Please use caution after you step through the white gate at the Highland Park Trail Head. There is a new water line that runs from the water trough to the new water spigot. There is dirt covering the trench for the water line, but after rain the trench becomes very soft and horses can sink down several inches if they step where the trench is located.

To see the trench, cross the white gate like you were going on the trail, and then look down. You will see deep horse tracks in the ground where horses have stepped in the trench.

Until we can bring out additional fill, please use caution.

Thanks

Fri 3 December
7-10 PM
Napolis Restaurant, Wylie, TX
RSVP to Berdine at 214-215-6141 by 30 Nov

The TTPA Christmas Party has moved to a restaurant this year but we will still be doing our Christmas Gift Exchange. Please bring a wrapped present valued at $20 or less. The party is a fun event and a good way to get to know fellow riders.

Dinners include a drink and salad. TTPA will pick up the gratuity. Dinner choices are Meat Lasagna, cheese lasagna, baked ziti, Manicotti, Spaghetti with meat sauce, and spaghetti with meat balls.

We will also be electing new board members. Our Vice President Tom Eberhart, Event Chair Berdine Eberhart and Secretary Pat Martin will all be stepping down after many years of service. We thank them for their many contributions. Each of these folks has given many hours of their personal time to help with the trail system and TTPA.

We will need new volunteers to fill the positions. Please consider getting involved with the club or if you were involved in the past please consider getting back involved. There will be an election to fill the openings at the meeting.

TTPA Board Members 2009-2010 From front left to right: Tom Eberhart, Berdine Eberhart, Ruth Blom, Tracy Matern, Charlie Gaines. Second Row from left: Duke Monson, Carole Kowitt, Pat Monson, Kendra Lara, Pat Martin and Christine Churchill

However, did you know that many businesses in the area also provide discounts to TTPA members?

For example, Lucas Foods – the gas station on the corner of Lucas Road and Country Club – offers TTPA members discounts on equine and dog food. Lucas Food gives you $2 off a bag of Purina Dog Food and $4 off with a free bag for every 10 bags purchased of Nutro Natural Choice Dog Food.

On horse feed, they give you $1 off for every bag of equine
feed up to $100.

Something else you might not know is that the Lucas Food store will special order food if they don’t currently carry the type of feed you want.

Thank you Lucas Foods for your generous support of TTPA.

Longtime TTPA member Karen Bander, let us know that the horse rescue, Throwaway Ponies, can now receive a donation every time you shop on-line at Apple, Dell, Blockbuster, Target, Staples, and Best Buy.

Just connect to the site below, sign in, and choose your store. The stores listed will donate up to 25% of your purchase to our cause.

http://www.supportyourcause.com/charity/Throwaway-Ponies/75-3201156.

Throwaway Ponies provides a safe haven for horses who might be abused, neglected or possibly euthanized because of their age or physical condition. It also provides equine assited therapy to women and children who have been physically, emotionally or sexually abused in order to build self confidence, self-esteem and physical strength.

For more information on Throwaway Ponies, contact Karen Bander at 214-202-1390
www.throwawayponies.org

There is a membership application on the Trinity Trails web site here.

Membershipo is only $25 for the whole year. We need your support. Send your membership dues in today.