At Home in His Heart by Glynna Kaye

Author:Glynna Kaye
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781408951385
Publisher: Harlequin (UK) Limited
Published: 2011-09-22T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

“So are we all in agreement then?” Sandi stood in front of the historical society members gathered in the museum kitchen Monday night. “It’s short notice to pull off something like this with the Fourth almost on top of us.”

“We can do it,” Earl assured, as if he’d be the one racing to get the appropriate permits, cleaning out the society’s makeshift vending trailer, shopping for the best deal on ingredients—and sweating over hot grills to produce enough Navajo fry bread to keep equine center event-goers satisfied.

She owed Trey Kenton big-time for letting them slip in at the midnight hour to open a concession outside the arena. He’d even donated a side of beef for the flavorful, oversize tacos that were a regional favorite. Due to a major remodeling glitch, the venue for a three-day Fourth of July horse show scheduled in air-conditioned comfort in the Valley of the Sun had been shifted to Canyon Springs. The show sponsors sought, and found, just what they were looking for in the High Country Equine Center, and Trey hoped they’d prefer the new site in the future, as well.

“In my opinion,” Sharlene Odel said, rising to her feet as she raised her voice above the excited chatter of the society members, “we wouldn’t be in this predicament if the board had been taking care of business all along.”

The chatter stilled. All eyes turned to Sharlene.

Then Sandi.

She’d been expecting something like this. No doubt Sharlene sensed an opportunity to drive a wedge into the for-the-most-part supportive camaraderie of the society. The seldom-seen Fran had shown up today, too. And Dana.

Coincidence? Not likely.

With a silent prayer she turned to Sharlene.

“Shar has a very good point. It’s imperative that all our members take an interest in the financial health of our organization, not just relying on the elected board to carry the entire burden.”

She nodded toward the society’s treasurer. “Becky Ortiz is distributing printouts of our income and expenditures over the last two years. Last winter’s audit report, as well. I encourage all of you to examine them at your leisure and provide feedback on how we can better manage our resources.”

Sharlene, minus her Pekingese today, flashed Dana and Fran a disgruntled look. She snagged one of the sheets from Becky and held it up. “This is all nice and good. But legitimate concerns can still be raised as to the quality of a leadership that permitted our finances to fall into such a dismal state.”

Cate Landreth stood, hackles almost visibly rising. Cate wasn’t afraid of anyone, not even a well-entrenched member of Canyon Springs society. “No one could have anticipated the economic downturn, the subsequent need for Mae Harding to increase the museum rent or that the city would cut our funding.”

“Nevertheless,” Shar persisted, “with upcoming elections in September, I appeal to the membership to remember where we were two years ago when we elected the current board—and where we find ourselves today.”

“Maybe if you’d have bothered to come to a meeting occasionally,

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