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The New Horseman

CALIFORNIA STATE HORSEMEN’S

ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED INC.

PUBLICATION OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE HORSEMEN’S

ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED, INC.

President’s Message

March 2014

State Officers

President Jim Hendricksen

First V.P. Ron Jenkins

Northern V.P. Sue Edwards

Cent. V.P. Becky Clinkenbeard

Southern V.P. Carol Grey

C.F.O. Linda Quattlebaum

Treasurer Sue Edwards

Past President Robert Adams

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CSHA President Jim Hendrickson

President’s Message 1

Miss CSHA Message 1

Obituaries 2-4

CSHA Sightings 4

TRAP 5

Endurance 6

Parade 7

Drill Team 7

Event Information 8-9

Upcoming Event Calendar 10

This year has started with

the loss of very valuable

individuals within CSHA.

We were advised of the

passing of Alice Yaryan

from Region 11, Emmett

DeLaFosse who was past

First Vice President in

approx.1987, Jack Abra-

ham from Region 5, Gary

Gustafson from Region 4,

Ira Sullivan from Region 5,

and Norm Sims who was

State President in 2000-04.

Each of these individuals

has been major supporters

and contributors to CSHA.

Because of their tireless

efforts CSHA has grown to

what is today. We all have

memories of what each one

has brought to this organi-

zation; I have had the

honor of knowing some of

them personally.

Building on what these peo-

ple have left in our trust, I

know we will continue to

grow!

On a happier note, I at-

tended the Horse Expo in

Pomona and met with a

number of CSHA members

and non- members that

came to the booth. I would

like to thank Ingrid LeMas-

ters, Region 11 President,

and Helen Johnson from

Region 11 for coordinating

the booth. I would like to

also thank Ron Jenkins,

State First V.P., Carol

Grey, Southern Area V.P.,

and Pam McLain, President

Region 12. They handled

the breakdown of the booth

on Sunday. It was good to

see representatives from

some of our clubs also put-

ting in time at the booth.

As always we were repre-

sented by our State Royalty,

with our 2014 Sr. Miss,

McKensey Middleton, Sr.

Ambassador, Phillip

McCabe, and our Little

Miss, Sarenna Ben-Zeev. If

vendors did not know who

we were before, they did

that weekend. Thank You

to our Royalty.

Thanks to all.

James Hendrickson CSHA President

Royalty—Miss CSHA 2014

For the past month I was

able to represent CSHA in

a number of events. I was

able to attend the Region 5

awards banquet with six

other royalty members.

Region 5 had the Cattle-

man's Restaurant packed

with people supporting and

receiving awards. That

same week I went to quar-

terly in Santa Nella with

other royalty title holders.

The month was wrapped up

with my little sister Morgan

and I attending the Mother

Lode Round Up Queen

Competition Kick Off.

There we where able to

meet many other rodeo

queens, aspiring rodeo

queens, and royalty was

invited to a Royal Rag Ex-

change which date is yet to

be reset.

Finally I was able to attend

the Pomona Horse Expo

with Philip McCabe and

Sarenna Benz-Zeev, our

Senior Ambassador and

Little Miss of 2014. We

were able to talk to venders

and gain sponsorships and

connections with many

businesses, organizations,

and individuals. I look for-

ward to giving you all an-

other update in royalty af-

fairs next month.

McKensey Middleton

Miss CSHA 2014

McKensey Middleton

Miss CSHA 2014

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Obituary

Jack W. Abraham Jr.

Jack W. Abraham, Jr. passed away

peacefully Sunday, February 9, 2014

in Castro Valley California at the age

of 95 years young, where he had lived

for the past 60+ years, purchasing

his land in 1949. Preceding him in

death was his beloved wife of 70

years, Shirley E. Abraham, in Sep-

tember 2013.

Jack was born in Rutland, Vermont.

After attending Cushing Academy he

went on to graduate from Dartmouth

University and University of Ala-

bama, and came to California after

being in the United States Air Force,

WWII. Upon coming to California

after WWII he was an Air Traffic

Controller at the Oakland Airport.

Soon after he decided to become a

Real Estate Broker, opening his own

Real Estate company, Abraham Re-

alty & Rental Center, and joining

and becoming involved with the Ala-

meda County Real Estate Board for

many, many years. It wasn’t long

before he also opened his own Mort-

gage Company, called California

Coast Mortgage. His memberships in

the community were many, some of

which were, Our Lady of Grace Par-

ish, Knights of Columbus, Holy

Names Society, Elks Club, Chabot

Junior College Board, & Grand Mar-

shall of Castro Valley’s Don Castro

Days are just some of his involve-

ments.

His greatest passion was that of his

over 50+ years in the California

State Horsemen’s Association. He

held many offices during those 50+

years, from being State President, all

the way to being the California State

Trails Patrol Chairman and being on

the State Board as their Financial

Officer and putting together a lot of

the California State Horsemen’s

Assn. Handbook for it’s over 20,000

members. Jack was extremely instru-

mental in moving forward the Trails

in Redwood Canyon and the opening

of the Arena and was a member of

the California State Agricultural

Board.

Jack is survived by his devoted chil-

dren, Bonnie Jean (Abraham) Craig,

Jack W. Abraham, III and wife An-

gela, Joel M. Abraham and wife

Cindy, and his 10 grandchildren,

Julie Lynn & Rick Jeffery, Jennifer,

Joel, Jr., Kimberly Abraham, &

Nicole (Abraham) Cheshire, Brittney,

Kelsey, Jaclynn & Katelynn Abra-

ham and 4 great grandchildren.

Relatives and friends attended a Fu-

neral Mass at Our Lady of Grace

Catholic Church in Castro Valley, CA

on Monday, February 24, 2014. Fol-

lowed by internment at Holy Sepul-

chre Cemetery, in Hayward, CA and

a “Celebration of Life”.

Emmitt DeLaFosse Emmett passed away at the age of 90

in Lufkin, Texas near his family

where he had resided for the past 25

years.

Mr. DeLaFosse was born June 25,

1923 in Magnolia, Texas to Laura

Corine (Bowman) and Emmett DeLa-

Fosse, Sr., and died Tuesday, Febru-

ary 4, 2014 in a local nursing home.

He had resided in Lufkin for 25

years.

Mr. DeLaFosse served in the U.S.

Army during World War II. He

served in the 7th Calvary in the

European Theatre under General

George Patton. Emmett served

CSHA in several positions including

Region President, So Area Vice Presi-

dent and 1st Vice President. Emmett

owned a horse equipment manufac-

turing company for 25 years. Mr.

DeLaFosse was a member of Grace

Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Estella

DeLaFosse of Lufkin; daughters,

LaNiece Byron, Tommye Wright,

both of Corrigan, and Laura Denman

of Kennard; son and daughter-in-law,

Emmett A. and Dorene DeLaFosse of

San Dimas, California; 13 grandchil-

dren; 25 great-grandchildren; 11

great-great-grandchildren; and nu-

merous nieces, nephews, other rela-

tives and friends.

CSHA Past President (1998-1999)


Obituary

Gary Gustafson

Gary Gustafson a Past President and life member of CSHA passed away peacefully on Feb. 17, 2014. Gary

was president of CSHA from 1995 through 1997 and was the Chairman of Show of Champions for ten

years. Gary’s son Derek also a Life Member of CSHA is making arrangements for Gary’s “Celebration of

Life”. There will not be a funeral. At the request of Derek if anyone would like to make a donation in

Gary’s honor they may donate it to “CSHA Region 4” with the memo. “ In memory of Gary Gustafson”.

Derek felt that is what Gary would have wanted.

Alice Yaryan Alice Yaryan, a resident of Cali-

mesa, California was born on October

28, 1930 and passed away in her

sleep on Monday, January 27, 2014.

Alice was long-time CSHA member

and has been the Region 11 Parade

Chair for the last several years.

The Arlington High School FFA and

The Riverside Rancheros Junior

Equestrian team are having a memo-

rial service on March 29th at the Riv-

erside Rancheros Clubhouse” .

As a teacher at Arlington High, Alice

founded an equestrian drill team in

1977. When Arlington lost its Agri-

culture program, Alice moved her

team to the Riverside Rancheros

arena, and the Riverside Rancheros

Junior Equestrian Team is still going

strong. Valerie

Starck took over

coaching of the

Equestrian

Team when

Alice retired.

The Riverside

Rancheros Jun-

ior Equestrian

Team has been California State

Horseman’s Association state high-

point winners for 29 years and won

several other sweepstakes and first-

place awards, most recently the

Swallow’s Day Parade in San Juan

Capistrano.

Ira Sullivan Ira Lee Sullivan a resident of El So-

brante, passed away Tuesday, Febru-

ary 18, 2014 at home, at 81 years of

age following a long illness. Ira was a

member of Region 5 and a CSHA

Gymkhana Judge for over 30 years

and served on the Judges Commis-

sion.He was held in high regard by

all who knew him and will be greatly

missed.

Preceded in death by his wife of 57

years, Mary Sullivan in 2012; and

son, Michael Sullivan in 1982. Ira

served in the US Navy in Korea and

Japan during the Korean War. He

worked as a truck driver for A.H.

Thompson Paint Co, Berkeley, re-

tired 1998, and also worked as a far-

rier. He was an honorary lifetime

member of the California State

Horsemen's Assn (where he was a

gymkhana judge for over 30 years),

Tri-Cities Horsemen's Assn, and

Bayview Horsemen's Assn. He was

an excellent horseman, and much

loved by his family, animals, and all

those he came in contact with. Ira

touched the lives of so many.



Obituary

Norman “Norm” Sims

Norm Sims, past CSHA President

passed away in Kauai, Hawaii.

Norm was preceded in death by

his wife of 56 years, Lois, in

2009. Norm and Lois were long

time residents of Danville and

Birgit Marie Hempel Birgit was born on

May 4, 1922 in

Skaelskor, Den-

mark. During World

War II, Birgit lived

in Copenhagen

where she attended

school and where

she met her husband of 44 years,

Soren Knud Hempel, who preceded

her in death in June, 1987. Birgit

was mother to six children.

Birgit and Soren immigrated to the

United States in 1946 and lived in

San Francisco and Berkeley. In

ministrative assistant at the Small

Farm Center at UC Davis, finally

retiring at age 86.

Birgit will be sorely missed by her

many, many friends and loving fam-

ily. At her request, there will be a

private family service. In lieu of flow-

ers, gifts can be directed to the Cali-

fornia 4-H Foundation for the Lead-

ership program, 2801 Second St,

Davis, CA 95618 or made online by

going to www.ca4hfoundation.org

and clicking on the “Support” tab to

find the “Donate Now” button toward

the bottom of the page.


were active in the community.

They served as adult advisors for

the Danville Junior Horsemen’s

Assoc. and were members of the

Novato Horsemen’s Association

in addition to CSHA. Norm is

survived by a son Dr. Scott Sims

DVM of Hawaii.

Ripon 52nd Annual Almond Blossom Parade

CSHA State and Regional Royalty were sighted in the

Ripon Almond Blossom Festival parade in Ripon on

Saturday February 22nd. The festival theme this year

was “Home of the Grange—A Salute to Agriculture”.

CSHA Sightings

Region 14 Gymkhana

Riders from Region 14 were caught having lots of

fun at their February Gymkhana.

1968, Birgit and family moved to

Acampo, California where they lived

on a small ranch and where she ac-

tively engaged with the San Joaquin

County 4-H Council and the Califor-

nia 4-H Leadership Council. She

served in virtually every leadership

position in both organizations and

served as statewide President of the

California 4-H Leadership Council

from 1983 to 1987. With her children

grown and herself still quite ener-

getic, Birgit moved to Davis, Califor-

nia where she continued her 4-H vol-

unteer activities and went back to

work full-time for 15 years as an ad-

THE NEW HORSEMAN 2014, I SSUE 2

TRAP

2013 TRAP Riders reported a total of 19,359 hours with 8,112 rides! This is the best

year since TRAP started keeping track of hours in 2006. Congratulations to the

program and it’s participants on this milestone!

THE NEW HORSEMAN 2014, I SSUE 2

State Endurance—2013 Year End Results

THE NEW HORSEMAN 2014, I SSUE 2 PAGE 7

Drill Team

The drill team program kicked off the

year early with a “2014 Compulsory

Drill Seminar” held at Leone Eques-

trian Center, the home arena of the

Sacramento Sheriff’s Posse teams.

The Posse teams provided a delicious

pasta lunch. Two teams of eight and

twelve riders learned the 2014 com-

pulsory drill step by step and by the

end of the day provided the observers

with a full run through of the drill.

CSHA Judges were on hand to test

out the new format judges sheets as

well offer advise to attendees.

January also saw the kickoff of our

2nd annual Spring Raffle. The raffle

girls are superb ambassadors for our

sport.

Parade

The parade season kicks off this

month beginning with the Clover-

dale and Ripon parades. Last

month, Alice Lawellin and myself

met with our newest members, the

Mid Valley unit of the national or-

ganization of the Backcountry

Horsemen. They are very excited

about their membership as both a

mounted group and a color guard

unit.

Our January Quarterly meeting in

Santa Nella saw twelve members in

attendance. Paulette Webb and

Mark Overby both gave great re-

ports on the upcoming State Cham-

pionship Parade and the Awards

Banquet that follows scheduled for

June 14, 2014 in conjunction with

the Livermore Rodeo Parade. Pam

Michalek has worked very hard

with the webmaster Marie Grisham

for CSHA on the parade program

website. Pam gave an informative

update and she is also requesting

that we all send her photographs of

past and present paraders to make

the site more personal. You may

reach Pam at [email protected]

Our next worthwhile event will be a

grooming and parade readiness semi-

nar. This is to be a fundraising event

and the presenter will be longtime

parader Kassi Gutierrez. It will be a

multi-program benefit shared with the

Backcountry Horsemen and CSHA

Royalty Program. The seminar will

be held Saturday March 15, 2014 at

the Cunningham Ranch in Manteca

from 10 AM to 2 PM. The cost is

$10.00 per person with no charge for

children under 12 years of age. The

proceeds from the seminar will go to

the parade program. A delicious

lunch will be prepared by the Back-

country Horsemen members and the

proceeds will go to their organization.

They will also have information avail-

able about their membership and I

know I some of us will want to join

them in their important trail endeav-

ors that many of us enjoy. The CSHA

Royalty program will have a bake sale

and raffle ticket sale available to

benefit their scholarship program.

Please make this first time event a

success by attending or have some

members of your group attend. We

can all have a good time with old

and new friends learning new tech-

niques of being prepared for your

special parade days ahead. Find

out what the Backcountry Horse-

men is all about while also support-

ing both the CSHA Royalty and

Parade programs. I hope to see you

there.

Sincerely,

Candy Graham

Region 14 at the Yucaipa Parade

allows teams to earn money for at-

tending drill competitions. Ten

teams and the CSHA Roy-

alty program are participat-

ing in the fundraiser which

will conclude with the win-

ning tickets being drawn at

the State Championship

competition in May.

In February CSHA’s Re-

serve Champions

“California Cowgirls” per-

formed at the Horse Expo in

Pomona and also met atten-

dees at the entrance in a

meet and greet. The Cow-California Cowgirls thrilled the crowds at Horse

Expo 2014 in Pomona

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2014 marks the 65th Anniversary of the CSHA Drill Team

Program! To mark the occasion a 65th Anniversary

Unified Ride will feature a composite 65 rider drill to be performed at the State Championships.

“65th Anniversary Unified Ride”

1 Arena—65 riders—1 Drill

Honoring the teams of the past, present, & future!

Diamond Bar Arena Ceres, California

Start Times

Sat. 5/3—4 pm

Sun. 5/4—9 am

Featuring the:

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PO Box 1228

Clovis, CA 93613

Ph: (559) 325-1055 Fax:(559) 325-1056

E-mail: [email protected]

CALIFORNIA STATE HORSEMEN’S ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED

Upcoming Events

Website:

californiastatehorsemen.com

What is California State Horsemen’s Association,

Inc.?

CSHA was founded in 1942 for the purpose of fostering interest

in all breeds of horses and forms of horsemanship throughout the

state of California.

CSHA has designed a wide range of programs which offer par-

ticipants opportunities for growth and enjoyment regardless of

their type of riding, breed of horse or experience level.

CSHA implements its programs via its 18 geographic regions

throughout the State of California. These Regions have elected

officers and appointed program chairs who volunteer their time

to develop their respective programs and who represent clubs

and individuals that participate in various programs offered by

the Association.

CSHA is a non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization.

March

March 1st—Region 18 Spring

Bling Contact Kat: (530) 357-

4503

March 15th—Parade Program

Grooming & Parade Readiness

Seminar, 10am-2pm at the Cun-

ningham ranch in Manteca.

March 15th—Region 18 Spring


4503

April

April 5th—Region 18 Spring


4503

April 5th—Russian River Rid-

ers Inc. Trail Trials Clinic &

Challenge. See event flier pg 8

2014 Future Dates

2014 Quarterly Meetings: April

26th, July 19th, Sept 20th.

2014 Convention: Nov. 12-16, Lo-

cation TBA.

June 14th State Championship

Parade, Livermore Contact:

Paulette Webb

July 5th & 6th: Gold Miners

Campout & Fun Ride

[email protected]

August 2nd & 3rd

California Coto Cup Drill Team

Competition. Contact Jill Kraut,

[email protected]

Oct. 8th—12th 2014 CSHA Show

of Champions Santa Cruz Fair-

grounds, Watsonville.

April (Continued)

April 19th—Region 18 Spring


4503

April 26th—CSHA Quarterly

Meeting, Santa Nella, CA.

May

May 3rd—Region 18 Spring


4503

May 3rd & 4th—CSHA State

Championship Drill Team Com-

petition, Diamond Bar Arena

Ceres, CA. Contact: Jill Kraut

[email protected]
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