February - Florida Whips

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Newsletter of The Florida Whips
Promoting all aspects of equine harness driving, by encouraging good will and emphasizing safety and education
FEBRUARY 2014
Cheryl Gonzalez & Eldar's Balin,
aka, Tango
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DIRECTORY
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OFFICERS
NEWSLETTER
President .......................Mary de Greef
PO. Box 183 ~ Parrish FL 34219
941-776-1638 - home, 941-704-2128 - cell
[email protected]
Editor ··························· Deby Stewart
17701 SW 58 Street
SW Ranches FL 33331
[email protected]
Vice President ..................... Dona Love
1550 SE 120th Ave ~ Morriston FL 32668
[email protected] 352-486-2829
Advertising ·················· Harriet Jones
15950 NE 55th Street
Williston FL 32696
352-562-6401
[email protected]
Secretary ................. Mary Beth Miklos
10115 S Arabian Ave ~ Floral City FL
34436
352-228-0273
[email protected]
Treasurer .......................... Nelie Boehle
PO Box 183 ~ Parrish FL 34219
[email protected] 941-518-4828
WEBSITE MAGICIAN
Yvonne Griffiths
12551 SE 16th Lane
Morriston FL 32668
352-486-4870
[email protected]
Membership ................. Linda Bennett
12215 Spottswood Dr ~ Riverview FL
33579
[email protected] 813-671-2859
Newsletter of The Florida Whips, is
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REGION DIRECTORS
REGION ALT DIRECTORS
Panhandle .................Cynthia Perkins
[email protected]
Panhandle ·············Lauchlin Waldoch
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Northern ......................... Linda Evans
[email protected] ...... 352-486-3197
Northern ················· Connie Thoreson
[email protected] ····· 352-528-5646
Southeast..................... Bettina Scherer
[email protected]
Southeast ······························ Jan Petri
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Southwest ......................... Wendy Ying
[email protected] ........... 540-454-1994
Southwest ························· John Porter
[email protected]
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Inside the
Febr uar y 2014 Issue ...
Editor’s Notes ...
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Driving events are in full swing and so far people
have been too busy working and participating at the
events to send me any photos.
Please remember to share the
fun. Send photos and/or articles and you might even wind
up on the cover.
Editor’s Notes .......................................................... 3
Upcoming Events at a Glance ................................. 4
President’s Corner ................................................... 5
Region Reports ........................................................ 5
Please do read the submission
guidelines before you send so
that I can use your wonderful
news. Remember no PDFs or
formatted text (unless it’s an event flyer) and only in
digital format (nothing handwritten). If you can type
emails you can send articles - it’s as easy as that.
Events & News:
Meta Baxter Driving Class ............................... 6
Faux Scurry Social Day ..................................... 7
Safari Drive @ Caloosa Horse Park ................ 8
Driving Radio Show Episode Info ................. 11
I’m also looking for some chatty soul to take over the
newsletter. I’ve been doing this for about 5 years
now and it’s time for some new talent and new ideas
to take it to a higher level. Please contact me if you
are interested and let’s talk.
Classified Ads ......................................................... 11
Check out the Events page and join in the fun either
as a participant or a volunteer.
Stay dry and drive!
NEWS & PHOTOS
NEEDED!
PS - Please join our Facebook page @ “FL Whips”
If you have exciting / interesting / fun news and / or
photos of a new job, a new horse, a new carriage or
news from a driving show or event that you're involved with, that you'd like to share with your fellow
Whips members, please send it to deby(at)
justusdriving.com so that we can share it with your
friends in the Whips.
TO SUBMIT: PLEASE DO NOT send articles as
hard copy or PDF’s or place photos into a Word doc
or a PDF! Send text for articles ONLY as plain text in
the body of an email (no special formatting needed)
and attach individual photo files directly to your email
message. REMEMBER do not send printed or handwritten hard copy - only articles in digital format will
be accepted! Please be sure to put "Member News" in
the subject line or your email.
Articles are always very much appreciated but due to
space limitation they may be edited or used only if
space permits. Unused articles may be kept for use in
later issues.
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* area numbers are only approximate locations
2013 Calendar of Driving Events
Entry Forms & More Info for all Whips’ Events Are on Website
~ www.flawhips.org ~
Date
Location
FL Whips Events
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Feb 5& 12
N Region
Continuous Drive, contact Dona Love [email protected]
Feb 8-9
N Region
Metta Baxter Driving Class, contact [email protected]
12
Feb 15
SE Region
Faux Scurry Social Day at Wickham Park, Judi Tintera [email protected]
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Mar 12
N Region
Continuous Drive Wilson Grove
Mar 29
SE Region
Safari Drive @ Caloosa Horse Park, Deb Bennett [email protected]
Calendar ~ Other Events
Feb 15-16
Weirsdale FL
Florida Grand Oaks Pleasure Show (ADS)
Mar 2
STRIDE contact [email protected]
Mar 8-9
Black Prong CDE
Mar 22-23
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Ocala FL
Live Oak
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President’s Cor ner …
We are still looking for a few good
men or women.
Despite the run of
cool weather we
are having, May
and Spring will be
here soon. We
need candidates for the position of President and
Vice President a volunteer to take over the newsletter from Deby.
Please contact me if you are at all interested in one
of these jobs. I will be more than happy to walk you
through the duties each position entails.
I haven't been able to do much driving lately due to
work and family issues but I am so happy to have a
pony that I can hitch up and go with even after several weeks off. Certainly we have a big drop-off in
our "finesse", but we can head out at a calm walk,
pick up the trot and enjoy ourselves.
............................ Southeast Region Report
The two upcoming local events coming up in our region include:
The Faux Scurry and Social Event at Wickham Park,
Saturday February 15th. Participation fee is $10 and
more information can be found on the Whips Calendar. Contact Judi Tintera or Eloise Nelson for more
information- [email protected] or
[email protected].
Caloosa Park Safari Drive on March 29th. Deb Bennett is the organizer, and the participation fee of $15
includes lunch if you register in advance. Flyer with
all information is on the Whips Calendar but you can
contact [email protected] if you have additional
questions.
Thanks to these members for taking on an event in
our region. Hope you’all can come!!!
Happy Driving
Bettina Scherer
Southeast Region Director
Good luck to everyone during the very busy upcoming weeks. I hope I can attend some of the shows as
a spectator, photographer or volunteer.
See you all out there.
Mary de Greef
President, FL Whips
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2014 Metta Baxter Driving Class
February 8-9, 2014
Learn to Drive & Train Your Horse to Drive
University of Florida IFAS Horse Teaching Unit
Offered through Santa Fe College
Learn from Florida Whips Volunteers
Registration: http://www.sfcollege.edu/cied/communityed/
Registration begins online January 6!
Questions: [email protected]
225-767-9615
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DRIVING RADIO SHOW
Classified Ads ...
www.drivingradioshow.horseradionetwork.com
Episode 134 – Live Report from
Atlanta & the Cover of the Whip
FOR SALE: TURNBOW HORSE TRAILER - Four head to
head plus one in middle or 3 box stalls. All aluminum,3 ramps,
padded floor, extra tall, drsg & tack room, power lift. KEPT UNDER COVER. Perfect for long haul or wagon & hitch. 2006New $50K. Now$35K. TWO DRAFT HORSE HARNESSES 1. Fancy leather with Scotch collar; 2. Black biothane & nylon
work harness with chain traces. $400 each or both harnesses for
$700. 352-591-5322 [email protected]
Animal Wrangler Carol Tresan with
a live report from Atlanta’s massive
blizzard and listener Sheri Houtakker
on making the cover of the next
“Whip”. Listen in…
Episode 133 – NY Carriage
Horse Vet Inspector & Florida
Horse Park
CARRIAGE SHIPPING: Space available to send carriages
anywhere on the I75 corridor and to Martins for Spring Sale.
Enclosed trailer. Experienced transporter. Barbara Chapman
810-678-2500
DEC ‘13
FOR SALE: "Stilwell Spring" 2009 Bay Registered Morgan
mare 15.1h. Spring is a stunning, elegant lady that will turn heads
with her beautiful kind eye and well set round neck. She was
started by a professional in harness in May and is progressing
nicely as a CDE prospect, pleasure or show companion. She has
trail driving miles and is bold and alert & has traveled off the
farm for a combined test this fall winning her division. Spring is
broke to ride with the solid basics and loves the trails under saddle as well. Located in Ocala this winter. $6,000- $9,000. based
on current show experience. Please visit
www.staffordcarriagedriving,com for more photos and video or
call Suzy 302-540-5162 / [email protected]
LESSONS / TRAINING / CLINICS: Suzy Stafford will be
available this winter for on or off farm training and lessons. She
will be based in Morriston FL but can travel for day clinics as
well. Contact Suzy Stafford at [email protected] or 302540-5162 or visit www.staffordcarriagedriving.com
Wendy recaps the wild times at the
Nature Coast HDT at Black Prong,
we speak with Dr. Susan McLellan on her opinion of the care of
the NY Carriage horses and Ellen Ettenger, Event Director at
the Florida Horse Park. Listen in…
Episode 132 – Awards, Spanish Moss & Margaret Mayer’s Cute Ponies
Margaret Mayer joins us to talk about last week’s clinic, long
lining and her adorable ponies. Plus, we review the USEF
awards and talk about Spanish Moss. Listen in…
Episode 131 – New York Carriages Update & Some Wild
History
Why does the Mayor want the horses out of New York? Learn
why as we have Eva Hughes of the Horse and Carriage Association of NYC back with us, Jeff McCarthy fills us in on a
worthwhile clinic and runaway horses in the 1800s. Listen
in…
Episode 130 – Dashing Through the Snow Again
REVISIT: Brrrrrrr, it’s all about sleighs today with our show
historian Charley Poppe and Susie from the American Driving
Society. Plus, Dr. Ying on chiropractic. Listen in…
FOR SALE: TWO SETS OF HARNESS 1 set large pony size Russet leather used gently $600. 1 set Horse size black leather
with patent trim never used $800. Both have brass hardware &
made by The Vermont Saddler. Contact Patricia Fountain
39690 Little Farm Road, Punta Gorda FL 33982 / 518-8525510 / [email protected]
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The Florida Whips, Inc.
c/o Deby Stewart, Editor
17701 SW 58 Street
SW Ranches FL 33331
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