Left to Right: Mike Rhea, Eric
Miller, Pam Rhea, WL & Carolyn Palmer talking with Paul and Micha
Parker,
Mary Ellen talking with Joe Rich, and Gail Finger |
Festive party decorations, plenty of good
food and drink, and Larry Bright's well known "horse show music"
provided the backdrop as owner Mary Ellen Areaux welcomed a
steady stream of several hundred delighted friends, family,
customers and neighbors on Saturday, March 15, 2008 at the grand
opening of the new Walkers West facility in Kaufman, Texas.
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Left to Right: my
sister-in-law, Helen Wilson at the front left and Daphne Zimmer
on the other side of the table. Carolyn Palmer and others are in
the background. |
Patty Witty, Carol
Stimson, Margo Urad, Stand Urad,
Debbie Friedlander, Kimberly Bristow |
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W L Palmer, Paul Parker, MEA,
Dennis Jones
(on right side talking to Carolyn Palmer and others) |
Front: Carol Stimson, Patty Witty, Kimberly
Bristow; Behind: Marcia Doherty with daughter, Jessica; standing
behind: Serena Danesi talking to Gail Finger |
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Crowd watching stallions being ridden |
This is Gaye Morton and David
Kelly, our trainer. |
Crowd in barn visiting with one another and looking at the horses. |
The parking lot was full. |
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Under the bright sunshine of a gorgeous Texas
spring day, with temperatures reaching the high 70s, visitors
strolled leisurely around the grounds, admiring the horses in
the bright new 40-stall facility.
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Harold Scott on left, Debby Myers talking with P J Wamble,
Mike and Jan Shelton |
Ximena Scott (sitting in chair), Richard Stapleton,
David Kelly, P J Wamble, Serena Danesi |
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Harold Scott, Jed Thompson, admiring Armed Son of A Gun
- Jed is his owner |
Trainers - Eric Miller and David Kelly |
Joe Rich admiring the pedigree
of Jose De Elrey |
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Trainers David Kelley and Eric Miller put on
an impromptu under-saddle exhibition of all the stallions in
residence much to the delight of those in attendance.
Eric Miller riding Generator's
Charmer
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Eric Miller riding Armed Son of a Gun |
Eric Miller riding Delight's Dynamic Boy |
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David Kelly riding Jose de Elrey |
This is D'Anna Zimmer, MEA and
Sheila Newton -
These are my "daughters".
This is my other "daughter" Daphne
Zimmer. ==> |
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Ready for a party |
Betty and Don Davis - plus others in crowd
watching Jose de Elrey being ridden. |
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This is Betty and Don
Davis on the ends -
the lady in the middle is Bonnie Dockery.
<==This is Barbi
Stapleton and her mother, Irma Boatman, who just turned
88 years old. |
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I would like to thank all the people that
helped make our Grand Opening such a success. Harold and Ximena
Scott and friend Serina from Oak Grove, LA, Bill and Ruby Gerkey,
my wonderful new neighbors who prepared brownies and other
treats for the party, our Walkers West staff and last, but not
least, P J Wamble from Lewisburg, TN who not only was our guest,
but was instrumental in much of the preparation and also did the
photography, with Ximena Scott as her assistant.
Eric Miller on Delights Dynamic
Boy,
Mary Ellen Areaux, Carolyn Palmer and W. L. Palmer
It was so much fun to see old friends and
new...some of my old friends I had not seen in 5 - 10 and even
20 years....a good time was had by all.
...... Mary Ellen
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