On January 08, 2009, Representative Mark Kirk (R-IL) introduced the Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2009 (H.R. 305). The bill would prohibit the interstate transport of any horse in a double-deck truck.
This bill was also introduced in the last Congress. The bill calls for civil penalties of $100 to $500 for each violation. A separate violation occurs for each horse transported.
Congressman Kirk said he was prompted to introduce this legislation by the accident in Wadsworth, Illinois in October, 2007 involving the overturning of a double-deck cattle truck carrying 59 Belgian draft horses. Eight horses died at the scene and ten were later euthanized.
Several states have passed legislation banning the transport of horses in double-decker trucks and the U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed rules to prohibit the transport of horses to slaughter in such vehicles. However, this is the first federal bill introduced prohibiting the transport of all horses in such trucks.
The bill has been referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
If you have any questions about this bill please call the American Horse Council.
202-296-4031
The National Show schedule has been approved by the Show Committee. Final changes are being made and the schedule will be posted on the ApHC Web site this week. It will also appear in the March issue of Appaloosa Journal.
We are currently in the process of running all year-end reports, closing out the 2008 point year, determining year-end and lifetime award winners and ordering awards. The yearbook is in initial production, though it won’t be finalized until March.
Executive Committee meets Thursday, 1/15.
The February Journal goes to the printer this week.
As you can imagine, there are countless issues for the Board of Directors to consider these days. Leading up to a meeting in March, we’ll be asking for your input on a variety of proposals and suggestions. Your comments will be posted here and they will be provided to the directors.
For today:
Should Non-Pro’s and Youth exhibitors be allowed to show a leased horse?
Follow-up question: Should the Board consider allowing joint ownership of a horse between a Non-Pro exhibitor and an Open exhibitor?
News from writer and filmmaker Shannan Keenan
TRAIL END star Barry Corbin is one of six new honorees to be inducted in the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, alongside actor Tommy Lee Jones and other notable Texans. Inclusion into Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame is the highest honor bestowed on individuals who have shown excellence in competition, business, and support of rodeo and the western lifestyle in Texas.
In addition to being named an inductee, Barry will receive the Rick Smith Spirit of Texas Award. The Spirit of Texas Award was established to recognize those individuals whose lives and accomplishments epitomize the independence, individuality, and innovative thinking associated with being Texan. In August, 2004 the award was renamed in honor of country music promoter Rick Smith, whose vision helped spread the “sound and spirit of Texas” around the world.
Barry has personally selected TRAIL END as one of his notable film roles to be featured at the 2009 Induction Ceremony. The Induction Ceremony is the premiere event prior to the Fort Worth Stock Show and attracts celebrities, politicians, and distinguishable members of the community.
The Induction Ceremony will take place January 15 at the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas. For more information, please visit: Texas Hall of Fame
Thanks to Gary Connolly, former ApHC director, for organizing the Appaloosa booth at this year’s National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. Larry Williams helped with the display banners and Gary “recruited” a variety of other supporters. I think there will be more photos and information in an upcoming Journal. As you can imagine, the crowd was a good one and Gary reports plenty of interaction.
In the photo are at least some of the ApHC all-stars. Gary is on the left with Hall of Famer Sherri Mell and ApHC judge Darrell Bilke. What they were actually up to is anyone’s guess.
Edwin A. “Eddie” Wood Eddie Wood of Wynnewood, Oklahoma was born to Enoch Alfred and Grace Ellen Wood in Tucumcari, New Mexico on October 15, 1922 and entered eternal life in Norman, OK on December 25, 2008 at the age of 86 years. Eddie spent a great deal of time on the family ranch located about 15 miles south of Tucumcari, near a town called Quay. Eddie operated a service station in Tucumcari for awhile and ran a band of brood mares on the ranch.
He later sold the New Mexico properties and moved his horse operation to Amarillo, Texas. Eddie had attended auctioneering school at Western College of Auctioneering in Billings, Montana in 1958. He auctioned five cattle sales weekly in Amarillo and the panhandle towns of Tulia and Floydada. He gained valuable experience in his chosen skill while selling the weekly sales in the panhandle. It was in 1964 that he auctioned his first Texas longhorn. When the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America was formed in 1964, Eddie became Charter Member 110. In 1991 TLBAA recognized his enduring support by awarding him the Elmer Parker Award given to individuals who had devoted their lifetime to the preservation and promotion of the breed.
Eddie sold the Ada, Oklahoma Registered Horse Sales for 20 years, the Clovis, New Mexico Registered Horse Sales for 20 years, and the Roswell, New Mexico Horse Sales for 15 years in addition to many others. When the Appaloosa Horse registry was formed, Eddie was one of the early members and served two terms on the ApHC board of directors. In the last half of the twentieth century he was the premier auctioneer of the top tier of Appaloosa Horse sales.
Eddie married Joyce on July 25, 1982. Plaques, certificates, and other recognitions adorn the den walls at Pay Day Ranch, all tokens of the esteem conferred to Eddie for the tremendous contributions they have made to a wide range of organizations. The TLBAA has also nominated him for inclusion in the Hall of Great Westerners at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. A large framed certificate from the Former Texas Rangers Museum commands a prominent spot in the collection, given in appreciation of a fund-raising auction at which Eddie officiated. There was a special day in 2000 when the Mayor of Houston declared February 26 “Colonel Eddie Wood Day” and then-Governor George W. Bush signed a proclamation naming Eddie an Honorary Texan.
The history enshrined on the walls reflects Texas Longhorn history entwined with the life work of Eddie Wood. Eddie was a collector of Western Memorabilia, including McChesney spurs for many years. In addition to his principle vocation as livestock auctioneer, Eddie served as an announcer at rodeos and horse shows, as master of ceremonies at award banquets, and volunteer auctioneer at many benefit auctions for such diverse groups as the TLBBA, the TLBT youth, the National Football League and the National Ranching Heritage Center. During the nation’s Sesquicentennial Celebration, Eddie was the Master of Ceremonies for the Oklahoma delegation at the Smithsonian Folk Life Festival on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
Eddie was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Eastern Star and India Shrine and had received the 50 year Mason Service Award. Eddie is survived by his loving wife, Joyce Wood of the home and daughters, Linda Jean Bird of Clearwater, Kansas Bobbi Jan Smith of St. Maries, Idaho 6 grandchildren. Eddie is preceded in death by his parents, Enoch Alfred and Grace Ellen Wood his brother, Richard Dale Wood and his sister, Glee Broome. Funeral services for Edwin A. “Eddie” Wood are scheduled for Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at l:00 p.m. in the Wooster Funeral Home Chapel in Pauls Valley, OK with the Rev. Clay Shannon officiating. Interment will be at the Pay Day Ranch. Services are under the direction of Wooster Funeral Home.
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