Hoofbeats MARCH 2017
General meeting March 21st 7:00pm Treats - Sue Davis, coffee - Laura Shillam
Capitol Riders Chapter, BCHW The general meeting will be on March 21, Next weekend the Kittitas County Fair- Officers for 2017 7:00 pm, at the Littlerock Fire Depart- grounds will be filled with BCHW mem- ment (West Thurston Regional Fire Au- bers from all over the state. There’s an Laura Shillam - President thority, Station #1-2), 10828 Littlerock excellent line-up of things to do and see! Sue Davis - Vice President Road SW, Olympia, WA 98512. (Just You can look at the Schedule of Events Dean Hartman - Treasurer north of 110th Avenue 0.2 miles. When by going to our BCHW.org website. It’s it is dark look for the bright red reader a busy, fun weekend! See you there!! Chris Enrico - Secretary board on the east side of the road.) Karen Johnson - Director Now that riding season is here, please Deb Hall - Alt. Director From your president - remember to avoid trails that aren’t Deb Hall - Vol Hours Hello all. I have to say the weather is hardened (muddy). Riding those trails Chris Enrico - Newsletter getting me down a bit. I want to ride at this time of year will only cause more Chris Enrico - Web out on the trails again!! I heard some of damage to them and will leave them the members at the last meeting talking in poor shape after they dry out. Try to Chris Enrico - Legislative about trips to Arizona and other warmer make your rides on old road surfaces or Chris Enrico - Membership spots. Smart move you guys. trails that are hardened with gravel (such Chris Enrico - Communications Hoping Rendevous goes well and some as those on the Equine Trail at Capitol All - Rides Forest). I hope you will make an effort Peggy Tucker - Work Parties one buys our saw and our invitation to ride Capitol Forest with us. to help clean and repair the trails as part vacant - Social of our BCHW Mission Statement. Please Peggy Tucker - Hoofprints Sad that we will not be doing the Prize volunteer to help on work parties and ride this year but it sure is understand- plan to attend the Great Gravel Pack-In able that the main trail people cant do it this year. You can earn Volunteer Hours this year. Traci did say the trails looked Capitol Riders Chapter, BCHW for a free Discover Pass and also have a good after the winter but we will need great lunch with friends afterwards! Mission : to take clippers and saws to keep up 1. To perpetuate the common sense with the growth this year when we ride Since there won’t be a Kennedy Creek use and enjoyment of horses in at Kennedy. ride this year, please consider coming America’s back country and wil- over to Thorp for the Joe Watt ride May See you all at the next 20th. The wildflowers will be beautiful derness. meeting on March 2. To work to insure that public lands by then! There is also a big Western Art 21st.. Still looking Show at the Kittitas County Fairgrounds remain open to recreational stock for interesting top- the same weekend. It attracts wonder- use. ics and presentations. ful artists from all over the western U.S. 3. To assist the various government The presentation at the If you would be interested, I would be and private agencies in their Feb meeting was very happy to lead a ride on Sunday, the 21st maintenance and management of interesting. to show you more wildflowers nearby. said resource. Laura Let me know if you would be interested 4. To educate, encourage and solicit in doing that. From your director - active participation in the wise use Happy Spring Trails, everyone! of the back country resource by Hi Capitol Riders! horsemen and the general public Spring is only a few days away!! We here Karen Johnson Commensurate with our heritage. in the Kittitas Valley are very anxious I continue my plea for your biographies 5. To foster and encourage the forma- for it to come and melt the mounds of snow off the ground! It’s been a very and articles. Articles trickle in from only tion of new chapters in the state a few of you and they are always appre- organization. snow-filled winter with a total of 56.5” or 4.7 ft at our house! It was beauti- ciated. Please include photos. ful but we’re ready for green grass and Rendezvous - milder temperatures! Next week will be The annual BCHW Rendezvous is com- Capitol Riders Chapter, BCHW the first trail ride for the Kittitas Valley ing. March 17th-19th in Ellensburg. www.capitolriders.org (with a link to Riders out near Wanapum Dam on the our Facebook page) Columbia. The ground is bare with green Volunteers are needed! Parking, auction Meet monthly at the Littlerock firehall, grass out there, so it will be a welcome and store just to name three things you 10828 Littlerock Road SW (larger sight! We begin rides out there in the could do. There will be clinics, food, dutch oven cooking and more. of the two meeting rooms). Please early spring since they don’t get as much verify the meeting by either going moisture and work west as the weather to the chapter web site and the allows, ending up riding in the Teanaway Events page, or call 360-459-4759. in the fall.
1 Currently Scheduled Events - partial March 17-19 - BCHW Rendezvous, Ellensburg including board meeting 21 - General meeting, 7 pm Littlerock firehall 25 - Great Gravel Pack-In, Mima Trailhead in Capitol Forest, 8 am 30 - DNR user meeting, 801 88th Ave SE, Tumwater, 6 to 8 pm April 18 - General meeting, 7 pm Littlerock firehall 22 - day ride JBLM Training Area 23 with Carrie Russell May 1 - Capitol Forest opens to stock tbd - chapter garage sale 16 - General meeting, 7 pm Littlerock firehall 18-20 - LL Stub Stewart camp out near Portland, make reservations early! 20 - Kennedy Creek fun ride 25 - DNR user meeting, 801 88th Ave SE, Tumwater, 6 to 8 pm 27-30 - camp out Wenas BBQ Flats June 3 - National Trails Day 8-11 - camp out with Dean and Susan Hartman, Nile 17 - 2nd Qtr BCH board meeting, Ellensburg 17 - Livestock Coalition benefit ride, Evergreen Gun Club 20 - General meeting, 7 pm Littlerock firehall 24 - day ride, Nisqually-Mashel with Carrie Russell July 6-10 - camp out with Dean and Susan Hartman, Les Hilde 8 - Midnight Rider moonlight ride, Kennedy Creek 8-9 - CMO, Fall Creek Trailhead and campground 15 - day ride, Elbe Hills with Carrie Russell 18 - General meeting, 7 pm Littlerock firehall 22 - Mount St. Helens BCH prize ride, Kalama horse camp 27 - DNR user meeting, 801 88th Ave SE, Tumwater, 6 to 8 pm 27-31 - camp out with Dean and Susan, Whitefish horse camp, Oregon, make reservations early!
more at http://capitolriders.org/events.htm and http://capitolriders.org/prize_rides/prize_rides.htm
Capitol Riders of BCHW General Meeting Littlerock Firehall, 10828 Littlerock Road SW, Olympia, WA 98512 February 21, 2017 Meeting called to order by President Laura Shillam 7:00 pm. One guest (Jerilyn Walley – South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group), ten members present. Meeting agenda approved. January 2017 meeting minutes approved. Laura told the group what she learned at leadership training – the difference between volunteer hours and trails miles. We need to also collect and record those miles of trail maintained (the database has guest access, read only, if anyone wants to take a look. Member- ship area of the web site has login and link.) Treasurers Report – Dean Hartman Dean told the group we have in checking - $xxx. Savings is $xxx. Newsletter – Chris Enrico Chris said he had nothing except for continuing request for biographies and articles. Web Site – Chris Enrico Chris said he continues to add to prize ride list. Peggy Wolf turned it over to him for this year due to family issues. Adding some new horse camp locations. Events page is filling up. Legislative – Chris Enrico Chris mentioned grizzly bear comments! Comment until March 14. URL (uniform resource locator) was in the meeting minutes of last newsletter. (Comment deadline now April 28th https://parkplanning.nps.gov/commentForm.cfm?documentID=77025 ) Legislative Day and Big Tent Rally went well. BCHW had their table set up long before anyone else. Had a corner of the tent near the heater and LOTS of room.
2 Director – Karen Johnson Laura told the group of the chapter challenge Chris Enrico (Oakland Bay director) put out to other chapters. Full text is: Southwest Chapter directors, Have a challenge for you and perhaps some are doing this ! already. Kind of goes along with Kathy’s challenge she sent New Washington out on 2/10. Hopefully all saw that and have plans to do some- thing with it. My challenge is this: Come up with and implement some way Trail Book to better get involved with your local community. This could By Kim McCarrel involve getting a bit outside your normal comfort zone. Partner with a local organization that needs help on a project, any project. Determine what skill sets your members have and base your decision on that. Might be a local banquet. Maybe From Olympia to a building project of some kind. Maybe not a trail. Could be something all indoors. Could be something for a land manager the Oregon Border (DNR, WDFW, USFS, Parks, county, city or ?). As an organization we cannot donate money unless it goes with From the Coast to our mission of keeping trails open. BUT you can donate your the East Slope of sweat, your time. This is not an individual member thing. This is something the the Cascades chapter should support. Why? Name recognition! And perhaps some new members. When you do it put up signs proclaiming who you are as an organization just as we would when out • Over 100 Trails doing trail work. Think it about. Bounce the idea off your chapter members. • 20 Horse Camps If you do something, make sure your chapter gets the recogni- • Over 1,000 Miles tion. As for ideas - wilderness toilets (for which I need to get a set of of Trails updated plans out, sorry about that.), kiosks or ?; work along side an organization that “owns” a trail not open to stock and needs some help. Lots of cities or counties have a local trail www.nwhorsetrails.com system. (as an example, Oakland Bay will be working with the South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group on a local salmon trail that allows school children and adults to view spawning salmon.); partner with equine groups or FFA at your county fairs. They usually need help getting things ready every year. And it is a prime source for younger members! Painting, rebuilding arena fenc- ing...; I can go on and on with ideas but hopefully you begin to get the idea. Looking forward to hearing about what ideas you come up with. Chris Laura also brought up a chapter survey that the Scatter Creek chapter had done. We need to do something simi- lar. (see pages 5 and 6 for what that looks like) Work Parties – Peggy Tucker Peggy said that she had not been on the trails recently. Traci Koch said the Kennedy Creek trails are in good condition. She continued by telling the group that Oakland Bay will be assisting the South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group with trail work on the salmon trail. continued on page 4
See the two advertisements on this page? They have both paid Capitol Riders a fee. Please do some business with them. Buy some guide books -very informative ones by the way. Get your equine’s poo tested for fecal egg counts, or any of the other services shown. Laura will come pick up samples if there is a large enough number of them. (ten?)
3 continued from page 3 She also told us that Oakland Bay is considering not holding the fun ride this year. Hoofprints – Peggy Tucker Peggy told the group that this is the time to get your paperwork in if you have not, and start logging your miles. Volunteer Hours – Deb Hall Deb was not present but Laura said to get your hours turned in. Rides – all Sue Davis told the group that the “Ride My Part Of The State” auction item for Rendezvous is June 23rd-25th for 4 people. Concern was raised about getting campsites and Chris said to contact the camp host and have them hold sites. Sue said DNR staff will come and give a talk or talks. Old Business - Chris said that membership renewals are due and he’s going to start cutting people off from emails and web site member’s area access. Chris said he still has about 20 calendars. Chris said saw certification is June 11th (Sunday). You will need tour CPR/first aid certification beforehand or they more than likely won’t issue you a card. The trail saw for the rendezvous auction has not been ordered yet but is on Chris’s list of things to do. (saw was since ordered and received). Good of the chapter - Chris told the group that Mickie Hattrup is recovering from pneumonia. Treats for March – Sue Davis volunteered. A motion to adjourn the meeting was made and approved. Meeting adjourned at 7:30. Respectfully submitted. Chris Enrico, secretary Capitol Riders Chapter BCHW for 2017
First aid classes: West Thurston Regional Fire Department (Littlerock) Register by phone: CPR-First Aid classes Samantha Dyer-Vatne 360-273-5582 First Saturday each month 8:00 to 4:00 $50 more at http://www.westthurstonfire.org/prevention-safety/cpr-first-aid-aed McLane Black Lake Fire Department Register on line at http://www.mclanefire.org/index.php/10-public-information/33-cpr-sign-up-page Third Saturday each month 9:00 to 3:30 $40 Mason County may offer First Aid classes (they obviously offer CPR). Fire District 4’s web page says to call 360-426-7222 for your first aid and CPR class needs. District 2’s web page only mentions CPR. You would have no problem taking the class in Thurston County. Lewis County Fire District 1 - Onalaska Call 360-978-4182 You would have no problem taking the class in Thurston County.
4 Backcountry Horsemen of Washington Scatter Creek Riders Survey - Year 2017
What are your interests and what can the chapter do to make this coming year more meaningful for you? Please take a few minutes to complete this survey. What would you like to see change in 2017? Please circle your answers.
EQUINE TRAIL
1. Trail Rides: More overnight rides into the back country More one day rides More competitive trail rides More evening rides Other (please specify)
2. Trail Projects: Work parties: Once a month Twice a month Once every two months
3. Work Party: Locations: Capitol Forest Scattercreek Area Other (please specify)
4. More Interaction with Other Trail User Groups: Once a month Twice a month Once every two months
5. Trail Work Parties: Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
6. Support Community Events by: Attending local parades Booth at local county fair Other (please specify)
OTHER ACTIVITIES
7. Educational Outreach to Other Trail Users: Once per year Twice per year Four times per year
8. Outreach to youth groups, i.e., pony clubs, high school equestrian teams
Once per year Twice per year Four times per year
9. Form a Junior Back Country Horsemen Club: Yes NO
5 0. General Meetings, more or less often: Yes No
11. Guest Speaker: Once per year Twice per year Four times per year
12. List Topics for Guest Speakers: 1. 4. 2. 5. 3. 6.
AREAS IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE
Photographer at events?
A board member assistant?
Be or assist the Historian/Archivist?
Ask for donations or sponsorships?
Give training to members or other interest groups?
Interested in hosting a ride?
Help at an event?
Please return this survey to: Scatter Creek Riders P O Box 1016 Rochester, WA 98579
Remember, our chapter can only be as great as you help make it.
6 0. General Meetings, more or less often: Yes No
11. Guest Speaker: Once per year Twice per year Four times per year
12. List Topics for Guest Speakers: 1. 4. 2. 5. 3. 6.
AREAS IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE
Photographer at events? A board member assistant? Be or assist the Historian/Archivist?
Ask for donations or sponsorships? Give training to members or other interest groups? Interested in hosting a ride? Help at an event?
Please return this survey to: Scatter Creek Riders P O Box 1016 Rochester, WA 98579
Remember, our chapter can only be as great as you help make it.
7 To join BCHW, complete this application, sign the liability release (all members 18 and over), and enclose payment: • Please Print Legibly • Chapter members, turn application and payment in to your Chapter Treasurer. Make checks out to Capitol Riders BCHW. • Mail application and payment to: Capitol Riders, ATTN: Chris Enrico, 4809 24th Ave SE, Lacey WA 98503
New Member Renewal – Membership number(s): Adult’s name(s): Children’s name(s): Address: City: ST: Zip: Phone number: E-mail: Legislative district (if known): County: Check to opt out of mailed (hardcopy) newsletter: BCHW (Trailhead News) Chapter
Basic Membership All chapter members must also be a member of BCHW. Single $41.00 However, BCHW dues only need to be paid once each Family $54.00 year. Joining additional (secondary) chapters only requires paying chapter dues. Optional Membership (includes family or single from above) Contributing $75.00 Sustaining $125.00 Chapter Name: Capitol Riders Patron $250.00 Benefactor $500.00 Chapter Dues - Single ($10) $ Lifetime (Single) $1200.00 Family ($15) $ State dues paid online (attach receipt copy) Additional Chapter Donation $ Additional State Donation $ Chapter Subtotal $ State Subtotal $ Grand Total (State+Chapter) $
All ADULT members MUST sign! Adult’s signature covers minor children. Recognizing the fact that there is a potential for an accident wherever horse use is involved, which can cause injuries to horses, riders, and spectators, and also recognizing the fact that Back Country Horsemen of Washington, including Chapters, officers, directors, or members, cannot always know the condition of trails or the experience levels of riders or horses taking part in trail rides or other BCHW events, I do hereby release and hold harmless the above named from any claim or right for damages which might occur to me, my minor children, or horses. Signature: Date: Signature: Date: Signature: Date: Back Country Horsemen of Washington (BCHW) is a public charity as defined in Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). Accordingly, membership dues paid to BCHW and a chapter may be treated as deductions characterized as “charitable contributions” when computing federal and state income tax obligations.
Revised 9/28/16 See payment and mailing information above. Sponsors
Fun Ride Sponsors
9 10 11 The above business cards (Fun Ride Sponsors) represent the Kennedy Creek Fun Ride (May 21, 2016) donors. Some donated cash, others donated prizes or services. Please express your appre- ciation by doing what business you can with them or by referring others.
12 2017 BCHW Rendezvous Dutch Oven Competition Hosted by Oakland Bay Chapter
NOT TOO LATE TO ENTER
Are you the best cook in your Chapter? What about the best cook in your home? Do you like to cook outside? Have the best family recipe? Or just plain like to cook? Well this is the event for you. Come join us for the BCHW Dutch Oven cooking competition!!!! We will be offering 2 categories:
Main Dish: In this category, one of the main ingredients should be a protein. (This category is from scratch) Dessert: Everyone’s favorite – in this category, anything goes. (if using a box ingredient, must be altered from original directions/ingredients) The contestants will be judged on their final product for taste, texture, and overall appearance. The judges will visit periodically during the cooking duration to evaluate over all cooking technique and interaction with the crowd. The contestant will not know who the judges are until the very end. You can enter one or both categories if you choose.
Prizes: 1st and 2nd place for each category and an Overall Grand Champion. The BCHW Rendezvous competition will be held on Friday March 17th. Competitors can start to set up at 12:00. Turn in for judging will be at 4:30. If you’re not a cook or don’t know how to cook outside in a Dutch oven, come cheer on your chapter members and watch the cooks and ask questions. This is a great opportunity for a beginner to learn the technique of cooking in the great outdoors. All food will be available for tasting during the potluck dinner after the Dutch oven competition. If you are interested in competing in the cooking competition, please send an email to Traci Koch with the following information: Name, email address, Chapter and what categories you will be competing in, will you be cook- ing as a team or single? You do not need to register early but there is a surprise for those that do!! Traci Koch [email protected] 360-490-2878 (call or txt)
Oakland Bay Chapter Motto is: One is company, two is a potluck!!!
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