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THE STILLWATER JOURNAL, Thursday, March 27, 2014 - S5
• New OSU equine center will be state-of-the-art teaching facility
By Jacob Longan
Oklahoma State
University students and
Oklahoma horse enthu-
siasts will soon reap
the benefits of a new
state-of-the-art equine
teaching center, thanks
to Linda Cline's passion
for equine students and
desire to honor her late
husband.
Cline has made a
significant contribution
toward construction
of the multi-million-
dollar OSU Charlie
Cline Memorial Equine
Teaching Center, which
will replace the current
animal science equine
facility on campus. The
current building was
constructed in the 1980s
and no longer lends itself
to today's "best teaching
practices" encouraged by
equine industry leaders.
The new equine center
will include a teach-
ing barn with stalls for
foaling mares, an i'ndoor
arena, classrooms, feed
and tack rooms, a wash
rack and treatment area.
The center will also pro-
vide space for classes,
clinics, 4-H programs
and other outreach
opportunities that serve
Oklahoma's expansive
equine industry.
"We will be able to
teach in classrooms and
then step right outside
to work with the horses
in our labs," said Steven
Cooper, OSU animal sci-
ence equine professor.
Mike Woods, interim
vice president, dean
and director of OSU's
Division of Agricultural
Sciences and Natural
Resources, said the state-
of-the-art facility will
enable DASNR to better
meet the growing demand
for equine education.
"The Charlie Cline
Memorial Equine Teach-
ing Center: will have a
far-reaching and mean-
ingful impact on the
live;, of young people
who desire to make a
difference in the farming
and ranching businesses
across Oklahoma and the
country," he said.
Horses are popular in
Oklahoma, with the state
having nearly 270,000
head. As many as 50
percent of animal science
freshmen choose horses
as their primary inter-
est, and approximately
7,000 Oklahoma youth
are involved in equine
programs through OSU
Cooperative Extension
programs, horse shows
and judging competi-
tions.
The Clines first became
involved with the equine
industry in July 1985,
when they bought a
ranch west of Cushing,
Okla., to retire on after
the sale of their success-
ful family-owned truck-
ing business, Cherokee
Lines, Inc. Soon after,
Charlie Cline purchased
SMC Foundation Accepting Applications
For High School Internships
The High School
Internship program,
administered by the Still-
wat.er. Medical Center
Foundation, began when
Dr. Orville Rippy helped
to create the Rippy Fel-
lowship as a way to show
a high school student the
opportunities available
by choosing healthcare
as a career. This year,
the 31st Rippy Fellow
will be named in late
April. Dr. Rippy's dream
of fostering interest in
the medical field, led to
the creation of two more
endowed programs-- the
Franklin Fellowship and
the Breedlove Extern-
ship.
Glen Henry, M.D.,
along with his mother,
Glenna Franklin Cramer,
created the Franklin
Fellowship to honor
the late Bill Franklin.
Dr. Henry was the 1987
Rippy Fellow. His experi-
ences during the program
helped in making the
decision to create another
fellowship.
Robert Breedlove,
M.D., local dermatolo-
gist, has endowed the
Breedlove Externship.
After years of working
with the Rippy Fellow
students, he wanted to
'open the door to health-
care' for another student.
The Breedlove Extern is
awarded the year before
a student's junior year
of high school, while
the Rippy and Franklin
Fellowships are awarded
to students before their
senior year.
Each of the Summer
Scholars programs con-
sists of an intense six-
week look at a wide vari-
ety of healthcare careers.
Upon successful comple-
tion of the program, each
student is awarded a
$1,750 stipend.
The internships are
open to students from
Glencoe, Morrison,
Perry, Perkins/Tryon,
Ripley, Stillwater and
Yale. Application forms
are available through
the guidance office at
each school, online at
the SMC Foundation's
web page, www.smc-
foundation.org, or by
visiting the foundation's
office at 1606 W 7th
Ave, Stillwater. Com-
pleted applications are
due in the Foundation
office by 5:00 p.m. on
Monday, April 21. Con-
tact Teresa Hopkins or
Jeffery Corbett at the
SMC Foundation for
additional information,
(405) 742-5728.
Linda Cline (second from left) speaks with Oklahoma State University's (from left) Mike
Woods, Steve Cooper and Clint Rusk about the new OSU Charlie Cline Memorial Equine
Teaching Center.
17 horses, and Char-Lin
Ranch was born.
"Those horses were
an instant obsession for
me," Linda Cline said. "I
really loved it. We hired
people who knew things
and from there, we moved
into breeding."
Char-Lin is well-known
for the buckskin stallion
CL Buckley, who earned
the title of IBHA World
Champion, ABRA World
Champion and finalist at
the AQHA Amateur World
Show. CL Buckley has
sired 23 Top-Ten placings
at the AQHA World Shows
and 141 of Char-Lin's 212
World and Reserve World
Champions.
Linda Cline said Char-
Lin is not a hobby but a
working ranch, though
she and her husband
thoroughly enjoyed what
they did.
Neither of the Clines
attended OSU, but they
have built close ties to the
animal science program
Photo provided
and have always believed
in helping students. Their
daughter, Amy, earned
her journalism degree
from OSU.
"Charles truly was an
animal lover," Linda Cline
said. "He also thought
education was extremely
important and wanted to
help youth."
The OSU equine and
livestock judging teams
have both used Char-Lin
horses for practice, judg-
ing clinics and contests.
Cooper said Linda Cline
is playing a major role
in planning the facility
because her experience in
the business has showed
her what is necessary 30
make the center a suc-
cess.
"She has lived it and
built an extremely suc-
cessful business from
the ground up," he said.
"That takes time, passion,
devotion and a lot of hard
work. That's just how
they lived their lives."
Nor have the Clines
ever done anything half-
way.
"Whatever they did,
they did it right and they
did it big," Cooper said.
"It was either all in or all
out."
Clint Rusk, head of the
division's department of
animal science, said fac-
ulty members are excited
that construction will
soon begin on the state-
of-the-art facilities.
"We're grateful and
humbled by the generos-
ity of Linda Cline and
her family," Rusk said.
"Their gift will allow
the department to build
a center that will ben-
efit students for years
to come. We can't thank
them enough for their
generosity to help future
generations of equine
enthusiasts."
To learn more about
financial support pro-
grams for OSU, visit http:
//osugiving.com online.
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