EDITOR'S NOTE: For 25 years, Peninsula Daily News readers in Jefferson and Clallam counties have supported the “hand up, not a handout” Peninsula Home Fund.… Continue reading
EDITOR'S NOTE: For 25 years, Peninsula Daily News readers in Jefferson and Clallam counties have supported the “hand up, not a handout” Peninsula Home Fund.… Continue reading
I'VE HEARD SOME use a tree stump, a few use a makeshift stand, and others use their hands and knees to support the hoof as… Continue reading
A FAVORITE TRAIL ride of mine is from Littleton Horse Camp to the Mount Muller summit. I've ridden it several times, and each time, I… Continue reading
LATELY, MY COLUMNS have featured how well our Peninsula 4-H youths performed at September's state fair in Puyallup. At one point, I was asked why… Continue reading
LAST TIME, I mentioned how well the intermediate-aged 4-H riders did at the Western Washington State Fair in Puyallup. Now, it's the senior performance riders'… Continue reading
EARLIER THIS MONTH, parent and equestrian coach Katie Salmon-Newton accompanied four Peninsula 4-H intermediate performance riders — Clallam County 4-H winners — to the Western… Continue reading
FEELING THE MIGHT and power of their mighty steeds beneath them, a handful of local riders showed they are among the best of the Pacific… Continue reading
PENINSULA JUNIOR RODEO Association members gave corking good performances at the annual Junior Rodeo at the Clallam County Fairgrounds last weekend. More than 90 contestants… Continue reading
>ON SATURDAY, I asked my mother to accompany me to a photo shoot of the 4-H drill teams at the Jefferson County Fair. There, I… Continue reading
EQUESTRIAN KYLE ELLIS' long-standing dream came to fruition when the Star Spangled Performance Horse Show took place at the Clallam County Fairgrounds in early July.… Continue reading
IT WAS A typical rainy day in June when I attended the Backcountry Horsemen dedication ceremony for the completed trailhead and parking lot off Dan… Continue reading
PA HARDWOOD'S WILD cow milking team members told me they had a grand time at the Roy Rodeo earlier this month, especially after achieving the… Continue reading
AT TIMES, MY horse Indy can be a bit pigheaded. Last month, he had me stymied on how to get him to trot next to… Continue reading
I'M TOLD THE weather was beautiful for the first Junior Rodeo of the season earlier this month at Kitsap Posse Rodeo in Silverdale Team mom… Continue reading
WHAT DOES RETIREMENT mean to you? A dictionary describes it as withdrawal from active working. Apparently, Tom Mix didn't get the memo because he's working… Continue reading
“Oh, What A beautiful mornin'/Oh, what a beautiful day./I've got a beautiful feelin'/Everything's goin' my way . . .” Or so I thought as that… Continue reading
ASIDE FROM GETTING drenched with rain at their third and final district meet in Elma last weekend, Washington State High School Equestrian Teams from Port… Continue reading
SPRINGTIME'S UPON US, and so far, it's looking like a good time for trail riding. Back Country Horsemen members have been hard at work fixing… Continue reading
YVETTE LUDWAR HAS a heart of gold with a bulldog tenacity, and she's on the hunt for a benevolent benefactor to give Peninsula Therapeutic Riding… Continue reading