Maine Morgan Horse Club Member News

Member News

August 30, 2010	Sue & Shane Oliver congratulate Amy Severino on the purchase of Silver Lake In Line this past weekend. Amy plans to show her new gelding in carriage driving and dressage. Gino Guaraldi was the agent for Amy and the Oliver's thank Gino for his selection. We look forward to watching Amy show Sting in all future events!
August 19, 2010	NATIONAL MORGAN HEADQUARTERS SET TO MOVE SEPTEMBER 2 SHELBURNE, VT—The American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA) has announced that its national headquarters is moving to a new office facility at the end of the month. The office and employees are moving September 2-8 and will be closed for business during these days. AMHA will resume its regular business hours on Thursday, September 9. In July, AMHA signed a ten-year lease at Shelburne Commons, renewing its commitment to remain in Vermont. AMHA's new address will be 4066 Shelburne Road, Shelburne, Vermont 05482. Telephone and fax numbers will remain the same (802) 985-4944, (802) 985-8897 (fax). If you have registry or membership work that needs to be done quickly, the Registry rush fee is $75 and paperwork needs to be received by August 30 in order to be completed before the move. Founded in 1909, the American Morgan Horse Association is a non-profit organization serving more than 50,000 Morgan horse owners, breeders, exhibitors, and enthusiasts throughout the United States. AMHA serves as a parent organization to more than 90 recognized Morgan horse clubs and national service organizations. For more information on America’s original horse breed, contact the American Morgan Horse Association, Inc., 4066 Shelburne Road, Shelburne, Vermont 05482; (802) 985-4944; www.morganhorse.com.
March 21, 2010	AMHA Annual Convention 2011 in Boston! That is right - The AMHA Annual Convention will be at the Boston Park Plaza on February 23-26, 2011. Save the date!
January 31, 2010	Morgan World Looses Anna Ela Anna Dickson Ela, passed away January 24 at her home, Townshend Farm, in Bolton, MA. She was born March 14, 1909 to the late Brenton H. Dickson Jr. and Ruth Bennett Dickson of Weston, Ma. She was the beloved wife of the late Roger E. Ela, Senior Partner at Nutter McClennen and Fish, LLP. Anna is survived by her daughter, Nancy E. Caisse; a grandson, Mark E. Caisse and his wife Leslie; and a great-grandson, Robert Ela Caisse. She also leaves behind a brother, William A. Dickson and his wife Harriet; a sister, Ruth Dickson Orcutt; and a sister in law, Polly Dickson, wife of Anna’s deceased brother, Edward M. Dickson. She was predeceased by another brother, Brenton H. Dickson III and his wife Helen. After graduation from The Windsor School in Boston, Anna turned her talents to raising notable Morgan Horses. Because of the recent, wonderful tributes and celebrations of her life which she was able to enjoy; a more modest Memorial Service will be held for family and friends, Saturday, February 13, at 1:30 p.m. at First Parish Church, 673 Main St., Bolton Center. At Anna’s request, in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to either The Green Mountain Horse Association, South Woodstock, VT 05071, for support of the Roger and Anna Ela Youth Center or the National Museum of the Morgan Horse, P.O. Box 700 Shelburne, VT. 05482, for the 2010 Archival Preservation Project. For additional information, tributes and guest book, please visit www.mem.com. Duckett-J.S.Waterman & Sons Home of Memorial Tribute Sudbury, MA 978/443-5777
May 9, 2009	Do flies drive you crazy? We think that the most natural and actually most effective way to prevent them from being a huge nuisance is by using the Spalding Fly Predators. Check out the website at http://spalding-labs.com/ to learn more about them. The web site is informative and ordering is simple. To summarize how it works, you go online and enter the number of horses you own and your zip code. Then you are sent a shipment (in New Gloucester it is 5 shipments over the summer). Each shipment contains thousands of tiny larvae fly predators. You sprinkle them on and around your manure pile. When they hatch, the fly predators target your house and barn fly eggs so that your population of flies will be greatly reduced. It has certainly worked for us. If you use the Maine Equine Associates Reseller ID #95521 at the end of the customer order page the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals in Windham will receive a rebate check at the end of the season. We have decided to send this check to a well run equine rescue center each year. This year we have picked the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals in Windham as the recipient. Whether or not you enter the 95521 number the price of the fly predators is the same, so the price will not vary, but you will be helping the Society as well as markedly cutting back on your fly population.

Do you have farm news (foals being born, new horses, horses that are sold, etc.) to share? Email Sue Oliver with the details. You must be a current member of the Maine Morgan Horse Club to submit member news.