The Fort Vancouver Spring Fling I & II Shows have been forced to move dates – please update your calendar to April 7 & 8, 2012.

The Prize List has been updated to reflect changes in opening and closing dates as well as the show date.  The updated Prize List has been posted on the ODS website here: http://www.oregondressage.com/2012_omnibus/2012-FVC-SpringFling.pdf

The FVC Spring Fling I & II is comprised of two 1 day ODS League Approved Shows in Ridgefield, WA.  If you are showing both days, be sure to send each day on its own entry form.  Entries will now open on Saturday, March 3 and will close Saturday, March 23.

Please contact show manager Rose Newman at (360) 281-6550 or rose_newman@yahoo.com if you have any questions.

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Officers voted in for the Fort Vancouver Chapter are:

President – Rose Newman

Vice President – Eileen Parent

Secretary – Marilyn Watson

Treasurer – Lorraine Nettles

FVC Representative to Region – Kim Ransdell

Please click these links to view the FVC Fall Finale Ride Times:

Times by Rider – (FVC)FallFin-byRider

Saturday Ride Times – (FVC)FallFin-SAT

Sunday Ride Times – (FVC)FallFin-SUN

If you have any questions, please contact Randie Croshaw (show secretary) at emt4randie@juno.com or 503-390-1795.

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Our next meeting will be Sept. 26 at 7:00 at the Round Table Pizza in Salmon Creek. At that meeting we will be discussing our 2010-2011 Fiscal Year End Treasurer’s Report, updates on the Fall Finale and October Poker Ride, Nominations for Officers, and more! I hope everyone can make it, but if you can’t please remember that nominations can be made via email. Hope to see you there!

-Lorraine

The Fort Vancouver Fall Finale Prize List has been updated to reflect changes in show management, additional classes and an updated website address for show information.  The updated Prize List has been posted on the ODS website here: http://oregondressage.com/2011_omnibus/2011-FVC-FallFinale.pdf.

The FVC Fall Finale is comprised of two 1 day ODS League Approved Shows held the first weekend of October in Ridgefield, WA.  If you are showing both days, be sure to send each day on its own entry form.  Entries opened 8/22 and will close 9/17.  Entries should now be mailed to Randie Croshaw at 3500 Blossom Dr. NE, Salem, Oregon 97305-1716.

Please contact show secretary Randi Croshaw at (503) 390-1795 or emt4randie@juno.com or show manager Rose Newman at (360) 281-6550 or rose_newman@yahoo.com if you have any questions.

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I just wanted to let you know that the August meeting has been cancelled.

Our next meeting will be Sept. 26 at 7:00 at the Round Table Pizza in Salmon Creek. At that meeting we will be discussing our 2010-2011 Fiscal Year End Treasurer’s Report, updates on the Fall Finale and October Poker Ride, Nominations for Officers, and more! I hope everyone can make it, but if you can’t please remember that nominations can be made via email. Hope to see you there!

Lorraine

The Trail Clinic and Potluck was a huge success! We had lots of members attending and everyone had a great time. We are looking forward to the FVC Poker Ride Oct. 8, 2011 at Battle Ground Lake State Park. We will be starting promptly at 11:00 with a picnic to follow. Participants should bring a wrapped gift that is $20 or under. Contact Denise Saxon for more details dsaxon9454@yahoo.com 360-910-1107.

We are currently looking for volunteers to serve on the 2012 Events Committee. The committee will be responsible for coming with ideas for next years FVC events. If you’re interested please contact Denise Saxon or Lorraine Nettles, lorraine.nettles@fastmail.fm. Remember FVC meetings are held the fourth Monday of the month at Round Table Pizza in Salmon Creek, WA. As always, meetings are open to the general public. We look forward to seeing you!

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FVC Chapter News for June/July 2011:

Alas we had to cancel the Fort Vancouver Dressage Show due to EVH-1 virus…maybe next year will work out better. Thanks to all the volunteers, competitors as well as paid staff who were so understanding of the change in plans!

Right now the chapter is gearing up for our upcoming Trail Course Obstacle Clinic. This is a free event being held July 10^th at Eileen Parent’s Summerfield Farm in Ridgefield, WA. We intend to get things started around 10 a.m. and will go until it gets too warm to be outdoors or we are all experts! Jim Pierce has agreed to be our clinician and he should be a big help in helping us all get our arena babies to try something different!

The intention of this clinic is to be VERY low key as well as low pressure. We hope to see a bunch of you folks we haven’t seen out in awhile. If you are looking for a motivating factor, well, we are also going to have a barbeque after the clinic. This should be a nice day to brush the dust off the horse trailers, get the horses out doing something different, and all get to know each other again while enjoying barbeque! If you are interested in coming, please rsvp to Denise Saxon at dsaxon9454@yahoo.com and I’ll get you on the list.

We are always looking to see new people at the meetings. Our next meeting is June 27^th at 7pm at the Salmon Creek Roundtable Pizza. The more, the merrier! We have a lot of great stuff in the works, so come to the meeting and get in on the ground floor of the planning!

Submitted by Denise Saxon, President, Fort Vancouver Chapter

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It is with great regret that the Fort Vancouver Chapter of the Oregon Dressage Society announces that the 2011 Fort Vancouver Dressage Show, May 27-29, is cancelled. We understand that competitor’s have concerns over the recent EHV-1 cases affecting our horse community. We also recognize that many barns/stables have decided to take the preventive measure of a self imposed quarantine, thus keeping their horses home and not allowing ingress or egress at their facilities. With all this in mind, we have decided it is in the best interest of all concerned that the show not be held this year.

Unfortunately, when a show is cancelled several unavoidable expenses are still incurred. Since FVC did not have a specific policy for this occasion, we looked to our parent organization for guidance. ODS policy states, “In the event that an ODS owned show must be cancelled for reasons related to loss of facility, weather, or other natural causes, the amount of the loss ODS will sustain is divided by the number of entries. The dollar amount will be deducted from the refunds for each entry. (est. Aug 2007)”. After reviewing this policy and discussing it as a chapter, FVC has decided to charge the competitors the lesser amount, the $20 non-refundable office fee. While this will cost FVC a substantial amount of money, we feel in these difficult times it is important to give back to the dressage community and our competitors by sharing in these costs. Thank you for your patience and understanding in this cancelation. We hope you will join us next year for the 2012 Fort Vancouver Dressage Show and look forward to seeing you then.

If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact Rose Newman rose_newman@yahoo.com 360-281-6550.

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Dear ODS members,

We wanted you to know that the Fort Vancouver Dressage Show has openings all 3 days!

Details about the show:

May 27 – 29 – Fort Vancouver Dressage Show
This show is approved for USEF (Level 2), USDF, and ODS #1408.

• Official Prize List
• General Rules – updated 2/9/2011
• 2011 ODS Approved USEF/USDF Licensed Show Entry Form
• Opened 4/11
• Closes 5/9
• To be held at Clark County Event Center, 17402 Delfel Road, Ridgefield, WA. Sponsored by the Fort Vancouver Chapter – ODS. Offering Training Level through FEI plus Young Horse Tests / Materiale classes and Musical Freestyle, Pas de Deux and Quadrille. For more information please contact Rose Newman, manager, at (360) 281-6550 or Siobhan Barker, secretary, at (503) 324-2907.
• Judge: Dave Schmutz (S) and TBA if needed

If you have any questions, please contact either Siobhan or myself.

Thank you,

Rose Newman, Show Manager

rose_newman@yahoo.com

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