Christy is
promising
horsewoman
Staff Correspondent
One of the most promising area
horsewoman in years has got to be
15-year-old Christy Campbell of
Sweet Valley.
In her relatively short riding
career, Christy has won over 200
ribbons and 50 trophies starting
with a championship won the first
year she showed at age 11.
Actually Christy’s riding career
began when she was two years old
and her grandfather placed her on
the family pony ‘Bugger.” The
pony promptly broke the rope and
headed for the barn taking along
little Christy, an event her grand-
mother Cora Campbell describes as
“her hands and feet were flying and
so was her little dress but Christy
hung on all the way.”
Not only has Christy kept her seat
with style since then but she has
gone on to qualify for ‘‘States” by
taking first place. in ‘Districts’ two
weeks ago at the Lehman Horse
Show Grounds.
So, Oct. 6, Christy and ‘Honey
Creek Snoopy’’ her registered Apa-
loosa will be competing in Harris-
burg hoping to qualify for ‘‘Nation-
als.’
Christy and Snoopy, whom she
describes as ‘‘a one in a million
horse who can do anything,”
entered 10 races and placed 10
times to win in Luzerne County
taking six ‘‘firsts’’, three ‘‘sec-
onds’’, and one “third.” Another
competitor going along to States
will be “I’m A Flashy Skip” the two
and a half year old registered
quarter horse that Christy has been
training since he was five months
old. ?
“Skipper” who has appeared in
only four shows to date has won
first prize each time and is believed
to be well on his way to being a
grand champion. Christy, who broke
the colt and has been his only
trainer, says Skipper is now ‘like a
piece of cake’ and is visibly
annoyed at people who ‘think I
can’t train because I'm too young
and a girl.”
“I'm proud of that colt,” Christy
‘says. “If I can break that stud, I
can break anything. I’m not so
little, I did it on my own.”
Christy apparently has done'it'all
the way on her own, having never
had any formal riding lessons, but
just “‘corrections’’ from, her grand-
father Dana Campbell and‘ from
Dave Spencer, a neighbor who is a
blacksmith and also trains his own
horses.
Showing promise
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
Practices and more practices is
what does it according to Christy
who spends at least two hours a day
riding after she returns from
classes at Lake-Lehman where she
is a member of the sophomore class
and a cheerleader. After practicing,
she cleans, curries and feeds her
horses, which also include ‘‘Scout”
a good, little 10 year old pony, and
also cleans their stalls.
Life in the horse barn and out
back, where Christy wears typical
blue jeans and rubber duck shoes
while working, also includes caring
for several other animals. They
include the Campbell’s four cats,
two rabbvits, two Australian Shep-
herds “Mae” and his one-eyed pup
“Sissy” and two other rather spe-
cial animals.
The first is “Bambi” a deer who
showed up on the family property
four years ago when she was a baby
and liked it so well she has stayed
around. The Campbells tamed the
deer to the point where she eats
horse feed and roams the area
~ freely, occasionally trotting behind
.Christy when she rides.but always
returning to her home in the horse
barn.
+ Then there is ‘Yammy’ a-lamb.
“Christy ‘found in a“ field ‘after “her
mother had abandoned her a year
ago. The baby lamb was nursed
from a bottle, posed for a family
picture wearing Pampers, and was
kept alive through the cold winter
months in the insulated horse trailer
where she basked under the warmth
of electric light bulbs.
Despite her deep love for animals,
Christy does not aspire to be a
veterinarian like her best friend
Sandy Honeywell with whom she
has ridden since the two girls were
in-sixth grade together.
“I couldn’t stand the sight of their
blood,” says Christy with a shiver,
explaining that she would like to be
a teacher and hopes to go to
Bloomsburg State University.
Christy would also “like to train”
and ‘like to rodeo’ confessing that
her big interest is ‘horses, horses
and horses’ even if she does occa-
sionally take a little time off to
watch ‘‘General Hospital’ the
favorite teenage soap. Christy’s
most immediate goal is to be 16 so
she can capture that all important
drivers license next spring and then
drive her own horse trailer to the
shows.
‘“They’re my pride and joy’ she
says-of the-herses but that is also
how her family seems to feel about
Christy and her accomplishments.
The future seems to hold. all good
things for petite 15-year-old Christy
Campbell who goes after what she
wants with determination and a lot
of hard work:
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THE FOLLOWING YOUNG
PEOPLE have returned to school
following a summer of many volun-
teer hours at the Back Mountain
Memorial Library children’s annex:
Allison Berlew, Joanne Zuba, Col-
leen Jordan, Cathy Zuba, Melissa
Baldo and Allyson Luksasavage.
These young ladies served as aid
desk clerks. ;
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BEST WISHES TO JOANNE
BARTOS, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward C. Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Smith, Plymouth, who
were united in marriage recently in
St. Frances Cabrini Church, Carver-
ton.
Rev. John Foley, pastor, per-
formed the double ring ceremony.
Following the ceremony an eve-
ning cocktail hour and reception
was held at the Barn in Newberry
Estates, Dallas.
Mrs. Smith, a graduate of Bran-
dywine College, Wilmington, Dela-
ware is employed with her family’s
business. Her husband, a King’s
College graduate is an advertising
account executive with The Times
Leader.
The Smiths are residing in Dallas.
MRS. VERNA CAVE SHEEHAN
of Dallas has returned to her home
following a 10-day visit to Wales and
England. While in Wales, Mrs. Shee-
han stayed with cousins in Bryn
Mawr nd visited the birthplace of
her father, Nicholas Cave and her
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During her visit in England Mrs.
Sheehan saw the changing of the
Guard at Windsor Castle and toured
Hampton Court Palace.
Her son John, executive director
of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Cham-
ber of Commerce, accompanied her
on the trip.
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BARA DAWN AND RONALD
SHINER who were recently mar-
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ried in St. John the Baptist Church,
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Barbara is the daughter of Mr.
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