Committee Chairs and Stewards

Trails Committee: Barb Houck (Steward)

Road Clean Up: Alison Strathearn

Historian: Mickie Leach

Black Stallion Literacy Program: Chip Wilson

Parade Committee:  Steve Bondy

Publicity/Newspaper Articles/

Pony Tracks: Mardi Devolites

Equine Welfare:  Ed Dison

Political Committee:  Beverly Hanson

Bylaws, Rules and Conduct:  Tom Pulkin

Website: Edna Driscoll

 

OPEN Positions now and for next term:

   SHA STORE COORDINATOR

COMPETITIVE TRAIL RIDE COMMITTEE

  PARADE COMMITTEE

 ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accomplishments

 

        - Continuously representing horse owners' rights to

          A.J. City Council and Pinal County government

        - Apache Junction now has its own Equine Ordinance

        - Maintaining low density (0-1 buildings per acre) within

         city limits

        - Ensuring square mile section 22 maintains one-acre

         minimum lot size

        - Section 15 down-zoned to one-acre minimum

         conventional housing only

        - Changing City codes for horse shades in both city

          and county, so they are not classified as buildings

          which would require severe setbacks

        - Allowance in the City code for barbed wire for the

          keeping of livestock (not horses)

        - Trails exist and stay open through the Apache

          Junction and Gold Canyon area

        - Expansion of AJ Rodeo Grounds

 

Did You Know?

 

        - Arizona's horse industry exceeds a billion dollars

          annually

        - Arizona Pleasure Horse Owners spend an estimated

          $500 million on their horses

        - Over 50,000 households in Arizona own over

          170,000 horses

        - Horse Show Events contribute over $40 million every

          year

        - Arizona Residents contribute over $9 million as

          spectators at equine events

Horse people have Power!

 

Affiliations

        - Arizona State Horsemen's Association

        - American Horse Council

        - Black Stallion Literacy Program Sponsor and

          Volunteer Organization

        - City of Apache Junction Trail System Plan

        - "Little Buckaroos" Rodeo Sponsor

        - Trail and Road Maintenance Projects including

          assistance in building Lost Goldmine Trail

        - City of Apache Junction "Open Space" Task Force

        - Equine Rescue and Evacuation Planning

        - Coordinated installation of horse access gate into

          federal and state lands

        - Donations to worthy causes

Superstition Horsemen's Association, Inc.

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