{"id":3606,"date":"2021-03-28T22:34:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T05:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/?page_id=3606"},"modified":"2021-11-09T18:14:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T02:14:38","slug":"ohahistorytoc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/?page_id=3606","title":{"rendered":"Where we began"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>History<\/p>\n<h1 align=\"CENTER\"><!--mstheme-->The Story of the Orinda Horsemen&#8217;s Association <!--mstheme--><\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"A-Brief-History-1968-to-1997--0\" align=\"CENTER\"><!--mstheme--><i>A Brief History, 1968 to 1997 <!--mstheme--><\/i><\/h2>\n<p><i>&nbsp;<\/i><\/p>\n<h3 align=\"CENTER\"><!--mstheme-->By Loren M. Furtado, Member 1968\u20131990 <!--mstheme--><\/h3>\n<h4 align=\"CENTER\"><!--mstheme-->Acknowledgments <!--mstheme--><\/h4>\n<h5>I want to thank Fred Goff for asking me to take on this project. Thanks also to all<br \/>\nwho provided information and participated in the interviews that made this account<br \/>\npossible. For the final production, we are indebted to Marcia Furtado&#8217;s transcription;<br \/>\nMorris Older&#8217;s editing, format, and design; and Debby Young&#8217;s rendition of Renee Benoit&#8217;s<br \/>\noriginal (but lost) T-shirt design. <!--mstheme--><\/h5>\n<p>\u2014 <i>Loren Furtado<\/i><\/p>\n<h6>&nbsp;<\/h6>\n<h6>(C) Copyright 1997, Orinda Horsemen&#8217;s Association<\/h6>\n<p><!--mstheme--><\/p>\n<table dir=\"LTR\" lang=\"en\" border=\"0\" width=\"504\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"TOP\">\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"TOP\" width=\"378\" height=\"42\"><!--mstheme--><\/p>\n<h1 align=\"CENTER\"><!--mstheme--><i><u>Contents<\/u><\/i><br \/>\n<!--mstheme--><\/h1>\n<p><!--mstheme--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"TOP\">\n<td valign=\"TOP\" width=\"306\" height=\"232\"><!--mstheme--><!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist--><\/p>\n<p><!--msthemelist--><\/p>\n<p><!--msthemelist--><\/p>\n<p><!--msthemelist--><\/p>\n<p><!--msthemelist--><\/p>\n<p><!--msthemelist--><\/p>\n<p><!--msthemelist--><\/p>\n<p><!--msthemelist--><\/p>\n<p><!--msthemelist--><\/p>\n<p><!--msthemelist--><\/p>\n<p><!--msthemelist--><\/p>\n<p><!--msthemelist--><\/p>\n<p><!--msthemelist--><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><!--msthemelist--><\/p>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"baseline\" width=\"42\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"><!--mstheme--><a href=\"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/?page_id=209\">Preface<\/a><!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"baseline\" width=\"42\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"><!--mstheme--><a href=\"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/?page_id=210\">Orinda Before the Tunnel<\/a> <!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"baseline\" width=\"42\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"><!--mstheme--><a href=\"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/?page_id=211\">Birth of the Orinda Horsemen&#8217;s Association<\/a> <!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"baseline\" width=\"42\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"><!--mstheme--><a href=\"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/?page_id=212\">Pasture Needed<\/a> <!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"baseline\" width=\"42\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/?page_id=213\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"><!--mstheme--><a href=\"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/?page_id=213\">Notable Improvements<\/a> <!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"baseline\" width=\"42\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"><!--mstheme--><a href=\"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/?page_id=214\">Activities<\/a> <!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"baseline\" width=\"42\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"><!--mstheme--><a href=\"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/?page_id=215\">Recurrent Concerns<\/a><!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"baseline\" width=\"42\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"><!--mstheme--><a href=\"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/?page_id=216\">Incidents and Events<\/a> <!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"baseline\" width=\"42\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"><!--mstheme--><a href=\"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/?page_id=217\">Relationship with EBMUD<\/a><!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"baseline\" width=\"42\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/?page_id=218\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"><!--mstheme--><a href=\"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/?page_id=218\">Authority of the President and Board<\/a> <!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"baseline\" width=\"42\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"><!--mstheme--><a href=\"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/?page_id=219\">Personalities<\/a> <!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"baseline\" width=\"42\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"><!--mstheme--><a href=\"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/?page_id=220\">Perspectives<\/a> <!--mstheme--><!--msthemelist--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--mstheme--><br \/>\n<!--mstheme--><\/td>\n<td height=\"232\"><!--mstheme--><!--mstheme--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--mstheme--><\/p>\n<h4><!--mstheme--><b><i>About the Author:<\/i><\/b><!--mstheme--><\/h4>\n<p>Loren Furtado grew up in Merced, California, received his degree in economics and<br \/>\nbusiness at the University of California at Berkeley, and spent his professional career in<br \/>\nuniversity management, retiring as Assistant Vice President in Charge of Budget and<br \/>\nPlanning for the nine campuses of the University of California. Loren and his wife, Mary, were longtime residents of<br \/>\nOrinda, and their daughters, Linda, Marcia, and Carla, have all been active in OHA.<\/p>\n<p>Note: This history was written in 1997. Loren passed away in 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History The Story of the Orinda Horsemen&#8217;s Association A Brief History, 1968 to 1997 &nbsp; By Loren M. Furtado, Member 1968\u20131990 Acknowledgments I want to thank Fred Goff for asking me to take on this project. Thanks also to all who provided information and participated in the interviews that made this account possible. For the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/?page_id=3606\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Where we began<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"parent":3090,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3606"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3606"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6204,"href":"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3606\/revisions\/6204"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orindahorsemen.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}