OUR PRESIDENT

5. Expect less.

Our lives with horses...

Our lives with horses are rich with feeling. You know this if you've ever.... choked back tears watching a new foal wobble to his feet for the First time ...or watched your good horse wobble to his feet after surgery.... or seen the ends of the reins float straight out as a reining horse spins beneath them . . or chuckled to yourself as you watched a tiny tot on a patient pony trot through a barrel pattern at a saddle club payday ... or felt the building tremble as an eight-up hitch of feather-legged giants towed a hand-carved beer wagon into the arena ... or had your heart stop when you saw your horse lying motionless in the pasture on a sunny day and waited breathlessly for an ear to flick ... or cheered at the screen when 'The Man From Snowy River' slid Dennie down the mountainside, .. or when Seabiscuit made his final surge to beat War Admiral ... or cruised along the highway and seen a horse in a pasture and wondered what he's like to ride or pictured him as a prospect ... or sucked in your breath as a horse and rider approached a six-foot wall ... or sworn a solemn oath to your horse that together you would triumph ... or flipped through the TV channels and stopped when you saw a horse even when it was a commercial ... or laughed aloud when you rubbed your horse's face and he rubbed back ... or gotten chills hearing Dave Johnson's 'and DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME!' (or 'Run for the Roses' circa 1980 ish?)
... or stood in awe at your horse in morning play as he sprinted around the pasture, then stopped, head erect, and snorted defiance at the rest of the world
... or been thankful to see wild horses grazing casually at the foot of a hill ... or felt calmed by the sleekness of a silky
haircoat beneath your hand ... or felt your jaw drop as you watched a Lipazzan
perform a capriole ... or if you've ever seen someone in the grocery store wearing a certain kind of hat, or boots, or buckle, or have a certain cut and length to their jeans, and felt some remote kind of connection ... or felt warmed by a soft nicker greeting as you entered the barn ... or slid your hand under your horse's blanket to straighten it out, only to pause in the glowing feeling that you get when you touch the
warmth of his coat... or riding on a trail with your horse, thinking how that trail over there looks nice and almost without asking, your horse has sensed your slightest movement in the saddle and he's now taking you there. ... or pulled up to your barn where you board and only your horse greets you with a welcoming hello from the sound of your car or your voice.

HEROES AND HORSES

SOME NOTABLE HEROES AND THEIR HORSES ARE MENTIONED AND WE KNOW YOUR HORSE IS YOUR HERO AND VICE VERSA.

1. Kanthaka - Buddha's horse, the one he used when he was still Siddhartha the prince, to escape from his father's palace and begin his journey toward enlightenment. Kanthaka's hooves made no sounds as they fled together and he is often depicted being lifted on his four feet by benign spirits.

2. Pegasus - the mythical winged horse parented by Neptune and Medusa and ridden by Bellerophon to rid the world of Chimera, the monster. Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, was able to capture and train Pegasus when he allowed her to place her golden bit in his mouth.

3. Phosphorus (Light Bearer) - the great Roman racehorse immortalized by the 4th century Roman poet Ausonius (at the emperor's request) in a beautiful eulogy: Fly with haste to join the wing-footed horses of Elysium; may Pegasus gallop on your right and Arion as your left-wheeler, and let Castor find a fourth horse for the team.

4. Babieca - famed white gelding of El Cid, Rodrigo Diaz of Bivar, the Spanish hero who united Christians and Muslims against a Moorish onslaught from Africa. Babieca lived to be 30 years old and carried El Cid into all his battles. Babieca means "crazy" as Rodrigo made a crazy choice since the colt was the runt of the herd.

5. Bucephalus (Ox-head) - beloved horse of Alexander the Great who bore the Macedonian hero on his back from Greece to India. Odds against a horse living past 20 in that era were great, but Bucephalus, in his 20s, endured until he fell in battle in India.

6. Sleipnir - the eight-legged war horse of Odin, the Norse god, was able to fly without wings and shape-shift.

7. Balios and Xanthos - a grey and bay, both sired by Zephyros, the West Wind, who together pulled Achilles' chariot.

8. Vivasat - a Hindu sun-god who often took the form of a stallion.

9. Al Burak - Mohammed's horse, on whose back he ascended to heaven, was brought to him by the archangel Gabriel

10. Chiron - the centaur who taught Achilles, Jason and the first physician, Ascelpius, all he knew.

11. Rakhsh - blue-eyed and dappled red horse of the legendary Persian warrior, Rustam. Rakhsh was highly intelligent and saved his sleeping master from a lion's attack, killing the predator.

There are many more famous mythical and real horses and we will be adding to our list. Can you help us add to this list?. thank you Harmony Horse Works.

The question is not: "do you support horse slaughter."

The question is: "do you support the cruel, terrifying transport for days without food and water in their journey to death?"

The question is: "do you support the torture and abuse of the killer chutes, even for crippled horses, pregnant mares, wild horses, protective mares with foals by their sides?"

The question is: “Do you support the horse slaughter factories that lie to their consumers about the many chemicals that taint the horse meat, and call it Organic?

The question is: do you support the breeder who breeds hundreds of horses just to pick out the good ones and cash in the rest to the killer buyer?

The question is: Do you support the person who uses the horse its whole life and when it gets to an old age sends it to slaughter as a thank you?

The question is: “do you support the slaughter workers who cheer a horse on that struggles extra hard for its life?

The question is: Do you support the killer buyer who not only buys up the strong, fat and healthy horses and leaves the meek weak and unhealthy for society, but also bids against the good homes and horse rescues?

The question is: “Can you see though the lies of the ones who stand to loose a buck with the end of horse slaughter?

The question is: Do you support ripping the last of our wild horses away from their families and peaceful lives to be slaughtered?

The question is: As a nation, can we allow this to continue and still call ourselves a civilized country?

The question is: "Can you look at the footage of innocent horses with their eyes gouged out, hooves ripped off, legs broken, beaten by the workers, faces smashed in from being on the transport trucks, horses stabbed in their spines, horses conscious for the entire killing process and do nothing?

That is the question, so what is YOUR answer?

Resolve to make the world a better place for animals (credit: PETA)

	If you haven't already done so, have the companion animals who depend on you spayed or neutered. These simple procedures help protect your furry friends from many types of cancer and prevent thousands of animals from being born only to end up abandoned on the streets or dumped at severely crowded animal shelters.
	If you live with a dog, pledge to walk him or her every day, even when it's cold outside and you'd rather hide under a blanket. If you share your home with cats, set aside some "kitty (or horsey) quality time" every day to play with, brush, and bond with them. It's sometimes too easy to overlook our feline friends, but they can get bored and lonely too.
	If there is a lonely "backyard dog" in your neighborhood, try befriending his or her guardian. Start by politely talking to him or her about the dog's needs, such as companionship, daily portions of fresh food and water, and a weatherproof doghouse filled with straw. Many lucky dogs have had their lives changed because someone like you cared enough to intervene.
	If you're shopping for yourself or buying holidays gifts for your loved ones, stay away from fur, wool, leather, and companies that make or sell products made from the skins of animals.

NOTE: Crossed Sabers can not fully guarantee the accuracy of every page on this website which is huge (38,000 files and over 300 pages). We do not have the personnel or time to keep it up to date and accurate for every situation as this Stable and all its programs have always been a dynamic entity, ever changing and improving itself to meet the needs of horses and horse people. We do try to make sure each page is up to date and accurate but the best thing to do If you have a question, is email or call us. Additionally Crossed Sabers can not guarantee anything that anyone says about us on line, we have no control over other people and their websites, forums or ads, all we can tell people is if you do not know the person, their name, address and their experience, age or history/background/education and location do not trust what they say. That is true for everything on the internet. Some things said about us have been grossly inaccurate and did not come from CSS, some come from past employees we fired for cause (for hurting horses or stealing from us), people that are pro-slaughter and hate our mission and what we do for horses enjoy trying to make us look bad, some are horse traders that we've helped put out of business and some are people we helped put in jail on neglect cases. Again, if you have questions about us, our services, our company structure, how we are licensed, how we pay taxes, how we do things or anything at all, please feel free to contact us, just don't assume that all you read on another website is accurate because 99% of it is not true, especially if you read it on a forum, blog or chat room and don't assume that it came from us, just call 304-873-3532 or email us at secondwindadopt@aol.com, or better yet, come and see our operation and you will see how we do things. I can guarantee it's 1000 times better than what the liars and frauds say who are jealous of our work. All programs and services listed on this website, including SWAP is a part of Crossed Sabers Stable which has been licensed in WV for the last 13 years. The Mountain State Horse School and Second Wind Adoption Program, Inc. and Crossed Sabers International Horse School, Inc. was incorporated on 4 Sep 08 to address the education needs and life challenges of people and horses.

Buyer and Seller Beware!! Update on the Robin Hollingsworth of Blacksburg, SC (she has several alias's and about 10 fake names) fraud case for those of you who have been asking. The SC prosecutor accepted a plea bargain from her and dropped the case if she paid the people she ripped off (the people she took money under false pretenses from when she sold them horses she did not own), she did that so she was let go but the 3 arrests will stay on her record and the record of what she did to all those people is still on the books and will stay there. If she is caught again I'm certain she will go to jail but people who are cheated by her must stand up and testify.. If more people that she ripped off would have not chickened out and backed out because of fear (Quote from them was we are scared of her, she is crazy) she would be in jail right now but beware, she is still loose and still taking free horses or companion horses that have things like ringbone and navicular and drugging them and then selling them as high level jumpers and competition horses on the internet. Her daughter works with her, Amanda or Mandy, she helps her rip people off. Beware, I'm getting calls almost every month where Robin has committed more crimes against people, taking horses, not paying for them, bouncing checks, buying vehicles and horse trailers and not paying for them. BEWARE OF THIS WOMAN!! If you want her history or to check a person's name against our black list (our do not adopt to, do not sell to, do not buy from, do not hire or even rent to list), then contact us.

BEWARE: Do not buy a horse from anyone you do not know, ESPECIALLY ON THE INTERNET, unless they have websites like ours, their names and addresses listed and they show they have a long long history on their website and do not buy unless you go to see the horse and have it vet checked and you have contact with the vet, not the seller or even trainer telling you what the vet said. DO NOT GIVE YOUR HORSE OR SELL YOUR HORSE WITHOUT A WRITTEN AGREEMENT AS TO WHAT IS TO HAPPEN WITH THE HORSE, RESELLING, USE/LIMITATIONS, FACILITIES NEEDED, ETC. It you sell or give away a horse with no agreement, they could go to slaughter the same day you release them or they could be sold and misrepresented, living a life of neglect, abuse, over use and miss use the rest of their lives. We hear stories all the time where a best friend or neighbor, the nice lady you gave the horse to sent the horse to slaughter or is neglecting it and there is not a thing the owner can do now because they no longer own the horse and they made no written agreements signed by both parties. If you need help doing written agreements, back ground checks on buyers and sellers, just contact us, that is part of our 'SAFE SELLING' SERVICES. Your horse's life depends on you being safe and thorough!

BEWARE: People are selling horses on the internet that don't even exist so beware, the horse industry is full is liars, cheaters, and thieves, even we have had to deal with them from potential adopters who were in jail applying to adopt, to employees and former trainers who totally ripped us off by stealing tack and tools, asking for huge advances and then leaving after they get them, people who don't even know us or had any experience with us slandering us on forums, harassing us and our supporters, interfering with company operations and even adopters who don't think twice about breaching their contract or forging their vets signature on applications & annual updates or even selling their adoption horse to programs like ours and even 501c3's public charities selling horses to slaughter auctions or being put in jail for neglect and animal cruelty. We are bringing each person that has wronged our horses to justice one at a time and winning all our cases but that does not protect the general public from these liars, thieves, con-artist and cheaters. Your horses life can easily be ruined forever, they could end up in a fate worse than death so buyer and seller beware, your horses life depends on you keeping them safe and you being thorough with doing things like getting references and making sure the people have stable employment, that they really own the farm they say they do, doing background checks to check for criminal records. The horse world is full of dishonesty which ruins it for honest people that really care and always try to do the right thing, such a shame. Just be very careful and get proof that your horse is going to a good home, get more than a feeling because we promise you about 50% of the time when it comes to horses, your feeling that its a 'nice' person or a 'good' person' is wrong. And even when you pick a good home, they can turn around and sell or give away to a bad home.

HOW TO STAY YOUNG

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay 'them'

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches and negative people pull you down. People who like to cause trouble will shorten your life and make you just like them... miserable.

3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. 'An idle mind is the devil's workshop.'

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6. The tears happen.. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love , whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER :
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Every Dream Starts with a Single Step, Take Your Step Today!

Women from History Who Dared To Change the World (credit: O Magazine)

600 B.C. TO 200 B.C.: Tribes of statuesque women (and men) roam the Eurasian steppes. The fearsome Amazons of myth? Not exactly. But archeological evidence suggests that among these nomads, the women were the warriors.

Circa 39: Dynamic sister duo Trung Trac and Trung Nhi amass a Vietnamese army in a revolt against Chinese rule. For four years, they lead the rebellion.

Circa 395: Fabiola, a Roman aristocrat whose divorce and subsequent remarriage were condemned by Christian society, founds a hospital for the poor and other outcasts of her city. It's likely one of the first hospitals in the Western world.

Circa 1001: Murasaki Shikibu begins writing The Tale of Genji, an epic portrait of court life (twice as long as War and Peace), considered by many to be the greatest masterpiece of Japanese literature and possibly the world's first novel.

1429: Peasant girl Joan of Arc commands the French army in a series of victorious battles to liberate her homeland from the English; she is burned at the stake for her trouble.

Circa 1579: Grace O'Malley, a swashbuckling Irish pirate known for raiding ships, fights off an English government expedition sent to stop her.

Circa 1613: In her graphically violent painting Judith Slaying Holofernes, Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi slays the ideal of submissive womanhood: Her heroine is fierce, powerful, and ruthless.

1777: Teenager Sybil Ludington rides all night long through a storm to alert the 400 men in her father's militia that the redcoats are coming. She's called the female Paul Revere—but Paul rode with two of his buddies. And he was captured by the British.

1805: Sacagawea joins Lewis and Clark as their expedition's interpreter, traveling thousands of miles across the Rockies with her newborn babe strapped to her back. Who says life ends when you have kids?

1814: As the British torch Washington, D.C., First Lady Dolley Madison remains in the White House long enough to rescue historic valuables—running out moments before the soldiers charge in.

1862: Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, just 19 and dressed as a man, enlists in the Union Army. In a letter home, she assures: "I don't fear the rebel bullets nor I don't fear the cannon."

1867: Ida Lewis rescues three drowning men from wind-whipped swells in Newport Harbor. Then she rows back to save their sheep. Ida later becomes the country's first female lighthouse keeper.

1872: Victoria Claflin Woodhull becomes the first woman to run for president. A colorful candidate, she advocates for free love.

1906: Madam C.J. Walker hawks shampoos and serums door-to-door. The orphaned daughter of former slaves, she becomes one of America's wealthiest businesswomen.

1912: Astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt discovers the period-luminosity relationship (later used to calculate the distances between Earth and the stars).

1914: Barnstorming adrenaline junkie Georgia "Tiny" Broadwick makes the first-ever free fall from a plane.

1916: In a tenement neighborhood in Brooklyn, Margaret Sanger opens the doors of the country's first birth control clinic. Outside at least 150 women are waiting.

1916: Movie star Mary Pickford insists on becoming her own producer. America's Sweetheart is no sucker.

1937: Amelia Earhart disappears on the ultimate adventure—her attempt to fly around the globe. In a note to her husband, she explains: "I want to do it because I want to do it."

1938: Anna Mary Robertson Moses sells her first paintings, at age 78. Known as "Grandma" Moses, she continues to paint for 23 years, becoming one of the century's most renowned folk artists.

1941: Protofeminist superhero Wonder Woman first appears in a comic book, fighting off Fascists in star-spangled hot pants.

1946: Super-geekette Dorothy Hodgkin cracks penicillin's chemical makeup with an X-ray crystallographer. (Eighteen years later she'll earn the Nobel Prize.)

1953: Jackie Cochran flies an F-86 Sabre jet through the sound barrier. She learned to fly so she could travel around selling cosmetics, but it turns out trashing speed records is a lot more fun.

1959: On the edge of the Serengeti Plain, Mary Leakey digs up and pieces together a 1.7-million-year-old hominid skull, one of the most important finds in the history of archeology.

1960: At the Rome Olympics, Wilma Rudolph (left)—once partially paralyzed by polio—earns three gold medals in track-and-field, the first American woman to do so.

1963: Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first female to fly a spacecraft around the globe.

1967: Kathrine Switzer dares to run the all-male Boston Marathon, while an irate race official chases her.

1981: Alexa Canady becomes the first black female neurosurgeon in the United States.

1985: Just 175 miles from the Iditarod finish line, Libby Riddles heads into a blizzard when other mushers opt to stay in camp; this gives her a six-hour lead and, ultimately, the win.

1989: Performance artist Karen Finley smears her body with chocolate to illustrate that women are treated like, you know, dirt. The National Endowment for the Arts rescinds her funding, but she ultimately gets it back.

2005: Roz Savage quits her corporate job, leaves her unraveling marriage, and rows across the Atlantic by herself. Midlife crisis averted.

2008: Sandra Andersen, a barista at a Starbucks in Tacoma, Washington, learns that one of her customers needs a kidney to live. So she gives the woman hers.

2009: Navigator Ann Daniels leads the Catlin Arctic Survey, a 74-day journey from the Arctic Ocean to the North Pole to measure the thickness of sea ice.

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The Warmth of A Horse

When your day seems out balance...
and so many things go wrong ...
When people fight around you
and the clock drags on so long ...
When some folks act like children
and fill you with remorse ...
Go out into your pasture and wrap
your arms around your horse.

His gentle breath enfolds you as he
watches with those eyes ...
He may not have a PhD but he
is, oh so wise!
His head rests on your shoulder
you hug him good and tight ...
He puts your world in balance
and makes it seem all right.

Your tears will soon stop flowing,
the tension will be eased ...
The nonsense has been lifted.
You are quiet and at peace.
So when you need some balance
from the stresses in your day ...
The therapy you really need
Is out there eating hay!

Our President / CEO / Executive Director

"Our chief want in life is somebody

who will make us do what we can"


TITLE, BUSINESS NAME & LOCATION:
-Owner, Crossed Sabers Stable
-Founder, Second Wind Adoption Program
-President/CEO/Executive Director, The Mountain State Horse School & Second Wind Adoption Program, Inc.
-President/CEO/Executive Director, Crossed Sabers International Life School, Inc.
Rt 2 Box 24A Jockey Camp Road, West Union, West Virginia 26456

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES: Scuba Diving, Riding and Training Horses, Photography, Traveling, Training Dogs, Flying, Music, Fine Arts & Painting, Entertaining, Team and Individual Sports, Writing, Creative Arts, Dance, Sailing, Biking & Rollerblading.
23 Years Military Duty with the US Army Active Duty Regular Army, US Army National Guard and US Army Reserves May 1980 – Oct 2003, rank from 2LT to Major.
Duty Stations On Active Duty Included Ft. Eustis, VA, Ft. Bragg, NC, Ft. Rucker, AL, Republic of Korea, Ft. Campbell, KY, Japan, National Guard with Vermont Army National Guard and West Virginia Army National Guard, US Army Reserves at Ft. Des Moines, IA and Ft. Eustis, VA
Commands included US Property and Fiscal Office, Regional Training Institute, 146^th Medical Co (Air Ambulance) Army Aviation Support Facility, 103^rd Corps Support Command, 1/222 Aviation Regiment, 86^th Air Traffic Control Battalion, 45^th Transportation Company (Aviation Intermediate Maintenance), 8^th US Army, 57^th Medical Detachment (Dustoff), 18^th Airborne Corps, Ft. Bragg, NC, 158^th Aviation Battalion (Assault Helicopter), 101^st Airborne Division, Ft. Campbell, KY
Duty Positions included Supervisory Auditor, Battalion Executive Officer, Aeromedical Evacuation Pilot, Section Leader, Public Affairs Officer, Awards Officer, Helicopter Pilot, Aviation Readiness Officer, Company Commander, Aviation Section Leader, Platoon Leader, Unit Aircraft Maintenance Officer, UH-60 Pilot and Test Pilot, Tech Supply Officer, Pilot in Command, Assistant Maintenance Officer, Blackhawk Fielding Officer, OLR Project Officer, UH-1H pilot, Assistant Operations Officer

This is the picture of Major Kramer that is in the main hall of the Women's Military Memorial in Washington DC. The Memorial is beside the Arlington National Cemetery and across the river from the Lincoln Memorial

Celeita has been nominated and selected by West Virginia State University to be inducted into the Universities ROTC Hall of Fame. While a student, the 1980 cum laude graduate was Student Government Secretary, one of 2 people selected as Who’s Who of American Colleges and Universities, received the Outstanding Cadet Award, the Outstanding Military Student and the Outstanding Military Graduate, ROTC Battalion Executive Officer, Editor of the Cadet Battalion newspaper and selected as Miss Pershing Rifles for two years.

Major Kramer had 23 years (1980 - 2003) with the US Army, US Army Reserves and Army National Guard as a helicopter pilot, Blackhawk Test Pilot, Battalion Executive Officer, Aircraft Maintenance Officer, Blackhawk Fielding Officer, and Company Commander. Major Kramer has done tours of duty in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, Vermont, Iowa, Kentucky, South Korea, and Japan. She was the 24th woman in Department of Defense to earn military aviator wings, and the first woman in the Department of Defense to fly and test fly the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. A former Pan Am pilot in the South Pacific, she holds an FAA Commercial pilot's license with an instrument rating (single and dual engine) and has over 3000 commercial and military flight hours.

In 1995, she was the youngest woman to be included in the WV Celebrate Women Awards and Inducted into the WV Women’s Hall of Fame. Her picture is also in the main hall of the Women's Military Memorial in Washington, DC, and she was included in the Smithsonian Institute's Air and Space Museum 1986 display on, "Women in Aviation. She was awarded the coveted Sikorsky Rescue Award for saving a life using a helicopter, chosen as one of the Most Admired Women of the Decade, Woman of the Year, One of the 2000 Most Notable American Women, and one of the 5000 Most Notable Women in the World. Recipient of a West Virginia’s Woman of the Year Award (Youngest ever selected at the time), Distinguished Leadership Award, Presidential Sports Awards for Cross-Country Skiing, Cross Training & Fitness, Who’s Who of Professional & Business Women Award in 1993, Who’s Who in Business & Industry Award in 2008 and National Republican Party’s National Leadership Award in 2007. Her Military Awards and Decorations included the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal, National Defense Medal, Korea Defense Service Medal with two Bronze Stars, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Army Service Ribbon Army, Overseas Service Ribbon, West Virginia Service Ribbon, Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, Aviator Badge, and Senior Aviator Badge with 17 years of accident free military aviation service.

She completed her undergraduate studies in Education at West Virginia State and has a WV Dept. of Education Teaching Certificate. She has done other graduate study at the American University in Washington, D.C., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Salem-Teikyo University, Colorado State University and American University. She is a PADI qualified Open Water, Advanced Open Water and Rescue Scuba Diver. Additionally, she is a Harness Race Horse Owner and has attended the US Trotting Associations Driver Training.

Major Kramers Military Education and Training includes the US Army Transportation Officers Basic Course, US Army Marine Terminal Operations Course, US Army Advanced Qualification for UH-60 Blackhawk, US Aviation Maintenance Officers Course, US Army Test Pilot Course, US Army Battalion Training Management System, US Army UH-1H Helicopter Refresher flight Training, US Army Aviation Water Survival Course, US Army Aviation Officers Advanced Course, USARNG Aviation Mishap Prevention Course, 1992, USARNG UH-1H Instrument flight refresher course, USARNG Pre-Command Course, US Army Medical Service Corps Officers Advanced Course, US Army Aeromedical Evacuation Officers Course, USARNG Auditing & Internal Review Basic and Advanced course, USARNG Battle Focused Instructor Course, USARNG Intermediate Auditing & Internal Review Course, and the coveted US Army Command and General Staff College.

Celeita moved to Doddridge County and founded Crossed Sabers Stable in June of 1996 and the Second Wind Adoption Program in October of 1998 in order to respond to the huge need for safe, healthy homes for all horses. In 2008, in order to address some of the educational problems that people and horses have she formed the Mountain State Horse School and Second Wind Adoption Program, Inc and Crossed Sabers International Life School, Inc. She is responsible for all management of stable and adoption program operations, strategic planning and management of the internships, training and foster parent program. She is the Director of all educational programs (Int'l Life School and the Horse School). She is also an instructor/trainer, a certified Equine Sports Massage Therapist, and a school trained farrier. President Kramer is also the resident clinician for Horse and Barn 101, Training 101, the Race Horse to Pleasure Horse Clinic, the Going Gaited Clinic and Starting a Rescue Clinic. She has done graduate level study in Equine Science & Management at Salem-Teikyo University. Besides completing the Farrier Short Course at Oklahoma Horseshoeing School, she also completed an Equine Breaking & Training Course and the Breeding Courses at the Equine Sciences Department of Colorado State University. Her Equine Sports Massage Therapy (ESMT) Training is with Equi-Touch of Loveland, CO. She is regularly involved as the subject matter expert with the local and state authorities in several states in assisting in the prosecution and removal of horses from animal cruelty and neglect cases. Celeita has been an expert witness 12 times used by the legal profession with litigation centered around the horse industry. She is an expert witness in the areas of equine operations, equine welfare, military affairs, weapons and military aviation. She has been instrumental in influencing local, state and national laws regarding animal welfare, horses and their minimum care and anti-slaughter issues. She has personally completed well over two thousand adoptions of horses, dogs and cats in 46 states and Canada.

National and international Equine and Ladies publications have featured Ms. Kramer and the Second Wind Adoption Program, including Horse Illustrated, The Chronicle of the Horse and Ladies Home Journal, plus state publications such as Wonderful West Virginia.

This picture was on the cover of Army Times in the early 80's, The video taken of her that day at Ft. Bragg was on the national TV show 'Real People' on veterans day...

OUR PRESIDENT'S 4 LEGGED FAMILY

	Sheena, 2003 Female Boxer mix (rescue), Celeita was fostering Sheena for the Taylor County (TCHS) shelter until we realized Sheena needed a big farm to stretch her legs and grow up so she adopted her, she has been with us since 2005. Sheena has gone from brut to bruiser to now a sweet settled still full of play dog. She is the only dog that I've ever seen that could kill all the wild small animals on the farm and actually take down deer too. After pulling her off the back of a deer we realized she needed a wireless fence that would force her to stay home... a fence she could not jump over. Thank goodness it worked.
	Savannah, 1996 female Australian Stock Dog (rescue), Savannah was adopted from the Taylor County Shelter in 2004. She always loves to play with all the youngsters, she is the best natured dog. Love those ears! She is one dog that gone from an ugly duckling to a beautiful swan, when we picked her up she looked so beaten up from life. Her former owner had left her and litter of puppies in an outdoor shed locked up and had deserted the property, she and her pups were barely alive. All her pups were adopted but poor Savannah was left. We brought her home and she has become the prettiest dog anyone would ever want, with a a bright thick coat and her eyes show her health and love of life today. It was a beautiful transition to see.
	Cleo 2000 female Doberman (rescue), Celeita was at the Meryl Lunch Horse Grand Prix Show in 2001, Howard Lewis (AHSA Horseman of the Year for 1977) and Beth Large (now SWAP director), then the Manager for the Chagrin Valley Hunt Club for many years had set it up for SWAP to have a table at the show and he let all the SWAP folks stay in the Chagrin Valley Hunt Club housing for the week. Beth was fostering Cleo from the North Shore Dobie rescue, well Cleo was so sweet, we all fell in love with her and asked Beth if we could take her home. Beth even paid the adoption fee.
	Harry, (our puppy babysitter), 1997 male shepherd/rotte mix (rescue), Harry came to us as a 5 week old puppy, covered in mange, this was back when SWAP was doing many more dog adoptions too and we had 40 dogs here so he had to be kept separate from all the other dogs on the farm. After 20 weeks of dipping in the barn, Harry's mange was gone but the Executor caught it (yes, people can get the mange), it took her months to get over it, much longer than it did for Harry. From the mange, Harry had his front leg development was messed up, they were weak, wobbly and developing wrong, probably cause all his nutrition was going to get rid of the mange. Our county vet gave him one shot of B-vitamins and his legs straightened out, it was like a miracle. He still laid back on his pads more but his legs were straight, Celeita kept him because she knew after all the problems he had had as a puppy he would have problems and arthritis as an elder, knowing no one would take care of him through that, he stayed at CSS as a not adoptable for his own good and has been here ever since.
	Mandy, (1997 - November 21st 2008) female Australian Shepherd (rescue), Mandy was adopted from the Taylor County Shelter in 2004, with Savannah. Mandy kept all the dogs in line, when they are getting too loud, she would go over and tell them to quiet down. She was getting older and slept a lot but still followed her mommy every where she could, she could no longer go to the barn because she could no longer hear and could barely see. To call her you'd have to have a pretty good whistle. She was the best dog, never got on furniture, never used the bathroom in the house until the very end when she basically lost all control of her bowels. We miss those big eyes of our sweet girl.
	Ike (the old man of the farm), 1993 male Dalmatian (August 1 1993 - 26 June 2008) rest in peace my friend, be looking for me at the Rainbow Bridge, click here to see Ike's picture video Celeita bought Ike and his sister Mamie out of the litter in 1993 from one of her military aviation crew members in the military. She gave Mamie to her sister Peggy where she had a wonderful life, Mamie went to the rainbow bridge one month after Ike. 15 wonderful years with this boy, she was with Ike longer than she's been with any man, except her dad.
	Gunny (Celeita's travel buddy), 1995 male border collie mix (rescue) 1995 - September 9th 2007, Rest in Peace sweet boy, I'll see you at the Rainbow Bridge. Gunny and his brother Sergeant Major were rescued from a lady giving away puppies at the Mall as they were on the way to the pound, they were about 6 weeks old. Celeita got Sergeant Major a great home and kept Gunny. He was the best dog anyone could ever want. He went with her to some of the nicest barns throughout the US, was one of the few dogs that was allowed into race tracks, visited friends, went to horse events, he always stayed right on her heels, never needed a lead, he was the smartest most loyal friend anyone could ever want. I'm certain their will never be another like him. He's the one that started Gunny's Song, he would get all the dogs howling and singing every time our president would leave the house. When Gunny died, Gunny's song was gone, until one day Celeita left the office at the farm and she heard all the dogs singing Gunny's Song.
	Post the Colors "PC", 1998 registered Spotted Saddle Horse gelding, born at Crossed Sabers, out of Delilah "Big D" and by Shady Lane Shikoka. He was a bad child, always getting into trouble but Over the last few years he has become a horse anyone can ride and enjoy, who will walk, trot and canter and do a lovely running walk with a skilled rider. He still has a onery streak but Celeita knows its because he needs more of a job than she gives him since she is always working. PC and all of the executors horses are used in clinics, lessons, during educational retreats, to teach people how to drive/ride, for visitations from schools and childrens programs, for testing interns and riders and helping them build their legs back up before putting them on adoption horses who have less training and for teaching employees and volunteers.
	Belle's Classic Rose "Big'N", 1998 registered Percheron mare has been with Celeita since she was a yearling, she was given to her from her mom who could no longer keep her. She was a big 1200 yearling and Celeita has the funniest story about the day she brought her home from Richmond, but its too long a story for here, ask her, its hilarious. Celeita promised Alice she would keep her forever and she has. Big'n too over time has become the horse that anyone can ride and enjoy. Like most horses, with good care, love, consistent work, discipline and love all horses will become the horse you want and need. The major job she has every day is she brings all the horses in from turn out, just one whistle or call and Big'n comes running. Big'n and all of the executors horses are used in clinics, lessons, during educational retreats, to teach people how to drive, for visitations from schools and children's programs, for testing interns and riders and helping them build their legs back up before putting them on adoption horses who have less training and for teaching employees and volunteers..
	Mad Dancer, 1996 registered standardbred mare (Celeita's race horse), by the famous race horse and Hall of Famer, Niatross. She's been here since she was a yearling, She was a gift to Celeita from the STU Equestrian Department Head Cecile Dunn when Celeita was a grad student there. and all of the executors horses are used in clinics, lessons, during educational retreats, to teach people how to drive, for visitations from schools and children's programs, for testing interns and riders and helping them build their legs back up before putting them on adoption horses who have less training. Dancer and all of the executors horses are used in clinics, lessons, during educational retreats, to teach people how to drive, for visitations from schools and childrens programs, for testing interns and riders and helping them build their legs back up before putting them on adoption horses who have less training and for teaching employees and volunteers..
	Debonair's BigDawg is by Armbro Debonair (below) and out of MAD Dancer (above), a Niatross mare. 2001 registered Standardbred gelding. Mad Dancer foaled here on the farm on 5/15/01 at 9pm, a 10 hand, 110 lb strapping colt. Niatross as his sire on the Dams side and Abercrombie is the Grand Sire on his top side.... two Hall of Fame Harness horses. PS. He is affectionately called "Big Dawg" around the barn. Big Dawg is under saddle and learning job and is now 16 plus hand grown man. Hopes to race him were put aside because of the program struggling financially. He has his dads looks and his mom's wonderful build, dapples and sensitivity, he is a great friend and becoming a better riding horse every day. Big Dawg and all of the executors horses are used in clinics, lessons, during educational retreats, to teach people how to drive, for visitations from schools and childrens programs, for testing interns and riders and helping them build their legs back up before putting them on adoption horses who have less training and for teaching employees and volunteers.
	Mel's Too, aka "Poochey", is a 1998 standardbred gelding, son of our own Armbro Debonair (below) donated by Marie Sager, the same owner that owned and raced Debonair. When he came into the program, the executor saw that he had Debonairs eyes and face that she missed so much and knew this boy had to stay with us at Crossed Sabers Stable. He is all boy and full of himself, confident and nice on the eyes. He and Big'N are quite the item, they spend all their time together in turn out. He is a lovely addition and a wonderful memory of his dad, with a fun and exciting twist. He's turned into a nice riding horse and of course, he is a professional at driving. Its like a wonderful dream to see two of Debonairs sons in the barn every day, the only thing that could be better is seeing Debonair beside them. Poochey and all of the executors horses are used in clinics, lessons, during educational retreats, to teach people how to drive, for visitations from schools and childrens programs, for testing interns and riders and helping them build their legs back up before putting them on adoption horses who have less training and for teaching employees and volunteers.
	Armbro Debonair (April 1982 - December 23, 2005) Rest in Peace Sweet Boy (Abercrombie x Willow Bret by Meadow Skipper) Debonair was 23 years old in these pictures just goes to show what really good care will do for a horse. Debonair was a companion horse who came to us with severe ringbone after 10 years of racing, not rideable at all but he lived the good life here, the life due every horse when they can no longer work or have a job and we felt honored to have that privilege. Debonair was a Standardbred stallion by the Hall of Fame Racehorse, Abercrombie. Debonair won $358,225.00 on the harness racing track, with a lifetime mark of 1.55.1 at a mile on a 5/8^th track (5/25/86, race 8 at the Windsor Raceway, Ontario). He raced at the Meadowlands in New Jersey, Freestate Raceway in Maryland, Mohawk in Ontario, Canada, Windsor in Ontario, Greenwood in Ontario, Flamboro in Ontario, Cantorbury Downs in Manitoba, Yonkers Raceway in New York, Freehold in New Jersey, and Pocono Downs in Pennsylvania. He won his first race in June of 1985 and won his last race in October of 1995, a full 10 years of racing, 385 races in all. His breeders were Armstrong Brothers of Inglewood, Ontario and he foaled in Lexington, KY on April 19^th, 1982. Debonair had the big corner office in barn and greeted all the stable visitors at Crossed Sabers Stable and The Second Wind Adoption Program as they come in. Believe it or not, Debonair was an adoption horse donated in 1998 by Marie Sager of Bordontown, NJ after her husband, Edward, a harness racing trainer died. After years of racing, Celeita knew she could keep him safe and give him the retirement deserving a champion so she adopted him, mostly because no one wanted him, he was unadoptable because of the ringbone. He was the old man of the farm (though someone forgot to tell him that) and because of his severe ringbone, he was the most beautiful "ornament" at Crossed Sabers Stable. Even today when Celeita mets Harness racing people, regardless of their location and mentions her boy Debonair, everyone knew him and remembers seeing him race. Marie Sager and Celeita still share pictures and stories of Debonair and his sons. Debonair was a kind and feisty soul who loved his daily romps in the pasture, carrots, kids, all the mares that would come and go at SWAP, especially the grand dam, Daisy Mae and he loved to play chase with his mommy. Of course, the job he really wanted was to breed all the mares in the program..... but we don't always get what we wish for. He is buried in the corner of the pasture so he could be near the people and the horses who loved him. He is missed every day.