Hard to believe August is already here!  Regionals are over, Youth Nationals are over and next in line is Canadian Nationals, (not to forget our summer Arabian Community Show/ACS in Deer Park).  Good luck to our members that will be heading up to Canada for Nationals.  Have a great show and get back safe!!

     Everyone, mark you calendars for August 22^nd through the 24^th.  Friday August 22^nd is our club meeting at Shelly Stevens home in beautiful Chewelah. Please view the web site for details and note it is an RSVP so I can pick up enough food for main course. We will have the opportunity to meet our clinician and ACS show judge Darlene Hopkins.

     Our clinic will be Saturday August 23^rd and Darlene will be discussing “How to prepare for the ride of your life on the trail or the show ring” Saturday morning and “Everything you need to know about to show but were afraid to ask” Saturday afternoon.  Our show will be Sunday August 24^th, great choice of classes to pick from with fun classes in-between, everything from reining to hunter hack.  This is an affordable, fun, ALL BREED show!!!  We encourage everyone to come and support this new show for our club.   Thanks to Shelly Stevens, VP, for all her hard work!

     I want to thank everyone for sending in pictures from their trail rides.  Beautiful pictures!  Don’t forget Sept. 13^th we have been invited to ride with the Genesee Rim Riders at Heyburn State Park in Plummer, ID.  This is an annual ride for them; they assure us it is lovely and a lot of fun.

     Don’t forget to RSVP for our BBQ the 22^nd.  Our next meeting won’t be until November, annual Awards Banquet and vote in new officers.  I thought 2007 would be my last year for President but I ended up wanting to help the club through 2008, which is my last year. Time to start thinking of new officers.  I encourage all to help keep the IEAHC going forward.  We are in desperate need of club members to run IEAHC and support our breed.

Traci Benstine
IEAHC President
Email: mtbenstine@comcast.net
509-238-4867
 

2008 Meeting Schedule –

March – Officers’ meeting

April – General meeting

May – Horse shows, no meeting

June – Officers’ meeting

July – General meeting with trail ride and wine tasting

August – General meeting/ACS/Clinic

September – Trail ride, no meeting

October – Officers’ meeting

November – Awards banquet, general meeting

December – Christmas party