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PENINSULA DAILY NEWS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2010 D3 PeninsulaNorthwest READER LADONA WIL- SON recently e-mailed me to share how well her daughter, Marissa Wilson, did at the Western Washington Fair in Puy- allup. Marissa represented Clallam County’s 4-H in senior perfor- mance horse and western games where, among her winnings, she received a champion ribbon in showmanship. LaDona generously included a photo of Clallam County 4-H’s intermediate performance horse riders Holly Cozzolino and Cassidy Hodgin. Holly got blue ribbons in showmanship, bareback equita- tion and stock seat, along with sixth place overall in stock seat, a red ribbon in hunt seat and a white ribbon in trail. Cassidy received a blue ribbon in showmanship and hunt seat, red in stock seat and white in bareback and trail. Riley Reed and Emily Van Ausdale represented Clallam County 4-H in intermediate games. Riley got blue ribbons in showmanship and flags, red in figure eight and a white in key race. Emily got a blue in barrels, plus a blue and sixth place over- all in poles; a blue and eighth place overall in figure eight, and red in showmanship. Smart and athletic Recently, I discovered that the Super Bowl 1996 commercial with the Budweiser Clydesdale horses playing football is real — including kicking the football over the goal posts! It’s a magnificent commercial, but I always thought it included trick photography until I saw trainer Robin Wiltshire on TV talking about his training meth- ods. Listening to Robin talk and seeing his results helped me to realize how smart and sensitive horses are. You can see for yourself by visiting his website at www. turtleranch.net/. Knowing how much my Indy likes to play games, I bought one of those giant soccer balls for horses (http:// horsesoccer. com). While we don’t have any official leagues in our area, I’ve heard horse soccer is the new craze in Texas and Arizona. The ball arrived from UPS while my niece, Brooke Strom- berg, was riding Lacey in our arena. I pumped it up, took it to the arena and set up a goal area between two posts. Brooke directed Lacey to the ball. The horse showed no fear of the ball and within two minutes was either kicking with her hoof or nosing the ball toward the goal. She caught on so quickly! I could tell she loved it. Later, I introduced it to Indy, but he wasn’t saddled up and was a bit confused as to what I wanted him to do. So, first, I used the ball as a desensitizing tool by throwing it over, in front and back of him, and rolling it between his legs. He’s since caught on to the game and now has as much fun as Lacey pushing the ball around. Winter checklist Are you ready for winter? Are the gutters around your barn clean so rainwater flows away from your feed areas instead of in it? Need to spread more gravel so your horses have an area to stand out of the mud? A few more suggestions include: ■ Make sure you always have at least a three-week supply of hay on hand, if not more, in case it snows. ■ Develop a backup plan for watering your horses before you lose power to your private well. Water can be stored in rain bar- rels or garbage cans. Emergency personnel gener- ally recommend having a three- day supply of water on hand. That would be a minimum of 30 gallons of water per horse. ■ Flashlights and/or battery- powered head lamps that free up your hands are excellent equip- ment to have on hand if the elec- tricity goes out. Store them in an easily acces- sible area, like near doorways. ■ Set up a water supply that won’t freeze or get icy cold. Horses prefer water tempera- tures of about 45 to 65 degrees and tend to drink less when water is cold. A decrease in water consump- tion can lead to colic, so ensure that your horses are drinking enough. It is important to realize that horses cannot get enough mois- ture by eating snow. On very cold days, either break and remove ice in the morning and again in the evening, or consider getting a stock tank heater or heated stall buckets. Plan ahead and have this equipment on hand before the snow flies. Another reminder: Older horses or those with dental prob- lems may not be able to drink very cold water and may require additional warming of their water. You can warm their stall buckets with some hot water from your teakettle. ■ Check your blankets for rips or other needed mending or washing if you plan to blanket your horse this winter. If they are dirty, send them out now for cleaning before that first cold front moves through. Events ■ Sunday, 9 a.m.: Baker Sta- bles Schooling Show, 164 Four Winds Road, Port Angeles. For information, phone 360-460-7832. ■ Nov. 18, 7 p.m.: Equine den- tal presentation and talk by Dr. Richard Vetter at the Washington State University Extension office, Spruce Room, in Port Hadlock. Great learning opportunity is open to everyone. For information, phone Betty Mysak at 360-379-6931. ■ Nov. 19-21: Equine dental clinic with Dr. Richard Vetter of Performance Equine Dentistry hosted by Jefferson County 4-H Horse Project at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. Vetter also will be available to answer questions. Phone Betty Mysak at 360-379-6931 or e-mail [email protected] to sched- ule your horse. ________ Karen Griffiths’ column, Peninsula Horseplay, appears every other Wednes- day. If you have a horse event, clinic or sem- inar you would like listed, please e-mail Griffiths at [email protected] at least two weeks in advance. You can also write Griffiths at PDN, P.O. Box 1330, Port Angeles, WA 98362. Karen Griffiths PENINSULA HORSEPLAY Clallam County 4-H riders win at fair Clallam County 4-H performance horse riders Holly Cozzolino, left, and Cassidy Hodgin, hold awards they earned at the Western Washington Fair in Puyallup.
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Slides focus on Papua New Guinea
PORT ANGELES — Photographer Linda Crow will give a slide presenta-tion, “Papua New Guinea: A Crow’s Eye View,” at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, 1203 Lauridsen Blvd., at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Admission is free.“It’s the most fascinat-
ing place I have ever expe-rienced,” said Crow, noting it had been a longtime ambition to travel to “this land that time seems to have passed by.”
Papua New Guinea has 850 indigenous languages and at least as many tradi-tional societies.
It is mostly rural, and many new species of plants and animals are discovered in its dense jungles.
Crow’s interest in photo-graphing traditional cul-tures and in collecting masks drew her to the Sepik River region, known for its tribal art.
Her photographs focus on aboriginal peoples keep-ing alive ancient rituals and aesthetics in the face of modernization.
A selection of Crow’s prints can be seen at Karon’s Frame Center, 625 E. Front St., through mid-November.
Donate to UNICEFPORT ANGELES —
Port Angeles High School Key Club and North Olym-pic Youth Corps members will be trick-or-treating for The United Nations Chil-dren’s Fund, UNICEF, on Halloween, which is Sun-day.
Participants will carry an official orange UNICEF box and high school and program identification.
For more information, phone 360-808-5220 or 360-504-1201.
Scholars deadlineSEATTLE — The dead-
line to apply for Washing-ton Aerospace Scholars is Friday, Nov. 5.
This is a free program offered by the Museum of Flight in Seattle that emphasizes science, tech-nology, engineering and math.
The program has two components: an online cur-riculum and a summer res-idency.
The online curriculum begins in December and consists of 10 NASA-designed lessons and a final project.
Based on their lesson scores, the top students will be invited to the Museum of Flight in June or July to design a human mission to Mars under the
guidance of professional engineers and teachers.
The summer residency also will have guest speak-ers, engineering facilities tours and hands-on engi-neering challenges.
The program is open to high school juniors.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens, Washington state residents and have a 3.0 or higher grade-point average.
Students with a grade-point average below 3.0
can apply for conditional acceptance; they would be granted full status after demonstrating adequate academic progress.
For more information on the Washington Aerospace Scholars program and to download an application, visit www.museumofflight.org or e-mail waaerospace scholars@museumofflight. org.
Foreign policy talkPORT TOWNSEND —
Retired Army Col. and for-mer U.S. Foreign Service Officer Ann Wright will present “How U.S. Policy Fosters Insecurity in the Middle East” at the Quimper Unitarian Uni-versalist Fellowship, 2333
San Juan Ave., at 7 p.m. Monday.
The event is sponsored by Jefferson County Boy-cott, Divestment and Sanc-tions and the Port Townsend Peace Move-ment.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for the free lecture.
Wright is a veteran of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and co-author with Susan Dixon of Dissent, Voices of Conscience: Government Insiders Speak Out Against the War in Iraq.
Art show and saleSEQUIM — Sequim
Arts will hold its 2010 Members’ Art Show and Sale at St. Luke’s Episco-pal Church, 525 N. Fifth
Ave., from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, through Saturday, Nov. 6.
In addition, a reception for members and guests will be held from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3.
This annual nonjuried event gives Sequim Arts Members the opportunity to display and sell original or reproductions of their artwork.
A silent auction and raf-fle also are scheduled.
The Peoples’ Choice Award will be announced at the end of the show.
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, phone Maryann Proctor at 360-681-5320.
Peninsula Daily News
PeninsulaNorthwest
ReadeR Ladona WiL-son recently e-mailed me to share how well her daughter, Marissa Wilson, did at the Western Washington Fair in Puy-allup.
Marissa represented Clallam County’s 4-H in senior perfor-mance horse and western games where, among her winnings, she received a champion ribbon in showmanship.
LaDona generously included a photo of Clallam County 4-H’s intermediate performance horse riders Holly Cozzolino and Cassidy Hodgin.
Holly got blue ribbons in showmanship, bareback equita-tion and stock seat, along with sixth place overall in stock seat, a red ribbon in hunt seat and a white ribbon in trail.
Cassidy received a blue ribbon in showmanship and hunt seat, red in stock seat and white in bareback and trail.
Riley Reed and emily Van ausdale represented Clallam County 4-H in intermediate games.
Riley got blue ribbons in showmanship and flags, red in figure eight and a white in key race.
Emily got a blue in barrels, plus a blue and sixth place over-all in poles; a blue and eighth place overall in figure eight, and red in showmanship.
Smart and athletic
Recently, I discovered that the Super Bowl 1996 commercial with the Budweiser Clydesdale horses playing football is real — including kicking the football over the goal posts!
It’s a magnificent commercial, but I always thought it included trick photography until I saw trainer Robin Wiltshire on TV talking about his training meth-ods.
Listening to Robin talk and seeing his results helped me to realize how smart and sensitive horses are.
You can see for yourself by visiting his website at www. turtleranch.net/.
Knowing how much my Indy
likes to play games, I bought one of those giant soccer balls for horses (http://horsesoccer.com). While we don’t have any official leagues in our area, I’ve heard horse soccer is the new craze
in Texas and Arizona.The ball arrived from UPS
while my niece, Brooke strom-berg, was riding Lacey in our arena.
I pumped it up, took it to the arena and set up a goal area between two posts. Brooke directed Lacey to the ball.
The horse showed no fear of the ball and within two minutes was either kicking with her hoof or nosing the ball toward the goal.
She caught on so quickly! I could tell she loved it.
Later, I introduced it to Indy, but he wasn’t saddled up and was a bit confused as to what I wanted him to do.
So, first, I used the ball as a desensitizing tool by throwing it over, in front and back of him, and rolling it between his legs.
He’s since caught on to the game and now has as much fun as Lacey pushing the ball around.
Winter checklist
Are you ready for winter? Are the gutters around your
barn clean so rainwater flows away from your feed areas instead of in it?
Need to spread more gravel so your horses have an area to stand out of the mud?
A few more suggestions include:
■ Make sure you always have at least a three-week supply of hay on hand, if not more, in case it snows.
■ Develop a backup plan for
watering your horses before you lose power to your private well. Water can be stored in rain bar-rels or garbage cans.
Emergency personnel gener-ally recommend having a three-day supply of water on hand.
That would be a minimum of 30 gallons of water per horse.
■ Flashlights and/or battery-powered head lamps that free up your hands are excellent equip-ment to have on hand if the elec-tricity goes out.
Store them in an easily acces-sible area, like near doorways.
■ Set up a water supply that won’t freeze or get icy cold.
Horses prefer water tempera-tures of about 45 to 65 degrees and tend to drink less when water is cold.
A decrease in water consump-tion can lead to colic, so ensure that your horses are drinking enough.
It is important to realize that horses cannot get enough mois-ture by eating snow. On very cold days, either break and remove ice
in the morning and again in the evening, or consider getting a stock tank heater or heated stall buckets.
Plan ahead and have this equipment on hand before the snow flies.
Another reminder: Older horses or those with dental prob-lems may not be able to drink very cold water and may require additional warming of their water. You can warm their stall buckets with some hot water from your teakettle.
■ Check your blankets for rips or other needed mending or washing if you plan to blanket your horse this winter.
If they are dirty, send them out now for cleaning before that first cold front moves through.
Events
■ Sunday, 9 a.m.: Baker Sta-bles Schooling Show, 164 Four Winds Road, Port Angeles. For information, phone 360-460-7832.
■ Nov. 18, 7 p.m.: Equine den-
tal presentation and talk by Dr. Richard Vetter at the Washington State University Extension office, Spruce Room, in Port Hadlock. Great learning opportunity is open to everyone.
For information, phone Betty Mysak at 360-379-6931.
■ Nov. 19-21: Equine dental clinic with Dr. Richard Vetter of Performance Equine Dentistry hosted by Jefferson County 4-H Horse Project at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.
Vetter also will be available to answer questions. Phone Betty Mysak at 360-379-6931 or e-mail [email protected] to sched-ule your horse.
________Karen Griffiths’ column, Peninsula
Horseplay, appears every other Wednes-day.
If you have a horse event, clinic or sem-inar you would like listed, please e-mail Griffiths at [email protected] at least two weeks in advance. You can also write Griffiths at PDN, P.O. Box 1330, Port Angeles, WA 98362.
KarenGriffiths
Peninsula HorsePlay
Clallam County 4-H riders win at fair
Clallam County 4-H performance horse riders Holly Cozzolino, left, and Cassidy Hodgin, hold awards they earned at the Western Washington Fair in Puyallup.
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Photographs taken by Linda Crow in Papua New Guinea can be viewed in a slide show at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center at 7 p.m. Thursday.
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