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By Eugene Z. Zaphiris
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he Board of Directors of the American Kennel Club has selected the five delegates to serve on the nominating committee, that will select the nominee for the board at the March annual meeting. The five delegates are DOMINIC CAROTA who will chair the committee and is the delegate from the Pharaoh Hound Club of America, JAMES ASHTON delegate from the Obedience Training Club of Rhode Island, ROBERT BLACK delegate from the Hatboro Dog Club, CONSTANCE BUTHERUS delegate club she resumed her judging career. I was from the Afghan Hound Club of proud to call her my friend, and can still America, MARCY ZINGLER delegate see her lying on my den couch eating an from the Sun Maid Kennel Club of endless amount of ice cream. I think her Fresno and two alternates JEFFREY email address said it all MADAME QUEEN. DAVID BELL delegate from the Ramapo All of us at DOG NEWS send our deepest Kennel Club and STEVE SCHMIDT sympathies to her children. The recent delegate from the Texas Kennel Club. interview session with FRANK SABELLA KAY RADCLIFFE, the former American conducted by ANDREW BRACE held in Kennel Club field representative England had to be memorable. I’m sure the passed away last Saturday morning. Ill audience was captivated but what really for sometime, but not publicly known, got my attention was the announcement she succumbed to cancer. Larger that FRANK & ANDREW have purchased than life, she had friends and foes, a house together in Portugal, said to be as is the case with one so out spoken. very near the home of CARLA MOLINARI. She was loyal to a fault to her friends, Can’t wait to hear more about this union (of as I found out a long time ago, when sorts). They could be described as the boys we had a knock down fight about a version of ANNA NICHOLAS & MARCIA particular individual. Years later, she FOY. RON MENAKER has just returned confessed that I was right, which was from Argentina as BETH SWEIGART & another one of her attributes. She PETER GREEN fly down for a quick weekend would admit when she was wrong. of judging. FERELITH SOMERFIELD one KAY loved life, eating, shopping and of the best known judges from the United never throwing anything away and Kingdom has judged her last dog show at wasn’t opposed to a little gossiping. the National Working and Pastoral Breeds She had homes in California and had Society. FEFI, first started judging in 1955 recently bought a home in Nevada to and upon her retirement she was approved be nearer to her daughter MARY KAY. to give tickets in 125 breeds. Best wishes She started in dogs with Yorkshire and congratulations to handler ROZ MINTZ terriers and married Nelson Radcliffe. FOSCO and her husband JASON on the She became a judge and then a field expectant birth of their second child in rep. When she retired from the kennel December.
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