by Theresa Puckett
Wow, we actually made it! This year’s award ceremony read something like an “action thriller”. It began in early November… I started trying to contact the lady that we had been using the last several years for our plaques, only to find out that she no longer worked there and the new owner had no idea how to do them. So, I am now standing there with my pants down trying to figure out what we were going to do. Franticly, we started looking for an alternative for the plaques, but was finding it difficult to stay within our budget. Then we found a lady that could do sublimation (a type of printing for the plaques) but had never done one with photos before… but said she would like to give it a try. So we sent her a design, she printed it, and it looked great. To help keep the price of the plaques in budget, the awards committee designed the plaques.
Things were looking up. The points were tallied, photos were sent in, the date was set and a place was booked. All seemed to being going well then BAM! We found out that the place had double booked and we got bumped. So we were then faced with the question of a different date or place. After talking to several members to see what would work best it was decided to try to find a different place and keep the date. We started calling around trying to find another place and most were booked already. Finally after talking to about a dozen places we located a meeting room and booked it. You would think at this point all was good but, NO. I got a phone call Friday night about 6 PM, the awards are the next day, and the storm the night before had damaged the roof and the room we had booked had gotten flooded. They wanted to know if we wanted to go ahead or cancel. After banging my head against the wall for a few minutes I called them back. They had been working on the room all day and assured me that they felt that it would be fine in time for our meeting but it was our call. So we went with it and everything turned out great.
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| Front Row (L to R) Zach Puckett, Kay Allen, Shyanne Lopp, Laura George, Lydia Spears, Theresa Puckett Back Row (L to R) Kandi Wilhoit, Katrina Fleener, Dennis Vonderfecht, Dena Wilson & Travis Henderson |
Congratulations winners!
Show Awards:
Grand Champion: Crooked Creek’s Bosco
Res. Grand Champion: Crooked Creek’s Beaujolais
Champion Youth: Katie Randall
Res. Champion Youth: Shyanne Lopp
Champion Halter Jack: Country Music's Rusty Weir
Res. Champion Halter Jack: KKR Stroke of Midnight and Farmstead's William Blount
Champion Halter Jennet: Hill Co Mini's Lexus
Res. Champion Halter jennet: Farmstead's Chessie
Champion Halter Gelding: Wit's End Tumbleweed
Res. Champion Halter Gelding: Farmstead's James Otis Watson
Champion Halter Mammoth: J. B. Royal Alexandria
Champion In-Hand Performance Jack: Crooked Creek’s Bosco
Champion In-Hand Performance Jennet: Crooked Creek’s Beaujolais
Res. Champion In-Hand Performance Jennet: Legendary's Heart's Wide Open
Champion In-Hand Performance Gelding: God's Little Acre Farm Dan
Res. Champion In-Hand Performance Gelding: HHAA Valiant Diego
Champion Harness Jack: Crooked Creek’s Bosco
Champion Harness jennet: Crooked Creek's Beaujolais
Champion Harness Gelding: HHAA Valiant Diego
Res. Champion Harness Gelding: CCC Love Bug
Champion Spotted Color: KKR Merlin
Res. Champion Spotted Color: Ma & Pa's Antonia
Champion Solid Color: God's Little Acre Farm Stormy
Res. Champion Solid Color: Country Music's Rusty Weir
Champion Best Matched Pair: Crooked Creek Bosco & Beaujolais
Res. Champion Best Matched Pair: HHAA Valiant Diego/Circle C Radar
Non-show Awards:
Kerri Little Memorial Rookie of the year: Dena Wilson
Mike Pallota Memorial Ambassador of the breed: Champion: Heavenly Snickers
Res. Champion: J&E Ezra
Martha Wilhoit Memorial Driving Award: Champion: Heavenly Snickers
Res. Champion: Assphalt Acres Good Tipper
