Approx 30 people came thru the RC to our weenie roast. Most drove, the weather was bad.
Our 4-H donation this year should go to Fulton Co. Flower sale money was suggested to be designated.
July meeting will be Tuesday &/78 at RRR. Pizza and baking contest.
Aug 1 - Maumee State Forest ride, camping weekend at RRR. Kabobs?
HHYEC has several projects being planned The mounting stand is in good condition, memorial plaques from RC will go on it. 
There are 3 locations of the original mounting stands left - 2 in MSF,  one at V/64, one at HHYEC.
Jack wants to do a road cleeanup somewhere.
We will look into doing pony rides at Cowboy Christmas.


34 members and guests attended at RRR.

Meeting was held during Kentucky Derby Party weekend camping at RRR.
Chili Champions are Michelle/Rod Miller.
Dinner at NTD meeting will be taco bar provided by the food committee (Polly, Tammy, Flo).
Cowboy Christmas - spaces will be 12 x 12 @ $25; 9 am - 2 pm. Auction to follow.
Clipper sharpening is available - Scptt's Sharpening Service, Sopjia St., Maumee.

HHYEC clean-up April 11, 9 a.m. North side of make-up arena is down. Deemed unsafe.
Holiday party will be in Jan. in 2027.
Tammy Rockwell volunteered to track volunteers/hrs.
Plant sale in April at Sadowski's thru Connie B.
OHC booth #800 at Equine Affaire.
Derby party and chili cookoff May 5/2/26. Polly will bring a TV.
Nat'l Trails Day weekend camping at RRR, meeting Sat. night. Serving hotgogs, chips, water at Rider Center 11-1. Cookioes needed.
Hobo dinner proposed for Oaktoberfest.
We will have Cowboy Christmas Tack Swap and Auction at WB, 1st ASunday in Dec.

38 members attended at RRR.

Any chapter that submitted over 25 hrs. of volunteer trail hrs. will be entered in a drawing for gift cards.
Junior Ambassadors - there are 75 JA's from 19 counties. mNW  has 25 (largest number per district). NE 9, SE 3, Central 1, SW 14.
Auglaize Co. has the most. Donna Youngs is our district organizer (mentor).
OHC members get discounts at Sherman Williams, John Deere, Big Ass Fans, Constant Contact,l Office Depot.
Terry Johnson is the OHC website web master. He has redone the website. webmasterohconline.com
June 5 - potential regional campout for JA's.
Nov. meeting will bve hosted by Central Region.

April 7 chapter meeting will be at Bunkers.
Dalton is having a tack/horse auction at WB/The Show Arena on April 18.
HHYEC will have their spring clean-up on April 11.
The Trail partnership received $35,000 for the horse trails. Jack will resurrect the MSF connector trail proposal.
We have a camping weekend at Mohican, Oct 9-11. Six spots are reserved [update 10 as of 3/30/26].
HHYEC is in need of a commercial freezer for the kitchen.
Registration for the NW Regional State Ride will be call in only, after 9 am on June 23. 419-832-7662.
The first aid class at the Swanton Fire Dept. was well attended and very informative.
Trail miles 2025 top 5: Ron Cowell (1202),l Barb Monroe (1065), Ernie Brown (794)m, Tammy Rockwell (700), Rod Miller (600). Full state report can be found at https://ohconline.com/2025-trail-mile-saddle-hour-report/
Participant prizes for trail miles, saddle hrs and volunteer hours went to: Stephanie B, Jo N, Polly A, Ron C, Laura S, Tammy R, Pam S, Matt B, Sam V, Barb S, Dalton C, Cheryl Z, Marg J, Flo H, Ernie B.
Winter Blues Breakfast will be Mar 21 at Delta 109 at 9.

31 members attended at Bunkers.

We have applied to have a camping weekend at Mohican Oct 9-11, 2026.
We had 54 vendors signed up for Cowboy Christmas.
There will be an invitation for the after Christmas party with a link to RSVP. It will be emailed. Bingo prizes are needed. May have a white elephant exchange.
Jo will need trail miles, saddle hrs., and volunteer trail miles in January.
We gave out 12 checks ($100 each) to area food kitchens and community centers (AW, Swanton, Napolean, Toledo Seagate, NWO Food Bank, Grand Rapids, Delta, Maumee, Otsego, Cherry Street Mission, and a couple more). This was our proceeds from the dessert auction at Oaktoberfest.
At the state meeting, our donation to the fund raiser auction was a camping voucher for a weekend at RRR during one of our camping events. We hope to see other counties make a similar offering at future fund raisers.
We will have our New Years Day Soup or Ride at the rider center at noon.
The tentative calendar for 2026 is on the website.
Jack is working on a first aid class for members, at no cost. It will be at the Swanton Fire Dept, Feb 21, 10 am-12 noon.
We will have a Winter Blues Brunch on Mar 21 at Delta 109.
We will raffle the blackstone grill at the party Jan 3. Original cost was ~$225; tickets are $10.
Ranger boxes will be delivered Dec 16. Donations need to be given to Jo. Jack and Ron will do the deliveries this year.

22 members and 1 guest attended at Bunkers

The meeting was held during our Oaktoberfest camping weekend at RRR. The dessert auction netted ~$900 plus $260 to HHYEC. Dalton, Jerry G., Tami R., Christine and Jo orchestrated the dessert auction. Polly orgnized the dinner.
The parade ladies, and anyone else interested, are planning to ride in the Rossford Halloween Parade October 26. Contact Tami Rockwell.
Several members went to the Mohican State Ride and chili cookoff. Polly went and represented us in the CCO.
The NW region state ride was a huge success.
2026 officers - all approved, no one objected to retaining current officers:  Pres. Jack Collins, VP Kathy Brown, Sec. Connie Bauer, Treas. Jo Neeley.
Starting in November, meetings will be back at Bunkers. We are welcome to eat in the bar before the meeting. We will set up and tear down the meeting room (banquet room in the back). They will not serve us back there at all. They are not charging us to use the room.
Trail miles will be due in January, at the party.
Mounting stands have been replaced in Oak Openings. We will put our plaques on the one at HHYEC
Jack is still working on the first aid class. It will be 2hrs. Checking on February.
We will have the Souper Rides in Nov. and Jan.

21 Tribute POP to Al for HHYEC

51 members and 17 guests attended at RRR.

September was our corn roast meeting, hosted by Jack and Patty Solak.
A motion was made and passed to donate $500 to Friends of Van Buren for a gate obstacle on the obstacle course.
A set of carhartts have been procured  for the FCOHC donation to the live auction at the state ride at Van Buren.
Polly, Tami and Kate plan to ride in the Swanton Corn Festival Parade.
Polly will be going to the Mohican State Ride Chili cookoff to represent us.
We will be selling 50/50 tickets at Van Buren on Saturday. Hawkers needed.
Jack wants to have a planning committee meeting to organize/change some things i.e. have our chili cookoff in April and make the August meeting a hawaiian theme.
Jack is working on a camping package to donate at the state meeting which includes 2 nights camping at one of our camping weekends at RRR, breakfast, dinner and guided rides at OO.
Jack would like to do something for the 250th anniversary of the US.
Nominations for 2026 officers were solicited. A  suggestion was made to keep the current officers and close nominations.
Octoberfest - we'll have boiled dinner. Polly will organize with Christine and Kate.
HHYEC RAT - there will be a $1000 reverse raffle with live draw on Nov. 29.
We need to move meetings indoors in November. Jack will check with Bunkers.
Cowboy Christmas - Donna M. had suggested pony rides. She will look into it and organize it. We will have to buy additional insurance.
~234 Tribute POP's were given to Al for HHYEC.

43 members and 1 guest attended at RRR.

The chapter meeting was during a camping weekend at RRR.
A discussion was had about placing an ad in The Horseman's Corral for our Cowboy Christmas Tack Swap ($150). A motion was made, seconded and passed.
Joel volunteered and cleaned trails with Lora. He is going to continue to do so for as long as it works out.
The Post-holiday party was discussed. It is tentatively planned for Jan. 3 at Flo's church. A club activity in lieu of or in addition to was discussed i.e. bowling. To be further discussed.
A suggestion was made to give pony rides during Cowboy Christmas. Feasibility and details to be determined.
FCOHC is in charge of the 50/50 at the Van Buren state ride. Hawkers needed.
Nominations for 2026 officers were requested. None received. Connie does not want to continue as secretary.
Tickets need to be sold for the blackstone grill raffle. None have been requested. See Lisa Line.
Our September meeting will be Sept. 2. Corn and brats will be provided. Bring a side.
A suggestion was made that there needs to be trail etiquette education done. It was suggestion to try and get that into the parks' newsletter.
The club ride at Mohican was fantastic. There were 19 people, 10 rigs.
Trail maps were again brought up as well as signage. The trails are changing so frequently that making up to date maps would be difficult if not impossible.  There is an interactive map on our website (link to), and the metropark website that should be current and it has roads labeled on it. Getting someone to provide road signage in the park is another matter. The park and Swanton township have jurisdiction over various parts.
There were 9 entries in the chili cookoff.
Chili cookoff winners:   1st   Polly Alvarez (embroidered champ chair)
                                           2nd  Patty Porter Solak  (FCOHC polo shirt)
                                            3rd  Connie Bauer (tote bag)
A suggestion was made, motion made, seconded and passed to subsidize our winning member that chooses to go to the state chili cookoff if anyone goes.

45 members and 4 guests attended at RRR.

A small grill was donated to RRR by Connie and Kenny.
10 trailers are signed up for Mohican. There are a few spots left.
The Christmas party venue was mentioned. Otsego Park is charging $600 with $100 deposit returned if there is no damage and no alcohol. We are looking for another venue.
Six dozen hotdogs were served at our National Trails Day weenie roast.
The stone project was discussed. We are looking for haulers to haul the stone to the park.
A donation was made to SHAC.
The donation to Friends of Van Buren was tabled until next meeting.
The Show Arena has renegged on our reserved date for Cowboy Christmas. Our option is to have it Nov. 30.
Baking cookoff results: 1st Bonnie Williams - rhubarb pie; 2nd Michelle Miller (West Unity) - coconut pie;
3rd Deb Vaughan - turtle cake.
Next meeting August 16  during our chili cookoff camping weekend at RRR.

37 members attended at RRR.