Dear Pony Pals

Last Friday night's Pony Pal sleepover in Crandals' barn loft was a great time and a big success. Club members from everywhere signed in and exchanged messages with Pam, Anna, Lulu, Mrs. Crandal -- and each other!

So many club members were online during the sleepover that the club's main computer got overloaded. This problem will be fixed by the next Club sleepover on Friday night, May 1, 2009.

Chat topics covered a lot of territory. There were about 300 messages in just the sleepover thread alone.  There was a pony-themed game of 20 questions. Club member Kiera won when she correctly figured out that the hint "Our ponies don't wear them, but JB does; they shine in the sun and make sparks at night" meant "horseshoes." Congratulations, Kiera! You know your ponies and horses.

Pam's sleepover scorecard includes virtual brownies eaten

Pam - 4
Lulu - 5
Anna - 4
Mrs. Crandal - 2 large (she disputes the size)
Club members - several hundred

We look forward to our next May 1, 2009 sleepover, 7 pm to 11 pm Eastern Standard Time, USA. Our sleepover chat thread will again be on the forum page. Look on our main forum page for the special link to its chat thread during the sleepover.

Two new forum features have launched this week. Club members can now ask other members to be their "pals."  One member already has 42 pals. How many do you have?

Members can also send to and receive messages directly from other club members. All messages are reviewed by adults before any are allowed to post. Our forum's rules: no personal information like last names, phone numbers and addresses and nothing mean or creepy.

Coding for downtown Wiggins is scheduled to start this week. Watch the Wiggins Weekly for news about its progress.

Monthly Member Story Writing Contest

There is still time for members to send in their pony stories to our WebMaster. The stories can be 100 to 1000 words in length. All entries must be written by the member who sends them in. All entries become property of Club Pony Pals. Entering the contest means you give ClubPonyPals.com permission to publish them under the byline of your username. First prize winner each month will get 1000 Wiggins bucks, a Club Pony Pals sticker and bookmark! Deadline for this month's entries is April 30.

That's all there is to it. Don't put it off -- start writing today! You can read more about it in our forum.

For letters with photos or art, please still email those to "Webmaster." They will be posted here in the Wiggins Weekly.

Our game changes every week. Don't forget to take care of your pony to keep it healthy and happy.

Dear Pony Pals Send in your stories and drawings for our contests. Every entry gets a sticker and bookmark, the winner gets 100 Wiggins Bucks deposited into the player account of their choice. Webmaster

 

Top High Scores from last week

"Crandal's Cross Country Course going South"

Caroline_France2

bigemily273

RascalHuggins

horselover219000

midnightcollins

wildfirerox

asdfghjklaz

toshkin

MBRShorse

jumpforjoy

 

"Crandal's Cross Country Course going North"

bigemily273

Jesusgirl96

cdkerr

horselover21900

RascalHuggins

midnightcollins

allyalli0

NightUnicorn

Graciegirl96

jaspell

        

"Add Like Mad"

candy0503

Candy1

Sonny88

Mollie933

Yelana the Fair

whiteshadow26

Nyx

Lightning-Pine

sooner100

SNICKSMOM

 

"Subtraction Action" if you play this game, there's a good chance your name will be here next week!

Comanche

SiDnEy N.

Pilgrim

emilyspal

Hotgirl

saucy45

gaby704

andreeaalessandrafoarce

Catstem

Pastel

 

"Multiplication Station"

howrsesRme

Hotgirl

purprise

Candy1

pany

brookeseghers

gaby704

saucy45

biscuitrox

MeganWeber

 

Pony Pal Thoughts for the Day

"... anticipate and correct every unwanted behavior in your horse, by giving him something to do before hand. A horse cannot be following a series of cues that you have taught him to obey and be misbehaving at the same time. So, give him a series of cues in a row to keep him busy, and to take his mind off whatever is distracting him. Keep your horse busy with responding to these cues as often as you can, until he begins proving to you that he can be obedient all the time. When he behaves obediently, you can let him rest from your series of cues. However, the instant that he begins to drift his attention to something else, or behave badly, begin your series of cues all over. The horse learns from this, that it is very hard work not paying attention to you. You will soon end up with the most obedient, respectful, safe horse you know. "

Cheryl Sutor