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Your Community Recorder newspaper serving all of Boone County THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2012
Therapeutic riding program is ‘exploding’ “There is a purpose behind each lesson plan. We use that horse as the tool to guide us.” BETH FUGATE LONG, Potter’s Ranch
Cleanup volunteers flock to Piner Covered in dust and visibly tired, Mark and Ginny Hagenauers lugged their chainsaw, a shovel and a supply bag. Their six-hour stint clearing downed trees was part of a huge volunteer effort to clean up after the tornado. Full story, A4
History day looks at Civil War The 19th annual Northern Kentucky Regional History Day will offer a fascinating exploration of the defense of Northern Kentucky during the Civil War. Full story, A13
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Beth Fugate Long takes a minute to pet one of the horses at Potter’s Ranch used in a therapeutic riding program that started last summer. STEPHANIE SALMONS/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
By Stephanie Salmons ssalmons@nky.com
Beth Fugate Long’s enthusiasm for Potter’s Ranch, a Christian wilderness retreat facility located near Big Bone, is undeniable. It’s also easy to see her excitement for a therapeutic horse riding program that began at the ranch last July. Long, the former executive director of the R.C. Durr YMCA, volunteered at the ranch for years before becoming development director last September. She said her journey to get to this point has been a wonderful one, but has been “a testimony of faith because never in my wildest dreams would I have thought God was leading me away from the YMCA.” She grew up loving horses, but allergies when she was younger – many of which she outgrew – hindered, though never stopped, Long’s passion. Several years ago, after receiving a horse named Gallatin Kid from R.C. Durr, she became certified to teach basic horsemanship, but she wanted more than that – she wanted to help kids with special needs. “The more research I did, the more I found benefits of what they call therapeutic horseback riding,” she said. Long went on to receive certification to teach therapeutic horseback riding, which “is not just coming and scratching a horse.” “There is a purpose behind each lesson plan,” Long said. “We use that horse as the tool to guide us.” If it’s an emotional challenge, for example, the horse is used to identify and bring out
good character skills within a person, she said. Long started her own nonprofit group and after she got the nonprofit status, she came to meet with Potter’s Ranch founder Robert Lightner. “I shared with him the vision of this therapeutic riding program and I knew that he got it,” Long said. She knew she was supposed to be doing this program “but I didn’t know how it was all going to happen until Potter’s Ranch came into the mix,” Long said. “The program is exploding,” she said. This is the first time Potter’s Ranch has started to do program delivery. There are several aspects to the program including mental health and physical components, a program called “Horses for Heroes” for veterans and hippotherapy which is when physical and occupational therapists deliver their therapy sessions “on the back of a horse.” The program can even be tailored to specific needs, Long said. It’s important to Boone County "because it goes across so many different needs that a lot of people have,” she said. A grant from the R.C. Durr Foundation has allowed for the purchase of “a bunch of necessary therapeutic riding equipment.” “It fits here at Potter’s Ranch,” she said of the program. “They had this facility sitting here. They didn’t build this for us, but it’s an absolutely perfect facility for a therapeutic riding program.” For more information about the therapeutic riding program, contact the ranch at 859586-5475 or visit www.pottersranch.org.
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KET filming Rabbit Hash cleanup By Stephanie Salmons ssalmons@nky.com
RABBIT HASH — Love spring cleaning? Move the cleaning spree outside and help a local community. Residents have the chance to take part in a Commonwealth Cleanup event Saturday, March 24, from 8:30 a.m. to noon in Rabbit Hash. Volunteers are needed to help
pick up litter and junk off the Ohio River banks and Lower River Road, Boone County solid waste supervisor Kelly Chapman said. According to Chapman, this is the 14th year for the statewide, weeklong event. Implemented by the Energy and Environment Cabinet, it also kicks off the Great American Cleanup which spans from March through May, she said. “It’s purpose,” Chapman said,
“is to provide Kentucky communities an opportunity to ‘spring clean,’ recycle and promote personal responsibility across the commonwealth.” Kentucky Educational Television will promote this year’s event. Kentucky Life host Dave Shuffett will tape a special “Dave Does It” segment in Rabbit Hash. Boone County won a contest to have the segment taped in Rabbit Hash.
Having KET come to the county to film the litter cleanup segment will shine a light on the growing litter issues, said solid waste service technician Melissa Grandstaff. “We feel this will help promote, educate and kick off our 2012 campaign to keep our community and all of Northern Kentucky beautiful,” she said. Volunteers should RSVP by calling 859-334-3151.
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