January 9, 2010

The meeting was called to order by our President Olin Jackson around 11:45AM at the Rowan Presbyterian Church in Lugoff, South Carolina. With our stomachs full from a delicious Pot-Luck ham dinner we got down to business.

The first order of business, the Minutes from our last Annual Meeting were read and approved.

This included a Financial Statement for 2009 for both the Club and Show Accounts.

We proceeded on to the election of Officers.

Kirby Ingram was reelected Vice President; Jimmy Bryson and Billy Barfield were elected as a Board Members. Our 2010 Officers and Board are as follows:

President             Vice President         Secretary/Treasurer

Olin Jackson         Kirby Ingram              Donna Ingram

Board Members

Rick Gary          Beth Tankersley      Charlie Hoback

Steve Mathis     Billy Barfield            Jimmy Bryson

The Show at the State Fair was the next item of discussion. By all accounts it was a success, the participants had a great time all three days and things ran fairly smooth. Everyone, including Fair Officials,were very pleased with the turnout. Our Judge, Karen Reeder and our Announcer, Skip Neese did a fine job as always. We thank them for that.

The Show Account balance amount is available to memebers by contacting Donna.

We of course ran into a few snags but with the approval of the State Fair we should have those worked out for 2010.These consist of a bit more money from the Fair, more advertising from the Fair, mailing out entry passes so people will have them on hand when they arrive at the Fair. There is also the possibility of a celebrity candy scramble for Local News teams children and for the adults a celebrity wagon class.

Once again there were a lot of people that really worked hard to put this Show together, we could use a lot more help. More so on Sunday than Friday or Saturday. We have more spectators on Sunday so we really need to put our best foot forward to let everyone know we are serious about being back at the Fair. Again this year we awarded a Plaque to Jimmy Bryson and Lydia Insurance for the $1000.00 Bronze Contribution. Thanks to everyone that helped!!

Door prizes were drawn for and G.W. Tisdale won a screwdriver set, Dixie Shumpert and Jimmy Bryson won Colonial Cup caps.

The Meeting adjourned about 1:30 PM

The Ride in Ridgeway

Tom and Lori Creasman put on a great ride at their place “Our Barn” in Ridgeway

the weekend before Thanksgiving. If you didn't make it you really missed a good ride.

The scenery was gorgeous, the food was delicious, and the weather could not have been

any better.

We had several wagons, along with several outriders. One of the best things about

the weekend was that there were lots of kids riding. Lori had some of her students, Red

& B.J.'s 3 boys and Kirby and Donna's 2 granddaughters, and not to mention “Little

Luther” (Noah) riding Hattie by himself. It was great to see so many kids out and about

enjoying good old fashioned fun. I just wish I had half of their energy!! I believe

everyone all had a grand time, adults and kids.

Tom and Lori fed us well, great food and fellowship, you can't beat that with a

stick!! I

hope they keep it up and it is an Annual event.