Zone
One - Zone~O~Rama
August
15-19, 2012
Central Point, Oregon
Show
Manager: Annie Suratt
- (541)639-5175
History
of Zone One
The
APHA rule book provides that the
states and provinces will be divided
into zones. Before 1984
there were only four zones and
Zone One consisted of British
Columbia, Washington, Oregon,
Idaho, Utah, California, Nevada,
Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico.
Then changed to clubs in Alaska,
British Columbia, Alberta, Washington,
Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
The zones were reformed in 2002
by the APHA Executive Committee
at the 2002 APHA Convention and
Zone One was made up of clubs
in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and
Montana - with the boundaries
specified in the 2003 rule
book. The 2006 Alaska &
British Columbia was added back
into Zone One so the respective
clubs could work together more
efficiently. During this
period Zone-O-Rama rules were
put into effect. The reduced
territory in the zones helped
make shows more feasible.
APHA has zone awards and AjPHA
officers are elected from each
of the zones.
The
Zone One Representative Council
was created through the efforts
of Mrs. Lyle (Butch) Wonderlich
in late 1984. In 1985 the
first officers were elected and
Butch served as chairperson for
the first two years. Plans
for the first Zone One show were
completed and Walla Walla was
selected as the most centrally
located show site. The show
remained there four years.
The first few years were financially
difficult but by 1989 when the
show moved to Olympia, WA it was
an established event. In
1997 the Zone One Show moved from
Salem, Oregon, where it had been
since 1992, to the new Linn County
Fair & Expo Center in Albany,
OR. In 2008 it again
moved Zone One Zone-O-Rama this
time to Idaho Horse Park in Nampa,
Idaho

ZONE
ONE IS MORE THAN A HORSE SHOW.
Zone One was intended to be more
than a horse show every year.
It was Butch's intent that this
group would be instrumental in
drawing the Northwest Regional
Clubs together, assist in inter-club
relations and Paint promotion.
With the geographical problems
and getting started as a functional
group in the Northwest, these
goals are just now being realized.
Financial stability, caused by
successful shows, allows promotional
activities for Paints throughout
the area. The NWCC Directory
which provides club officers and
event information is just one
example. The accomplishment
that Zone One is most proud of
is the establishment in 1996 of
the first Zone One APHA YDF Scholarship
through the efforts of all member
Zone One clubs and a second Zone
One APHA YDF Scholarship in 1997
through the efforts of the Zone
One Club Show Schooling Classes.
This form of raising money was
started in Zone One and now has
been picked up by APHA for the
use by other regional clubs to
raise money for their worthwhile
causes. In 2001 we fully
funded a third Zone One APHA YDF
Scholarship and it was awarded
by APHA in 2002. Again Zone
One proves that “WE
ARE NUMBER ONE.”
At the regular Zone One Representative
Council meetings in December and
February and other meetings when
necessary, each club has one director
and one alternate who are responsible
for taking information back to
their clubs. Thank you to
each club and their members for
their continuing active support
and participation in the Zone
One Representative Council.
MEMBER
OF DISTINCTION: At the
February meeting it was voted
to start an annual award to recognize
a member of Zone One with a Zone
One Distinguished Service Award.
Bev
Rising was selected to receive
this award in 2009.
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