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NC Horse CouncilReports Executive Directors Monthly Report: April 2008
Accomplishments
Speaker at Ground breaking ceremony at The Martin Center in Williamson Discussion:
This month began with my participation in the groundbreaking ceremonies in Williamston. A new capital improvement project will bring two new barns and 200 news stalls to the show grounds. In addition, I have had multiple conversations with the Capital Improvements Director from the NC Dept. of Agriculture regarding capital improvement projects at the Fletcher Facility. I spoke with several concerned equine owners about these improvements as well to better understand the area concerns. I will be receiving a complete set of capital improvement plans and have been assured that the Fletcher Center will remain a " Horse Facility" Trail and Community Grants timeline is on track. We have held in reserve the dollars allocated for this competition and no delays are expected. The Education Grants have been posted Our regional plan is developing. We now have one complete region. Larry Blackburn has identified four district representatives. He will be developing membership and other regional goals. Both regional managers assisted in the Equine Survey meetings. The Rural Development Center requested mailing lists for the survey and we were able to work with our managers and our trail consultants to acquire multiple lists. Trails work has been very active this month. Several new trail projects have been discussed including work with a trail riding group concerned with access to Falls Lake game lands. Friends of Hill Forrest (FOHF) continue to pursue estimates for liability insurance and the possibilities of leasing the recreational rights to Hill Forrest. We are also continuing our work on a Memorandum of Understanding with the Division of Wildlife and other state departments. A draft budget has been developed for the 2008 SHF. The facility in Williamston has been reserved.  Horse Feed Retrieval There is currently an active "retrieval" notice from Purina Mills. If you go to the Purina wbsite: www.horse.purinamills.com and click on "Eastern U.S. Voluntary Product Retrieval (Updated May 8, 2008)" located in the bottom right hand corner you can find out more. Batches are being recalled by date codes printed on the bottom of the bag! The date code is a series of numbers and letters on the bottom of the bag. It starts with the year which will be: 7, or 07 or 8, or 08, then three letters for the month, a day, and finally three letters for the plant location (ie. Statesville will be STA) Names of the feeds are Country Acres (Sweet 10, Sweet 12, Pellet 10, and Pellet 12) and Equine Senior. The Country Acres feeds are from November 07 and January and February 08. There is only one date code of Senior affected and that is 8JAN05STA. Products manufactured at the Statesville, NC plant after Feb. 2, 2008 are NOT affected. You may contact your dealer for a replacement bag. You may also contact the Purina Statesville, NC plant at (704) 924-5100 - 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday if you have questions. During non-business hours, please leave a message. |
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