2022 Newsletter

January 2022

www.rollinghillsridingclub.com

Upcoming Events:

January:

January 3rd club meeting 7:30 pm
January 29th playday books at 12:00 starts at 1:00pm

February:

February 7th club meeting 7:30 pm
INFORMATIONAL:
Annual Membership dues are due again and should be paid before March 31st to avoid any late fees. Please let us know if you need a form. The prices are single memberships will be $50.00 and all family memberships will be $100.00 for the year. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.
Please make sure that you attend three meetings and three events, to be considered a member in good standing. A member in good standings will have access to the club house and voting rights at the end of the year Christmas party. Please note that clean-up days and repair days are counted as events for those of you who do not attend the playdays. Thank you :0)
Membership dues should be paid before March 31st to avoid any late fees. Please let one of us know if you need a form or have any questions or concerns.
Dues for the prize fund are now due again. There will be a fee of $25.00 per person for playdays and $25.00 fee per person for extreme horse are due at the beginning of each year to be applied to the yearend prize fund. It only needs to be paid if you would like to be eligible for the yearend prizes. This money will help pay for the top three winners in each age group. Please let us know if you have any questions. You have until March 31st to pay the prize fund fees and have until the start of the second extreme horse event to pay the extreme horse dues. Please contact one of us if you have any questions or concerns about the prize fund dues. .
Playdays – if the playday is cancelled we will NOT be rescheduling. From now on if the weather is 45 degrees or less or if wind is 25 MPH or above, we will automatically cancel the playday. We will let everyone know the morning of by 8:00am. So please check Facebook. If you do not have Facebook, you may then contact one of the officers to find out, but please give us until 8:00am the morning of to announce.
The signup sheet for the gate and helping set up in the arena will be in the concession stand at the start of each playday. Please make every effort to sign up. You will only have to work the gate and help set up in the arena for that one event only for all age groups. Any help we can get will greatly be appreciated. Thank you for all that you do!
A list of the board members with phone numbers will be below for you to keep for your records.
As a friendly reminder please make sure you remove anything (barrels, poles ect.) out of the arena after you are finished practicing so that the ones who go out to plow up the arena do not have to do it. Thank you.
RHRC would like to thank all of the families that donated for the 2021 kids buckets. The Hsu family, The Miller family, The Carver Family, The Raney family, The Rolen family. Please forgive me if I missed anyone if I did please let me know I would love to give you the recognition you deserve. We would like to thank the Miller family for donating the new barrels for this year.
The club will be making several well needed improvements to the Clubhouse, finishing the fence on the East side and repairs to the arena and concessions stand as well as replacing all the arena lights. We will be setting up dates to start these repairs and will need everyone to help to get it all done. Lots of these repairs are needed to help make our club safer. Please keep in mind that we will be hosting the 2022 Panhandle Allstars playday this year and we will need to get as many repairs completed as possible, so our club is ready. Please keep in mind that any clean-up day and repair day that you attend will be counted as an event.
The clubhouse will be updating all of the existing tables and chairs with new tables and chairs.
The clubhouse will be looking into repairing the chimney and having it cleaned this winter.
RHRC would like to welcome Troy and Sarah Stevenson and kids to the club.
Congratulations to all the newly 2022 elected officers and directors. The new and old elected positions for RHRC are listed below. Congratulations!!

President—Micheal Rolen

Vice President—Donny Raney

Secretary—Angela Raney

Treasury—Beth White

Concessions—Brent Daniels

Facilities Director—Matt Marti

Parade Director—Djuna Miller

Events Director—Pastor Steve

Extreme Horse Judges—Maddi Daniels, Beth White

Queen for 2022 Jaylee Bryant

Princess for 2022 Baylor Marti

– President: Michael Rolen 806-231-0102

– Vice President: Donny Raney-806-584-5845

– Secretary: Angela Raney 806-584-5762

– Treasurer: Beth White 806-789-9318

– Parade Director: Michelle Clausen

– Concession Stand Director: Brent Daniels

– Facilities Director: Matt Marti

– Events Director: Amy Hitchcock

– Extreme Horse Judges: Matt & Beth

-Executive officer—Robbie Hayes & Michael Hsu

Announcements:

KEEP IN MIND: Playdays will now be on the last Saturday of the month. Each playday time will be discussed at the meeting.

CLEAN UP DAY: We be having another clean-up day coming soon. A sign-up sheet will be available once a day is set, and we will also have a list of everything that will need to be tackled at this time.

Membership: If you know someone who would like to become a member please have them contact an officer or Michael Rolen at 806-231-0102 or Donny Raney at 806-584-5845.

As always, we welcome any new members to the club!!!

If you have any questions or comments the following is a list of our officers

Michael Rolen President 806-231-0102, Donny Raney Vice President 806-584-5845, Angela Raney Secretary 806-584-5762, Beth White Treasurer 806-789-9318. We are always available to help.

Happy New Year’s everyone!! Hope everyone ate their black eye peas… We cannot wait to see you at the first playday, until then stay safe and stay warm.

February 2022

Upcoming Events:
February:
 February 7th club meeting 7:30 pm
 February 26th playday books at 11:00 starts at 12:00pm
March:
 March 7th club meeting 7:30 pm
 March 19th Shamrock Parade starts at 10:30
 March 26th playday books at 11:00 starts at 12:00
April:
 April 4th club meeting 7:30 pm
 April 30th playday books at 11:00 starts at 12:00

 INFORMATIONAL:
 Annual Membership dues are due again and should be paid before March 31 st to avoid any
late fees. Please let us know if you need a form. The prices are single memberships will
be $50.00 and all family memberships will be $100.00 for the year. Please let us know if
you have any questions or concerns.
 Please make sure that you attend three meetings and three events, to be considered a
member in good standing. A member in good standings will have access to the club house
and voting rights at the end of the year Christmas party. Please note that clean-up days
and repair days are counted as events for those of you who do not attend the playdays.
Thank you :0)

 Membership dues should be paid before March 31 st to avoid any late fees. Please let one
of us know if you need a form or have any questions or concerns.

 Dues for the prize fund are now due again. There will be a fee of $25.00 per person for
playdays and $25.00 fee per person for extreme horse are due at the beginning of each
year to be applied to the yearend prize fund. It only needs to be paid if you would like to
be eligible for the yearend prizes. This money will help pay for the top three winners in
each age group. Please let us know if you have any questions. You have until March 31 st to
pay the prize fund fees and have until the start of the second extreme horse event to
pay the extreme horse dues. Please contact one of us if you have any questions or
concerns about the prize fund dues. .

 Playdays – if the playday is cancelled we will NOT be rescheduling. From now on if the
weather is 45 degrees or less or if wind is 25 MPH or above, we will automatically cancel
the playday. We will let everyone know the morning of by 8:00am. So please check
Facebook. If you do not have Facebook, you may then contact one of the officers to find
out, but please give us until 8:00am the morning of to announce.
 The signup sheet for the gate and helping set up in the arena will be in the concession
stand at the start of each playday. Please make every effort to sign up. You will only have
to work the gate and help set up in the arena for that one event only for all age groups.
Any help we can get will greatly be appreciated. Thank you for all that you do!
 A list of the board members with phone numbers will be below for you to keep for your
records.

 As a friendly reminder please make sure you remove anything (barrels, poles etc.)
out of the arena after you are finished practicing so that the ones who go out to
plow up the arena do not have to do it. Thank you.
 The club will be making several well needed improvements to the Clubhouse, finishing the
fence on the East side and repairs to the arena and concessions stand as well as replacing
all the arena lights. We will be setting up dates to start these repairs and will need
everyone to help to get it all done. Lots of these repairs are needed to help make our club
safer. Please keep in mind that we will be hosting the 2022 Panhandle Allstars playday
this year and we will need to get as many repairs completed as possible, so our club is
ready. Please keep in mind that any clean-up day and repair day that you attend will be
counted as an event for those of you who do not participate in the playdays.
 Some of the immediate repairs to the club will be the Women’s restroom in the clubhouse
will be fixed and the waterline/pipe will be fixed by the concession stand this month
before the next playday.

 March 19th Shamrock!! Start time will be 10:30am. Will add meeting spot, map and what
time to meet and line up times as it gets closer to parade day. We will set up an event
with invites on Facebook to allow us to get a head count. Please let us know if you prefer
not to ride horses or do not have a parade safe horse and would still like to participate.
We want to try to accommodate all club members and their families. Please dress and
decorate your horse to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. This year’s theme will be “Reflecting
on the past and looking toward the future!” The Queen & Princess are expected to ride
in the parades (unless there is a prior commitment) and they will dress appropriately with
the White button-down shirts, black hats, Crown & sash jeans and boots. Carpooling
(trailer-pooling) may be an option so please let us know if you or your horse needs a ride.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the parade director or myself.
Thank you
 We will be adding in high point medals for the Adults starting at the next playday.
 The Chutes Cowboy Church is now working on the dates of their upcoming playdays for
this year. More information to follow.
 We should have some extreme horse dates set up by the next meeting.
 Starting at the February playday everyone will enter into the arena using the East gate
and will Exit the West gate. This should help to speed up the playday as well as eliminate
any wrecks or mishaps from happening.
 Getting quotes soon for the following: arena lights, speakers for the arena, and having
the elect

 The Club has recently purchased a new microphone for the crow’s nest.

 Artwork for the club sign has been emailed and hopefully will not be long before we have
a new sign on Western Street.

 RHRC would like to welcome Richard and Kristine Aguliar and kids to the club.

– President: Michael Rolen 806-231-0102
– Vice President: Donny Raney-806-584-5845
– Secretary: Angela Raney 806-584-5762
– Treasurer: Beth White 806-789-9318
– Parade Director: Djuna Miller
– Concession Stand Director: Brent Daniels
– Facilities Director: Matt Marti
– Events Director: Pastor Steve
– Extreme Horse Judges: Maddi & Beth
-Executive officer—Robbie Hayes & Michael Hsu
Announcements:
KEEP IN MIND: Playdays will now be on the last Saturday of the month. Each playday time will
be discussed at the meeting. Time change at playday for February will be books at 11:00 start
at 12:00.
CONCESSION STAND: Our concession director will have plenty of awesome tasting food that
you won’t want to miss. So please come hungry!!

CLEAN UP DAY: We be having another clean-up day coming soon. A sign-up sheet will be
available once a day is set, and we will also have a list of everything that will need to be tackled
at this time.
Membership: If you know someone who would like to become a member, please have them
contact an officer or Michael Rolen at 806-231-0102 or Donny Raney at 806-584-5845.

As always, we welcome any new members to the club!!!
If you have any questions or comments the following is a list of our officers
Michael Rolen President 806-231-0102, Donny Raney Vice President 806-584-5845, Angela
Raney Secretary 806-584-5762, Beth White Treasurer 806-789-9318. We are always
available to help.

March 2022

Upcoming Events:

March:
 March 7th club meeting 7:30 pm
 March 19th Shamrock Parade starts at 10:30
April:
 April 4th club meeting 7:30 pm
 April 9th Extreme Horse books at 10:00 starts at 11:00
 April 23rd The Chutes Cowboy Church playday books at 10:00 starts at 11:00
 April 30th playday books at 11:00 starts at 12:00
May:
 May 2nd club meeting 7:30 pm
 May 7th Extreme Horse books at 10:00 starts at 11:00
 May 14th The Chutes Cowboy Church playday books at 10:00 starts at 11:00
 May 21st first set day for repairs and clean up starts at 8:00am
 May 28th January playday will replace the May playday for this year

 Membership dues should be paid before March 31st to avoid any late fees. Please let one
of us know if you need a form or have any questions or concerns.
 The combination to the gate will be changed on the 1st of April and will only be given to
the paid members. Please contact one the officers to get the new gate code for the 2022
year.
 Dues for the prize fund are now due again. There will be a fee of $25.00 per person for
playdays and $25.00 fee per person for extreme horse are due at the beginning of each
year to be applied to the yearend prize fund. It only needs to be paid if you would like to
be eligible for the yearend prizes. This money will help pay for the top three winners in
each age group. Please let us know if you have any questions. You have until March 31 st to
pay the prize fund fees and have until the start of the second extreme horse event to
pay the extreme horse dues. Please contact one of us if you have any questions or
concerns about the prize fund dues.
 New update from this moment one it was voted and passed at the March meeting there
will no longer be any playdays for January February and March and only 7 seven playdays
for the year, unless the club votes on having an extra one for fun. Our first playday of
the year will officially start in April. This will start for this year and January’s playday
will stand and still count for this year’s points. Dues and prize fund dues are still due by
March 31st to avoid late fees. Please contact the treasure to arrange payment.
 The Chutes Cowboy Church playdays have been set. This is a points series with buckles
for prizes. There will be five total playdays and 4 events each playday, $4.00 each event.
If you go to the Chutes Cowboy Church, the Sunday before your events will be $3.00 per
event or one free. Please contact the church if you have any questions about the
upcoming playdays.

 A list of the board members with phone numbers will be below for you to keep for your
records  As a friendly reminder please make sure you remove anything (barrels, poles, etc.)
out of the arena after you are finished practicing so that the ones who go out to
plow up the arena do not have to do it. Thank you.
 The club will be making several well needed improvements to the Clubhouse, repairs to
the arena and concessions stand as well as replacing all the arena lights. We have set up
one date so far to start these repairs and will need everyone to help to get it all done.
Lots of these repairs are needed to help make our club safer. Please keep in mind that we
will be hosting the 2022 Panhandle Allstars playday this year and we will need to get as
many repairs completed as possible, so our club is ready. Please keep in mind that any
clean-up day and repair day that you attend will be counted as an event for those of you
who do not participate in the playdays.
 We have had a few repairs completed to the waterline by the concession stand and the
women’s bathroom by the arena will have a new door handle replaced so it will be easier to
open and close the door.

 March 19th Shamrock!! Start time will be 10:30am. Will add meeting spot, map and what
time to meet and line up times as it gets closer to parade day. We will set up an event
with invites on Facebook to allow us to get a head count. Please let us know if you prefer
not to ride horses or do not have a parade safe horse and would still like to participate.
We want to try to accommodate all club members and their families. Please dress and
decorate your horse to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day (GREEN,GREEN,GREEN) This year’s
theme will be “Reflecting on the past and looking toward the future!” The Queen &
Princess are expected to ride in the parades (unless there is a prior commitment) and
they will dress appropriately with the White button-down shirts, black hats, Crown &
sash jeans and boots. Carpooling (trailer-pooling) may be an option so please let us know if
you or your horse needs a ride. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to
the parade director or myself. Thank you, phone numbers, to officers listed below as well
as parade director.
 April 9th the First Extreme horse kicks off. Books at 10;00AM starts at 11:00am weather
permitting. Will be lots of fun for you and your horse. So, come on out and see what your
horse will and will not do. Call before you haul, and cancelations will also be listed on face
book the morning of the event. We will go off the 45/25 rule for cancellations on all
events. Concession stand will be open, will post menu on facebook for all to see so come
hungry.

 Starting at the April playday everyone will enter the arena using the East gate and will
Exit the West gate. This should help to speed up the playday as well as eliminate any
wrecks or mishaps from happening.
 Getting quotes soon for the following: arena lights, speakers for the arena, and having
the electric repaired in the concessions stand.
 RHRC would like to welcome Donna Shepard and daughter Ellen to the club.
 RHRC would like to welcome Carrol King to the club.

– President: Michael Rolen 806-231-0102
– Vice President: Donny Raney-806-584-5845
– Secretary: Angela Raney 806-584-5762
– Treasurer: Beth White 806-789-9318
– Parade Director: Djuna Miller 806-690-7836
– Concession Stand Director: Brent Daniels
– Facilities Director: Matt Marti
– Events Director: Pastor Steve
– Extreme Horse Judges: Maddi & Beth
-Executive officer—Robbie Hayes & Michael Hsu
Announcements:
KEEP IN MIND: Playdays will now be on the last Saturday of the month. Each playday time will
be discussed at the meeting. Watch the newsletters for updates as well as Facebook.
CONCESSION STAND: Our concession director will have plenty of awesome tasting food that
you won’t want to miss. So please come hungry!! Menu will be posted on Facebook.

Membership: If you know someone who would like to become a member, please have them
contact an officer or Michael Rolen at 806-231-0102 or Donny Raney at 806-584-5845.

April 2022

Upcoming Events:

April:
 April 4 th club meeting 7:30 pm
 April 9 th Extreme Horse books at 10:00 starts at 11:00
 April 23 rd The Chutes Cowboy Church playday books at 10:00 starts at 11:00
 April 30 th playday books at 11:00 starts at 12:00
May:
 May 2 nd club meeting 7:30 pm
 May 7 th Extreme Horse books at 10:00 starts at 11:00
 May 14 th The Chutes Cowboy Church playday books at 10:00 starts at 11:00
 May 21 st first set day for repairs and clean up starts at 8:00am
 May 28 th January playday will replace the May playday for this year enjoy your Holiday
weekend!!

 INFORMATIONAL:

 The combination to the gate will be changed soon and will only be given to the paid
members. Please contact one the officers to get the new gate code for the 2022 year.

 Dues for the Extreme horse prize fund are due prior to the second extreme horse event
and after the start they will not be accepted. Please contact one of us if you have any
questions or concerns about the prize fund dues.
 New update from this moment on, it was voted and passed at the April meeting there will
no longer be any playdays for January February only and the March playday was voted
back in starting in 2023. We can still possibly vote on having an extra playday just for
fun. Our first playday of the year will officially start in April. This will start for this year
and January’s playday will stand and still count for this year’s points and replace the May
playday at this time.
 The Chutes Cowboy Church playdays have been set. This is a points series with buckles
for prizes. There will be five total playdays and 4 events each playday, $4.00 each event.
If you go to the Chutes Cowboy Church, the Sunday before your events will be $3.00 per
event or one free. Please contact the church if you have any questions about the
upcoming playdays. Dates will be posted on FaceBook and in the newsletter.

 A list of the board members with phone numbers will be below for you to keep for your
records.

 As a friendly reminder please make sure you remove anything (barrels, poles ect.)
out of the arena after you are finished practicing so that the ones who go out to
plow up the arena do not have to do it. Thank you.
 The club will be making several well needed improvements to the Clubhouse, repairs to
the arena and concessions stand as well as replacing all the arena lights. We have set up
one date so far to start these repairs and will need everyone to help to get it all done.
Lots of these repairs are needed to help make our club safer. Please keep in mind that we

will be hosting the 2022 Panhandle Allstars playday this year and we will need to get as
many repairs completed as possible, so our club is ready. Please keep in mind that any
clean-up day and repair day that you attend will be counted as an event for those of you
who do not participate in the playdays.
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 The Shamrock parade was a success. Thank you to all who participated in the parade. Our
club won first place. Thank you Djuna for making this years Shamrock parade a huge
Success.
 April 9 th the First Extreme horse kicks off. Books at 10;00AM starts at 11:00am weather
permitting. Will be lots of fun for you and your horse. So, come on out and see what your
horse will and will not do. Call before you haul, and cancelations will also be listed on face
book the morning of the event. We will go off the 45/25 rule for cancellations on all
events. Concession stand will be open, will post menu on facebook for all to see so come
hungry.
 Starting at the April playday everyone will enter the arena using the East gate and will
Exit the West gate. This should help to speed up the playday as well as eliminate any
wrecks or mishaps from happening.
 Getting quotes soon for the following: arena lights, speakers for the arena, and having
the electric repaired in the concessions stand.
 Just want to let everyone know to be cautious when at the riding club the snakes are out
again. Please keep an eye out for the Rattle Snakes as a few have already been spotted.
Keep a close eye on your little ones and watch your step. Please notify one of the officers
if you do spot a Rattle Snake.
 The Behind the Chutes Church will have Easter Sunday service in the arena on horseback.
Will have a large Easter egg hunt, and BBQ sandwiches will be served at no cost. You do
not have to be on your horse for this service, only if you want to. The Beef raffle the
church is doing will be raffled at this time as well. There will be 2 age groups and 2
winners for those hunting easter eggs. Come on out to listen to a great sermon have fun
on horseback while doing it, and eat a yummy BBQ sandwich while having fun. Starts at
10:30 contact the church for any questions that you may have.
 July 4 th parade in Canyon is going to be here before you know it. Need to get a head count
on who all would like to ride on the trailer, and who all will be on horseback please? Our
Parade director is having to secure our spots in the parade. We are looking into doing
shirts for the parade and to wear at any time. We want to look as uniform as we can to
represent our club. Royalty has to wear their attire and officers may wear their white

long sleeve button down shirts if they choose to. We cannot throw candy at the parade;
however, we can have some people that walk and hand out candy. We will need to be at
the meeting spot early as this is one of the largest parades that our club does, we will
notify you at the next meeting about the line up time, arrival times ect. The parade does
start at 10:00am. We will need some pooper scoopers to walk behind the horses. We have
will know more at the next meeting please come and join us for the May meeting. We are
looking into doing the balloon arches like we did 2 or 3 years ago and everyone riding on
the trailer can bring their lawn chairs to sit in. We will need help with decorating the
trailer.
 Club shirts for the 4 th of July parade. If your interested in getting a shirt, please contact
Djuna. We will need size of shirt and how many you will need. We will need to get the
orders for the shirts ASAP, so they can be ordered. Thank you
 RHRC’s gun raffle this year will be for 3 prizes tickets will still be $10.00 per ticket, with
books of 10 tickets. There will be a total of 500 tickets and raffle will be held at the end
of the July playday. Tickets should be available to sell at the April playday. Please get
with Angela to get your tickets to start selling. 1 st prize will be a 30/30 henry golden boy
riffle, 2 nd prize will be a Yeti cooler, 3 rd prize will be $100 cash/gift card. If you take
tickets and they have not been sold by the June playday the tickets are to be turned in
so that other members can sell the tickets that have not been sold. This will avoid any
unsold tickets being left. Thank you all
 Allstar Playday will be held at our club this year. The tickets our club will sell this year
will be divided up and given to each invited member to sell. More information to come on
this as well as the allstar playday information and dates.

– Extreme Horse Judges: Maddi & Beth
-Executive officer—Robbie Hayes and Michael Hsu
Announcements:
KEEP IN MIND: Playdays will now be on the last Saturday of the month. Each playday time will
be discussed at the meeting. Watch the newsletters for updates as well as Facebook.
CONCESSION STAND: Our concession director will have plenty of awesome tasting food that
you won’t want to miss. So please come hungry!! Menu will be posted on Facebook.

CLEAN UP DAY: We be having another clean-up day coming soon. Please make every effort to
attend as we have lots of things that is needed to be completed prior to the Allstar playday this
year. We will also have a list of everything that will need to be tackled at this time.
Membership: If you know someone who would like to become a member, please have them
contact an officer or Michael Rolen at 806-231-0102 or Donny Raney at 806-584-5845.

May 2022

Upcoming Events:

May:

May 2nd club meeting 7:30 pm
May 7th Extreme Horse books at 10:00 starts at 11:00
May 14th The Chutes Cowboy Church playday books at 10:00 starts at 11:00
May 21st first set day for repairs and clean up starts at 8:00am
May 28th January playday will replace the May playday for this year enjoy your Holiday weekend!!

June:

June 4th The Chutes Cowboy Church playday books at 5:00 starts at 6:00pm
June 6th club meeting 7:30pm
June 11th Extreme Horse books at 10:00 starts at 11:00
June 25th playday times to be announced

July:

July 4th Parade starts at 10:00am meeting times TBA
July 11th club meeting 7:30pm
July 23rd Extreme Horse books at 10:00 starts at 11:00
July 23rd The Chutes Cowboy Church playday books at 5:00 starts at 6:00pm
July 30th RHRC playday times to be announced

INFORMATIONAL:
Please make sure that you attend three meetings and three events, to be considered a member in good standing. A member in good standings will have access to the club house and voting rights at the end of the year Christmas party. Please note that clean-up days and repair days are counted as events for those of you who do not attend the playdays. Thank you :0)
The combination to the gate will be changed soon and will only be given to the paid members. Please contact one the officers to get the new gate code for the 2022 year.

Dues for the Extreme horse prize fund are due prior to the second extreme horse event and after the start they will not be accepted. Please contact one of us if you have any questions or concerns about the prize fund dues.

The awards fees for the RHRC playday will be now be due by the start of each playday of each year.
The Chutes Cowboy Church playdays have been set. This is a points series with buckles for prizes. There will be five total playdays and 4 events each playday, $4.00 each event. If you go to the Chutes Cowboy Church, the Sunday before your events will be $3.00 per event or one free. Please contact the church if you have any questions about the upcoming playdays. Dates will be posted on FaceBook and in the newsletter.
Playdays/Extreme horse or any other event that RHRC has: – if the playday is cancelled we will NOT be rescheduling. From now on if the weather is 45 degrees or less or if wind is 25 MPH or above, we will automatically cancel that event. We will let everyone know the morning of by 8:00am. So please check Facebook. If you do not have Facebook, you may then contact one of the officers to find out, but please give us until 8:00am the morning of to announce.
The signup sheet for the gate and helping set up in the arena will be in the concession stand at the start of each playday. Please make every effort to sign up. You will only have to work the gate and help set up in the arena for that one event only for all age groups. Any help we can get will greatly be appreciated. Thank you for all that you do!
A list of the board members with phone numbers will be below for you to keep for your records.
As a friendly reminder please make sure you remove anything (barrels, poles ect.) out of the arena after you are finished practicing so that the ones who go out to plow up the arena do not have to do it. Thank you. Please completely remove everything each time you finish practicing in the arena each time. Please make sure to shut all gates to the arena as well as they have been left open and this can cause them to break and no longer be of use due to wind blowing them. Thank you
MAY 21st The club will be making several well needed improvements to the Clubhouse, repairs to the arena and concessions stand as well as replacing all the arena lights. We have set up one date so far to start these repairs and will need everyone to help to get it all done. Lots of these repairs are needed to help make our club safer. Please keep in mind that we will be hosting the 2022 Panhandle Allstars playday this year and we will need to get as many repairs completed as possible, so our club is ready. Please keep in mind that any clean-up day and repair day that you attend will be counted as an event for those of you who do not participate in the playdays.
The all-stars playday is right around the corner. We need to make sure all repairs are completed, and the arena and parking area are all cleaned up and ready to go for the all-stars. We need all the help we can get so please plan on coming out to help us on May 21st at 8:00am.
May 7th the second Extreme horse kicks off. Books at 10;00AM starts at 11:00am weather permitting. Will be lots of fun for you and your horse. So, come on out and see what your horse will and will not do. Call before you haul, and cancelations will also be listed on face book the morning of the event. We will go off the 45/25 rule for cancellations on all events. Concession stand will not be open for this event.
Starting at the April playday everyone will enter the arena using the East gate and will Exit the West gate. This should help to speed up the playday as well as eliminate any wrecks or mishaps from happening.
Getting quotes soon for the following: arena lights, speakers for the arena, and having the electric repaired in the concessions stand.
Another reminder: We want to let everyone know to be cautious when at the riding club the snakes are out again. Please keep an eye out for the Rattle Snakes as a few have already been spotted. Keep a close eye on your little ones and watch your step. Please notify one of the officers if you do spot a Rattle Snake.
July 4th parade in Canyon is going to be here before you know it. Need to get a head count on who all would like to ride on the trailer, and who all will be on horseback please? Our Parade director is having to secure our spots in the parade. We are looking into doing shirts for the parade and to wear at any time. We want to look as uniform as we can to represent our club. Royalty has to wear their attire and officers may wear their white long sleeve button down shirts if they choose to. We cannot throw candy at the parade; however, we can have some people that walk and hand out candy. We will need to be at the meeting spot early as this is one of the largest parades that our club does, we will notify you at the next meeting about the line up time, arrival times ect. The parade does start at 10:00am. We will need some pooper scoopers to walk behind the horses. We have will know more at the next meeting please come and join us for the May meeting. We are looking into doing the balloon arches like we did 2 or 3 years ago and everyone riding on the trailer can bring their lawn chairs to sit in. We will need help with decorating the trailer.
Club shirts for the 4th of July parade. If your interested in getting a shirt, please contact Djuna. We will need size of shirt and how many you will need. We will need to get the orders for the shirts ASAP, so they can be ordered. Thank you
RHRC’s gun raffle this year will be for 3 prizes tickets will still be $10.00 per ticket, with books of 10 tickets. There will be a total of 500 tickets and raffle will be held at the end of the July playday. Tickets should be available to sell at the April playday. Please get with Angela to get your tickets to start selling. 1st prize will be a 30/30 henry golden boy riffle, 2nd prize will be a Yeti cooler, 3rd prize will be $100 cash/gift card. If you take tickets and they have not been sold by the June playday the tickets are to be turned in so that other members can sell the tickets that have not been sold. This will avoid any unsold tickets being left. Thank you all
Raffle tickets are in please contact Angela if you are interested in selling tickets she can meet you to give you some to sale. They are in books of 10/$100 each book.
Allstar Playday will be held at our club this year. The tickets our club will sell this year will be divided up and given to each invited member to sell. More information to come on this as well as the allstar playday information and dates.

– President: Michael Rolen 806-231-0102

– Vice President: Donny Raney-806-584-5845

– Secretary: Angela Raney 806-584-5762

– Treasurer: Beth White 806-789-9318

– Parade Director: Djuna Miller 806-690-7836

– Concession Stand Director: Brent Daniels

– Facilities Director: Matt Marti

– Events Director: Pastor Steve

– Extreme Horse Judges: Maddi & Beth

-Executive officer—Robbie Hayes & Michael Hsu

Announcements:

We would like to welcome our newest members Dillon and Niki Rogers and their 4 children to the our club.

KEEP IN MIND: Playdays will now be on the last Saturday of the month. Each playday time will be discussed at the meeting. Watch the newsletters for updates as well as Facebook.

CONCESSION STAND: Our concession director will have plenty of awesome tasting food that you won’t want to miss. So please come hungry!! Menu will be posted on Facebook.

CLEAN UP DAY: We be having another clean-up day coming soon. Please make every effort to attend as we have lots of things that is needed to be completed prior to the Allstar playday this year. We will also have a list of everything that will need to be tackled at this time.

Membership: If you know someone who would like to become a member, please have them contact an officer or Michael Rolen at 806-231-0102 or Donny Raney at 806-584-5845.

As always, we welcome any new members to the club!!!

If you have any questions or comments the following is a list of our officers

Michael Rolen President 806-231-0102, Donny Raney Vice President 806-584-5845, Angela Raney Secretary 806-584-5762, Beth White Treasurer 806-789-9318. We are always available to help.

August 2022

August:
 August 1 st club meeting 7:30pm
 August 6 th Extreme Horse books at 8:00 starts at 9:00
 August 20 th The Chutes Cowboy Church playday books at 5:00 starts at 6:00pm
 August 27 th RHRC playday books at 6:00pm starts at 7:00pm
September:
 September 12 th club meeting 7:30pm
 September 10 th RHRC playday books at 6:00 starts at 7:00
 September 11 th RHRC clean up day for AllStar Playday 8:00 am
 September 11 th RHRC after clean-up day BBQ and Volleyball starts at 5:00pm
 September 24 th Panhandle Allstars playday books at 8:00am grand entry at 10:00am
October:
 October 1 st club house reserved
 October 3 rd RHRC meeting 7:30pm
 October 8 th Allstar playday Rainout Day
 October 29 th RHRC club reserved
 October 29 th RHRC playday times TBA

 INFORMATIONAL:

 Playdays/Extreme horse or any other event that RHRC has: – if the playday is cancelled
we will NOT be rescheduling. From now on if the weather is 45 degrees or less or if wind
is 25 MPH or above, we will automatically cancel that event. We will let everyone know
the morning of by 8:00am. So please check Facebook. If you do not have Facebook, you
may then contact one of the officers to find out, but please give us until 8:00am the
morning of to announce.
 Please note the Panhandle Allstar’s playday will be held at our club this year and we have
lots of stuff to get done prior to this event. Below will be a list of to-do’s for our next
clean up day of September 11 th at 8:00am. Please note this is the last chance we will have
to get everything that we can done prior to the Allstar playday. We will have a BBQ which
the meat will be provided by the club, and everyone can bring a side dish or dessert as
well as any games you would like to play we will also have volleyball set up in the arena to
play. Will be BYOB.
 Allstar playday will be September 24 th books will be at 8:00am -9:45am and Grand Entry
will be at 10:00am. The Allstar rainout day being October 8 th . People who are invited will
be invited from either the President or the Vice President only. Will be 4 events at the
Allstar playday barrels, flags, poles, and the last event will be the tunnel vision, we will do
straight barrels for any tie breakers. Please note if you are invited you have to do all 4
events. There is 5 age groups 9 and under, 10-13, 14-18, 19-40 and 41 and up. There will
be 20 people invited with some back up riders due to those who cannot attend due to
schedule conflicts.
 All-star Playday Shirts will be same as last year, please let Angela know if you need one
made if your invited or just want one. They must be 100% polyester white fishing shirts.
Academy does have them but please make sure they are 100% polyester.
 There is 800 Raffle tickets for the Allstar playday to be sold. Each club that is invited
has 200 tickets they must sell. We will give each invited rider 20 tickets for he/she to
sell and must be sold prior to all star playday event. The tickets are $10.00 each and will
be for a henry golden boy 357 gun. Please let us know if you would like purchase any
tickets. Thank you
 We are looking into doing prize give aways for the Allstar playday we need some ideas on
what all to do. Example the shortest horse, tallest horse longest tail, shortest tail ect.
Let us know what you have in mind.
 We are going to need Volunteer’s for the Allstar playday to wok the Gates, ect. Please
help if you can as it will be a very busy day and we will need to do our best to get through
it as quickly and efficiently as possible.

 A list of the board members with phone numbers will be below for you to keep for your
records.

 As a friendly reminder please make sure you remove anything (barrels, poles ect.)
out of the arena after you are finished practicing so that the ones who go out to
plow up the arena do not have to do it. Thank you. Please completely remove
everything each time you finish practicing in the arena each time. Please make sure to
shut all gates to the arena as well as they have been left open and this can cause them to
break and no longer be of use due to wind blowing them. Thank you

 The all-stars playday is right around the corner. September 11 th clean up day list of things
to do.
o Mowing/weed eating
o Pick up trash
o Clean up fryer for concession stand
o Grease all arena gates
o Fix pvc pipe for poles (cut off and make all even place caps on top of each one)
o Get barrel covers for the barrels
o Arena bathrooms needs cleaned and stocked
o Need to get the area to the bathrooms blocked off from anyone parking or driving
over there.
o Need a new “old folks’ step” made or fixed.
o Need to fix concession stand steps, need apply all thread/boards to the concession
stand steps
o Trash can liners for all trash cans
o Place trash cans all the way around the arena
o Need to purchase new sound board system for the crows nest
o Need to Tie up wire around arena/cut excess wire off and throw away excess wire
o Smooth driveway down
o Fix boards going around the practice arena
o Screw up old sign on the East side of the gate to show ppl they are in right spot.
o Stack up all wood at the club house and cut to length for firewood
o Need to purchase/find short trough for drinks and ice
 . Call before you haul, and cancelations will also be listed on face book the morning of the
event. We will go off the 45/25 rule for cancellations on all events. Concession stand will
not be open for this event.

 Another reminder: We want to let everyone know to be cautious when at the riding club
the snakes are out again. Please keep an eye out for the Rattle Snakes as a few have

already been spotted. Keep a close eye on your little ones and watch your step. Please
notify one of the officers if you do spot a Rattle Snake.

 September 17 th Tri-State fair parade “Honor the U.S.A.” We want to look as uniform as
we can to represent our club. Royalty must wear their attire and officers may wear their
long white sleeve button down shirts if they choose to others can wear there all-star
playday white shirts or any of their club t-shirts. We cannot throw candy at the parade;
however, we can have some people that walk and hand out candy. We will be decorating
float the night before the parade and leave it overnight at Dustin Carvers building to
eliminate rushing the morning of the parade. The parade does start at 10:00am. Not sure
if We will need some pooper scoopers to walk behind the horses. We will need help with
decorating the trailer.

 RHRC’s gun raffle this year went very well and had a total of $4840 dollars with only 16
tickets not being sold. Thank you to everyone who sold tickets. We really appreciate your
hard work and salesman ship skills.

Announcements:
KEEP IN MIND: Playdays will now be on the last Saturday of the month. Each playday time will
be discussed at the meeting. Watch the newsletters for updates as well as Facebook.
SEPTEMBER RHRC PLAYDAY DATE CHANGE: Please note that we had to change out our
playday date for the Allstars date due to everything being so busy.

CONCESSION STAND: Our concession director will have plenty of awesome tasting food that
you won’t want to miss. So please come hungry!! Menu will be posted on Facebook.

November 2022

November:
November 7 th RHRC meeting 7:30pm
December:
December 5 th RHRC meeting 7:30pm

December 16 th RHRC club Christmas party doors open at 5:30

INFORMATIONAL:

 Please make sure that you attend three meetings and three events, to be considered a
member in good standing. A member in good standings will have access to the club house
and voting rights at the end of the year Christmas party. Please note that clean-up days
and repair days are counted as events for those of you who do not attend the playdays.
Thank you :0)
 Playdays/Extreme horse or any other event that RHRC has: – if the playday is cancelled
we will NOT be rescheduling. From now on if the weather is 45 degrees or less or if wind
is 25 MPH or above, we will automatically cancel that event. We will let everyone know
the morning of by 8:00am. So please check Facebook. If you do not have Facebook, you
may then contact one of the officers to find out, but please give us until 8:00am the
morning of to announce.
 Women’s bathroom by the arena is not working properly again and will need to be fixed
again. Sign will need to be placed to alert people to allow tank to fill prior to being flush
again.

 Boards still need to be fixed around the practice arena.
 The clubhouse now has some of the new chairs and table recently purchased to replace
the ones currently in the clubhouse. There is a total of 60 more chairs still needed to
purchase for the clubhouse. The clubhouse now has new round table and rectangle tables
as well.
 RHRC is currently talking about doing a few horsemanship clinics. More information to
follow as it becomes available.
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 It is that time of the year again and nominations are now open for next year. open
positions are Treasurer, concessions director, parade director, facility director, events
coordinator.
 There has been changes made to the extreme horse events. We will host one big extreme
horse event and the cost of the entry will be raised. We will have a committee put
together; we will advertise a lot to get a large crowd of people to join in. Our club will get
a few WT students to come out to judge the event to allow everyone in the club who
would like to participate in the extreme horse to be able to do so.
 RHRC will purchase two minisplits to be installed in the club house for heat in the winter
and air conditioning in the summertime. The motion was passed and carried for this.
Trying to get this done and installed for our upcoming Christmas party.
 A special bylaws meeting will be called soon to look into changing the way a
Queen/Princess is done each year that will not just be based off of points alone. More
details to follow the bylaws meeting is called. Email on date of bylaws meeting to follow.
 The leftover drinks, candy and meat from the concession stand will be provided during
the Christmas party this year.
 The concession stand will need to be winterized soon for the winter freezing months as
well as the arena bathrooms and will be locked up until the next year for the 1 st playday.
 Volunteers needed to come help decorate the clubhouse for the annual Christmas party.
Please let Nikki or one of the board members know if you are able to come and help set
up and decorate.

 The following nominations have been made:

o Concessions director-Brent Daniels
o Parade director—Paul Lundegreen
o Facility Director—Matt Marti
o Events Coordinator—Brandi Carver
o Extreme Horse committee—Nikki Hsu/Brent Daniels
o Treasurer– Beth White

Any nominations are able to be made up to the night of the Christmas party…..

 As a friendly reminder please make sure you remove anything (barrels, poles ect.)
out of the arena after you are finished practicing so that the ones who go out to
plow up the arena do not have to do it. Thank you. Please completely remove
everything each time you finish practicing in the arena each time. Please make sure to
shut all gates to the arena as well as they have been left open and this can cause them to
break and no longer be of use due to wind blowing them. Thank you

 Call before you haul, and cancelations will also be listed on face book the morning of the
event. We will go off the 45/25 rule for cancellations on all events. Concession stand will
not be open for this event.

 Nominations will open in October. Positions to be filled are the following: All positions can
be filled except President, Vice President, and Secretary. If you would like to nominate
anyone, please let us know. Nominations will be open up to the day of the Christmas Party.
 Motion made to start books 30 mins prior and will be open for one hour and will close 30
mins early prior to start of playday. There will be no late entries allowed.

 Annual Christmas Party is December 16 th doors will open at 5:30. We will have the silent
auction so please donate those items and bring your cash. The club will provide the meat
and each family is to bring a side dish and dessert of their liking. Bring your own drinks
(BYOB).
 There will be a flyer made up for members to take to businesses to collect donations for
our annual Christmas bucket donations.
 Age groups for gifts will be 12 and under, 13-17, and 18 and up with a limit of $25.00 max
for the white elephant gift. It is lots of fun so make sure to grab your gift and join in.

Announcements:
KEEP IN MIND: Playdays will now be on the last Saturday of the month. Each playday time will
be discussed at the meeting. Watch the newsletters for updates as well as Facebook.
.
CONCESSION STAND: Our concession director will have plenty of awesome tasting food that
you won’t want to miss. So please come hungry!! Menu will be posted on Facebook.

Membership: If you know someone who would like to become a member, please have them
contact an officer or Michael Rolen at 806-231-0102 or Donny Raney at 806-584-5845.

December 2022
December:
 December 15 th -Decorate for party. Time to be announced on fb.
 December 16 th – Club Christmas Party and awards
 December 19 th – Club reserved
January:
 January 9 th – RHRC meeting 7”30pm (meeting date change due to holidays)
 January 14 th – Make a Wish CASI Chili Cookoff
February:
 February 6 th – RHRC meeting 7:30pm
March:
 March 6 th – RHRC meeting 7:30pm
 March 25 th – 1 st playday, Books open at 10am and close at 11am, start at 11:30am

INFORMATIONAL:
 Annual Christmas Party is December 16 th . Doors will open at 5:30, we will eat at 6:00. We
are still needing items for the kids awards buckets. We have a total of 25 buckets to fill.
We will have the silent auction so if you have anything to donate, bring it. The meat is
being provided by Michael Rolen and Robbie Hayes. Each family brings a side dish and
dessert of their liking. Bring your own drinks.
We will eat followed by a short meeting to elect officers. After that, we will present
year end awards. We will then have our gift exchange. We will do the White Elephant gift
exchange for those that want to participate. Age groups for gifts will be 12 and under,
13-17, and 18 and up. The price limit is $25 max.
 Officer positions to be voted on at this year’s party are Treasurer, Concessions Director,
Parade Director, Facility Director, Events Coordinator and Extreme Horse Committee.
Nominations can be made up until the election on December 16 th .
The following nominations have been made:
 Concessions director-Brent Daniels
 Parade director—Paul Lundegreen
 Facility Director—Matt Marti
 Events Coordinator—Brandi Carver, Steve Belote
 Extreme Horse Commitee—Nikki Hsu, Brent Daniels
 Treasurer—Beth White

 Playdays- Books will be open for 1 hour. They will close 30 minutes prior to the start of
the playday. There will be NO late entries. If the playday is cancelled due to weather, we
will NOT be rescheduling. If the temperature is 45 degrees or less or if wind is 25 MPH
or above, we will automatically cancel that event. We will let everyone know the morning
of by 8:00am. Cancellations will be posted on Facebook. If you do not have Facebook,
you may then contact one of the officers to find out, but please give us until 8:00am the
morning of to announce.
 Please make sure that you attend three meetings and three events throughout the year
to be considered a member in good standing. A member in good standings will have access
to the club house and voting rights at the end of the year Christmas party. Please note
that clean-up days and repair days are counted as events for those of you who do not
attend the playdays.
 As a friendly reminder, when you use the arena, please make sure you remove any
equipment used (barrels, poles ect.) out of the arena when you are finished. Please
make sure to shut all gates to the arena as well. They have been left open. This can
damage the gates.
 If you have any questions or comments the following is a list of our officers

Membership: If you know someone who would like to become a member, please have them
contact an officer. As always, we welcome any new members to the club!!!

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