Subject: Workday Sat6/15, new stable plans
Hello Belle Meaders
 
Yes work day is on. Tomorrow Sat June 15 8AM
 
Please bring the usual trail clearing tools.
 
We have tons of trail work to do - and all areas are open and accessible - no deer or turkey season to tip toe around.
 
 
Barn Clean up
We have not yet been released by the insurance company to begin clean up of the barn site.  No problem.  Just delays on their part.
When they do give us the go ahead, we will begin cleanup with Charlie's and my bulldozers and dump trucks.  We plan to do 95% of the cleanup with heavy equipment - so we can concentrate our personal efforts on trails and jumps.
 
Among the many other things that got destroyed in the fire -- we lost the best riding mower and weed eater we ever had.
 
If any of you have a good used one of either, we would appreciate it.
 
Also Ray Walter's chain saw got burned to a crisp.  Gary found it and dusted it off.  He says the bar and the chain may be salvagable - but the engine is a melted blob. - but Gary, ever the optimist, was going to take it home and try to crank it.
 
Thank goodness Bob Richards' 4 wheeler escaped!
 
New stable plans.
We have preliminary drawings now - see attached.
Lots of good suggestions have been made.
We had a Hunt Committee meeting Wednesday 6/12 to go over drawings - insurance - etc.
 
We had good coverage on the barn and it will provide over half of the $$ we need to rebuild.
 
We have $50,000 in our Reserve Fund for emergencies.  But, this is not an emergency.  This is a nuisance - and an opportunity.  Several people have suggested we dip into that emergency fund to help pay for rebuilding the barn.  At first blush, that seems logical.  But, the Hunt Committee agrees with me that we will leave that $$ alone.  I feel like that is Master James' money.  It was accumulated during his regime.  The Hunt Committee agrees with me that we will not touch that account for this project.
 
We agree that we will build back the best facility we can with the money we can raise in addition to the insurance proceeds.
 
We welcome any donation - any size.
 
Several of us will need to put up $5,000 chunks to get the project going.  Sharon and I have made that commitment.
If you want to provide an appliance - such as washer dryer, refrigerator, stove - or the whole kitchen - or just the kitchen sink.
 
You may want to sponsor the new "two holer" bath rooms for each -- mens and ladies bathrooms.
 
Master James always said that a heap of hands make for light work.  So let's all put in what we are comfortable with and we can have something bigger and better than ever before.
 
Sponsor a stall for $1000.
 
Sponsor a wash rack for $1500.
 
Sponsor the new front porch with rocking chairs for $2,000.
 
We will have $500 items and $250 items, too.
 
We will even have bricks for $100.  Just imagine the name of your favorite horse and hound in the brick walk.
 
Then we will have a wall of recognition - to show who did what - by category - it will be very tasteful.
 
We need to have checks and/or pledges ASAP in order to know as precisely as possible what budget we are working with.  Please talk to Epp, Charlie, or Gary and let us know what you have in mind.
 
I estimate we will need $60,000 to $80,000 in addition to the insurance $$ to build what we discussed Wednesday. - see attached.
 
If we can only raise $50,000, then we will have to trim down what we build.
 
We have already received several checks including ones from April Varn Welch and Mel Haas, MFH, Whiskey Road, and a very generous one from Kathy Dixon.
 
Diane and her family have been most resourceful running the boarding operation smoothly in the structures we have left.  Robbi Gilmore has built new saddle racks for the new tack room.
 
Christine and Frank Anderson donated the use of two large trailers for tack room and construction trailer and construction supply storage that we can lock.
 
 
Attached to this message are the
 
Preliminary floor plans for the new stables.
 
A second email will have attached
 
1.  Preliminary equipment shed plans
2.  Preliminary plans for additional paddocks/corrals
3.  List of features we plan to try to include in the new facilities. - please feel free to add to the list or comment on any item(s) on the list.
 
Good Hunting!
 
Epp