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The Lost Coast H O W L E Rwww.lostcoastkc.org

www.facebook.com/lostcoastkennelclubJune 2014Editor: Tina Moulton

President’s CornerLCKC BOARD

OF DIRECTORS

Officers:

BEVERLY MORGAN LEWISPresident

JILL OTTOVice PresidentKRIS SMITH

SecretarySANDRA GOULD

Treasurer

Members of the Board:

Sara BorokDeb St. MyersEmily Dalton

Next meeting:Tuesday, June 17th

at the The Clubhouseat The Meadows

(Address is atbottom of page)

Join Us!Everyone is welcome!

BOARD MEETING 6:30 PM

REGULAR MEETING 7:OO PM

Meetings are held on thethird Tuesday of each month,

alternating between theAdorni Center in Eureka1011 Waterfront Drive,

in odd numbered monthsand at The Clubhouse at

The Meadows,2520-90 Hubbard Lane, Eureka

in even numbered months.No meeting in December.

As I prepare to go to the UK to pick up my puppy, it’s hard for me tothink about anything else. But there’s much to be done and we mustkeep plowing forward.Our annual shows is just a few weeks off! We will be discussing finaldetails at the upcoming meeting on Tuesday, 6/17, so please try to bethere. The breed/obedience/rally shows are Friday – Sunday, June 27th –29th at the Humboldt County Fairgrounds in Ferndale and we will needlots of help with setup on Thursday, June 26th. You can pick up yourshow day parking passes when you come help with set up. Please join usthroughout the three days and stick around to help tear down on the lastday.We will hold ring practices every Sunday at 1pm at the fairgroundsuntil our show weekend. Everyone is welcome to come out andpractice conformation, obedience, and/or rally with us.Also on the horizon are the agility match and trials Friday – Monday,July 18th – 21st. This year that weekend will also include a Barn HuntSaturday and Sunday that will be preceded by some practice fun runs onFriday. Be sure to go to barnhunt.com to register for a BH number sothat you can enter this event. AKC does recognize Barn Hunt titles!These events will require lots of help with setup at the soccer field withplenty of work to do throughout the weekend and help needed takingeverything down and storing it for another year as things wind down onMonday afternoon.We are also looking at participating in Woofstock in August and theFarm Store Pet Fair in September.Hopefully all of my flights will come off as planned so that I can gethome in time to chair our next meeting on June17th at the Meadows Club House across fromMyrtle Avenue Market with the Board meeting at6:30 (all are welcome) and the membershipmeeting at 7:00. Be there or be square.Thank you to the hard working memberswho worked on our LCKC shed at theFerndale Fairgrounds on 6/1. They patched,painted and cleaned so that we have a goodspace to store our equipment. Beverly

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Club Activities

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Ring / obedience / rally practice will be happening onSundays at 1 PM at the fairgrounds in Ferndale untilour show at the end of June.We also will have some mid week practices behindBethel Church.Watch the yahoo list for details.

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Work Party!On June 1st, a number of LCKC members got togetherand worked on our shed at the Ferndale fairgrounds.Great improvement was made in our storage area.Pizza from Ferndale Pizza was a yummy reward!Thanks to everyone who helped out.

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Have you heard?From Beverly Morgan Lewis:

Puck finished his RAT O title at the barn hunt in Santa Rosaon April 13. He did it in style with two first-place finishes.The dog has 2 1/2 minutes to complete all the elements foropen which includes finding two rats. For his third leg,Puck did it in 34 seconds. Proud of that boy!Also proud of the little Druid who finished his RAT Ntitle on the next day at the same trial.Both boys are moving up!!

In May, Druid and Puck were recognized by TDI as Active OutstandingVolunteers for accumulating over 150 therapy dog visit each.

From Sandra Gould:

Tippet earned his Nosework2 title on the first try! (Dallas OR)He is one of about 800 dogs, nationally,with this title. Very unusual for a dog to succeed the first try at this level.He also earned his Rally Advanced and a leg on Rally Excellent. (Gridley CA

From Tina Moulton:

On Sunday, June 8th, my Raya (Rovente’s Ray of Light at Jo-Na-Da) earnedher second 4 point major by going BOW at Woofstock in Vallejo. She and herbrother Riot are both figuring out this show stuff. Raya was more excited aboutgetting to roll in tortoise poop at Grandma Nona’s….

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Have you heard?

From Mary Ann Wik:We have three dogs in the ring this month(1st photo is Erin and Legolas, 2nd photo is Emerald withhandler Madison Ferron, 3rd photo is Romeo and Nancy.Playful Little Gem - Co- Owned with Sherri Tait and MaryAnn Wikhad her First Show Weekend with handler Madison Ferronand First Win at Northern Alberta Canine Association, Edmonton CanadaFri, May 30, 2014 to Mon, Jun 2, 2014. Emerald (call name)took Best of Winners and Best of Opposite.We keep trying so Playful Prince of the Redwood Realm,call name Legolas who is co-owned withErin Lumkin and MaryAnn Wik came in Reserve both days at theAsheville Kennel Club, Inc., Fletcher NC on 6/8/14.

From Cathy Wright:My Bug, Riverwoods Balou's Cuddlebug,got a WD BOWfor a three point major on Saturday.I had a really fun time wearing myold hippy dress (which is actually my realclothes and not a costume :-)I love Woofstock. Bug has a total of7 points now after 7 shows.Pictures - one of Bug getting ready tohave his official picture takenand another of him and his sister Madonna,She got Reserve on Saturday.

From Barbara Stelz:

Linni took another Best in Show in Vallejo at theCoyote Hills KC show under Judge Ms. Rita A. Bell!

From Al Driver:Here is Speed’s group 2 from ButteValley Kennel Club on 5-29-2014.

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Northern Humboldt Sled dog team gave several demos at Morris School Exploration Dayson May 23. Thanks to Sara Borok for the photos and for providing a service to the community!

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Water Dogs!!!!!!

The elusive eight-legged Deerhound!

Abby

Eli

Paws and FloTippett

JasperSiennaZazzy

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MINUTES OF THE LOST COAST KENNEL CLUBMay 20, 2014, Adorni Center, Eureka

BOARD MEETING: Called to order by Vice-President Jill Otto at 6:42 p.m.Present: Sara Borok, Emily Dalton, Cheryle Davis, Sandra Gould, Jill Otto, Kris Smith, Deb St Myers.Minutes of the Last Meeting: MSAC to accept as published.Report of the Treasurer: Sandra provided a Treasurer's Report.Unfinished business: noneNew Business: Discussion of Vicke Casey's donation of a Corgi picture for an agility prize; might be too late toput in the premium list.The Board meeting was adjourned at 6:52 p.m.

REGULAR MEETING: Called to order by Vice-President Jill Otto at 7:00 p.m.Present: All of the above plus: Michelle Dostal, Chris Irvin, Nick Mendes, Josephine Morrissey, TinaMoulton, Cindy Peterson.Minutes of the Last Meeting: MSAC to accept as published.Report of the President: (by VP Jill Otto): Discussion of Corgi picture donation – will be used for HighScoring Corgi, but someone will have to figure out the scores. Beverly has not been able to find a judge for aJune barn hunt.Report of the Secretary: Mall: Notice regarding coverage from Hanover, a bill from Eureka Chamber ofCommerce for the two signs on each side of town.Report of the Treasurer: Sandra provided a Treasurer's Report – nothing new to report.Report of the Committees:

– Ring Practice: May 4 and 8 at Ridgewood School, all Sundays in June at the fairgrounds. Kris will notbe there for the last two practices.

– Newsletter: Discussion of whether non members can submit brags. Not a problem, as when the YahooGroup is updated, only members will get the prompt.

– Website: Premium List is on the front page. Tina has initiated transfer of domains from Jim.– B-OB Show: Emily went over updates: Nick (Grounds) said the flowers in the potty yard will have to

be fenced off; Josephine said she will provide the fencing. RV reservations are coming in. A checkneeds to be sent to Eel River Disposal. He will see that the sheep are removed from the obedience field.Denny's lawn care in Fortuna will mow on Wednesday so we can set up early on Thursday. IndoorRings; Cathy will set up, Tina will help. Thursday set up schedule: Table and chair set up at 8:30,everybody else, 9:00. Irene (Hospitality) said most the judges are driving, others flying at various times.Discussion of possible airport delays due to maintenance. All judges will stay at Bear River Casino.Deb (Trophies and flowers) said she will make flower baskets, but they will not be for sale. Money fromtrophy sponsors is coming in. Cindy (Raffle) – need raffle items. Best for customers to ask businessesfor donations. Emily and Sara will go over safety plan, maps, evacuation instructions, etc. Soundsystem – Deb will bring it, Sara will set it up. Emily will look for someone to perform the nationalanthem. Chris (Vendors) hasn't heard from the food vendor yet, but the others are coming in. LionsClub, Maybe Ferndale High School pretzel machine. Dog massage person may be able to do CGC'snext year. Irene is handling the EMT and day parking, which will be the same fees as last year. PR:Tina will handle radio and paper press and a press release to Pierson's. Posters can be picked up fromJill at the blood bank or ring practice. Smiths will put up the big wooden signs. Lynn M. is doing thejudges' baskets. Suggestion to get the rally field mowed early to see how flat it is. T-shirts: there is nolist of what we have, so Nick will bring them to Chris who will inventory. MSAC to double last year'sorder of tie dye, in teal, and for Michelle to use her judgement to decide on how many gray andgreen to order. Hospitality (Food): Irene and Josephine – soups and sandwiches and salads. Chris willpick up ice and cream. Raffle: We need to pick up baskets at thrift stores. MSAC for Chris Irvin tospend up to $200 for a big item for the raffle.

– Agility Trial: No report this month.

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Election of New Members: Ray and Carol Pyles, Fortuna. Their sponsor is not a member, so they will have toattend meetings in order to be eligible to be elected as members.Unfinished Business:

– There will be a work day for cleaning, repairing, and painting the shed at the fairgrounds at the next ringpractice day, at 10 a.m. Chris will check into paint.

– Deb Loptien's draft for a new pamphlet was discussed. It needs to be done by the show. Print 250.New Business:

– Woofstock: Saturday, August 9, 10 – 4. We will participate.– Farm Store Pet Fair: date unknown at this time

Announcements: Jill told us about a website for rental videos about dogs – training, medical, etc.BowWowFlix.com.Sandra said “Drive Ball” classes are starting. Check out driveball.com.

The regular meeting was adjourned at 8:50 p.m.

Respectfully submitted by Kris Smith, LCKC Secretary.