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Spring 2008 News
It doesn't look or feel much like spring today (2/18/08), but we all
hope that the weather will warm up for volunteer training in March/April!
Until then, our newsletter is packed with photos and info! First, we'd
like to recognize Jefferson High School Special Ed Class and
Linda Patterson for inserting the gift envelopes. Thanks also
to Dawn Lively for doing the newsletter layout
Read the newsletter now. (Save
the PDF files to your hard drive and open them in Acrobat Reader from
there.)
And see below for lots of additional and detailed news.
-Ruth Paarmann
Volunteer Recruitment Poster
Please print this poster and
get permission to post it wherever you can. It can be a big help. For
example, Carol and Jerry Nordquist put up posters at the North Liberty
Recreation Center, where our Sidewalker Rookie of the Year, Lorrianne
Dunn, found out about us. Thanks to the Nordquists for helping connect
us to awesome volunteers!
Volunteer Awards 2007
In case you missed the volunteer party in January, here’s the
complete list of volunteer recognition.Click here for photos!!!!
Volunteer of the Year: Pam Kerr
Horse Committee Rookies of the Year: Liz Baker, Roberta Till-Retz
Sidewalker Rookies of the Year: Nora Becker, Lorrianne Dunn
Junior Rookies of the Year: Chelsea Lammers, Kyle Gunsolly, Alexis Zimba-Kirby
Barn Assistant of the Year: Kim Arundale
Golden Hammer: Bill Boyd
Longest Serving Volunteer: Jackie Wallace – 20 years
Decorator of the Year: Anne Angerer, for her work repainting the bathroom.
Most Dedicated Cancellation: Maureen Rompot. Maureen had a severe migraine
headache one afternoon and was unable to sidewalk. Since she hadn’t
warned her student she was going to be gone the week before, she had
her husband drive her out to personally tell the student she couldn’t
be with him.
HC Volunteers over 300 hours: Elaine Mayer, Ruth Paarmann, Anne Angerer
HC Volunteers over 200 hours: Colleen Brems
HC Volunteers over 100 hours: Andrea Seltrecht, Chloe Wright, Rosemary
Oliver, Chris Gutierrez, Joyce Snyder, Annie Trumpold, Sue Hohbein,
Carina Johnson, Laura Hensley, Lisa Tracy, Terry Freese, Jackie Wallace,
Ines Hofmann-Kanna, Richard Maloney, Marie Gerleman, Kate Hladky, Phyllis
White
SW over 50 hours: Brooke Stammeyer, Carolyn Robertson, Sue Griffith,
Kathleen Glady, Beth Swartzenruber, Ken Welsch, Judy Gerleman, Elizabeth
Litfin, Denise Weinard-Welsch, Carol Nordquist, Luann Williams, Morgan
Oberfoell, Liz Anderson, Libby Oberfoell, Jerry Nordquist
Volunteer Appreciation Party Donor Thanks
Sponsored by Iowa State Bank and Ann and Iver Cairns
Donors
BP Gas Station, Candice Barnhill, Betty Jane Candies, Sue Bock, Ann
and Iver Cairns, Coral Ridge Ice Arena, Corridor Coffee Company,
Devotay, Dick Grimes, Jon Hureaska, Hy-Vee -1st Ave - Iowa City, Iowa
State Bank & Trust Company, Leaf, Merle Norman Cosmetics, New Pioneer
Co-Op, Rita Offutt, Outback Steak House, Ruth Paarmann, Riverside Theatre,
Jackie Wallace, Barry Westemeyer, Andrea Wright
Individual 5K Donors
Thanks to the many people who donated to the 5K through the Challenge
participants!
James & Louise Aiken, Melanie Alberts, Sam Aossey, Mr. Ball, Thad
Barker, Candy Barnhill, Susan Barske, Ray Barta, Cindy Baseman, Ruth
Beyerhelm, Karen Black, Sue Bock, Steve Bohr, John Bowman, Katie Boyce,
William and Sheila Boyd, Lori Brecht, Connie Francis Brems, Mike Brown,
Kevin Buchanan, Scott Burnett, Thomas Burrell, Iver & Ann Cairns,
Kelly Campbell, June Chen, Rocelle Claude, Sue & Bob Collins, Jack
Colony, Rob Cousins, Larry Daves, Christine Denburg, Marcy Dent, Dan
Dickel, Denna Dillor, Candy Dominy, Carol Erbam, Matthew Evans, Dixie
& Eric Evans, Jan Federer, Judy Fisher.Edith Ford, Carl Foster,
Tom Franz, Diane Gallagher, Ric Gerard, Kris Gibson, Laura Giles, Eric
Gjerde, Vance Gordon, Stacy Gray, Cheri Hanson, Brent & Amy Hanson,
Bryan Hayes, Bob Henderson, Bill Hepker, Nikki Herbst, Liz Herman, Mike
Hernandez, Lisa Herring, Michele Hojnacki, Jesse Holcomb, Dave Holvorson,
Mark Hovey, Bill Hutchines, Hassan Igram, Shadia Igram, Mike Ingram,
Todd Jackson, Jovita Jensen, Lim & Lea Jensen, Ryan Jensen, Jason
Jensen, Chad & Michelle Jensen, Kathy Jensen, Bob Jensen, Dana Jiras,
Drew Johnson, Mary Johnson, Sheri Johnson, Beth Jorgensen, Don Kearney,
Mrs. Kerr, Jared Klein, Tricia Krol, Linda Krutsinger, Karen Kunts,
Chris LaBarr, Shelly Lang, Dillan Langhlin, Kristen & Geoff Lareom,
Jim Leibold, Rod & Lea Lemon,. Dan & Angela Lewis, Doris Lockridge,
Thomas & Carolyn Loew, Stephanie Lord, Ben Macumber, Mark McCauley,
Lloyd McClain, Maria McCoy, Mr. McCue, Tom McDonald, Manl McIntesh,
Brandi Miller, Susan Miller, Sherry Moffit, Victoria Montano, Mr. Moody,
Amy Newell, John Otto, Steve Ottoson, Ruth Paarmann, Randy Paris, Kelly
Pederson, Jeff Pflughaft, Janet Pittman-Foell, Kevin Ploegger, Mike
Potter, Patricia Rasmussen, Amy Roach, Tim Robinson, Robin Roseman,
Wendy Ruppel, Kathy Saycor, Shane Sedenken, Diane Seede, Dan Selzen,
Tom Sharpe, Rachel Slezak, Rick Stahl, Barb Steep, Phil Sutton, Janeta
Tansey, Chris & Charity Taylor, Bill & Beth Taylor, Byem Thompson,
Jason Treka, James & Ann Truemper, Margaret Trumpold, Anne Tucker,
Richard Van Auken, Jeanie Waite, Carl Waite, Chand & Brooke Watkinson,
Jim & Mary Alice Weber, Mr. White, Demon Wielomed, Jessica Wolfe,
Angie Young
Shamrock Gets a Visitor from His Past
In June 2007, Shamrock had a blast from his past! One of his former owners,
Tyfany Boettcher-Burke, visited him when she was back in the state from
Texas.
Tyfany started riding Shamrock at lessons in Arizona. Her family transferred
to Iowa, where they looked at other ponies, but as Tyfany puts it, “No
horse I looked at was as great as Shamrock was!”
 Tyf
and Shamrock showed around the area for about 10 years. “He would jump
anything you pointed him at!” she reports. She and her sister spent
time trail riding and got Shamrock to swim, too. (Check out the great
photo of this pair from years ago!)
Tyfany kept touch with the person she sold him to, Lois Kelly, for a
time. About six months ago, Tyfany had a dream about her pony friend
that inspired her to use the internet to find Lois, who happily reported
that he was at Miracles in Motion.
“Getting to see him was by far the highlight of our trip. It was much
better than even going to my high school reunion!” Tyfany says. “It
was wonderful to see him. He looks just the same! It’s been almost 20
years since we had him shipped to Iowa.”
Tyfany is getting a Ph.D. in psychology and her husband’s in law school,
but someday, she hopes to own horses again. Until then, Tyfany has been
inspired to find local therapeutic equestrian programs in her local
Austin area where she and her 14 year old sister plan to volunteer.
Tyfany, thanks for your visit and sharing such a great history of
one of our boys.
Archives
Did you miss a newsletter? Want to see the annual reports? View the
PDF files* online!
Newsletters
Fall 2007 — Horse show 07 highlights
are viewable here. Read a special
letter here.
Summer 2007, Spring 2007
Fall 2006, Summer 2006,
Spring 2006
Fall 2005,
Summer 2005, Spring 2005
Fall 2004, Summer
2004, & Spring 2004
Fall 2003,
Summer 2003, & Spring 2003
Fall 2002,
Summer 2002, & Spring 2002
Click here for Fall 2001.
*Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view these files. Please go to
www.adobe.com to download the free
Reader program.
 Many
thanks to Chris Moore of noggin for designing the newsletter and brochures.
2007 Annual Report
Revisit the highlights of Miracles in Motion's activities in the 2007
annual report. (Save the PDF file to your hard drive and open it
in Acrobat Reader from there).
2006 Annual Report
View the 2006 annual report.
2005 Annual Report
Click to view our 2005
annual report.
2004 Annual Report
2003 Annual Report: Download these three PDF files*!
Part 1, Part
2, Part 3
Event Photos
HORSE VISITS: Students and their families submitted photos of a winter
visit to the Miracles in Motion riding center. Click
here to see pictures taken by Deanna Scott in January 2002.
HORSE SHOW: Here are some photos from the 2001 Miracles in Motion horse
show. Click here to see pictures.
Art Schmidt -- One Who Cares
Miracles in Motion nominated Art Schmidt for the 2003 KCRG’s
“9 Who Care Jefferson Awards.” Click
here to read the complete nomination.
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