The
Gossip Column
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hile PETER GREEN and BETH SWEIGART were flying back to the States on Monday from a judging assignment in Germany, son and daughter in law ANDREW & AMY GREEN were putting on the finishing touches for the surprise 75th birthday party that was held at their New Jersey home on Tuesday evening and hosted by BETH, AMY and ANDREW. Not an easy task when your home is without electricity, thanks to the nor’easter that roared through the area (the same storm that was responsible for the cancellation of dog shows up and down the east coast). Friends came from near and far to help PETER celebrate (get over) this milestone. Among the guests were RICHARD GREEN, PAM & JOHN BEALE, GLORVINA SCHWARTZ, LARRY CORNELIUS, JANE & BOB FORSYTH, NEENA & GEIR FLYCKTPEDERSEN, KATHY & RON MENAKER, MATT STANDER, PEGGY & DAVE HELMING, LETISHA WUBBELL, ERNESTO LARA, ROXANNE & CHARLIZE SUTTON, MARTY & MICHAEL PAWASARAT, TORIE STEELE, PAUL BUXBAUM, LIZ TOBIN, JOE VAUDO, JEAN & PAUL EDWARDS, KATHY FERRIS, KIM CALVACCA, KATHY & RON MENAKER, SUSAN & DENNIS SPRUNG, RITA & DOUG HOLLOWAY, BOBBY PAUST, LORI WILSON, YVONNE & GABRIEL RANGEL, BOB BLACK, BOB THOMAS, PAM & JOHN MANDEVILLE, LISA & IGGY WADDUS, RENEE GALIZZO, KAREN JUSTIN, CARL ENGLECKE and BENITA and PAUL KIELL. Professional handler TIM BRAZIER is recuperating in a Seattle hospital from triple bypass surgery that he underwent on Monday. He is doing well but will be sidelined for a while. All of us at DOG NEWS send hm our very best wishes for a complete and speedy recovery. Rhodesian Ridgeback breeder and multiple hound breed judge JUDITH HUPPERTS and her sister CAROLYN were driving back home to Illinois, following a judging assignment at the White Mountain Kennel Club shows in Arizona. While driving through the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma their car was hit by a drunk driver
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and as a result JUDY was seriously injured and her sister was fortunate to receive lesser injuries. While her sister will be released from the hospital shortly, JUDY will remain hospitalized for several months with a broken neck (which requires a halo), broken ribs and ankle. While she recuperates friends can send cards and letters to JUDY at St. John’s Medical Center, 1923 South Utica Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104. The fall that hospitalized JANE KAY with a broken hip has resulted in a hip replacement. She is about to be released from the hospital and about to enter a rehab center. She can be reached at the Ridgecrest Nursing and Rehab, 1200 N. Stone Street, Deland, Florida 32720 telephone 386.734.4334. DICK HANNA, a longtime member of the Professional Handlers Association (as is his wife DEE) passed away last Saturday. They were longtime members of the Lizard Butte Kennel Club in Nampa, Idaho. DICK and DEE are two of nicest and most pleasant people one could ever have hoped to know. All of us at DOG NEWS send DEE and her family our deepest sympathies. HUGH JORDAN, longtime Old English Sheepdog fancier, passed away on October 26th in Whittier, California. He was a Delegate to the American Kennel Club and founded the Rio Hondo Kennel Club. He and his wife LINDA enjoyed much success in the show ring highlighted by their winning the Working group at the Westminster Kennel Club. We send our deepest sympathies to his wife LINDA their children and families. JAMES l. HAMILTON passed away on October 28th. Longtime Doberman Pinscher fancier, he was the past president of the Puget Sound Doberman Pinscher Club and member of the Mount Rainier Working Dog Club. Married for over fifty years to his wife MARGI, we send her and her family our deepest sympathies.