better chance for survival.
Your council Members continue to work
hard on your behalf. We meet on a regular
monthly schedule and each elected
member is doing their best to deal with the
CLE NEWHOOK
many opportunities and challenges that
come to us. Here are a few highlights:
•The Scoping Study leading towards a fullfledged Census and Enhanced Database
Project is now complete and we will
shortly circulate the comprehensive
Phase One report to our members and
pony owners. The next challenge is to
identify the necessary funds to move on
to the Second Phase.
•Treasurer Pamela Pippy and volunteer
Patrica Morrissey deserve a medal for
their work on overhauling the archival
material on the NL Pony that has been
stored in the Provincial Archives at The
Rooms. Over the long winter months
they’ve toiled mightily at culling out
duplicates, re-organized the materials
into binders and copied most of the
important materials into a digital format
as a back-up to the hard copies and for
easier access in the future. Many thanks
to Pam and Patricia!
•As was posted on our web recently our
A committee has been struck under the
Registrar has fixed a long-standing error •
leadership of Jessica Boyd to organize a
that she discovered in the Registry
workshop and social event for pony
database. All pony owners affected by the
owners for the Fall in central NL – more
error have been informed of the
on that later! This was suggested at the
implications for the lineages of their
last AGM and we’re all looking forward to
ponies and we’ve received many
help make it happen. Please be prepared
messages of thanks for having this error
to help Jess and her Committee over the
put right. As reported, the entries in the
next few months.
Registry concerning the progeny of the
three stallions involved are being •On a final note for now, we continue to
correctly reported in the revised Registry. work with Maud Peters and MARE in
We owe a huge debt of gratitude to Nova Scotia on “rescuing” and re-homing
Registrar Cindy Mehaney and Pat Morrris ponies in need. Unfortunately we keep
for their hard work and dedication on this hearing of situations where they need to
file.
be moved to new homes – sometimes
because their owners are simply unable
•We’ve had some small but important
to cope.
changes made to our online Registration
system in an effort to make it more userfriendly. Again thanks to Cindy and to
our Webmaster Mark Jenkins for their
Cle Newhook, President
careful attention to detail.
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A N N U A L G E N E R A L M E E T I N G
NPS’s Annual General Meeting took place on December 6th at Hotel Mount Pearl. Board
members in attendance were Cle Newhook, Pam Pippy, and Jack Harris while Emily
Chetkowski,Cindy Mehaney, Jessica Boyd and Carolyn Parsons took part via conference phone.
Also in attendance were 11 members and supporters. President Cle Newhook was very pleased
with the turnout and for the enthusiasm and spirited discussion during the meeting. AGM
minutes and NPS monthly meeting minutes are posted on the website.
www.newfoundlandponysociety.org
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REGISTRY UPDATE: Current completed Registry work for 2015
Full registrations - 6
Transfers - 2
Part Bred Registrations - 3
Certificate Re-Issues - 2
There is currently a large backlog of pending registrations at the lab. This is due to a high
volumne of submitted registrations. While the increase in registrations is wonderful, your
patience is needed and greatly appreciated. Thanks to all who are registering their ponies!
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MEMBERSHIP UPDATE
Have you renewed?
Your support allows us to continue our
work, of which there is much more to do
to help this breed thrive once again. Our
membership currently stands at 66
members, 25 of which are pony owners.
Online membership is easy to do.
Memberships include a free bumper
sticker or window decal. Consider a gift
membership for loved ones and pony
enthusiasts of all ages. Better yet, make a
donation in their name, or simply donate
to help support our mission. Junior
memberships have been reinstated.
Go to www.newfoundlandpony.com/
membership and join us today!
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PONY NEWS
The Newfoundland Pony has caught the eye of the public of late, and is
a favorite of the media, all in all adding up to good things for the pony.
Here’s a sample of what has been hitting the air waves:
Two Newfoundland Pony stallions, born and reared at Fiddler’s Green Stable in Three Rivers,
Michigan are in new breeding homes in Canada. Squid Jiggin’ A.R. Scammel is at Tin Star Farm,
owned by Jodie Desmarais, of Nova Scotia. The second stallion, Mister Jiggs, is going to Stephanie
Coates Stable in CBS, NL. Both ponies were owned by Lloyd and Cindy Mehaney. Lloyd who hails
from Newfoundland used to regale his wife Cindy and two daughters with stories of Newfoundland
ponies back home, and especially his family’s pony called Darky. They decided to buy 2 stallions and 3
mares, and started a breeding program at Fiddlers Green. One stallion was important foundation pony,
Champion K., who sired Mister Jiggs. See more on this story here: http://www.thetelegram.com/section/
2015-05-04/article-4133879/Kicking-up-their-heels-over-new-stallions/1
Squid Jiggin’ A.R. Scammel
Mister Jiggs
KELLOWAY’S CRYSTAL CHAPMAN #453C,
earned 5 first places and High Point
Gymkhana at Vic Tree Gymkhana Show,
Lawton, Michigan in May.
Shown by Hydee Staple, age 8.
Owned by: Lloyd and Cindy Mehaney
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NEWFOUNDLAND PONIES AT THE DOWNHOME EXPO!
What a weekend APRIL 18th was! Ponies Persephone, Bell and Misty loved meeting all the visitors
and did a great job showing everyone just how special the Newfoundland Pony truly is. Thanks to the
generous patrons of the Downhome Expo who supported
our $6000 worth of ticket sales, NPS was able to raise over
$3000 in support of the Newfoundland Pony!
Congratulations to Christine King, the lucky winner of our
50/50 draw!
BELLE greets young admirers at the Downhome
Misty does the same
Persephone and Daryn awaiting visitors.
Thanks to all of the wonderful people who made the weekend such a success:
The Downhome Magazine Staff with special thanks to Grant, Todd, Tobias and Alicia. Pony owners:
The Kean Family, Embarr Stables Inc. and Dixie H Farm, Newfoundland Pony Sanctuary. Our AMAZING
volunteers: Jessica, Kim, Tracy, Patricia, Danielle, Marilyn, Debbie, Nickie, Ellen and Matt. Local
photographer Dennis Flynn who generously donated a beautiful print of one of his breathtaking
photographs for fundraising purposes. Kelly Denine of Party Animals- Balloon Fun who graciously
donated all proceeds from “Newfoundland Pony” balloon animals sold at the Expo. Mr. Wayne
Williams of Gracie’s Garden (Goulds, NL) for the use of his horse trailer. Todd Noseworthy who assisted
with transporting ponies. And of course everyone who visited our booth and supported the society in
our efforts to promote, preserve and protect our critically endangered heritage animal!
Be sure to watch for our one page monthly feature in the Downhome Magazine as well! We
are always looking for photographs of ponies, from the past, and the present. Please send
them to [email protected]. Again, thank you Downhome Magazine!
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Huge Congratulations to Meret Ebsary,
whose "Le Poney De Terre-Neuve"
project took the Visual Literacy Award
at the 2015 Avalon Region Heritage
Fair!
Great work educating your peers and
the public about our critically
endangered breed, Meret!
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Newfoundland Folkways did a piece on the Newfoundland Ponies of Cappahayden,
featuring NPS member Liz Chafe. This is the link to the lovely YouTube Video and interview
with Liz.
https://youtu.be/I_h7UunDPB0
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Tin Star Farm had their own article: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/
newfoundland-pony-is-endangered-but-returning-to-nova-scotia-1.3060939
Tin Star Farm is accepting bookings for this year's breeding season now (May to September),
live cover only at this time. For more information, call (902) 216-0729, or e-mail
[email protected] with "stud service" in the subject.
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A one-hour TV documentary on the NL pony, currently in production by Cranky Goat
Entertainment, will be broadcast in August of this summer. All the footage has been shot on a
variety of locations in the province, pther areas of Canada and the US. The documentary is
now being edited by the director/producer Christopher Richardson. “Editing some 60 hours of
raw footage is an arduous and time-consuming task”, said NPS president Cle Newhook, “and
requires a great deal of creative talent to turn the footage into a final product”. ”I’ve seen and
appreciated Christopher’s other documentary work” Cle said, “and I’ve had a chance to see
some of the footage on this project. “I’m quite sure that viewers will be moved by this story,
and by the superb cinematography and in fact it will be something that people will want to
watch more than once”.
The broadcast date will be posted as soon as it is announced by the CBC Regional Office.
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Send us your news for our Fall/Winter edition.
We welcome Photos (new and old) and reports on summer events, Births, Deaths,
Accomplishments. Please send to [email protected].
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Newsletter
Spring/Summer 2015
Newfoundland Pony Society
PO Box 8132
St. Johns, NL
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