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Canyon. When the County could not up- grade one section of the forest access road to a natural parking area, the Initiative was


From Our Founder


Remembering November/


December 1984


Hi there, I am back. The reason for not


having a Remembering Column was because I did not have those past issues on file. However, I am back on track. We are slowly losing the foun-


dation of the Ontario Western Horse Industry. We recently lost Ken Doner and Herb Towers. I know there are others but I don’t have that information.


In our November/December


1984 issue Stewart and Marrianna Geil, owners of Shamrock Equine Sales held their annual fall sale at the Ontario Livestock Exchange in Waterloo.. The Geil’s were compli-


Highlands Township, was chosen because it is the only community forest that has 3 scenic destinations:


ing team comprising diverse user groups, including a professional trail master. Six years of scouting Lanark County’s commu- nity forests was conducted with assistance from staff from both the MNR and Missis- sippi Valley Conversation to find a forest suitable for a trail. The Lavant Forest, located in Lanark


two lakes and The


formed Initiative approached the Lanark Municipal Trails Corporation for their sup- port of the idea to name a wilderness trail to honour Big Ben. The Board considered it a good idea informing the group to do the groundwork of finding a community forest to proceed with their plans. The Initiative established a trail scout-


skiers/snowshoers, and school outings, but also equestrians, will not happen. It was destined to be the only wilderness trail in Lanark County to accommodate the latter group. Spearheaded in 2005, the newly


ning a proposed wilderness trails to not only accommodate nature lovers, walkers, birders,


families, cross-country


Proposed Big Ben Memorial Trail Plans a No Go The idea to honour Big Ben by plan-


quired for the first kilometre of the pro- posed trailhead routing. The Ontario Stewardship Rangers were engaged to do the work from 2014-2017. Upon comple- tion, the remaining 2.5 kms required me- chanical work because of a dense forested area inundated with gigantic logs leftover from logging days and a causeway built by the logging companies. Volunteers, includ- ing the MNR Stewardship Rangers, were not equipped to do this kind of major trail work. As a result, the Initiative approached the trails corporation to procure on their be-


mented on having a super quality horse sale. It was said that the food and coffee was good too.


Quarterama was our front page


story. They were gearing up for ‘85 which was held on March 5-10. Committees were being formed and the call for volunteers was being sent out through The Rider. The 5th annual AJQHA judg-


ing contest was an overwhelming success the event saw juniors from AQHA and the Paint Horse Associ- ation gathered in Oklahoma. The Mystery was over - judges


were announced for the AQHA World show. Over 1,400 entries were registered for this new event.\ Don Bailey Saddlery was ad-


vertising his Bailey Smooth Per- formance


saddle for only


$1,295.00. That would be $3,152.00 in 2018 dollars. I would bet that any of these saddles built by Don are still out there. The 1984 OQHA Breeders Fu-


turity was billed as the most suc- cessful Futurity in Ontario. No wonder as the best in the industry


tive. That is, finding a trailhead routing from the newly constructed parking area to the main forestry road in order to access the 3 scenic destinations. After two years of ar- duous scouting, a proposed routing was found and approved by the County’s Eco- nomic Development Committee ‘in-princi- ple’ in 2011. Major preliminary trail work was re-


requested to find another location. After a year of searching, it was discovered the ex- isting map was inaccurate. The problem was resolved when a Mississippi Valley Conservation cartographer updated the map resulting in finding a new location. Crain Construction, a local construction company, agreed to provide the road construction gratis. Another major hurdle faced the Initia-


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‘moral’ supporters included the Millar Fam- ily, RCMP Musical Ride, Marg. Southern, Equine Canada, Wayne Rostad, to name a few, who were thrilled about the project. Five unsolicited donators contributed $675 which included funds for an ‘In-Memo- riam’ plaque on behalf of a young Big Ben fan. The Initiative’s website sponsored by XPLORNET Communications had thou- sands of worldwide visitors. It is with dis- appointment to announce that the proposed Big Ben Memorial Trail will not be devel- oped as planned.


Submitted by Gayda Errett • Founder & Co-ordinator


were taking care of things. Futurity Chairman was Bill Rinzema, Secre- tary was Joan Mather, Treasurer Marie Robertson, Stallion Sales Ralph Pearson, the show was man- aged by Gary Ormerod, Bob Carey and Orville Dowie. Gennie Cuthbertson was doing


a super job as the QROOI news re- porter. She was accurate and in all her reporting to The Rider. The 1984 ORA finals were


held at the Equestrian Sports Centre at Cedar Valley. The Saddle Bronc event winner was Brian Doner, Bare Back, Guy Dugay,, Bull Rid- ing, Mike Swearinger, Calf Roping, Brian Brunton, Steer Wrestling, Mike Swearinger, Ladies Barrel Racing, Joanne Morehouse, Junior Steer Riding, Bill Lin-


ders, Team Roping Barry Thomp- son, Goat Tying Lisa Taylor. The Henry Equestrian Plan


were great advertisers running full page ads in colour. Shirley Crane, chair of the On-


tario Equestrian Federation, held a very successful Level One coaches course at Picov Horseman’s Centre.


Do you love Fergus? Visit his website at: www.fergusthehorse.com


half NGO Trail Development funding to complete the proposed trail based upon the Initiative’s understanding that the trail Cor- poration is mandated to only support groups who can arrange their own financial re- sources including maintaining and manag- ing the trail once completed. The support sought is not available unless our group can provide financial data and engineered- based trail development plans. Unfortu- nately, the Initiative no longer has a volunteer to provide this information nor volunteers to manage and maintain the completed trail. Forty local, provincial and national


Ontario Standardbred Adoption Society


Partners with Ontario Xtreme Cowboy


The Ontario Standardbred harness


Adoption Society (OSAS) has an- nounced its support for Ontario Xtreme Cowboy, an exciting, com- petitive series that helps showcase the versatility of retired Standard- breds.


Starting in 2019, OSAS will


sponsor the High Point Standard- bred Champion and Reserve for those that compete in the sanc- tioned Xtreme Cowboy events. In addition, it will also organize clin- ics to be held at Karen Dallimore’s Sweet Grass Farm in Erin, Ont. These days will be specific to any- one wanting to try this ne Becom- ing w sport. “Involvement with Xtreme


Cowboy will capitalize on the ex- posure of our breed to many peo- ple who may not be familiar with


Instructors were Linda Cavalcante, Barbara Newlands and Pat Carter. The WHAO Awards dinner


was held on November 24 at the Ancaster Marritt Hall.


K i t


Lehman was the WHAO news re- porter, she did a marvellous job as always. The Ontario Federation of


Agriculture produced a film on What Goes on Behind the Barn Door. The film was narrated by Gordie Tapp. The Ontario Paint Horse Club


wrapped up a very successful show season with their annual Awards and Banquet on November 17 at the Cambridge Country Club. The MC for the event was Greg Falsetti. Rogar STB were advertising


their Strongid Plus. They were using full process colour ads for this product. As usual we were booking up


fast for our Annual Stallion Issue with ads suggesting was “OLD What is name still standing at your place?” The suggestion was to re- mind stallion owners to promote their horse.


My Turn: Have you ever been HA-


RASSED by Bell Canada… well here is what has happened to me:


I was paying $170.00 per


month for my business phone, plus long distance. $50.00 for my Cell Phone, and $40.00 plus for my 1- 800 line. That works out to around $260.00 per month. I switched to Rogers and now pay only $49.00 per month with unlimited long dis- tance on my Cell which I have at- tached to a Blue Tooth network for


horses,” explained


OSAS’s administrator Joanne Colville. I look forward to this new venture and exposing our versatile breed to many others throughout the province.” “We’d like to sincerely thank


Liz and Ron Waples, who previ- ously sponsored the Standardbred component of our events,” noted board member Lori Ferguson. “We appreciate OSAS coming on board and assisting us with exposing more people to Standardbreds. This seems a natural fit.” Ontario Xtreme Cowboy will


host several events in 2019 at var- ious venues across the province, a complete list will be distributed on their website (www.ontarioxtreme- cowboy.ca) when finalized.


home and office use. Now here is the RUB…. I paid Bell their last in-


voice after transferring our phone number to Rogers. After a few months I was notified that they had not re- ceived the payment. Ma Bell lost my cheque. So then the Harassment begins. I ad- vised them to look around the office for a blue Bell en- velope. They ignored look- ing and Lisa V laid the blame on me, as if Canada Post couldn’t possibly have lost a Bell special payment envelope. Over the course of Ma


Bell’s harassment for some reason they gave up and Lisa sent me a letter “ I con- sider this case closed with no further action”. Now ex- actly what does that mean? Can anyone out there


advise? Well to Lisa V it meant nothing as she con- tinued her harassment. I sent a copy of the cheque and ad- vised that I would deduct $10.00 for a stop payment from the outstanding bal- ance. I heard nothing back so I figured that I would allow the cheque to stale date as I did not trust them. Next they put me into a


Quebec Collection agency. I wrote to Lisa V and re- quested that her supervisor contact me. This did not happen. I sent all correspon- dence to the Collection agency I have not heard back. I requested that we need to air this in court as I


was not paying them. Lisa V told me that it can’t be with- drawn.


I think she was


telling a fable as this is Bell’s exclusive collection agency. Ma Bell sure knows how to lie, don’t they? I offered to cancel my


home phone, my internet service and my Express view. They don’t give a darn as they ignored this sugges- tion.


Hold it there is more!


My 1-800 line was can- celled when I transferred the business phone and can- celled my cell phone. But, you guessed right, they still bill me every month for phone calls. I don’t know how they intercept these. I have now sent 4 notices of cancellation and they con- tinue to bill me. Now what? I keep getting calls from USA as the Americans have no idea of the difference be- tween 800 and 888. I don’t know what to do. Do you think that the


CRTC might want to know this? As for American’s and the great Mr. T, if I had $1.00 for each time CNN and Fox news mentioned Trump’s name I would have more money that Trump thinks he has.


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