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IM THOMAS, who for some time was the unofficial head of the judges department, has finally been named Director of Judges Operations. It’s only fair if you have to take the heat, you should have the title. In other kennel club news, RON MENAKER was selected to head a real estate committee to explore the options available to the AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB as its leases on both the New York and Raleigh offices are close to expiring. The committee will explore and advise the kennel club as to whether they should consolidate the two offices into either existing location or find a new location for both offices or keep the status quo. With these heady decisions in mind, RON has selected five people who are involved in the sport in varying degrees to help him make the decisions at hand. It is their business acumen that led to the choices of MARTHA FELTENSTEIN, a retired partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flon LLP where she was involved in the firm’s real estate practice. She represented the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in the leasing of the World Trade Center to realtor LARRY SILVERSTEIN; DAVID HELMING, who had
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a nearly 40-year career with Public Enterprise Group in New Jersey, holding a number of senior management positions; HOWARD LORBER, the chairman of Douglas Elliman, Ltd., one of the largest real estate brokerage companies in the country; TOMMY MILLNER, the chief executive officer and president of Cabela’s, a leading retailer in hunting, fishing and camping gear; HARVEY WOODING, who has over 40 years of experience in sales/marketing and senior management in the corporate and entrepreneurial arenas. The committee will consult with RICHARD SPECIALE, who was involved in the decision making of the two present locations and ALAN KALTER & DENNIS SPRUNG will act as ex-officio members of the committee. Congratulations to the newlyweds MADDY & ADAM PETERSON, who were married last Thursday in South Carolina. All of us DOG NEWS send our very best wishes and we are so sorry we had to miss what we were told was a great day. ERNESTO LARA flew home to Mexico to visit with family and then continues onto Guatemala where he will judge. BETH SWEIGART, PETER GREEN and NENNA & GEIR FLYCKT-PEDERSEN
are off to judge in Sweden. EDD BIVIN is off to judge in Croatia and Norway. LUC BOILEAU has moved to a new home and now can be contacted at 415 Wells Street, Unit 803, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin 53147. Telephone 262.203.5729. Handlers SUSIE & JORGE OLIVERA have moved from Arizona to Southern California and their new address is 645 Quarry Road, San Marcos, California 92069. Sadly, we lost some familiar names and faces this week. LOUIS PRADO, who bred Weimaraners under the kennel prefix of Weimercastle with his wife, handler ADELENE, has passed away. Long associated with the Galveston and Houston Kennel Clubs, they were a large part of the Texas fabric of pure bred dog fanciers. Bulldogger HUGH WITT, the widower of the late JEAN WITT, was found dead in his North Carolina home. In addition to their Bulldog activities JEAN was the very popular and in demand MBF DOG SHOW superintendent for many years. Belgian breed fancier BOB KROHN has passed away. News from Australia is word that KEITH LOVELL has passed away. Our sympathies to all the family members and friends of the deceased.