- 3 - 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 businessPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next
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