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Horse Show Help Wanted

We have a few positions that still need to be filled for the first show of the MIHJA season - May 2010. Some are paid positions (although they don't exactly pay a lot) and some are volunteer. We prefer that the paid jobs be given to parents, friends, or relatives of people showing and their wages will be applied to the rider's entry fees.

Huntermark Café: (both days) The Café person should be courteous, trustworthy, able to make coffee and prepare food, and good with money/simple math. Since cash is involved, we would strongly prefer an adult. You will have to do some set-up in the morning and a little bit of tear-down at the end of the day. You will need to be there all day both days from 8:00 until the show's over. The café person can not keep money from the till or reimburse themselves for food they brought - their food is donated just like everybody else's. This job pays $40/day plus free food for you (not your friends or family).

Videographer: (both days) The videographer has to be someone with a steady hand who is willing to learn and practice with the camera, use the zoom in/zoom out, and keep the horse and rider in frame. The camera will be supplied with a fresh battery and blank tape. This is a volunteer position, but there isn't actually that much work involved. We'd like you to be available from 11-3 but there will probably be less than 20 minutes of work altogether.


Birthdays		Summer Horse Camp
Wednesday, January 13 - Rachel Robinson (36) Tuesday, February 9 - Laura Siroky (23)		dates to be announced
For more student birthdays, visit the Birthdays Page! If your birthday isn't there, e-mail it now!

Bargain Thursdays		Find Huntermark on facebook!
As most of you know, the rate for a lesson with Jan have been $20 for a group, $25 for a private, and $30 for prolonged private lessons since 2002, while the rate for all other instructors is $16 for a group, $20 for a private, and $25 for prolonged private lessons. Since she started teaching the regular Academy (non-boarder) lessons in October, there has been a sort of "grandfather clause" to allow the students who are accustomed to paying $16 to keep doing so. Starting April 1st all students will pay the Jan rate when they take a lesson with Jan. For the students who do not want to pay Jan's rate, Rachel will be teaching on Thursday nights at the Academy rate. Neither instructor will be offended if students change their regular lesson day to or from a Thursday.		Huntermark has joined the 21st century and created a Facebook page! It's a public profile so search it out the next time you're on. If you add Huntermark Farm as a friend you'll get updates from a status change before horse shows and whenever new results are posted after the show. The profile also includes a Horsebook containing some of the horses for sale. Huntermark Farm is also part of several groups including MIHJA - Midstate Illinois Hunter Jumper Association and there's even a group called Huntermark Farm Barn Groupies! If you don't have a Facebook page yet, you might want to go to www.facebook.com and give it a try - it's pretty fun.

		High Point Equitation Rider Announced
		The winner of the 2008 Stephanie VanDeWoestyne Memorial High Point Equitation award is Summer Lawrence riding Rock Solid. This award is earned by the rider with the most points in equitation classes in all the summer shows held by Huntermark combined. This includes the MIHJA recognized and USEF recognized shows. Summer's name will be engraved on the traveling trophy on display in the Club Room.

		Shows at Huntermark are now recognized by the American Paint Horse Association
		Thanks to Darla Bridges getting it put together, all of the shows held at Huntermark in 2009 (with the exception of January, before it was signed and sealed) will be recognized by the American Paint Horse Association (APHA) as a Paint Alternative Competiton or PAC. For more information, see this page of the APHA web site. The horse must be registered with the APHA in order for the credits to count. The owner is responsible for filling out their own paperwork and bringing it to the show secretary to sign. At that time they must also present the horse's APHA registration papers.