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Bulletin

VOLUME 231 FOR THE RECORD
THE OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE GDCNE –
March 2010


Dear Members and Friends,

The GDCNE met on Wednesday, March 17 at Crossroads Office Park in Leominster, MA. Members in attendance were: Norm Vadenais, Marcia & Peter Roddy, Tiffany Cross, Betty Lewis, Pat Ciampa, Ted Salame, Robin Liner, Helen Cross, Sharon Boldeia, Susan Davis Shaw, Dianne Powers, Edward Lyons, Heidi & Richard Swift, Bill Lewis and Karen Pacino.

Guests present were Rachel Wilson, Paul Bowman & Jocelyn Eaton.

MOTIONS PASSED:

-   Secretary’s report approved as written.

-   Treasurer’s report approved as progressive.

-   To overturn previous motion to hold concurrent obedience & conformation

rings at Spring Specialty. Events will each have their own time slot.

-   To charge $5.00 per person for lunch at the Spring Specialty. 

-   To award bronze medallions for Best of Breed, BOS, WD & WB at the

Club Specialties.

-   To donate the original artwork for the GDCNE medallion to AKC.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Spring Specialty

Our Spring Specialty 2010 will be held on Friday, June 4, at the Middlesex 4-H Fairgrounds in Westford, MA.

Our Judges are;

Conformation – Marilyn Riggins

Obedience/Rally – Dr. Ellen Adomelis

Sweeps - Jim Remaklus

GDCA National Specialties

October 17 – October 23, 2010

Pine Bluff, Arkansas

BOB – Eric Ringle

Dogs – Nancy Lerch

Bitches – Robert Thomas

Obedience/Rally – Nancy D Simmons

Agility – Bonnie Drabek

Futurity – Joel Rosenblatt & Chantel Johnson

2011 – Arizona

BOB – Linda Ridder

Dogs – Jane Treiber

Bitches – Alice Bonne

Futurity – Jose Ribo & Kathy Varian Toomey

2012 – Topeka, Kansas

MEMBERSHIP:

Applications for membership or questions regarding qualifications of applicants should be addressed with Betty Lewis, 17 Danbury Circle, Amherst, NH 03031.

Applications will be presented to the Board of Directors for appropriate action.

Please note that anyone agreeing to sponsor an applicant must get to know them and make the commitment to visit their home. If anyone wants to say anything relative to an applicant, positive or negative, please send letters to the membership chair, Betty Lewis.

Jocelyn Eaton was voted into membership.

RESCUE:

The Rescue Number is: 508-752-5256

The website is up & running: gdcnerescue.org

Rescue has placed 10 dogs since our January meeting and we are working on eight more. Please check out the website for more information!

PUPPY/LITTER ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Sue Davis Shaw has a Harlequin/Mantle Litter born February 27.
3 show-marked harlequins - 2 female, 1 male
1 mantle male, 1 merle male
CH Twinoak's Chief of Staff, CD, RN, CGC X CH Davisdane's Dare To Be A Duck, RN, CGC.
Sue is located in Hanover, MA and can be reached at 781-826-3686 or at davisdane@worldnet.att.net

Sterling Moffat has a blue litter born March 24.
4 males, 4 females

Lazy Days Rock Around the Clock UDX OM2 (son of the famous Tilly and father of Ch Wysiwyg's Hulett Me B A Rock Mover CGC) X Dewitt's Court Sterling Blue Witch Hazel RA CGC.
Sterling is located in Lyme, NH and can be reached at 603-353-9651 or at smoffat@sover.net


Marcia Roddy
Secretary
GDCNE

The Bulletin of the Great Dane Club of New England is published online after receipt from the Club Secretary and may contain minor differences in wording.

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