Special NCHA Board Meeting to be held Thursday, Dec. 13; Cyril Heim, father of Joe Heim, passes away; Silent auction set for Zack Henning; TAHC reports new cattle traceability rules; November stats for www.allaboutcutting.com swell!
Following a flurry of telephone calls and e-mails, enough directors agreed to call a special meeting of the Board of Directors for Thursday, Dec. 13. The meeting follows Article IV, Section 7 of the NCHA constitution and By-laws.
Thursday’s special meeting will be held at 1 p.m. in the south Texas Room, located across from the Exhibit Hall of the Will Rogers Memorial Complex. Only directors of the eight NCHA regions will be allowed to attend the meeting and proper identification will be required for admission. This includes the exclusion of any lawyers if they are not NCHA directors.
According to those who called the meeting, they have enough directors who have indicated they will be attending the meeting, to pass their agenda, which requires a quorum – or 40% of the directors.
Cyril Heim, 92, the father of NCHA Triple Crown Champion, AQHA World Champion, and NRHA World Champion Joe Heim, passed away Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 in Louisville, Ky.. He was an Artillery-Forward Observer with the 45th Division during World War II, receiving a Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts for his service to our country.
The elder Heim shared his passion for horses with his three children in their youth and while all three rode, it was his middle child and youngest son, Joe, who had the most interest and admitted at a young age that he dreamed of becoming a horse trainer. Joe, of course, diligently pursued his dream and became an icon in the horse industry.
After his father passed away, Joe lamented that he has always been very proud of his parents and extremely grateful for all the sacrifices they made so that he could ride and show horses in his youth which built the foundation for his later success. Perhaps his biggest fans, he pointed out that his parents’ support and his father’s passion impacted not just his own life and career choice, but numerous others as well. His father’s legacy will now continue with Joe’s one-of-a-kind apprentice program, the Joe Heim Academy of Professional Western Horsemanship
Cyril Heim was preceded in death by his wife of 67 years, Ethel Doyle Heim, Cyril Heim is survived by daughter, Susan Heim; sons, George Heim (Mary) of Chicago, Ill., and Joe Heim (Holly) of Thackerville, Okla.., three grandchildren, including Joette Heim Duvall (Cody) of Granada, Colo.,, and four great-grandchildren.
A silent auction is being planned for Dec. 13 -14 in the Exhibit Hall during the NCHA Futurity for trainer Zack Henning, Dublin, Texas, who broke both bones in his lower leg and had to have surgery and a rod put In to repair the fractures. Your donations are needed, including items for the auction breedings and your time. If you would like to donate, contact Sandra McBride, 817-360-7322; Alycia Bellenfant,, 254-893-5540; Virginia McLamb, 817-771-9346; Paula Rogers Wood, 254-965-6180 or Judy Venezia Morris, 817-946-0774
The Texas Animal Health commission (TAHC) has issued a new set of rules for cattle traceability. Anyone who has cattle needs to read this.
The November statistics for www.allaboutcutting.com have swelled, showing 5,662 unique (different) visitors visiting during the month, visiting 15,705 times, viewing 51,558 pages. This is up from October when 4,425 unique visitors came to the site 9,537 times, looking at 26,452 pages.
It’s now time for you to advertise your stallions for the upcoming breeding season! Be sure to call or e-mail Advertising Manager Sandy Madigan at 920-969-3213 or e-mail her at sandymadigan.allaboutcutting@gmail.com.
Also, don’t miss the Classified section with several new horses for sale – with some of them selling in the NCHA Futurity sales coming up Dec. 10-15.
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