a fly mask with the right side covered

to block the sun-shine for her.

This lovely girl

came to Misfit Acres in May of

2005 at the age of

16. During her life at Misfit Acres, she

has been mixed with a number of

other rescue horses and shows

us that she is defi-nitely not the alpha

mare. We think that is part of her

charm. She is a very easy keeper

and a delight to be around.

April is a true lady! We don’t know who

trained her but she is a very willing

horse and almost impossible to star-

tle. April is highly trained and re-

sponds to the

slightest pressures. She is very friendly

and adores people. She shares a pas-

ture with Lucky, who is incredibly

spoiled and rules the roost, but April

doesn’t care.

She had sustained an injury when she

was very young leaving her right

eye blind and slightly disfiguring

the bone structure surrounding the

eye. A little later, April developed

moon-blindness in this eye. April is on

daily aspirin powder therapy for this

condition. When she does have a

bout with her moon-blindness, we have

We hope you enjoy our

Summer 2008 issue of

Milestones. Thanks to

all of you, our support-

ers, each issue we

print is a Milestone! In

these tough economic

times, you have re-

mained helpful to the

Sanctuary Horses of

Misfit Acres. Thank

you!!

April is a true lady.

F E A T U R E D H O R S E —

M Y S W E E T A P R I L

S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

Update—

Tumbleweed

Spring Shots?

Maybe not!

Win this Saddle

Recycling Info

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Update—Tumbleweed 2

Donor Spotlight 2

Sponsors 2

Resident’s Corner 3

Huge Happenings 3

Summer Events 3

Recycling 4

W e l c o m e

M I S F I T A C R E S

Misfit Acres Milestones

Summer 2008 Volume 2 issue 2

You will recall from

our last newsletter

the story of Tumble-

weed the injured owl?

Last communication

with the Raptor Cen-

ter reports that he

had lost many, many

feathers from his or-

deal. Tumbleweed is

in the “Flying Area” at

the Raptor Center

learning how to fly

again. His wing has

healed. The volun-

teers at the Center

predict it will be an-

other six to eight

weeks before he can

be released back into

the wild. They will

contact us when he is

ready to be free

again.

By special arrangement,

Misfit Acres now has

several Capstone Press

horse books for sale as

fundraisers. We thank

this local company for

this opportunity to carry

their fine line of books.

Please see

www.capstonepress.com

to view their products.

Lastly, Thank you Lee

and Chaw Chaw for

their donation of a

whole new batch of

Jade Jewelry. These

beautiful pieces are a

directly from Thailand

and Myanmar. They

are all hand made and

hand tied. They are

tremendously popular

- if you love Jade, see

them while they last!

Our most sincere

Thank You goes out to

the Steele County

Mounted Posse for

their kind donation to

the Sanctuary Horses

of Misfit Acres!! We

invite you to visit the

Posse’s website at

www.scmp.us and

learn about the won-

derful work these vol-

unteers do for their

community.

U P D A T E — T U M B L E W E E D

S p o n s o r s

P a g e 2

D o n o r s p o t l i g h t

“If you love

Jade, see them

while they

last!”

M i s f i t A c r e s M i l e s t o n e s

If you’d like to help sponsor our newsletter we ask for a

$15 donation. Please do send a business card with

the donation.

She and Peanut have devel-

oped quite a bond the last few

months but Abbey still stays

very close to them.

April and Lucky are really lov-

ing the warmer days. So far,

they have covered every inch

of the pasture grazing around.

BJ & Montana are just plain

old happy! Each day is an-

other day of relaxation and

just being a horse. Rarely

separated, they sure can kick

up their heels at hay time.

Magic continues to antagonize

Augie at the water tank every

chance he gets. Augie has

learned to watch for him before

he lowers his head into the wa-

ter tank. Magic

is pretty quick

to bite Augie in

the hiney!

And little Acura

had to have a

tooth removed.

She was pretty

sleepy and sore

for a couple

days but now

she is back to

being a happy little dog with a

tail that wags like crazy!

day October 19 in Good

Thunder, MN. Raffle Tick-

ets are $5 each and win-

ner need not be present

to win. We will make ar-

rangements to ship the

saddle to the winner. If

you are not in our area,

please don’t hesitate to

support our venture!

Minnesota gambling laws

do not allow us to sell raf-

fle tickets through ecom-

merce on our website or

to sell raffle tickets to

We don’t know where to

begin thanking Donn of

Donn’s Leatherworks of

Chatfield. He is donating

this hand-made saddle for

fundraising purposes! This

treasure has a retail value

of $3500.

Therefore - Our raffle is

underway! First prize will

be Donn’s saddle, second

prize is $100, and third

prize is $50. The final

drawing will be held at our

annual fundraiser on Sun-

anyone under age 18.

Let’s make this raffle a

total success for the

Sanctuary Horses of

Misfit Acres. We rarely

put out pleas for sup-

port but this opportu-

nity is especially im-

portant with the ex-

pected high costs of

hay this year. See Donn’s Work at

www.donnsleather.com

R e s i d e n t ’ s c o r n e r

H u g e h a p p e n i n g

P a g e 3 V o l u m e 2 i s s u e 2

“Magic

continues to

antagonize Augie

at the water

tank...”

Win this Saddle!

As of the writing of this news-

letter, we attempted immuniza-

tions for the horses. Yes, at-

tempted is the proper word!

Magic showed us he was hav-

ing no part of this. Abbey de-

cided the same. We were able

to successfully vaccinate the

remaining seven horses but will

need to obtain more help with

these two rebels.

Hoof care continues regularly.

Magic has not figured out that

this is a requirement either.

His fronts go pretty well but

the back hooves are not fun.

Dixie is still the little “Queen”.

S u m m e r e v e n t s

On July 11, 12, & 13,

Bruce will be attending the

John Lyons event in Roch-

ester, MN at the Olmstead

County Fair Grounds rep-

resenting Misfit Acres. He

will have our complete set-

up including fundraising

merchandise and scrap-

book. This event runs

from 9 am to 5 pm daily.

Truman Days will be held

July 26 at the park in Tru-

man! We have attended this

event for the last three

years. We have had to re-

place our little Astro van and

hope to have the new vehi-

cle ready to go for the Tru-

man parade as well as set-

ting up our display in the

park.

Old Town Summerfest on Au-

gust 30 in down town Mankato,

MN will bring another fun day.

This celebration includes music,

vendors, food, and special

events. Please look for our dis-

play at Summerfest. Please

visit

www.oldtownsummerfest.com

for additional information.

addition, we have added Na-

bisco cookie and cracker

wrappers from the individual

serving packages.

Please contact us for prepaid

shipping supplies for these

fundraising programs. We

thank everyone for your par-

ticipation and help!!

The Bottle Brigade is sus-

pended. Please take your

bottles to your local recy-

cling center for now. We are

stockpiled with bottles in an-

ticipation of the program

starting up again but must

politely decline any more at

this time.

The laser cartridge, inkjet

cartridge, and cell phone re-

cycling programs continue.

Please spread the word and

help collect these valuable

items.

And, don’t forget our wrap-

per recycling. We are col-

lecting Granola and Energy

bar wrappers for funds. In

Until our Fall 2008

issue………

Bruce & Jody

Misfit Acres Inc.

12480 550TH AVE W

AMBOY MN 56010

Phone: 507-278-4876

E-mail: jody@misfitacres.com

M I S F I T A C R E S

R e c y c l i n g f o r h o r s e s

My Forever Home

Saving one horse may not make a difference

in the whole world, but it will make a world of

difference to that one horse ~ Author Unknown

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