Garry Randall, President Judith A. Chanter, Secretary/Treasurer
May 6,7 & 8
WORK BEE - Mullett Lake Camp
(See article on pg 2) May 13 - 22....................... Blossom Ride
(Mackinaw City to Luzerne).......................
..Pre-register
by April 13
June 3 -12....................... Shore
to shore (Oscoda to Mackinaw City) trophy
.Pre-register by May 3
June 17 July 2....................... Shore to shore (Empire to Oscoda)
trophy.......................
..Pre-register
by May 17
September 9 -30....................... Double Cross (Oscoda to Empire to Oscoda) trophy
...Pre-register by August
9 October 7 -16.
...Color Ride (Goose Creek to Cadillac)
.Pre-register
by Sept 7
Four incumbents and three nominees were running for five positions on
the board of directors. Jeff Sawyer
was re-elected and is still our 1st Vice President. Also re-elected
were Al Dennis, Dale Peterson and Tom Smith. Terry Meier was also elected to the
board.
Al Davis was elected
to fill the two year vacancy left by the resignation of Ray Balzer last year
and Al is now our 2nd Vice President.
COGGINS PAPERS:
At the March 20th Board of Directors meeting it was decided by
the Board that ALL horses on our rides must have a negative
coggins test and you MUST show a copy to the trail boss. If you show up on the ride without this
paper, you will be asked to go home! It
was brought to our attention that a horse who attended most of the rides last
year tested positive for E.I.A. (Equine Infectious Anemia) There is no treatment or cure for E.I.A. and
this animal had to be destroyed. This
horse was tested in March of 2004 and was negative. The farm where the horse stayed was quarantined, all the other
horses were checked and this was the only affected animal.
You can send a copy of your coggins paper in with your ride registration
or just bring it with you when you come up.
K.I.S. (Keep It Simple); I get
calls every spring asking if we will be having a caterer on the rides. I have talked to John Timmons (proprietor of
K.I.S. Kitchen) and he will be up on rides starting in June. The May ride is usually small, so he
probably wont be up for that one. He
will be doing primarily lunches on the trail.
Dinners will be announced at nightly meetings.
Trail
Assignments for 2005
Empire to Lake DuBonnett (Mud
Lake) Dale Peterson 231-861-4408
Luzerne to McKinley
.Jeff Sawyer 810-655-5856
Scheck's
to Kalkaska. Ron Pouncey 810-629-0733
Kalkaska
to Goose Creek Dave Thomas 734-675-3785
Goose
Creek to 4-Mile Kathy Moss...... 989-872-4712
4-Mile
to Luzerne.. Jack Heaton... 517-423-3951
Lake
DuBonnett to Scheck's
Al Davis.............. 231-882-4212
McKinley
to South Branch Bill Zettel 989-345-1393
South
Branch to AuSable/Oscoda........... Kelly
Graham. 989-362-2182
Cadillac
to Hopkins Creek
..Ginger
Vanderkelen . 616-636-5694
Luzerne
to Walsh Road
Ernest Marsh 989-345-0482
Stoney
Creek to
Mackinaw City
..
..Terry Swearengin 517-428-8442
Johnson's Crossings to
Walsh Road
..
..Duane Dykstra
989-762-5227
Wayne
Gastfield 616-924-2605
Elk Hill to Stoney
Creek..............................................................Terry
Meier 989-433-2077
MDNR Liaison
.
.Garry Randall.......... 989-539-6838
USFS -
Liaison
..Kelly Graham 989-362-2182
NORTH section: Luzerne - Stoney Creek
...Al
Dennis 989-848-5606
WEST section: Empire
Kalkaska
..Ron Pouncey 810-629-0733
SOUTH section:
Kalkaska - Cadillac
. Ginger Vanderkelen 616-636-5694
CENTRAL section:
Kalkaska - Luzerne
.Dave Thomas
734-675-3785
41st ANNUAL MEETING- March 17, 18 &19, 2006
Quality
Inn, Houghton Lake, Michigan
1-800-4CHOICE
We will be building our camp on the property
donated by Alice Arnett. You can bring
your rig and camp on the new site. PLEASE, NO HORSES. Right now it is an open hay field. We will be installing picket poles, so bring
shovels, tampers and anything else you think of that might help. A Bobcat will be used to drill the holes. If you have any questions, please call Garry
Randall 989-539-6838.
Mackinaw City Camp: When you arrive at our
camp you will see some buildings being constructed across from the well, please
stay out of this area. This is a
Historic Village and we have been asked not to go in this area. If this is your first visit to Mackinaw Camp,
please ask the trail boss where we are allowed to ride. Dont just take off; there are restricted
areas where they do not want horses.
We need
to respect their wishes so we dont loose this camp!
Emergency Phone Numbers
The trail boss no longer has a
telephone. If you are on a trail ride
and there is an emergency at home, instruct your family to call the county
sheriffs office in the appropriate county.
I have listed them, along with the Michigan State Police numbers, on
this newsletter.
Emergency
Phone Numbers
Camp |
County |
Sheriff Dept. Ph.# |
|
Cadillac Camp |
Wexford Co. |
231-779-9211 |
|
Elk Hill Camp |
Otsego Co. |
989-732-3555 |
|
Four Mile Camp |
Crawford Co. |
989-348-6341 |
|
Garey Lake Camp |
Benzie Co. |
231-882-4484 |
|
Goose Creek Camp |
Crawford Co. |
989-348-6341 |
|
Hopkins Creek Camp |
Wexford Co. |
231-779-9211 |
|
Johnson's Crossing Camp |
Otsego Co. |
989-732-3555 |
|
Kalkaska Camp |
Kalkaska Co. |
231-258-8686 |
|
Lake Dubonnet (Mud Lake) |
Grand Traverse Co. |
231-922-4504 |
|
Luzerne Camp |
Oscoda Co. |
989-826-3214 |
|
McKinley Camp |
Oscoda Co. |
989-826-3214 |
|
River Road Camp |
Alcona Co. |
989-724-6271 |
|
Scheck's Camp |
Grand Traverse Co. |
231-922-4504 |
|
South Branch Camp |
Iosco Co. |
989-362-6164 |
|
Stoney Creek Camp |
Cheboygan Co. |
231-627-3155 |
|
Walsh Road Camp |
Oscoda Co. |
989-826-3214 |
MICHIGAN STATE POLICE
|
CADILLAC |
231-779-6040 |
|
|
KALKASKA |
231-258-4112 |
|
|
TRAVERSE CITY |
231-946-4647 |
|
|
ALPENA |
989-354-4101 |
|
|
GAYLORD |
989-732-2778 |
Directions to camp: Please save the directions listed below
Mackinaw City
requires a special use permit.
Right now
these camps are used only on scheduled M.T.R.A. rides.
Directions to:
Take I -75 North of Indian River to Old 27 (Exit #313) Go right (north) on Old 27 to M-33. Turn right (south) on M 33 to Orchard Beach Road approx. 3 miles. Go right (west) on Orchard Beach Road Ό mile Camp on right.
Go to Mackinaw City exit
#339 on-I75. (Jamet St.) Turn right
(south) on Nicolet St., which is the first street. Go one block to the light.
Turn right (west) on West Central Ave. and go approximately 2 ½ miles to
end of the road. Turn left (south) on
East Wilderness Park Road. Camp is Ό
mile on the Left.