The meeting was held during our Kentucky Derby camping weekend at RRR following a potluck dinner hosted by Jack, Polly and Roy, Terry and Amy, and Jerry H.
Connie Bauer has been appointed to the secretary position.
Our Christmas/Holiday party will be the first Saturday in January at Otsego Park. The rental price at OP has risen to $600 with a $100 refundable deposit.
We picked up some new members at Equine Affaire including 2 youth.
Flower sale orders were due at the meeting to Connie Bauer.
Our FCOHC apparel store is set up with 3Cord. https://fultoncountyohc.itemorder.com.  Per Terry, it will only be open until August 1, ,2025 and can be reopened at a later date. They have polos, t shirts, sweatshirts and jackets in various colors which can be ordered and shipped to you for $7.50 or picked up free at Archbold, Napoleon and Bowling Green 3cord stores.
Jack is looking into a first aid/CPR class for members. A non certification class would be 2 hrs, no cost; certification would be longer with stricter requirements and cost of $25 per person. He will check on doing it on a weekday evening, during hotter weather when riding is restricted, or colder weather when many don't ride. He's working with the Fulton Co. Fire Dept.
National Trails Day will be the first Saturday of June (the 7th). We will have our Rider Center weenie roast. Hopefully someone will organize this as Jack would like to ride. Polly will check with her dad, Art.
June 8 there will be a poker run at White Star.
June 1 there will be a youth ride in our region for the Jr. Ambassadors at White Star.
A couple of people volunteered for committee positions - Donna M. for the holiday party, chili cook off and Oaktoberfest; Donna G. for the holiday party.
Our next meeting will be June 3 at RRR. There will be pizza and birthday cake provided for goodwill donation. Hosts - Terry and Amy O.

39 members and 4 guests attended at RRR.

The Christmas/Holiday party committee needs a lead coordinator. The date was discussed: early Jan is difficult for some. Place: no objection. Date needs to be determined.
HHYEC clean-up is Sat. Apr. 5 altho weather is not promising. Bring chainsaws, rakes, nippers. Record volunteer hrs. including load up and travel time as well as tools used - power vs hand vs heavy. [It was cancelled.]
Winter Blues breakfast was attended by ~30.
Money that was donated earmarked for the park was discussed.  A suggestion from the park liaison suggested donation of stone to fix muddy trail spots that haven't been addressed in a long time. A motion was made and approved to donate stone.
The Derby party, May 2-4 will be a camping weekend at Reed Rd. Jack will get the burgers and buns which will be provided by the club. Polly will bring a TV. It will be a potluck. Guests are welcome.
Jack asked if there was any interest in sponsoring members to attend a first-aid class.
A trail cleanup in OO was discussed. It would need to be on a weekday evening, along roads and trails that we ride. Members were receptive. The path between the Rider Center and 64, which is MSF, is getting very overgrown. Jack will check with MSF about clearing.
A portable griddle has been purchased for a raffle to be drawn at Cowboy Christmas. Ideas to increase traffic were discussed.
Terry O. presented the sample polo shirts made by 3Cord. Gold and black were shown. Any color or style will be choices to order. The ones there were available for $25. This is not a money maker, we are selling for cost.
OHC will have a booth at Equine Affaire and volunteers are needed to staff it in 3 hr shifts. Contact state or stop in when you're there.
Our flower sale through Sadowski's is going on in April with forms due May 6 to Connie Bauer, pick-up May 8-9 or anytime thereafter at Sadowski's.

24 members attended at The Bunker Bar

Jack shared a Thank You card from Rodeo 419 for prizes donated to their fundraiser.
Events confirmed: Cowboy Christmas Tack Swap Dec 7, 2025 at TSA. Lisa would like to have a blackstone grill raffle.
                                 NW Region/state ride - Sept 19-21 at Van Buren. You must make your own reservation.
                                 General Membership meeting March 8 at Newark.
                                 Chapter breakfast at Delta 109 March 15, 9 am
Terry Obermyer offered to restart and coordinate our apparel arrangement with Three Cord.
A sign-up list for committee volunteers was circulated and a few spots were filled. We will continue to seek help with our many events and projects.  See the committee list on the Committees page under the About FCOHC tab.
Over 200 Tribute POPs collected were donated to HHYEC.

30 members attended at The Bunker Bar.

  The past year's events were discussed and it was decided to repeat them this year (see events page). In addition, we will have a Winter Blues Breakfast on Mar 15 at Delta 109. We also have the opportunity to group camp at Mohican Aug. 8-10 as Cheryl got us in through the lottery draw.
Large mugs with an FCOHC design were given to 15 individuals drawn from those who turned in trail and saddle hours. Winners were Ron Cowell, Michelle and Rod Miller, Connie Bauer, Caron and Daryl Maines, Myndi Dawes, Elizabeth Campbell, Christine Vance, Beth Haas, Marni and Scott Steele, Flo Hannum, Polly Alvarez, Donna Gray.
Lisa suggested a blackstone grill raffle for Cowboy Christmas this year.
Jack told us about a Jr Ambassador program presented at the January Winter State meeting. It is for youth members 17 and under and consists of logging activities and getting involved in their local chapter. There will be awards in each district and statewide. Kathy Brown has information which is also available on the state website.
There will be a meeting of the NW district on Feb 22, 10 a.m. at The Juniper Brewing Co. in BG.  This is a planning meeting for the Regional State Ride at Van Burn in September.  Note: location was changed to BWW in BG.

35 members and 1 guest attended at The Bunker Bar.

Members and guests enjoyed our Saturday night dinner of beef and noodles and baked potato bar provided by our food committee Polly Alvarez and Tami Rockwell. After dinner, we had our October chapter meeting. We continued to work on plans for our soup-or-rides on the Saturday after Thanksgiving and on New Year’s Day. Planning continued for our Cowboy Christmas Tack Swap and Christmas Shopping event on December 1 at The Show Arena, previously known as WB Ranch, in Swanton. We also held our election of 2025 officers. Incumbents President Jack Collins, VP Kathy Brown and Treasurer Jo Neeley were unopposed and volunteer Lisa Line replaced our secretary who resigned. To end the events of the evening, we had our dessert auction. We netted $700 at the dessert auction which has been donated to 7 charitable organizations: Cherry Street Mission, Otsego food pantry, Toledo NW OH Food Bank, Maumee Under One Roof, AW food pantry, Christmas Box food pantry, and Open Door in Delta.
Lora G. is done for the year but is still the liaison to OO.
The Fat Saturday and New Years Day Soup or Rides will ride out of the Rider enter.
The next meeting will be at Bunkers. There will be an upgraded buffet.

71 members and guests attended at RRR.

We had our corn roast meeting at RRR. Donna Gray will advise us on doing a FB ad/boost for Cowboy Christmas and design a flyer. An ad was approved for the corral ($150). A free ad will be submitted to Saddle Up as well as to a community publication recommended by Polly.
Help is needed for the holiday party Jan. 4.
Our food committee (Polly and Tami) are planning beef and noodles and baked potato bar (bring hors d'oevres) for the Oaktoberfest meal on Saturday which is also our next meeting. HHYEC RAT is the next day, 10/6.
Insurance has been bought for Cowboy Christmas.

33 members and 3 guests attended at RRR.

We had our chapter chili cook off, Cowboy Olympics and chapter meeting at Reed Rd. Ranglers during a camping weekend.  There were 10 chili entries and they were all very good and distinctively different from one another. After the votes were tallied (it was very close), our winner by a very slim margin, was Tammy Royer. Second place went to Polly Alvarez and third to Terry Obermyer.
We've been trying to set up an apparel store with Three Cord where we'll be able to custom order apparel with our logo(s).

After a brief meeting, we had our Cowboy Olympics games. Horseshoes and ground roping were on the schedule but everyone got caught up in the ground roping and the horseshoes never happened. After warm-up, practice and fierce completion, handmade medals were awarded to Brian Lang first, Dalton Collins second, Joel Sutton third in the men’s division and Laura Dalla first, Christine Vance second and Samantha Vance third in the ladies’ division. Laura is an exchange student from Brazil and it was exciting to see her participate and win!

56 members and 8 guests attended at RRR

Teresa Roughton from Defiance Co. OHC is having an obstacle weekend at her home in Oakwood. Camping is welcome or stop by for a day. It looks like a fantastic opportunity to have fun with your horse.We are invited and RSVPs are requested.
Our next chapter meeting is Saturday, Aug 10 at a camping weekend at Reed Rd. We will have our chili cookoff/potluck and Cowboy Olympics (2 games).
Connie reported that a number of members have credit from last year at Sadowski's (Jack, Joel, Barb Shute, Trina Houser/John Rindle, Beth Arnold and Laura Schmidt).
We will be taking nominations for 2025 officers at the August and September meetings with voting in October. I've heard that Tami would like to pass the torch as secretary so please give it some thought.
Lisa will be coordinating the booze/wine buckets for the Cowboy Christmas raffle. She wants to dictate what goes in it them so contact her if you wish to donate. There is a list.
The state OHC membership meeting will be Nov. 9 in Delaware. The NW region is the host this year and we will be responsible for some of the activities and duties. Jack can answer questions.

43 members and 1 guest attended at RRR.