Richard J. and Melodie D. McKeever - Page 3




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                  At all relevant times, Richard J. McKeever was the sole                              
            shareholder, chief executive officer, and general sales manager                            
            of Aero Industrial Alloy, Inc., a metals distributing business.                            
            Mr. McKeever does not hold a college degree.                                               
                  Since at least 1986 and continuing through the date of                               
            trial, Melodie D. McKeever has been employed full time as a                                
            medical technologist by Kaiser Permanente.  Mrs. McKeever                                  
            received a bachelor of science degree in microbiology, with an                             
            emphasis in premed for veterinarians, from Long Beach State                                
            University in 1972.                                                                        
                  Mrs. McKeever has been involved with horses her entire life.                         
            As a child, Mrs. McKeever spent time with horses on her                                    
            grandfather’s and uncle’s ranches.  When her father was stationed                          
            in Barstow, California, Mrs. McKeever cleaned stalls and did                               
            other volunteer work at the U.S. Marine Corps stables in exchange                          
            for lessons in riding and horsemanship.  From 1975 until 1983,                             
            Mrs. McKeever was a member of Equestrian Trails, Inc., an                                  
            organization devoted to maintaining trails throughout California.                          
            Mrs. McKeever served as the secretary of her local chapter for 2                           
            years.  Prior to 1988, Mrs. McKeever owned two horses:  A grade                            
            gelding and a quarter horse mare.                                                          
            Commencement of the Horse Activity                                                         
                  In 1987, petitioners began their horse activity.                                     
            Petitioners did not have any prior employment history or business                          






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