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Riding school provides fun
for handicapped children
By SYLVIA PENA
Reporter
Horseback riding can be hard
work, but for handicapped children
the work can be all fun.
Tanya Walker, a handicapped
student, says, “Riding the horse was
fun, but I was too scared to let it
run.”
A riding school for handicapped
students, sponsored by the Texas
A&M Horseman’s Association, be
gan Saturday at the Animal Science
Pavilion.
The clinic will continue for the
next two Saturdays.
Christine Corn, co-chairman of
the clinic, says there are several
horseback riding progams offered at
every clinic.
"We like .to show the students va
rious activities that involve horses,”
Corn says.
Sherry McDonald, a volunteer in
the event, says she has worked with
the program for three years.
“The program was started in 1977
at A&M because the association
wanted to provide a public service
activity for handicapped students,”
McDonald says.
McDonald says she has enjoyed
working as a volunteer for the pro
gram so much that she chose a ca
reer path teaching handicapped stu
dents.
“My work with the program for
three years influenced me to change
my major from animal science to
special education,” McDonald says.
Corn says each child rides with
several aides on both sides of the
horse so the student is in no danger
of falling off.
“Each Saturday we will progress
up to more difficult tasks,” Corn
says. “On the last Saturday of the
program we will have a horse show.”
Corn explains that they want to
make the participants feel impor
tant.
“The goal of the clinic is to make
the kids feel like they can do some
thing special,” Corn says. “Unfortu
nately, there is not much physical
benefit because the clinic lasts for
only three Saturdays.”
She says explained that the partic
ipants’ parents see the clinic as some-
tning special and different for their
children.
Nancy Walker, mother of one of
the students, says that this was her
daughter’s first time at the clinic.
“Tanya puts on a big smile and is
on top of the world when she is on
the horse,” Walker says.
Simple as it may be, the students
just like to learn how to ride the
horses.
Tanya Walker says the part she
liked most was getting up on the
horse and riding.
Terri Estes, co-chairman, says the
students quickly learn that they are
capable of riding and handling a
horse.
“When the children are on the
horse, it gives them more confidence
that they are able to move around
without the help of a wheelchair,”
Estes says.
“Our main concern,” Corn says,
“is not that they learn how to ride,
but that they develop the courage to
get on the horse.
“We also show the students how to
groom and saddle the horses.”
The two co-chairmen have
worked- with handicapped children
before, and they says they look for
ward to helping these children learn
how to ride and enjoy themselves
during the clinic, Corn says.
Corn says most of the participants
are regulars with the program, and
the association looks forward to see
ing them every year.
The Horseman’s Association does
not make a profit from the event.
Corn says.
Man hijacks bus; girl killed during chase
Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO — A man com
mandeered a city bus Wednesday,
then led Balcones Heights police on
a chase that triggered four accidents
and killed a child, authorities said.
Shaunte Green,.3, of San Antonio
was killed in the fourth crash that
also left her aunt and uncle injured.
Another man and a woman were
treated and released for minor cuts
and bruises after the third collision,
a spokeswoman at Humana Metro
politan Hospital said.
VIA Metropolitan Transit spokes
man Ray Dudley said the incident
began about 9:40 a.m. when a VIA
driver stopped his bus at Wonder-
The driver, Richard Chadwell, 56,
left the bus to call his dispatcher,
Dudley said. The man got in the
driver's seat after all the passengers
had gotten off the bus, he said.
Chadwell ran up to the bus, but
the man inside slammed the doors in
his face and tried to run over him,
Dudley said.
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