TRAIL RIDE!!!! APHC SPRING TRAIL RIDE & POT LUCK - SATURDAY, MAY 12TH

Bring your Paint loving, trail riding friends for a scenic afternoon or weekend in beautiful Prescott. Granite mountain trails are "show horse compatible". Fishing and hiking available for non-riders to enjoy! Site opens at 9:00 a.m. Be ready to ride out at 10:00.

Location: Cayuse Equestrian Day Use Site on Granite Mountain. Bring a side dish and your own drinks. APHC will provide hot dogs and utensils. Horse water trough on site. APHC members free, guest $3.00. There is a $2.00 parking fee. If you are interested in camping over at Groom Greek Horse Camp or in the National Forest nearby, contact Carolyn early as areas must be reserved early. For more information contact: Kathy Vukasovich @ 520-717-2673, SPRUCMT@Futureone.com or Carolyn Lee @ 520-632-4321, realhorse@northlink.com (ride day cell # 520-713-4464).

On March 31, 2001, we held our annual APHC Awards Banquet and General Membership meeting at Turf Paradise in Phoenix, Arizona. THANK YOU MARK KUHLWEIN!!! Mark did an excellent job in organizing and managing this year's award banquet. Below are our new officers and directors. If anyone has any questions, comments or suggestions, please contact any one of them and they will help any way they can. All of the officers and board members are here to help all APHC members so please, if you have any questions you need answers to, suggestions for upcoming events, or would just like to be more involved, call one of them.

Officers:

President: Charlie Waltz (520) 294-5071

1^st Vice President: John Gentile (623) 582-1996

2^nd Vice President: Stacy Padhye (623)561-7723

Secretary: Dawn Campbell (623) 582-8927

Treasurer: Peggy Hanshaw (623) 788-0299

Our Spring Fling show, held on April 14^th & 15^th, was well attended this year and the weather was perfect. We had over 530 entries, with people coming from as far away as California, Texas, Nevada and Utah. Kerry Aycock did a wonderful job managing this show and we look forward to him "volunteering" next year. The youth group had a fund raiser at this year's show by making Easter bonnets. Most of the bonnets were worn by their horses in a parade. This shows just how versatile our Paint horses are!!!

Our next board meeting will be May 16, 2001, 7:00 p.m. at Arizona City Country Club. All members welcome!!! The Board would like to hear everyone's input - please join us on the 16th, call one of our Board members, or drop a note to Charlie Waltz or the website, www.azpaints.org.