Meet the New Officers, by Margaret Rizzo (cont’d) ...
Treasurer Dale Clabaugh: Dale is a lifelong resident of Frederick County Maryland and a graduate of the University of Maryland. She has been an owner/agent with State Farm Insurance in Walkersville MD since 1979. She began riding as a child and charter member of the Frederick Pony Club (1962), and is the co-founder of the Woodvale Farms boarding facility and the Menfelt Horse Trials.
Secretary Valerie Ormond: Following a career in naval intelligence, Valerie retired as a Captain in 2009, and has since pursued interests in writing and with horses. Her first novel, Believing In Horses, about a young girl saving unwanted horses in Maryland, received the Gold Medal in the Military Writers Society of America 2012 Book Awards, among other honors and awards. Four other books published her non-fiction
stories in 2011 and 2012, and she works part-time for government and industry on writing projects. Valerie is a certified riding instructor with the Certified Horsemanship Assn., competes in the National Capital Adult Equestrian League, is a member of the Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Assn., and serves on the Board of Directors for Desire Ministries, a rescue and therapy nonprofit. A member of several writing organizations, including American Horse Publications, she also helped develop the Voice For Te Horse’s International Children’s Writing Competition program. She served on the Prince George’s County Equine Industry Task Force and chaired the Maryland Horse Council’s Save Te Horse Farms Committee. She also belongs to numerous veterans’ organizations. Valerie and her husband Jaime Navarro own three horses boarded at Loftmar Stables and are co- owners of a Toroughbred racehorse at Bowie Training Facility.
Online County Forums, by Steuart Pittman Te MHC Board of Directors approved a plan at its November meeting to create online forums for each Maryland county in which an MHC member volunteers to act as moderator. Please contact Margaret Rizzo (
admin@mdhorsecouncil.org) if you are willing to serve as your county’s online forum moderator. Your job will be to review posts and approve or decline them.
Te Online County Forums will include: · Excerpt from the MHC Guide to County Zoning and Horses · County-specific 2010 Equine Census findings · Contact information for elected officials representing the county · Space for users to announce equestrian activities, discuss local topics
Horse Council PAC Forum with Elected Officials, by Steuart Pittman
All MHC members are encouraged to ask their elected officials at the state or county level to attend a Horse Council Political Action Committee Forum at our Quarterly Meeting on Friday, January 18th.
MHC members get a tour of Steve Darcey’s Edgewood Farm
Maryland Horse Council membership is open to all associations, farms, businesses and individuals. To join, please visit
mdhorsecouncil.org, contact
admin@mdhorsecouncil.org, or call 301-502-8929. The Maryland Horse Council is sponsored by B & D Builders, The Equiery, and Mid-Atlantic Farm Credit.
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We will offer them a guided tour of the Horse World Expo at 5pm, a reception at 6pm, and a discussion of issues that concern our members during the first part of our meeting at 7pm. Our goal is to demonstrate to them the scope of our industry and to seek their support on our issues. Send in your PAC contributions in advance of this forum or bring them with you. A PAC is only as strong as its bank account! Visit
www.mdhorsecouncil.org/pac.htm for donation info!
SAVE THE DATE: Business Network Lunch, by Margaret Rizzo Mark your calendars for our next Business Network Lunch on Tuesday, January 22nd at Pleasant Prospect Farm in Brookeville, Maryland. Tis luncheon will feature a panel discussion on core aspects of business and financial planning, while wrapping into them personal considerations, family/partnership dynamics, achieving personal and career goals, etc. Come prepared with all your questions about tax strategies; asset protection, management and growth; protecting earning potential and growth; debt management; avoiding unintentional wealth transfers; creation of reserves/rainy day funds; real estate management. Tis is a great opportunity to take a moment out of your always over-filled days to step back and take a look at your whole approach to doing things, in terms of your business/professional life and those aspects of your personal life (from the financial and operations aspects) that affect your business/professional life. How can you get things ordered and functioning so that you have a better shot at preserving your livelihood and achieving your short- and long-term goals?
Lunch will be provided by long-time Maryland Horse Council sponsor Te Equiery. Remember that RSVP is required and limited to current Business, Farm and Charity & Foundation members. To RSVP, visit
www.mdhorsecouncil.org for a RSVP link. To check on your membership status, email
admin@mdhorsecouncil.org.
Farm Stewardship Committee Year in Review, by Jane Tery Well, the Maryland Horse Council Farm Stewardship Committee had a good year. We held wonderful meetings at the lovely farms of Carolyn Krome and Steve Darcey, made new contacts, clarified our mission and gave the MHC a more powerful voice in the political world of agriculture and the environment. Our mission of getting recognition for our well-managed horse farms is off to a strong start with the help of Gerald Talbert, Project Leader of the Maryland Farm Stewardship, Certification and Assessment Program (FSCAP) who explained the program to meeting participants and took the initiative to print a program brochure highlighting our horses. As of mid-December, we can celebrate the fact that FIVE horse farms with a total of 430 acres are now “Certified Agricultural Conservation Stewards.”
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