PLAQUE

Description: BASE OF PLAQUE IS DARK BROWN VARNISHED WOOD, IN THE SHAPE OF A SHIELD. ON TOP OF BASE IS A BRASS PLATE. ETCHED INTO PLATE IS "A.E.F. IN APPRECIATION FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP 1981 ALBERTA SUMMER GAMES LETHBRIDGE VIVIEN GOODRICH". ON TOP OF BRASS PLATE IS A COPPER CIRCLE WITH A HORSE'S HEAD IN THE CENTER, IN RELIEF. ON BACK OF PLAQUE IS A STICKER THAT READS "253-3059 CHALLENGE TROPHIES & AWARDS".

History: DONOR IS AN ACCOMPLISHED HORSEMAN. OVER THE YEARS SHE HAS COMPETED IN ALL TYPES OF HORSE SHOWS, INCLUDING PERFORMANCE AND BREED SHOWS. VIVIEN DID ALL THE TRAINING OF HER HORSES AND HAS ACCUMULATED COUNTLESS RIBBONS TO ATTEST TO HER EFFORTS AND SUCCESS. VIVIEN WAS A MEMBER OF THE WHOOP-UP SADDLE CLUB FOR OVER 45 YEARS. SHE ORGANIZED THE FIRST MUSICAL RIDE THAT THE CLUB PERFORMED AND WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN ORGANIZING THE FIRST HORSE SHOW THAT THE CLUB HOSTED. VIVIEN HAS ASSISTED MANY EQUESTRIAN CLUBS WITH LOANS AND GRANTS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN ALBERTA EQUESTRIAN COUNCIL. AMONG HER MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE: 1963, FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE CHINOOK ARABIAN HORSE ASSOCIATION; 1965, BEGAN A RIDING SCHOOL AND TRAINING CENTER ON 13TH STREET NORTH IN LETHBRIDGE; 1973, FOUNDED THE ALBERTA HORSEMEN'S COUNCIL; 1974, WAS THE MAIN FORCE IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE SOUTHERN ALBERTA EQUESTRIAN COUNCIL; 1975, FOUNDED AND SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE OLD MAN PINTO CLUB; 1984, FOUNDED THE SOUTHERN ALBERTA TRAIL RIDERS ASSOCIATION; 1988, PRESIDENT OF THE GOLDEN AGE EQUESTRIAN CLUB. IN THE 1990S A STROKE RESTRICTED VIVIEN'S PHYSICAL INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CLUBS, BUT SHE CONTINUES TO OFFER SUPPORT AND INCENTIVE IN OTHER WAYS. IN 1997 & 1998 VIVIEN DEVELOPED "THE VIVIEN GOODRICH AWARD" TO ENCOURAGE AND REWARD PARTICIPATION IN A S.A.E.C. EQUINE FAIR. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.