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Founded 1982 Issue 8 ~ August 2010

Upcoming Events

Sept 17 General Meeting, 7:30 PM, Elmers Restaurant, Delta Park, Portland OR

Oct 9-15 LRC National Specialty & HRT Prado, CA

Oct 15 General Meeting, 7:30 PM Meridan Park Hospital, Chec Bldg, Portland, OR

Nov 19 General Meeting, 7:30 PM, Elmers Restaurant, Delta Park, Portland, OR

President’s MessageHello Members!

Well, it's been a hectic month of July for all of us this year. Dueto circumstances, we hosted our two largest events in the same

month! The HRT had a huge turnout and our Specialty ~ obedience~ rally held close to the same numbers as last year. Both eventscame off smoothly and were well organized by their Chairpeople,Nikki and Dave Illius (HRT) and Julie Galbraith (Specialty)....Thankyou to the Illius' who step up to take over the running of a notablywell run HRT EVERY YEAR. We are very proud of their efforts andorganizational skills as we hear nothing but praises about the RoseCity HRT. Dave and Nikki ... we tip our hats to you!

This year's Specialty was run by Julie Galbraith and it was her firsttime as Show Chair. Julie was a hands on chairperson who oversaw all aspects of her Committee. A first time Chair with a First ClassShow...thank you Julie!

As most of you know, our General Membership meetings will startback up in September, so we look forward to seeing everyone there.In the meantime, stay cool and love your doggies.

Your President ~ Barb

No August General Meeting

See you in September!

Specialty Results ~ Thursday July 15, 2010

Best of Breed ~ CH Surehot Hyspire ImpressiveBest of Winners & Winners Bitch ~ Nipntuck I BelieveBest of Opposite Sex to Best of Breed ~ CH Heartsong’s A Cappella WCWinners Dog ~ Hyspire Singular Sensation

Specialty Results ~ Friday/Saturday July 16/17, 2010

Best of Breed ~ CH Surehot Hyspire ImpressiveBest of Winners & Winners Bitch ~ Nipntuck I BelieveBest of Opposite Sex to Best of Breed ~ CH Ghoststone’s Hollywood BlondWinner’s Dog ~ Cambria’s GratitudeFriday Highest Scoring Dog ~ Westriver Not Politacally CorrectSaturday Highest Scoring Dog ~ Hersey With Almonds XXV, CDX

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Club OfficersPresident: Barb Gilchrist

Vice President: Judy ChambersSecretary: Kathy FagundesTreasuer: Greg Huntzinger

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Board MembersEllen Sparks

Cindy FreemanDave Illias

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Committee ChairsDan Neal - WC/WCX

Cathy Hakola/Cindy Freeman2010 B Match

Julie Galbraith - 2010 SpecialtyNikki Berthold-Illias

2010 Hunt Test

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Litter ReferralsSusan & Greg Huntzinger

(503) 655-9405

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MembershipKathy Fagundes(503) 698-7555

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Newsletter EditorCeleste Smith

n2labs@tds.net(360) 263-2742

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Web Sitewww.rosecitylrc.com

Cathy Hakola - Webmasterhakolafarms@aol.com

(360) 736-7449

Newsletter Guidelines ~ This newsletter is published monthly by the Rose City Labrador Retriever Club a non-profit organization andissued to all members in good standing. Contributions for publication and advertisements are welcome. Advertising rates are $25.00 perhalf page and $50.00 per whole page. All submissions for publication are to be mailed or emailed to the editor by the 25th of the month.All brags are to be current within 90 days of the event. Subscription rate for non-members is $25.00 per year and does not include votingprivileges. All subscription requests can be mailed to the editor along with a check made payable to RCLRC.

RCLRC 2010 Hunt Test

The 2010 Hunt Test was a very successful event this year. Moving theevent to early July proved to be a very positive shift contributing to a

substantial increase in entries from 108 last year to 171 this year. With hotweather just 2 days before the test we were blessed with cooler days overthe weekend. Thanks to several members coming out and contributingtheir time and help from many other hunt test folks we provided anotherquality hunt test for all the handlers. Each year we receive numerouscompliments from the handlers how well organized Rose City’s Hunt Testsare run and how they like running in our events. The AKC rep. has showedup over the last 4 years and has always given the club positive complimentseach time. Members that are extended a very special thanks that were outthere helping each day are Dan and Deb Neal, Joanne Huntley, JudyMeyer, Celeste Smith, Jeff Kennedy, Wendy Burley, and Richard andMarilyn Parker. The Parkers provided an outstanding judges dinner onFriday evening and another successful raffle. The hunt test requires a lotof volunteers working very long days. Please take time to thank the abovemembers for their hard work in making Rose City one of the premier hunttests.

From the Editor...

I hope everyone got a chance to attend their favorite Labrador club activityin July. I went out to the HRT on Sauvie Island and worked as a go-for.

One of my jobs was to pick up the lunches and deliver them to the workerswhich made me a favorite with humans and dogs alike. The weather wasjust right ~ not too hot, not too cold and even more importantly it was notraining.

Speaking from the HRT side of things if we’d had more club members comeout and help, we would not have had to pay for gunners, throwers andpeople to plant the blinds which would have allowed the club to make alarger profit to spend on future events. You do not have to work both days,but one day’s labor would have been a great help. Please think aboutworking the HRT next year.

I have moved on to a new page layout program called PagePlus. Hopefullythis one will not give me the frustration my old program did. I’m now onmy newer computer too. So far so good.

See you at the September general meeting!

Celeste

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BragsThornwood's Dressed To Thrill (Dandy)(CH Thornwood's Resolution x CH Thornwood's Singular Sensation)RWD both days (7/3 and 7/4) at Bell Vernon KC, from the 9-12 puppyclass... his first two shows!Toastin's Rainmaker aka "Dustin" (Mergnser's Live Strong JH x Toastin'sRoussanne SH OA OAJ NJP) earned his JH at ORTC on July 17, 2010.Dustin is bred and owned by Mary Beth Lamb.

Sterlings One Mo Time RN, CD earned a leg at RCLRC’s hunt test.Owned and handled by Marilyn Parker.Sterlings Havana Brown JH CDX, RA got her leg in Excellent rally and1st place at RCLRC’s specialty.Sterlings Moonstruck RN got her title and 1st place in Advanced rally.All 3 dogs owned by Marilyn & Richard Parker.

LittersBlack & Yellow litter, due July 20th

Sire: BISS CH Danbridge Henry JOFA LR-179444G24M-VPI, OFA-EL42065M24-VPI, CERF LR-54968,Optigen Normal, Heart normalDam: CH Thornwood's Singular SensationOFA LR-166269G24F-PI, OFA-EL34315F24-PI, CERF LR-42622-10Contact: Cheri Conway (541)723-2467 forlabs@centurytel.net

All Chocolate litter, due August 10thSire: CH Thornwood's ResolutionOFA-LR-154123G24M-PI, OFA-EL28055M24-PI, CERF LR-41956-10Optigen Normal, Heart normalDam: Thornwood's Friendly Persuasion (CH Thornwood's TheAchiever daughter)OFA LR-185933G24F-VPI, OFA-EL46284F24-VPI, CERF LR-51812-10Contact:  Cheri Conway (541)723-2467 forlabs@centurytel.net

Older Puppies

Chocolate Male Available, D.O.B. 10/31/09CH Thornwood's The Achiever son.. nice boy, great temperamentOFA hip prelim good, OFA elbows normal, CERF LR-56820/2010-7Contact:  Cheri Conway (541)723-2467 forlabs@centurytel.netYellow Male Available, D.O.B. 4/8/09CH Gingerbred Celestial Thunder x CH Lenches Teddy Bear daughter..nice boy, great temperamentOFA hip prelim good, OFA elbows normal, CERF LR-56819/2010-14Contact: Cheri Conway (541)723-2467 forlabs@centurytel.net

Specialty Results

The results of the Specialty fillup 18 pages. Please follow

the link below to get the PDFfor the complete list of

placements.

Jane Garvin has the resultsposted on her website at :

http://web.inetba.com/garvinshowservices/filecabinet/2010

_RCLRC_FR.pdf.

A very large thank youto everyone who

donated items for theHRT and specialtyraffles, specialty

breakfast items andcash donations for thespecialty trophies! Weappreciate everyone’scontributions includingall the time and effort

provided by allconsidering that thespecialty and HRToccurred only one

week apart this year!

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2010 RCLRC SPECIALTY NEWS

It is hard to believe the Specialty has come and gone! Congratulations to all of the winners!! A Specialtydoes not just "happen", without many very busy and unselfish volunteers. I REALLY appreciate ALLthe SUPER HELP I received, BUT I would like to especially thank:

Jill Mahoney, Obedience ChairmanJill handled the Obedience and Rally venues so expertly! Jill was even Ring Steward one day!!

~ With Jill in charge, I never had to worry about a thing!

Kathy Hakola, Silent Auction ChairmanKathy made this year's auction so successful! I know how hard it is to juggle

showing and ring times with the auction!

Lili Lobingier, Lunch AND Breakfast ChairmanLili was ALREADY in charge of purchasing lunch drinks and distributing lunches. When 2 weeks out,I desperately needed at Breakfast Chairman, Lili stepped right in ~ organizing and handling all of it!!

~ even bringing a bouquet of fresh flowers for us!!

Cindy Freeman, Mister Station/Poop Bucket ChairmanCindy also answered my emergency email 2 weeks ago. She set up the Cooling Station for the dogs

and kept the Poop Buckets cleaned out, filled with fresh bleach and sanitary each day!

Susan Huntzinger, Trophy ChairmanSusan does her job so well, that I don't even know everything she does!

Purchasing trophies, soliciting donations, making up the beautiful 1st placement prizes, etc., etc.She makes it all "seem" effortless, but I know she puts in hours and hours and hours!

Judy Chambers, Hospitality ChairmanJudy also does her job so well, that everything seems to just take care of itself.  Making judge's hotel

reservations, judge's welcome baskets, ringside cooler with judge's personal drink choices,purchasing the judge's thank you gifts, running the Teddy Toss and Cash Raffle, etc etc.

Marilyn and Richard Parker, Trailer ChairmanThe Specialty would be an impossibility, without the tireless work of Marilyn and Richard!They are always arrive early, are so dependable, so organized, and they work SO hard!!!

Thank you, also, to all of our RCLRC Members,who worked so hard together to set up and clean up!!

I REALLY appreciate each and every one of you!!

2010 RCLRC Specialty Chairman

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Heading West . . .

The Labrador Retriever Club, Inc.2010 National Specialty Events Week

Prado Regional Park and Prado Dog Training Area, Chino, California (Southern California)

October 9 through October 15, 2010Deadline for catalog advertising September 5, 2010.

Entries for Conformation, Companion Dog Events and the WC and CC close September 15, 2010.Entries for the Hunting Retriever Test close September 29, 2010.

Food and Entertainment with—• “Meet & Greet” Hospitality Night • Mexican Fiesta Night • On site Barbeque Night with Band

A Hunting Retriever Test with—• TWO Juniors • TWO Seniors • A Master

• Working Certificate Test (WC) • Conformation Evaluation (CC)Tracking Test—

• TD and TDX tracks.Workshops with—

• Educational Seminars • Health Screening Clinics • Judges’ Education SeminarCompanion Events with—

• TWO Agility Trials • TWO Obedience Trials • TWO Rally TrialsConformation Events—

• TWO dog shows• Sweepstakes • Jr. Showmanship

Host Hotel will be the Doubletree, Ontario, California.For the hotel reservations link, event details, judges and more information

visit the LRC, Inc.web site at www.thelabradorclub.com.

A very BIG THANK YOU to the members of the three regional Southern California clubs—theLabradorRetriever Club of Southern California, the San Diego Labrador Retriever Club and the High

DesertLabrador Retriever Club—that have provided their support, recommendations and manpower tohelpmake the 2010 National Specialty Event Week an enjoyable and rewarding experience.

Come Join the Fun!

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Golden Gate Labrador Retriever Club 2010 Specialties

Please come join us for 5 days of Labrador showing—Thursday, October 21 through Monday, October25. This year Skyline Dog Fanciers of San Mateo County has joined the Del Valle Dog Club of Livermorein presenting the Harvest Moon Classic Cluster at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, CA. The GGLRC will hold its bare bones specialty on Friday, October 22 and its stand alone specialty onSaturday, October 23.

Judges will be:

Thursday, Oct 21 Janet Narushka, (Shenandoah Golden retrievers) Friday, Oct 22 Linda Bednarski (Tullamore), Dogs & Intersex Chris Mills (Lembas, UK) Bitches Saturday, Oct 23 Linda Bednarski (Tullamore), Bitches Chris Mills (Lembas, UK), Dogs and Intersex Shannon Carlton (Sheabourne), Sweepstakes Paula Andrus, Obedience Larry Andrus Obedience & Rally Sunday, Oct 24 Sally Sasser (Teracroft) Monday, Oct 25 Suzanne Hemminger (Grasslands Golden retrievers)

Catalog ads: Full page $40.00, half page $25.00.

Jennifer Kelly P.O.Box 425 Middletown, CA 95461 (707)987-8163 belgairn@yahoo.com

Superintendent: MB-F www.infodog.com

Entries close: Wed, Oct 6, 2010

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HRT July 2010

All photos byJeff Kennedy

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The Passing of a Champion ~

Well, in my family men don’t cry. At least not where others can see it. Today I made a valiant effort. Imade it to the vet, made the arrangements, paid for the services and then went to help the old man outto the vet tech. Well, it took a while for the vet tech to get there, so I sat down on the steps took his oldgrizzled muzzle in my hands and looked into those brown eye as I have done countless times. That’swhen I lost it. He sat staring up at me in obvious pain and started to wag his tail and licked my hand asto say whatever it is just put your hands on me and everything will be alright. A true champion right tillthe end. I saw the vet tech coming leash in hand and then saw the coward turn and go back inside.Couple of minutes later she came outside a second time and set on the steps crying also. I will neversee how they can do their jobs. She asks if I wanted to stay with him for his final moments. I declinedshowing my yellow streak. I will always regret that I wasn’t man enough to go through that with him; hedeserved better. I got in my car and wasn’t man enough to turn the key. I just sat there for over fifteenminutes crying remembering the hunts, dog show triumphs and losses and all the other great dogs wecompeted with. The folks came to get in the car I was parked near, a little blonde haired girl with a youngmin pin puppy. She looked at me and then went and pointed me out to her mom obviously her heartgoing out to me. Her mom put her arm around her and talked to her as she got into her car. She wavedand smiled which just made it worse. Finally I manned up, got the car rolling and headed to a restaurantfor a late breakfast. As we all know food makes us feel better, ordered and stared at it. The waitressasked if the food was all right- I said fine, I just wasn’t feeling well.

Kale wasn’t the first dog that we showed, but he was our first show dog. Started at a young age andalways did well not just in the show ring, but also in the obedience and hunt test areas as well. He wasalso a Champion at home. Rather it was just cheering someone up or just being that dog that alwaysdid what was asked of him. I remember the past couple of years as I would take one of the youngerdogs hunting he would always be at the back door tail wagging ready to go. One day last year he gotin the truck, jumped in the back seat and it took me forever to get him out even though his body couldn’tdo it his mind said let’s give it a try anyway. He never fought if he got jumped, he would just make hisway back to me not a coward, he just knew it wasn’t allowed (I think he liked to see my reaction whenit happened - I never had his restraint so to speak).

Kale finished his championships with three Canadian majors and four American Majors several Jamsalong the way & I don’t know how many best of breeds. He also never missed the opportunity to shockand embarrass me in the obedience rings. One of my fondest memories will be at PSLRA going fourtimes for best all around Labrador. Was a great ambassador of the breed at the sportsman showswhere the kids would line up to throw things for him to catch and also at the youth pheasant hunts wherehe would slow down and basically point the birds for the young gunners.

Thanks to all of you cheered him on in the years past. I will say a true champion passed today, Onethat someday I will add my ashes to his for eternal rest at our favorite blind out in the mighty ColumbiaRiver.

Thank you Kale for being what you were to this family and to the breed.Rest in Peace

Am, CDN, INT. Champion Nipituck’s Raging Spirit JH, CD

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Celeste Smith36002 NE Lewisville HwyYacolt, WA 98675