August Meeting

This is a reminder that we have our monthly Ozarks Draft Horse Association meeting this coming Saturday, August 28. It is at 1 Pm at Jim and Lora McCabe's home in Mammoth Spring. We will be having a potluck lunch, so please bring a dish. Things are heating up in the club and we have lots to discuss, so please be there.


Among the items to discuss and/or vote on are:

1. Elections for officers will be held.
2. We will be having a booth at the Ozarks' Sustainability Festival in West Plains in Sept, so we need to discuss this and have volunteers sign up to man the booth.
3. We need to plan fund raising events/opportunities.
4. Do we want to have a booth at Timberfest in Doniphan in October? What about the Walnut Festival In Alton in Oct?
5. We will also be voting on a name change for the Association.

If you have something you would like us to discuss at the meeting, please send your ideas to Kirsten (2percherons@gmail.com) or me.

Thanks, and hope to see you there!

Margie Paskert Lennington

Secretary/Treasurer

Ozarks Draft Horse Association

Minutes of the July Meeting

Ozarks Draft Horse Association Meeting Minutes
July 24, 2010
Jim and Lora McCabe’s House
Mammoth Springs, AK

Attendance: Kirsten (vice-president) & Al Kosisnski, Margie (secretary/treasurer) & Ron Lennington, Jim & Lora McCabe, Wesley Pate, Ira King, Keith Temple, Harold & Jann Ramey, Steve Driscoll, all members, and Walter & Rachel Tubbs, guests

Meeting Opened by: Kirsten Kosinski, vice-president

Secretary's Report: Minutes from last meeting were handed out accepted as read.

Treasurer’s Report: $490.31 balance in checking account

President’s Report: The Logging Demo Day at Kirsten and Al’s farm got rained out, but about 8 people showed up anyway. Ira demonstrated horse logging between rain showers. There was loads of interest, so this might be repeated in the fall.
The Work Day on June 19 drew a small crowd and went well.
We need to elect officers, and will plan to do so at the next meeting. We need people who are really willing to do the work. Kirsten has been doing the lion’s share of getting this club going and needs a president or vice president who will take some of the burden off of her.

Old Business: Dennis Goodall is getting out of draft horses for now and is selling all his horses and equipment. He did not build the wagon we had voted for at the last meeting. We discussed if we really needed a wagon, and decided to drop it for now.

New Business:
Volunteers for future meeting places were called for. Here is the list:
August 28, 2010, at Jim & Lora McCabes’ home, Mammoth Springs
September at Steve Driscoll’s in Brandsville/Koshkonong (Probably the last weekend in Sept.) He is planning a meeting, barbeque, and draft animal demonstration.
October at Al & Kirsten Kosinski’s. Alton. Meeting and draft animal demo’s.
November/December at Harold & Jann Ramey’s, Alton.
Lora McCabe will research filing for non-profit status.
Lora also volunteered to print flyers and such for the association. Margie can e-mail to Lora and she will print to save the association money for toner and paper.
Kirsten mentioned that we probably should have by-laws, and it was voted on to pursue this. Walter Tubbs has a copy of the Arkansas Draft Horse Association (now defunct) by-laws. He will try to find them.
September was voted on to be the start of the association’s fiscal year. Membership dues will be renewable at this time. Margie will send out reminders. It was voted that any new members who joined from June through August would not need to renew until the following year.
New Business, cont: A list of members was requested. Margie & Kirsten are working on it, but are lacking information from some members. Margie will have a list ready for the next meeting.
Kirsten mentioned that there will be a Southern Draft Horse Progress Days event in Virginia in September. If enough people are interested in going we could rent a van and travel together to save money. Get in touch with Kirsten if interested.
There will be hitch classes at the Ozarks Empire Fair on July 30 & 31.
The Boone County Draft Horse Sale is Sept. 15 – 18 in Columbia, MO.

Election of officers was discussed. An election will be held at the next meeting. Ira King was nominated for both President (by Keith Temple) and Vice President (by Jann Ramey).
There was much discussion about why people are members of the association and what the association is for. In general, it was agreed that the association should be working to preserve the knowledge of draft animals and to pass it on.

Meeting Adjourned by: Kirsten Kosinski, vice-president

Draft Horses for sale

From: Dennis Goodall

Date: Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 2:10 AM

We still have 1-3 year old and 1-5 year old. $3500.00 for the team (sell together). Both are quiet, harness, hitch and drive together real quiet. My wagon is for sale also, wagon, tongue and running gear. for $500.00. If someone is interested in the mares we can send them pics. The forecart is for sale for $500.00.

Thank you
Dennis

July meeting - Ya'll come!

Howdy Folks,

Its time again for a meeting for all members (and interested people) of the Ozarks Draft Horse/Animal Club.

The meeting is scheduled for Saturday, July 24, at 1 PM at Jim and Lora McCabe's house in Mammoth Springs. We will be sharing a potluck lucnch to start things off

Attached is a flyer about the meeting with directions to the McCabe's. If you cannot open the flyer or if you have any questions, please e-mail me or call me at (417)778-1677.


Hope to see you there!

Margie Paskert Lennington (Secretary/Treasurer)

Lazy Ox Farm

Rural Missouri - article about mule logging

http://www.ruralmissouri.org/08pages/08JanMuleLoggers.html

Draft Horses for sale

The stallion is Pete. He is 15 yrs old give or take a year. He's trained for riding and driving. We've sat on him but that's it. Mostly he stands around being the lazy fella he is. He's the one I took the pictures of from behind.

The gelding with the stripe on his face is Val. He was born 2/14/08. His sire was a Percheron. Henry is no longer with us. He passed on just before Val was born at the age of 26. We sure do miss him. He was a one of a kind old man. Val's mom was a big, lanky Tennessee walker mare. He's pretty long legged himself right now. Though I think he'll grow into it. He's right at 16 hands. Big boned and nicely built.

Josh was sired by the same stallion on a fox trotter mare. He's the shorter, heavier built, all black gelding. A VERY sweet boy. He's a month younger than Val, born March 12 of the same year. He's much more "drafty" and would make a nice lightweight puller. Because of his build he looks shorter than Val but he's really not. He also naturally fox trots.

Naomi is their younger sister. She turned two in May of this year. Naomi was not supposed to happen. Her mama was a grade mare we had that got herself into the pasture with Henry and the other two mares. Naomi turned 2 in May. Her color is plain but her build is wonderful, and she's as sweet as the day is long. She's faded to more of a dark by this summer.

Val's mom is sorrel with a blaze face, Josh's mom is black. Unfortunately I could not find my pictures of her. I've included one taken when Josh was a couple of months old. Naomi's mom is a beauty of a bay. Henry was grey.

I also included a picture of Pete from a side view. He's the big black. He is all Percheron.

My phone number is: 417-932-4129 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              417-932-4129      end_of_the_skype_highlighting and my email address is: jkdorf@gmail.com

If you need anymore info just let me know. I'm asking $300 ea for the 2 yr olds. Not sure what to ask for Pete. I know that being a stallion is not in his favor. Still, he is a well behaved fella and trained for work even if he hasn't done it in years. I'll ask $500 and if someone likes him they can bargain.

Judy

Looking for a few good officers

The Ozarks Draft Horse Association needs some help! A very few members have been carrying all the duties of the club. We need a new slate of officers.

Positions that will be open include:

President
Vice President
Public Relations / Event Planner

If you are interested, please contact Kirsten Kosinski.
417 778 6009

Thank you!!