June 26, 2014 I The Lovell Chronicle I 13
Locals brin
home the buckles at Riverton horse show
Five North Big Horn
County horsemen traveled
to Riverton last weekend to
compete at the first Wind
River Performance Horse
Club show of the year to
kick offthe 2014 season.
Three of the youths,
Miranda Workman, Chae
Hackney and Makayla
Workman, brought home
the Overall Hi-Point belt
buckles. Trenity Hackney
came home with an Over-
all Reserve Hi -Point and
Trista Hernandez placed
fourth overall at the show
held June 21 at the Jim
Moss Arena.
Miranda Workman
has spent the last 18 years
learning how to train show
horses. She studied un-
der Anne Sherwood at the
Northwest College Equine
Program for three years.
After school Miranda spent
time under a variety of
trainers in Colorado.
"I'm so thankful for all
the people that have been
there for me and supported
my dream," Workman said.
Trista Hernandez ,who
has been following in Mi-
randa's footsteps for the
last two years, comes from
a long line of horsemen and
women. She has spent lots
of time with her family on
many different horses on
the Dry Head Ranch. Tris-
ta has accomplished her
goal in showmanship at
the first show.
Chae Hackney has only
been showing horses him-
self for one year but has
traveled many miles haul-
ing his daughter Treni-
ty, who started showing at
COURTESY PHOTO
Showing off their belt buckles from Saturday's horse
show in Riverton are Makayla Workman (lower
left), Miranda Workman (right) and Chae Hackney
(upper left).
the age of 7. Both daddy
and daughter spend many
hours daily in the arena
on horseback preparing for
the next show. The daddy/
daughter combo shared,
"It's not easy on show day
when one of us needs a
tack change, and the other
one is needed in the arena.
We could not do it without
the help of our show wife/
mom, Vangi Hackney."
Chae and Trenity both
want to give credit to Jim
and Cindi Fannon, Chan-
di Workman and Miranda
Workman for all their help
getting them to where they
are today.
Jim Fannon has been
training horses for more
than 50 years. He is the
first to tell you his meth-
ods of training were in-
stilled while spending time
around Tom Dorrance in
Jamestown, Calif. His
granddaughter, Chan-
di Workman, started her
horse career spending
many hours in the barn
with her grandpa Jim and
her cousin Preston Green.
She, too, studied under
Anne Sherwood at the
Northwest College Equine
Program and graduat-
ed in 2005 with an A.A.S.
Equine Riding & Training
Degree.
After college she went
to Colorado to do an intern-
ship with Terry Wegener.
She now works for Richard
Bower as a barn manager
and trainer.
"I have tried to pass
down my knowledge of
training to my kids, grand-
kids and great grandkids,
as well as a lot of other lo-
cal people," Fannon said.
His knowledge has reached
generations. Makayla
Workman, who has started
her show career at an ear-
ly age of 6, is Jim and Cin-
di Fannon's great grand-
daughter, and Justin and
Chandi Workman's daugh-
ter. This little girl has
grown up in the barn lis-
tening and watching her
great grandfather and her
mother. Both great-grand-
father and mother are very
proud of their little descen-
dant's accomplishments.
BY PATH CARPENTER
Big Horn County School
District No. 1 is in the pro-
cess of finding a board
member to temporarily fill
the shoes of Jim Thomas,
who left his post early due
to a job promotion. Thomas
represented the Byron area
of the district.
her. Bair said he thought
preparing kids for the real
world was important. Rid-
ing said it was important to
have "broad shoulders" be-
cause there is always some-
one, somewhere who is not
pleased with what is going
on.
The candidates were
Since it is an elected "also asked why they want-
position, the board will ap-
point his post for a period
of around five months, un-
til a new board member is
elected by voters in Novem-
ber and will take office in
December.
The district's board
of trustees held a special
board meeting on Thurs-
day, June 19, to interview
three highly qualified can-
didates from the Byron
area, who expressed inter-
est in filling the position.
All three also expressed in-
terest in the position on the
November ballot and they
may consider running even
if not appointed for the tem-
porary position.
The board interviewed
each candidate individually
during the special meeting,
which was open to the pub-
lic. The three candidates
who applied were Tracy
McArthur, Ed Riding and
Alan Bair.
Each candidate was al-
lowed to make a brief state-
ment at the beginning of
their interview and then all
candidates were asked the
same set of questions, in
the same order, by the same
board members.
They were asked what
they thought the strengths
and weaknesses of the dis-
trict were. Most thought the
district was doing well, but
of course there is always
room for improvement.
They were also asked
if they were aware of the
time commitment involved
and the time that might be
required for special train-
ing. All indicated that they
had the time to be involved.
Since Riding has been a
board member in the past,
he said he was very aware
of the commitment.
All were asked what as-
pects they thought were im-
portant as a school board
member. All seem to indi-
cate that making the chil-
dren a priority was most
important. McArthur said
she thought "caring about
kids" was the highest pri-
ority, she also said "com-
passion" was "huge" for
ed to serve on the board. All
three indicated a desire to
serve their community as
their primary motivation.
The were also asked
what they would do ifa com-
munity member came di-
rectly to them with a prob-
lem. Each indicated they
would recommend the in-
dividual go though "proper
channels" first like talking
to the principal, then the
superintendent of schools
and then, in cases where
they felt they had not been
heard, to address their con-
cerns to the board.
They were also asked
what they have done to
support the district in the
past. McArthur said that
when she lived in Cowley
her children attended the
schools and she was part
of a parent group. Riding
noted that he was a former
board member for 10 years,
which he thought showed
his commitment to the dis-
trict. Bair said his expe-
rience working in the dis-
trict, especially during the
consolidation years, gave
him unique insights into
the more historical aspects
that still affect the district.
MCARTHUR
McArthur was the first
candidate interviewed. She
is a teacher in the Pow-
ell school system and has
lived in Byron for about 10
years. Her children attend-
ed school in the district for
a brief period of time some
years ago.
"I've been in educa-
tion all my life," she said.
"My mom was a special ed
teacher, so I was taught at
home what the value of ed-
ucation is and I know how
important that is."
McArthur is current-
ly working on her master's
degree and is the depart-
ment chair in the English
department at her school in
Powell.
"Technology is a big
thing for me. I think it is
very important to prepare
students for whatever di-
rection they want to go in,
but technology is a part of
our world and it is import-
ant to prepare them for
that."
She said her experi-
ence has been that SD1 is
a "great" school district.
She said she really felt her
children were "prepared"
when her family moved
from Cowley to Idaho and
she has noticed kids coming
into her current school dis-
trict from District 1 seem to
be well-prepared.
She added, now that
her children are grown, she
feels she has time to serve
in the position.
"I don't really have
any hidden agenda, I just
want to serve my commu-
nity," she said. "I'm here
for my community and I
don't have an ax to grind.
I think a contentious rela-
tionship doesn't accomplish
anything."
RIDING
Riding was a previous
board member, during con-
struction of the new school
facility in Cowley. Accord-
ing to the district office, he
held the position before Jim
Thomas was elected.
He said during a good
number of the years he was
on the board, it was tied
up with matters dealing
with the construction proj-
ects. He said he would like
to work on issues that were
more academic in nature
and that he truly missed
being a part of the board.
"We worked hard
during those years to get
to where we are now and I
really miss being a part of
that," he said.
Riding said when he re-
tired from the military, he
was looking for a good place
to finish raising his chil-
dren and brought his fam-
ily to Byron. At that time,
he and his wife bought the
home she was raised in
and have lived in Byron for
about 20 years.
He said part of the rea-
son he feels the district
is doing well is due to the
small class sizes and a con-
sistent curriculum through-
out the district. He also
said he thought the district
was making progress in
terms of making the schools
more secure, and due to
events that have happened
in other schools around the
country, that should contin-
ue to be a big priority.
BAIR
Bair was the final can-
didate to be interviewed.
A longtime member of and
businessman in the By-
ron community, Bair said
he has seen graduates over
the years who he would
consider less than prepared
to conduct the most basic
tasks on the job. He said he
feels that by being on the
board, he could do some-
thing about that.
"I try to help these peo-
ple and one way I've tried
is by employing them," he
explained. "It concerns me
when you hire a high school
graduate and he can't spell
or can't write well enough
to indicate on his payroll
sheet what he did that day.
It's perked my interest in
wanting to do something
about it during the remain-
ing lifespan that I have. I
think I can make a differ-
ence by being on the board.
I would like to do something
to contribute in some way
to the success rate of those
who graduate from school."
Bair was an adminis-
trator in the district and
was involved in the consoli-
dation process. He indicated
that there were many his-
torical aspects of that pro-
cess that are still relevant
today and that he felt he
could make a unique contri-
bution because he had been
involved with the district
during that time frame.
Bair also worked for
many years in the district.
"I've had an interest
in education for years and
years," he said. "I was suc-
cessful as a school teacher
and I think reasonably suc-
cessful as a school adminis-
trator for seven years."
He noted that he had
seven children graduate
from the district.
Bair also serves on the
town council in Byron and
still runs a business.
**$
After the meeting, the
board held an executive
session to discuss the qual-
ifications of each of the can-
didates, but will not vote on
their decision until a spe-
cial meeting that will be
held on, Monday, June 30,
via teleconference. They
will also approve end of the
fiscal year payables during
that telephone meeting.
The minutes of both meet-
ings will be made available
to the public on the dis-
trict's website.
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