Lake View Terrace, CA: The 9th Annual “Spirit of Johny Carpenter” Awards were presented Saturday
December 3rd, 2011 by the New “Heaven on Earth” Ranch to Nancy Woodruff, Susan Bartlett and
Robert Stephens. The Reel Cowboys hosted the event at their weekly meeting at
Big Jim’s Family Restaurant in the Banquet Room. OK Trophy of Sunland donated the plaques.

The “Spirit” award was created in 2003 by All Nations Church
(Which hosted the event and their Thanksgiving Korean BBQ from 2003-2010)
to recognize those individuals and groups whose works best reflect the spirit of Johny Carpenter.
Johny was a stuntman, cowboy and actor whose original Heaven on Earth Ranch stood on Foothill Place
in Lake View Terrace for almost 25 years.

Council Member Paul Krekorian, 2nd District, City of Los Angeles, presented certificates of
recognition to each honoree. Also presenting certificates, were representatives from
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Council Member Tony Cardenas, 6th District.
Certificates were also received from U.S. Representative Brad Sherman, 27th District,
State Assembly Member Felipe Fuentes, 39th District and

Lake View Terrace, CA: The “Johny Carpenter” Arena Community Ride & BBQ was a well attended event.
Held on Sunday June 26th, 2011, in the Horse Rest area adjacent to the future arena site
on Foothill Place. At least 25 riders participated and over 80 attended the BBQ, which was
funded by Foothill Trails District Neighborhood Council (FTDNC).

Represented on the ride, which winded its way around the Tujunga Ponds, All Nations Church,
Angeles Golf Club and under the 210 Freeway, were representatives from
Equestrian Trails International, Corrals 20 & 210, Foothill Mounted Patrol, the Mayors Office,
the Council Office, Sun Valley Area Chamber of Commerce and
101 year old Bert Bonnet back in the saddle, riding as well.

The BBQ was done by Phil Tabbi of CPAB With the donated BBQ rig from Foothill Division.
We also had participation from FTDNC, Reel Cowboys, LVT Improvement Association,
Dusty’s Riders, “Special Spirit,” Ride for a Cure, local stables and many neighbors.
Musical entertainment was provided by Buck Corbett. Terry Kaiser served as trail boss.

The ride & BBQ are part of the “Johny Carpenter” Arena construction schedule.
Upcoming events include Sundays July 10, 17 & 24, where clean up of the arena site will take place.
This will lead to the “groundbreaking” sometime in late August on the historic site of
the original Heaven on Earth Ranch. NHOER looks to having the grand opening
of the arena & riding program by the end of 2012.

Lake View Terrace, CA: The New “Heaven on Earth” Ranch (NHOER), took the first steps in
the construction of the “Johny Carpenter” Arena on Foothill Place in Lake View Terrace.
The first day of construction was Saturday April 30th, 2011. Attending the start up were
Mary Benson representing Council Member Paul Krekorian, Terry Kaiser of FTDNC & ETI and
members of the board of directors of NHOER: Lee Diebold President, Randy Horton Vice President,
Katherine Carpenter secretary, Joel Druckman and Skeeter Mann.

The first task was to display the banner announcing the “future location” of the arena, which
is the same historic site of the original Heaven on Earth Ranch, where Johny Carpenter built
an authentic western town and taught physically & mentally challenged children and young
adults how to ride a horse. All Nations Church purchased the land and upon learning about
Johny and the ranch, said to “bring it back.” The arena is part of the churches conditional
use permit with NHOER listed as the organization to maintain it.

The land where the arena will sit, was dedicated in a public ceremony, by the church, on
September 12th, 2004. The Johny Carpenter working group recommended to honor Johny, an
independent 501 (c)(3) should be created to build the “Johny Carpenter” Arena, make it
available to the community and establish the “Johny Carpenter” riding program, free of charge.
NHOER is now a fully recognized CA based 501 (c)(3) public charity and has its LA City Business
Tax Registration Certificate and is a member of the Sun Valley Area Chamber of Commerce.

Other activities that day included the plotting of the site plan and working on the round pen
in the adjacent “horse rest” area (Part of the dedicated trail around the church).
Thanks to Terry Kaiser and his tractor, which made a huge difference in the round pen.
This is also available to the community, 7 days a week.

Future activity will be a formal “groundbreaking the community will be invited to and
then on to the final construction. The “target” date for the formal opening is
around September 17th, 2011 or soon after. The arena will be open 7 days a week, daylight hours.
Monday-Saturday, you will be able to park horse trailers in a staging area next to the arena.
Use by individuals is free of charge, as will the riding program NHOER will be offering.
Local groups, for a nominal fee, will be able to “reserve” half the arena for their use.
There will be no “public” events taking place, but local groups can conduct their programs.
A bulletin board will be on site with rules and be available for community postings.
The arena dimensions are 125' x 250' with 3 gates.

NHOER honors the spirit of the late Johny Carpenter, whose original Heaven on Earth Ranch stood on Foothill Place for almost 25 years. Johny built an authentic western town and taught physically & mentally challenged children/young adults how to ride a horse.
It is dedicated to maintaining our equestrian way of life, restoring horse use land
and providing a place to bring our community together, like Johny did.

"SPIRIT OF JOHNY CARPENTER AWARD BRINGS TOGETHER COMMUNITY"

YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE
-LEARN ABOUT THE NHOER, ITS HISTORY & GOALS
- JOIN US AT COMMUNITY EVENTS.

LET’S CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE LEGACY JOHNY KEPT ALIVE
IN LAKE VIEW TERRACE FOR OVER 30 YEARS