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Pople in PQfi4i
Lynn Flowers almost born in the saddle
by Shelley McPhee
Two dogs and a cat greet visitors as
they come in the back door, then the
pungent odor of horses hit the nostrils.
A quick look through the downstairs
rooms further indicates a positive
feeling for animals, especially horses.
Trophies and ribbons from horse
shows, horse figurines, horse pain-
tings, needlepointed pictures of horse
heads and books on horses tell even the
most unknowing visitor that the Ray
,Flowers family are truly "horsey
people."
Not only do figures of horses
clocorate their home on Highway 4,
south of Clinton, but the family owns 21
of the real thing. Along with pleasure
riding, the horses are a money making
item for at least one daughter, Lynn,
who teaches riding lessons.
The readers write
Dear Editor:
Sincere Christmas greetings and best
wishes for a successful 1979. We hope
that the enclosed will, for the whole of
that year, serve to show our thanks for
contributing to a memorable visit to
Canada.
If the opportunity presents, at the
appropriate time, please give to all
News -Record readers our best wishes
for Christmas and for a safe and happy
New Year.
May and Ernie Cooke,
26 Brookly Gardens,
Fleet, Hampshire,
England.
Tinney elected...
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Tinney the oath of office, told council
that last year when Ginn was elected
warden he said council had someone
. who would "put some spirit in.council".
This year he referred to Tinney's
membership on his township's fire
board and told council it had someone
who would "set the county on fire".
Carter said Huron County had a lot to
offer. He said in today's society
"bigness is goodness", adding that
nothing could be farther from the truth.
He said Huron's agricultural resources
were far greater than many other
counties in Ontario. He said the
county's rural base kept the work ethic
alive here. He said farmers in Huron
still believe in "an honest day's work".
He, added that they "don't always get
an honest day's pay for their work but
by golly they give an honest day's
work".
"Don't sit in the sunshine crying
about yesterday's rain and don't sit in
the rain crying about tomorrow,'s
sunshine," said Carter. "Show the
people of this province that this county
is the banner county of the province."
• from page 4
Roman Catholic as well as other,
presents a somewhat unsettled
silhouette," Among Protestants The
New Bible Dictionary admits : "The
word trinity is not found in the Bible,
and, though used by Tertullian in the
last decade of the 2nd century, it did not
find a place formally in the theology of
the Church till the 4th century."
Is "trinitarianiim" the.truth?
Sincerely yours,
C.F. Barney,
Clinton.
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Practically born in the saddle, Lynn,
now 21, is a Qualified Riding Master.
The title, which is more or less a degree
in the United States, was given after a
year of training at a West Virginia
school.
With these qualifications, Lynn can
now teach riding up the English level
for the Olympics and the highest level
in Western riding as well.
Lynn's qualifications hold less
weight in Canada then they do in the
States.
She explained, "Ontario's funny
about their riding stuff. They have no
real standards or qualifications for the
person."
"They need to qualify people here,
now anybody could go out and teach,
even you," she told the reporter, a
rather inexperienced rider.
Despite the supposedly lax stan-
dards, Lynn is running a successful
riding school with 28 pupils. The
students, youngsters to adults, take
individual and group classes, an hour
for each lesson,
Lynn explained that most children
and adults take lessons because they
want their own horse, but want to learn
about-.th.e- animal .before they. .buy.
Others ride for pleasure and some
students want to know more about the
show ring.
"Many of my students come from.a
distance, so they're interested in it,"
Lynn said, "And when they're in-
terested, it's easy to teach them."
Not only is Lynn an expert on the
care• and training of horses, but she is
also skilled in the show ring.
In a good year, Lynn and her sister
Michele, 20, have easily taken over 100
ribbons, ranging from first to fifth
place.
Lynn admitted that 1978 was a bad
year, she only took 45 different ribbons.
Lynn attends area fairs, breeder
shows and saddle clubs shows from
March to October and during the
summer months she's riding in a show
almost every weekend.
Michele, who also rides during the
summer, is Lynn's coach and critic.
"Michele's awfully hard to please.
I'm sometimes under the impression
that I'm showing for my sister, not the
judge," she joked.
Is fitness Important?
Ask any body.
"You need someone ori a mirror to
tell and show you what you look like
when you're riding," she explained.
• At shows, Lynn's father also keeps a
close eye on her performance.
"We sort of safeguard each other.
Sometimes you just lose your temper
and walk off," she said.
"But dad will let the horses away
with a little more than I will. He and I
- have a different opinion on that."
She went on, "We're a divided family
here."
She explained that while Michele
prefers the English style of riding,
Lynn likes the action -packed Western
style, and while Lynn prefers Quarter
Horses, her father likes Arabians.
"That's why we have both," she
explained.
Despite the differences, the family's
lovs,, of horses all started at the same
place, at Lynn's grandfather's, Adam
Flowers of Bayfield.
Lynn remembered that when she was
younger her grandfather always had
ponies and she always rode them.
Even before she was aware of it, at the
age of two, she was sitting on a saddle,
with her father when he rode.
Lynn's first horse came as a
Christmas present, 12 years ago from
her grandfather.
Now, she has three of her own per-
sonal horses which she rides daily as
well as cares and feeds for the others.
Her students help as well, since along
with riding, each pupil is responsible
for the brushing and cleaning of the
animal they ride.
Still, Lynn spends most of her day in
the barn and the indoor riding arena.
She starts the morning with an 8 am
feeding, then by 9 am she's cleaning out
t•.
the stalls which can take up to four -
and -a -half hours. Lynn's afternoons
and evenings are spent. teaching. As
well she feeds the horses at noon, 4pm
and 8 pm.
Lynn admits that she doesn't get
away from the farm too much and
there are days when, she doesn't feel
like going to the barn, but her father
sometimes offers to do the feeding.
Lynn's mother is getting better with
the horses and can help as well but
Lynn noted, "She's alot better on the
ground than on the horse."
Although the horses are primarily
Lynn's responsibility, when January
comes she will need some help with
their care and feeding. Although Lynn
will carry on her lessons and training
on weekends in the new year, she will
also be attending the University of
Guelph where she will be taking a
computer course.
Surprisingly, the the reason why
Lynn is taking the course is to use it
with horses, to tell their bloodlines and
breeding combinations.
It seems rather definite that Lynn
wants her life to revolve around horses.
"It's something I've always wanted
to do right from the start," she
stressed. •
Even studying to be a veterinary
wasn't specific enough for Lynn and
she quit the course when she realized
that it was too general and she only
wanted to deal in horses.
The Flowers family, particularly
Lynn, truly have horse in their blood.
Not even the family dog, Ben, and
Australian Shepherd escapes. He goes
to all the shows, helps Lynn at lessons
and keeps her company in the barn.
A sure sign of old age is forget-
fulness, many people think.
If that is the case, then I must be
bordering at the 150 year old Ievel.
Granted, some people's memory
does ,become a little thinner as the
years go by, but forgetfulness is not
an exclusive trait of our older
generation.
At the ripe young age of 23, I'm
constantly faced with memory
lapses and blank moments
They can strike at any moment;
when you're meeting someone and
you can't recall their name or
remember when you met them
before.
Or there are timbs at the grocery
store when forgetfulness strikes. I'll
go in to pick up one item and end up
filling my basket, but forgetting the
milk, which I had originally in-
tended buying.
People have asked me to do favors
for them. I continually remind
myself to do the good deed, but
inevitably in the end, the favor slips
my mind.
Nearly everyone has experienced
the incident of putting butter in the
cupbard and the iron in the
refrigerator.
PaRT/CIPB1 T/O/7My memory is often quickly jolted
The Canao an movement tor personal Illness
Lw, hen I take a look at my desperate
plants that I've forgotten to water
Shop for her...
where she
shops for herself.
STAN
JONES
for three weeks.
These are all usual cases of
forgetfulness, but I've often gone
way beyond that into the world of no
mind at all.
Just the other day I was sent out
on an assignment to cover the bir-
thday of a 102 -year-old lady at
Huronview. I was pre -warned that
she was forgetful and couldn't give
me too much information on herself.
So off I went in the red bomb with
camera in hand, headed for
Huronview. My first attempt to
reach the destination failed when I
suddenly realized that I had driven
qQ the Vanstra corner, nearly a mile
past Huronview.
After giving myself a quick lec-
ture for my, stupidity, I turned the
bomb around and headed back to
Hurnview, but unbelievably, I mised
the target again and this time was
half way into downtown Clinton
before I realized what a lame brain I
had been for a second time in the
span of five minutes.
Fortuntely, I did make it to the
right place on the third try, but I
couldn't help thinking that if this
lady was forgetful at the age of 102,
then I must be fading fast.
So, as I pointed out earlier,
forgetfulness ....now, what did I say
about it,..
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Nice horse
Dancer's. Rythmn, one of Lynn Flowers show horses, has helped Lynn win
hundreds of ribbons at area shows and fairs. Dancer is one of 21 horses the
Flowers have for show, riding and breeding. (News -Record photo)
I3istorical buildings...
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asked, "Are you going to get a price on
a new building, or have you decided to
fix this one? I hear discussion both
ways, but I'm not saying what I want."
Mayor Lobb suggested that these
questions and others be discussed at
another meeting between the two
groups.
In other business, council didn't
make a decision on what to do with the
street allowance on the north side of the
CNR tracks. The road, called, East
Street was never opened and the
council questionned the town and
county planning departments on
whether they should retain or sell the
land.
The 'Clinton planning department
passed a resolution saying that the land
is not valuable to the town and there is
no need to keep it.
The county board explained that they
are willing to conduct a planning ap-
praisal of the' value of East Street as a
road.
On the suggestion by Mayor Lobb,
council agreed to take the county's
offer before any move to sell the land is
made.
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