NJWRC 2011 Winter Newsletter by Sandra Wight

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W O O L Y

Three LiTTLe Ladies rabbitry Breeding To Be The BesT

TLL’s Ladiesman #2 Jersey Wooly 2010-11

TLL’s Jack #1 Jersey Wooly 2009-2010

TLL’s Molly #7 Jersey Wooly 2010-2011

www.threelittleladiesrabbitry.com 2010-11 Youth Sweepstakes #1 Sweepstakes, #1 Herdsman, #1 Wool #1 Award of Excellence Rob • Cathie • Ashleigh • Jessica • Taylor Usakowski

November-December-January

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tent con National Jersey Wooly Rabbit Club

The Fluff of the Fancy

Departments 3 President’s Report 4

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Vice President’s Report Secretary’s Report Treasurer’s Report Editor’s Report District 1 Report District 2 Report District 3 Report District 4 Report District 5 Report District 6 Report District 1 Report District 2 Report

2 Convention Pics

Open & Youth Best of Breed

8 Top Open & Youth Herdsman Jessica & Taylor Usakowski,

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Eric Lorentsen, Angel LeSage, Deidre Edder & Brian Caudill

District 3 Report District 4 Report District 5 Report District 6 Report Reserve In Show District 7 Report District 8 Report Sweepstakes Report Election Results Sweepstakes Brian Hartzell Memorial Scholarship Award Best In Show

19 Complete Convention Results 2010 ARBA Convention Open

& Youth Results.

32 March Madness 2012 Jersey Wooly Spring

Natonals

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NJWRC

President

Denise Geick Sioux Falls, SD denise_geick@sio.midco.net

Vice-President

Rob Usakowski Kimball Township, MI info@threelittleladiesrabbitry.com

Secretary

Laurie Owen Ravenna, OH Lowen@neo.rr.com

Treasurer

Linda Baker PO Box 201 Harleysville, PA 19438 Ibakermk@aol.com

District One

Ashley Felton valleygirl2119@gmail.com

District Two

Angel LeSage lesageswoolies@wildblue.net

District Three

Brenda Reilly HHHHRabbit@aol.com

District Four

Tammy Stout tstout3330@yahoo.com

District Five Ray Hall

cinnamonrabbit@netscape.net

District Six

Brian Caudill briguyrn3@yahoo.com

District Seven Steven Buell

countrybunylover@yahoo.com

District Eight Bill Patrick

wpatrick8@aol.com

District Nine Kim Cayton

windrushrabbits@comcast.net

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Fluff www.njwrc.net

NJWRC

Committees Newsletter & Announcements Sandra Wight wightout@socal.rr.com

2012 Indianapolis ARBA Convention Open Best of Breed

Tan Pattern Senior Buck Caudill’s Hot Damn bred & shown by Brian Caudill

Website

Anne Mills email@thistledown-farm.com

Boutique Sales

2012 Indianapolis ARBA Convention Open Best Opp of Breed

Carmen Deling maplelanewoolies@myclearwave.net

Standards Committee Chair Marcia Hinkelmann whiteoak@badger.tds.net

Chestnut Senior Doe Caudill’s Flavia bred & shown by Brian Caudill

Standards Committee Helen McKie Bonnie Seeley Lisa Smith Brian Caudill Nancy Hinkston Angel LeSage

Constitution & By-Laws Lisa Smith Sue Turner-O’Bannon Denise Geick Bill Patrick

Sweepstakes Scoring

Dennis Alsup njwrcsweeps@gmail.com 1625 Carriage Lane Cookeville, TN 38506

Guidebook

2012 Indianapolis ARBA Convention Youth Best of Breed

Broken Senior Buck Furry Treasures Ransom Bred & shown by Nicole & Logan Boulier

Laurie Owen Lowen@neo.rr.com

Elections Chairperson Claudia Sweley

2012 Indianapolis ARBA Convention Youth Best Opp of Breed

Advertising Rates

1 Issue 4 Issues Full Page: $45. $150. 1/2 Page: $24. $85. 1/4 Page: $12. $40. Business Cards $6. $20. Classified Ad $2. $5. (4 lines, 30 characters per line)

Self Senior Doe Furry Treasures Diamond Bred & shown by Nicole & Logan Boulier

Content & Ad Submission Deadline: Winter: Nov. 15 • Spring: Feb 15 Summer: May 15 • Fall: Aug 15.

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President’s Report I would like to start off by saying a big THANK YOU to all of the helpers who helped put on a wonderful Convention!! It was so nice to have so many people help out with everything this year!!

hanks to Angi Sheets for doing our booth decorations, which I thought looked wonderful!! A big thanks also goes to her husband Guy who watched over the booth on Sunday while the judging was going on. That is so appreciated, because it is a tough job to find someone willing to do that and miss out on the judging. I also had a wonderful gal whom I just met who helped out with the booth quite a bit. Sharon Moore was an absolute angel and showed up every time I needed to go do something, she just came out of the blue and said if you need to leave, I can watch it for you! Thank you Sharon!! My good friend Claudia Sweley was also a lot of help for us at the booth. She has also been my “pack mule” hauling all of the booth stuff out with me every night, and never complains! She just says, “What else do you need to bring with you?” and loads her arms up! Thanks Claudia! She is just as happy as I am that I won’t be the President next year and in charge of all of that “stuff”! LOL Thanks to Helen McKie for all of her help in the booth as well! Thank you to Carmen Deling for having our wonderful Boutique for us again this year! I think the aprons were a huge hit!! She also helped with setting up the booth. Great job!! Thanks goes to Brian Caudill for spearheading our Golden Fleece Auction and doing an outstanding job with the advertisement! That was a lot of work getting all of the breeders

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to send in info and pics and get that all up on the website. Great Job Brian!! The animals were awesome, and the club made quite a bit of money this year thanks to all of Brian’s hard work. Thanks also to Anne Mills for working so closely with Brian in getting all of the pics up on the website! We also need to thank the donors of the animals! Without them, there would have been no auction! Thanks also to Angel Lesage and Brenda Reilly for helping with the auction as well. Thanks also goes to Brian Caudill for setting up a nice trio of animals for our Open trio. Rob Usakowski put our youth trio together and they raised $470.00 for the Brian Hartzell Memorial Scholarship!! Not everyone seems to be clear on the youth trio, some think it is just for the youth to buy tickets, but the reason we now have 2 trios, (an open trio and a youth trio) is because the youth decided they wanted to put together a trio of animals to sell tickets at convention to have the money earned put into the Brian Hartzell Memorial Scholarship Fund. So thanks to Rob and to Brian for getting these trios put together. I also need to thank Rob Usakowski for being our show Superintendent. He did a great job in getting all of the helpers for the show lined up. We had Deidre Edder and Brenda Reilly as our Open ramrods, and they kept the show moving right along. Thanks to them for the long, hard day they had Continued on page 28

Denise Geick denise_geick@sio.midco.net

“[it seemed like every time I walked down an aisle going back & forth to the judging tables], I heard long time breeders answering questions, & mentoring up & coming breeders.”

Denise, Abigail Esreal, & Nicole Boulier during the youth Jersey Wooly judging.

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Vice President’s Report Well another convention is in the books! I trust everyone had a great time with friends, rabbits and wool/ fur to spare. Congratulations to Brian Caudill our open BOB and BOSB winner, and Nicole & Logan Boulier our youth BOB and BOSB winners.

Rob Usakowski info@threelittleladiesrabbitry.com

“The board has been having many discussions regarding what we can do to make the club better, and make it something of value to you as a member.”

Jessica & Taylor Usakowski and their Convention Youth BOSG Agouti Sr. Doe

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ongratulations also to Brian on Best Display and Jessica & Taylor Usakowski for Best Display in youth. These are all great accomplishments. Having a convention be successful, requires many people. So thank you to the many people that made so many things go well during the convention. There are too many to name here, but it really was a great effort by our club. Thank you also to those that just stepped in any time they saw a need. It was great to see a group of people that enjoy being around each other, having some fun, and some laughs. I loved one of the comments from a first time convention attender that they felt so welcomed into the woolies. As many of you know there are a few board changes and a few other changes taking place within the club. First, thank you to Denise Geick for serving as our president, and Linda Baker our treasurer. The responsibilities are quite large in these positions and they did a good job serving the club in these capacities. Also wrapping up their term on the board are District 7 Director, Steven Buell, and District 9 Director, Kim Cayton. Thank you to both of you for your input and thoughts while on the board. Welcome to new board members, Shonna Ausborne, Deidre Edder

and Brenda Westover. Thank you to Ashley Felton who will be moving from a district director position to be our new treasurer. The board has been having many discussions regarding what we can do to make the club better, and make it something of value to you as a member. After convention we sent out a survey to those that had rabbits entered at convention. This gave those that attended an opportunity to give feedback on their convention experience. We will also do the same thing with our general membership. Of course we always welcome your input directly to your district directors as well as the rest of the board. Some of the changes you will see are sweepstakes and “The Fluff”. Thank you to Dick Gehr for his work in these two areas. Both require a dedication and commitment that can be difficult to find. We are very excited about our new people that will be taking on these responsibilities. Dennis Alsup will be handling the sweeps, and Sandra Wight will be taking on the newsletter. I think you will see that Dennis will be great to work with if you have questions or concerns regarding your sweepstakes. I am asking that you have some patience during the transition. Continued on page 28

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Secretary’s Report Well another Convention is behind us and now we are looking forward to the 2012 National. Congratulations to the Boulier kids and to Brian Caudill for winning BOB and BOS.

he quality of rabbits I observed was amazing. Anyone who thinks breeding and raising show quality rabbits are easy has obviously never tried it! They only “breed like rabbits” when you don’t want it to take. When you really want that litter, it won’t happen lol. Convention brought a lot of enjoyment to me personally. I met a bunch of new people and was able to put faces to names I only knew from the secretarial work. I got to talk to people I only know thru Facebook and I got to hang out and be goofy with friends I only get to see a couple times a year. That’s really the best part of Convention, the camaraderie. There can only be one winner at the shows so when it’s someone you know that wins, it make takes the sting of it not being your turn out of it. (Is my competitiveness showing?) I am thrilled for Brian’s wins this year. I have long admired his rabbits and have incorporated a few into our breeding program. Hopefully seeing all the incredible rabbits at Convention have driven us all to breed hard and cull harder. We had several new members sign up at Convention and many people renew. I will be working on the membership packets in the coming weeks. Keep encouraging the new folks to join. There is a lot of information available to them and plenty of people to help. This is our club, and as the saying goes, we are only as strong as our weakest link.

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We need you, and your input to make this the great club it has the potential to be. There will be several changes coming down the pike and not all of them are going to be seamless. I hope you will be patient with us as wrinkles undoubtedly pop up. We are working to make things better on the whole. I’d like to introduce Sandra Wight to you as our Newsletter Editor. Have suggestions, ideas, or comments, contact her at wightout@socal.rr.com. I have found her to be a very willing listener. We want you to find value in the “Fluff”. Your input is important to us. Also taking on a new role will be Dennis Alsup. He is taking over the Sweeps and Sanctions. Elsewhere in the newsletter there will be contact information for him. This is no easy undertaking but I’m sure the membership will be understanding as we get things moving. I’d like to leave you with this final thought. I got something interesting in the mail the other day that got me to thinking. It was from a University asking the NJWRC to sponsor an award for their State 4H show. Although it is not feasible for the National Club to sponsor awards for every 4H show, we do have breeders who might be interested. What a better way to promote our lovely breed and to get more youth involved as well as to have the opportunity to mentor someone. If you are interested and need help finding Continued on page 28

Laurie Owen lowen@neo.rr.com

“Keep encouraging the new folks to join. There is a lot of information available to them and plenty of people to help. This is our club, and as the saying goes, we are only as strong as our weakest link.”

Laurie prepares one of her gorgeous Broken Woolies for the show table.

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Treasurerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Report National Jersey Wooly Rabbit Club Financial Statement As Of October 31, 2011

Linda Baker Lbakermk@aol.com

Boutique Angels Janice Hatt and Valerie Uptagrafft made sure that the Wooly booth was well staffed.

The convention boutique was a huge success, earning $671.00 for the club.

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Current Balance Balance Sheet Accounts F i r s t N i a g a r a B a n k ( H N B ) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1 6 , 8 8 5 . 0 1 P a y P a l O n l i n e A c c t . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 5 . 1 4 Standard Bank&Trust-Sanctions................................ 258.51 PRO PAY Acct Online................................................... 99.52 F i f t h - T h i r d B a n k - S c h o l a r s h i p .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 , 0 3 5 . 0 0 S e c r e t a r y P e t t y C a s h .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0 . 3 6 S a n c t i o n / S w e e p s P e t t y C a s h .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 0 . 0 0 Liabilities & Equity Brian Hartzell Scholarship...................................(2,035.00) D u e T o / F r o m F i r s t N i a g a r / S t a n d .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 R e t a i n e d E a r n i n g s .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( 2 3 , 3 8 0 . 1 2 ) T o t a l B a l a n c e S h e e t A c c o u n t s .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ ( 2 , 8 3 1 . 5 8 ) Year to Date Revenues A R B A C o n v e n t i o n I n c o m e .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 5 . 0 0 Sanction Income. ................................................... 3,795.00 M e m b e r s h i p I n c o m e .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 , 2 2 4 . 8 9 B o u t i q u e I n c o m e .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7 1 . 0 0 Guidebook Income. ..................................................... 10.00 T o t a l R e v e n u e s .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 , 8 2 5 . 8 9 Expenses A R B A C o n v e n t i o n E x p e n s e .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 , 0 2 7 . 9 0 B a n k F e e s .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5 . 2 3 B o u t i q u e E x p e n s e s .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 3 . 3 5 D E F r a n c h i s e T a x .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 0 . 0 0 G u i d e b o o k E x p . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 8 . 9 0 Newsletter Expense................................................ 1,448.58 Postage Expense........................................................... 5.82 S a n c t i o n C o m m i s s i o n .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9 2 . 5 0 S e c r e t a r y C o m m i s s i o n .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4 4 . 0 0 Supplies Expense........................................................ 22.39 T r e a s u r e r / O f f i c e r s B o n d E x p . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8 7 . 0 0 W e b s i t e E x p e n s e .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 . 8 0 T o t a l E x p e n s e s .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 , 6 5 7 . 4 7 Net Income. .......................................................... (2,831.58) Submitted by Linda Baker, Treasurer

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Editors’s Report Hello, I should probably introduce myself since I’m fairly new to raising Jersey Wooly’s, though not to the rabbit world. Many of you saw me running around convention with a camera in my hand snapping pics of you & your friends and were probably wondering why.

’ d like to thank the Jersey Wooly board and members for being kind enough to allow me to be the Editor of “The Fluff”. I’m hoping to create a publication that can be uniquely ours. One that we can be proud of. As I mentioned, I’m new to Jersey Woolies, though not new to the rabbit world. I started raising rabbits as a 4H-er, and then got out before Woolies were even a recognized breed. I rejoined the rabbit world in 2001 when my son wanted a project and fell in love with Blue Eyed Netherland Dwarfs. We raised Dwarfs for 10 years when the Woolies caught my eye and I’ve been hooked hard since. My publishing background however, has been an uninterrupted hobby/career. My husband and I run Bullseye Advertising where we have done everything from print advertising (LA Dodgers), to movie and TV props (Madmen). Merging the world of rabbits and advertising seemed a natural way for us to support our hobby and even give back. We have been the editor of many guidebooks and specialty club publications, and have done numerous ads for rabbit members when we were approached by the Jersey Wooly club to take on their newsletter. I’ve always found the best way to meet fantastic people and really get to know the intricacies of a breed is to become a volunteer, and so when the club offered me the position, I eagerly accepted. In this issue we focused on all

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things convention! Indy was exciting and I hope this issue captures even a portion of that. Watching The Boullier kids take Best AND Best Opposite of Breed with two stunning animals was a great moment. Then heading over to the open area to watch Brian Caudill do the same thing was amazing. Lightening does sometimes strike twice! Photographing the Best of Breed judging was like having a front row seat to the Superbowl for me. I was blessed to see, up close, some amazing animals. Congratulations to all the winners. From the person who had the bird’s eye view of all the winners. I can say that they were breathtaking. In this issue we’ve also featured the top open and youth herdsman for 2011 together with some of the fabulous Woolies they’ve bred and shown. I hope that they will inspire you as they have me. What I do know is that I’ve got some work to do! You’ll also notice that we have full page color ads on the covers. These will be available on a first come, first served basis at $100 for a full page ad. Advertising in the Fluff is a great way to get your rabbitry name out there and promote your Woolies. Rates are reasonable, and if you reserve your space for a year, your ad design is free. The board has been discussing many exciting directions for the magazine, so stay tuned for more additions. If you have a suggestion to make the magazine more exciting, please let us know.

Sandra Wight Wightout@socal.rr.com

Advertising in the Fluff is a great way to get your rabbitry name out there and promote your Woolies. Rates are reasonable and if you reserve your space for a year, your ad design is free. Coming Next Issue..... • Open & Youth Top 10 Woolies •

Standard’s Committee Update from Brian Caudill, Debbie Russell, & Kathy Moerbe.

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Youth Winner’s Circle: Convention Best & Best Opposite of Breed winners Nicole & Logan Boullier share their journey.

• Guard hairs vs undercoat. Striking a balance for the perfect coat. and much, much more... Have an article you ‘d like to submit? email to: wightout@socal.rr.com

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District 1 Report Hey District One, Things are finally getting all caught up around here, and buns are settling in after their long trip to, and from Indiana.

T Ashley Felton valleygirl2119@gmail.com

Regions Represented: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Washington, Saskatchewan, Alberta, BC, Yukon Territory & Japan

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he buns are just now starting to get back in the swing of things, and put on that much needed flesh condition that was lost on the trip. A few treats now and then have helped to put the condition back on quickly, in addition to loads and loads of hay. As most of the show animals from district one were transported by vehicle, the majority lost some condition on their trip. The animals that flew, on the other hand, fared much better as they had a quicker trip to and from Indianapolis. I was very happy to see many district one breeders exhibiting at

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2011 Youth Top Herdsman Jessica & Taylor Usakowski

t is really a thrill to be honored as the 2010/2011 Youth Herdsman of the Year, as there were so many beautiful Jersey Woolies exhibited this year in youth. Every year we have been showing rabbits, we have set goals for ourselves and we can proudly say we have achieved our goal to be the #1 herdsman. Our two foundation bucks come from North Woods Wooly Rabbitry. We are so grateful they allowed two handsome bucks to come live at Three Little Ladies Rabbitry. Thank you Tessa! We are in awe to have produced TLL’s Jack, Jealous Yet?, Ladies Man, Lucky Penny, Can You Handle This? Molly, Hot Shot, Tymon, Hart & Soul to name a few of our herd that have done well at the show tables. We are thankful for all of the friends we have met in the awesome hobby, whether at a local show or across the states or at convention. We would also like to thank all of the judges, open breeders and youth breeders that have taken the time to give us advice and tips on raising Jersey Woolies. We have always felt that helping others in our hobby is important in making the Jersey Wooly breed better, and winning is a nice extra bonus!

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the show. Participation from district one has been minimal, at best in the past, and over the past couple of years, significantly more district one presence has been seen on the convention show tables. It was great to be able to see all my good Wooly friends again, both those in district one, as well as those around the nation. That is one of my favorite parts of going to convention! I love socializing with fellow Wooly breeders, seeing how they do things, as you can always pick up some new tips, and tricks from them.

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District 2 Report What a great fall we have had! With the cooler weather, there has been an increase in the number of shows and there are new exhibitors at the tables.

ur shows generally have 25 to 40 rabbits on the table; this is down from 2 years ago where we were seeing more JW exhibited. I am hoping for a comeback with more people becoming interested in Woolies. The number of youth exhibitors is down and often times there are only 1 to 4 rabbits in a youth show. We do have several strong youth exhibitors, but they are struggling from the lack of rabbits on the table and getting to shows. They often have to switch to open to compete. The Pacific Coast Wooly Rabbit Club continues to sponsor specialty shows and we have had 4 over the summer and

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fall. I have a master email list of JW exhibitors for the district. If you do not think you are on my list and want to be notified of specialty shows taking place, please email me. Convention is now history, and I have to tell you that I just loved attending Convention and Nationals. There is nothing like these big shows. It is a great opportunity to meet breeders from all over the county, to swap stories, rabbit information, and to go over bunnies with someone else. I live in a rural area and there are no other rabbit exhibitors close to me, so networking with other breeders is quite valuable, plus I look

2011 Youth Top Herdsman Eric Lorentsen

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Regions Represented: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah, Mexico

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y name is Eric Lorentsen; I live in Long Island NY. I maintain a small herd of 50 rabbits. It’s an honor to have received this award as I work hard to create and progress my herd. Winning an award like this makes it all worth it. I first started in rabbits 3 years ago with Hollands and Mini Rex(didn’t care much for the baldies) then I got my first Woolies and is the only breed I raise today. I have to thank Paul Buckley for selling me a nice herd buck, PB’s Little Blue Max and has made a lasting impression on my herd and can be traced back to many of my Woolies. Breeders like Paul make this breed enjoyable to raise as he enjoys helping us Youth who are the future of this breed and hobby. There are many people who have helped me out and inspired me, they know who they are. Since I have started in Woolies I have seen a lot of progress in this breed. Progress is something I strongly believe in and has to be done and planned in every breeding for the good of our breed and that premise has gotten my herd to what it is today. What makes the woolies so interesting is the constant progression of our breed. One of my biggest accomplishments is an Open BIS I won this year with a home bred,

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EMR’s Noel. This has been a great accomplishment for my breeding program. Noel was also the number 11 rabbit for this year. I have a few color programs this year and am striving to make them all competitive including my Agoutis, Shadeds, Selfs, and Brokens. I am looking forward to showcasing my herd during the 2011-2012 show season. See you at the shows! Right:

EMR’s Hollywood Left:

EMR’s ME Left:

EMR’s Baby Ruth Right:

EMR’s Wasabi

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District 3 Report Let me start off with huge congratulations to all the convention winners and their rabbits. I think the overall quality of the rabbits at the convention was way up this year. I saw lots of beautiful animals in many breeds.

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Regions Represented: Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota & Wisconsin

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t hought in general the convention went really well. The judging not starting at the time we thought threw all the schedules off and then having judging on two days seemed to make the time go faster. All in all we had a great time. One of the things we were asked to write about is what we do when we get home. For me it’s to get any new rabbits settled and eating. I also keep a watchful eye on the ones that attended to see if they come home and eat. We also had a few wet noses from the stall dry getting kicked up, we watch them to make sure they clear up or do they need help. After

2011 Open Top Herdsman Angel LeSage

started showing Woolys with my daughter when she was 9 years old and by the time she got into high school I was also showing. Our first Wooly came from a youth breeder, Mary May Engles. It was a doe and the first time my daughter showed her she got a trophy and we were hooked. Over the years, I usually take advantage at convention by buying rabbits from other parts of the county. I won BOB at the 2006 ARBA convention in Texas with a Siamese Sable junior doe that was sired by a buck that I bought from Marcia Hinkleman the year before. I have never had rabbits that do well in “rabbit of the year” instead I tend to do well in herdsman and overall sweeps. However, I do have several rabbits that stand out for me. First being, Erb’s DeLove ear # LOVE, I bought her in Kentucky when she was 3 months old. She is a beautiful REW that shows well and has won 2 BIS. Two other favorites of mine are LeSage’s Operator #M2T and LeSage’s Two Step # 57 both are smoke pearl bucks that show with consistency. LeSage’s Shez-A-Dream #WB2, a REW, has a bit of a “witchy” personality but she was special right out of the nest box. She has had many BOB’s and several honorable mentions when competing for BIS but she never quite made it all the way.

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I feel being successful with herdsman award helps me know if I am on track. I am looking for consistency and quality throughout my herd. And if it wasn’t for my husband helping with the infrastructure for my barn and taking care of my rabbits while I travel, I would not be as successful. Having safe housing and a clean barn with a stable environment is one of the key things that help produce quality animals. My future goals are to continue to improve my herd and to be competitive in showing. I cannot tell you why I like showing so much but I do. I don’t mind all the work it takes to keep my herd and I especially like meeting all the people who share in the love of Jersey Woolys. Left:

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District 4 Report Hello District 4 Members, I was thinking about to what to write in this article for the newsletter, I came up with a few items. One I want to say congratulations to all the winners at convention. I wish I could have joined them this year, but I will be attending next year.

have been to very few shows this time around. I did attend the Tulsa State Fair, we had a good turn out in youth and open in woolies this year. Annie Davis and Roselea Stout took the honors of BOB and BOSB on the Tulsa State Fair show on Saturday in youth division. Karen Sequira took BOB in the open division. As the cool weather is now finally here, we are starting to see new babies pop up in the nest boxes. We finally have a couple new litters now. Other breeders in the district are starting to report new litters also.

Now that convention is behind us, a lot of folks look for the next big shows or breeding for the spring time juniors. Myself, I am working on spring babies right now. Now we are starting to think about winter time and protecting our bunnies from the elements. Remember to check there water supply frequently during the freezing weather and also add some warmth to their cages. Hay helps with insulating there cages and they will nibble on it too. Continued on page 29

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Regions Represented: Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

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My name is Deidre Edder, I have been breedi n g / s h o w i n g Jersey Woolies for over 18 years. I am very proud of the work I have done with my herd; my original does had at least 3 dqs each. I have worked hard to produce top quality Woolies in Agouti, Self, Shaded, Brokens and Tans. (I do not breed aovs due to the extreme heat here in South Carolina. Until two years ago I was based in the Atlanta Georgia area, then I moved to Columbia SC. I try really hard to produce a show string of great depth; winning with many different animals each year instead of over and over with one or two animals. I do not retire animals when they are in their prime, so my young stock has to beat the top veterans to win their BOB and BIS wins. Also my animals are active in the breeding program; taking time out to produce litters, then returning to the judging table. I rear all my animals on pellets and hay without giving grains, greens or conditioning supplements. I also do not use chemical agents ; deworm or treat for coccidia or respiratory infections; concentrating

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District 5 Report With Convention a few short weeks ago, I want to reflect on what my positive experiences were. First, undoubtedly, was the opportunity to, along with Bill Patrick, judge our youth’s Jerseys.

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he quality of the animals that I judged was outstanding and our youth are to be commended on their hard work and dedication in producing quality animals. Certainly related to this is the quality of our youth members. As I had the opportunity to observe them across the judging table, at the Golden Fleece auction, and at other times during the week, I realized that the future of our club is in good hands. Keep up the good work! Working with our Board of Directors was a positive experience and the decisions we made will, I think, make our club better. Some of the

decisions were relatively easy and others were more troublesome, but the overriding motive was “What’s best for the Club” With that goal in the forefront our Board made positive decisions. It was a joy to work with them. The Golden Fleece auction was a huge success. Kudos to Brian Caudill in organizing it. I will admit to a bit of deja vu during the auction, having a flashback to my first ARBA convention in 1992. I was watching the Mini Rex auction where the bid for an animal was approaching $900. My youngest daughter walked up with Continued on page 30

2011 Open Top Herdsman Brian Caudill

am very happy to be in 3rd place for Herdsman of the year. I really don’t keep a large number of rabbits. Usually winning with the same rabbit over and over and not really spreading the wealth to my herd. So this means I did a little better this year showing more individual rabbits that did well. Its nice to know that you have more then one winner in the barn. I thinks this means that your breedings are becoming more consistant and that is hard for the judges to pick just the same rabbit everytime. I am very honored to be third. Looking forward to this year and have already had wins with four or five different rabbits. Below:

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District 6 Report Convention Memories...I have to say that I had a great time at convention this year. I have strived for that BOB at convention for so long I really am not sure how many years it has been. My guess is around 18 years that I have been a member of the National Jersey Wooly Club. I have spent these years going to convention and never obtaining that all mighty BOB. I always found myself coming home and regrouping. Doing certain culls, planning breedings, and trying to decide what the best thing for my herd would be for the upcoming year. I always wondered if I did win? Would I come home and go through the same process? Would I finally feel that my herd was good enough? Well the answer is yes. I found myself the first night going through the herd and

doing the same thing I have done for years. I culled, I regrouped, I planned future breedings, Matching new bucks with old does. I was surprised, I really thought I would kick back and say job well done. I like many other breeders always find things that I can improve on in my herd. Its a never ending process no matter where you stand in the ratings or how well your rabbits are doing on the table. Taking BOB and BOSB at convention was a dream come true for me. I want to say thanks for every oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s congrats, back pats and job well done that I

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Regions Represented: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,Mississippi, Tennessee, Puerto Rico

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District 7 Report Hello D7, Convention has come and gone and a great time was had by all. I want to say congrats to all the winners! I was able to watch some of the youth judging and wrote for the open.

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Regions Represented: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont

here were some VERY nice looking rabbits on the tables, and the judges did a great job. In youth I know Eric Lorentson placed well in the self group, winning the group with his senior buck. Melanie Lyons placed second in the same class. In open, Sharon Sartori placed second in the tan senior buck class. My mom and I were lucky enough to win opposite of group AOV with our senior doe. With that being said, I hope many of you are planning on attending nationals in March in Greensboro, NC. This club did a great job hosting nationals a few years back and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure they will do the same this year.

Numbers seem to be down for woolies in the area...so I encourage all of you to try and promote our wonderful breed. Help out newcomers. If you are helping someone get started, be sure to get them stock you would be proud to put on the tables yourself. Especially talk to the youth! They are, after all, the future of our hobby. As of the start of the new year Brenda Westover will be taking over as your new district director. She has held this position before, and she will do a great job again. So...everyone have a safe winter and keep warm. I will hopefully be seeing some of you at the shows in the spring.

District 8 Report The Indy Convention is history & I believe most of us, if not all, had a great time. The board meeting on Saturday evening was very productive & there were some changes to our newsletter & web site that will thrill us all.

e are moving forward and I believe we are on the right track. This meeting was special because we had enough board members to conduct offical business and make decisions, only one director was missing. I do think we have to consider having our newly elected board members begin their term at future ARBA Conventions instead of the calender year. Newer board members usually have fresher ideas than lame duck ones. We wanted to improve the quality of our Golden Fleece auction and we hit the nail on the head. We might

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Regions Represented: Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Manitoba, Ontario

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Open BOSB & Best of Group, Agouti, Chestnut Sr. Doe Caudill’s Flavia, Bred & Shown by Brian Caudill

Open Best Opposite Group, Agouti, Chestnut Sr Buck Wight’s Timo, Bred & Shown by Sandra Wight

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Open Best of Group, Shaded Siamese Sable Sr. Doe.

Wonder’s Kiss me Bred & Shown by: Amber Henderson

Open Best Opposite of Group, Shaded Siamese Sable Sr. Buck JG’s Hot Stuff Owner: Amber Henderson Breeder: Dakota Moat

Open BOB & Best of Group, Tan Pattern, Otter Sr. Buck Caudill’s Hot Damn, Bred & Shown by Brian Caudill

Open Best Opposite Group, Tan Pattern, Otter Jr. Doe Caudill’s 37BC, Bred & Shown by Brian Caudill

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Youth Best of Group AOV, Ptd Sr. Buck Shown by: Rebecca Biggs,

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PI’s Dirty Dancing, Bred & Shown by: Cassandra Gonzalez-Loesch

Youth Best of Breed & Best of Group, Broken Sr. Buck Furry Treasures Ransom Bred & Shown by: Nicole & Logan Boulier

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Youth BOSG Shaded, Siamese Sable Sr. Buck Luch’s Vixen Bred & Shown by: Katelyn Luch

Youth Best of Group Tan Pattern, Otter Sr. Buck TLL’S Hot Shot Bred & Shown by: Taylor & Jessica Usakowski

Youth Best Opposite of Group, Sable Marten Sr. Doe CW’S CWSP Bred by: Ragan Wight Shown by: Katelyn Luch

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Jr. Doe 1. B. Caudill 2. A. LeSage 3. D. Russell 4. D. Edder 5. A. LeSage

Open Shaded Group - 65 shown by 28 exhibitors judged by E. Bengtson Best of Group Amber Henderson Siamese Sable Sr. Doe Best Opposite of Group Amber Henderson Siamese Sable Sr. Buck

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Jr. Buck Jr. Doe 1. A. LeSage 2. C. Hartman 3. B. Caudill 4. C. Hartman 5. K. Deling/Deling

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Open Tan Pattern Group - 50 shown by 27 exhibitors judged by E. Bengtson Best of Group Brian Caudill Otter Sr. Buck Best Opposite of Group Brian Caudill Otter Jr. Doe Sr Buck 1. B. Caudill 2. S. Sartori 3. A. Sefcik/Sefcik 4. D. Edder 5. L. Ludden

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Jr. Buck 1. E. Lorentsen 2. N. Boulier 3. H. Emard 4. E. Dietz 5. H. Emard

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Youth Best of Group AOV - 6 shown by 4 exhibitors judged by R. Hall Best of Group Rebecca Biggs Pointed Sr. Buck Best Opposite of Group Cassandra Gonzalez-Loesch Pointed Sr. Doe Sr Buck 1. R. Biggs 2. A. Landis

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Sweepstakes Report Hello Everyone! I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself as the new Sanction/Sweepstakes Chairperson for the NJWRC. My name is Dennis Alsup, currently of Cookeville, TN (District 6).

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1625 Carriage Lane Cookeville, TN 38506

any of you have met me at some of the larger state shows & conventions in the Jersey Wooly area helping Brian Caudill with our rabbits. I am taking over the position of Sanction/Sweepstakes Chairperson and am very excited to help the club out with this endeavor. I will do my best to keep updates as current as possible. I wanted to ask everyone to please be patient with the initial transition, however, as I will be awaiting information from Richard “Dick” Gehr; concerning the previously submitted show results, etc. I have set up an email

address, specifically for the purpose of conducting this business. I welcome any questions, concerns, & suggestions. I’ll be happy to read/review and get back to you as soon as possible. One thing I would like to ask/ suggest is that all NJWRC members, both youth & open, please make a conscious effort to keep record of your show reports/legs so if there is ever a question of points received, etc. we can easily go back and review that and get a correction made. Again, I look forward to working with the NJWRC board & members in this position .

NJWRC Election Report 2011 The 2011 election was for the offices of the president, treasurer and directors for the uneven numbered districts 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9. 293 ballots were sent out, of which 68 were received back and 2 were returned as undeliverable by the postal service. On September 18, 2011 the election committee consisting of Deb Levisay, Carmen Deling and Claudia Sweley as chair person met at the Clay County Fair in Spencer, IA and counted the ballots. The results were as follows:

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District 1, all write-ins: Shonna Ausbourne – 2 votes

Sarah Brady – 1 vote

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EXHIBITOR NAME ST Brian Caudill TN Deidre Edder SC Angel LeSage CA S. Buell & C. Forward NY Brenda Reilly WI Kristen Drum NC S. & D. Ausbourne WA Debbie Russell IN Tessa Erb WI Kelsey Schultz MI Tresia Burleson NC Kaitlyn & April Sefcik OH Carol Green CA Jeff & Denise Geick SD Helen McKie NC Cindy Schnell SD C. & K. Deling MN Joni Moore NC Dru Shepherd NJ Paul Buckley MA Gayle Beirau IL Carla Hartman OH Billy & Sheila Hopkins TN V. & M. Uptagafft WA Charlotte Schweikart PA

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PTS 11157 8604 8196 5782 5116 4767 4617 4287 3706 3372 3208 3162 3080 2930 2890 2760 2739 2709 2611 2593 2537 2426 2226 2221 2216

CLASS 7474 7473 7427 4990 3462 4389 3813 3371 3008 1610 2534 2818 2702 2757 2722 2352 2446 2679 2321 1739 2246 2040 1996 2022 1551

BOB 1013 439 539 604 354 227 584 326 483 410 451 247 251 128 52 275 194 30 160 400 233 265 168 148 157

BOS BIS 185 2485 331 361 230 188 400 900 151 220 102 488 215 72 1280 223 97 127 45 116 133 99 130 116 338 58 121 62 51 28 480

2011 Awards of Excellence Final Results # NAME 1 Brian Caudill 2 Shonna & Duane Ausbourne 3 Steven Buell & Connie Forward 4 Deidre Edder 5 Angel LeSage 6 Brenda Reilly 7 Tessa Erb 8 Tresia Burleson 9 Paul Buckley 10 Kelsey Schultz 11 Debbie Russell 12 Cindy Schnell 13 Carla Hartman 14 Carol Green 15 Kristen Drum 16 Kaitlyn & April Sefcik 17 Karen Mezyk & Shirley Seibert 18 Carmen & Kelsey Deling 19 Gayle Beirau 20 Dru Shepherd 21 Laura Owen & Bill Patrick 22 Tina Jackson 23 April Stigall 24 Billy & Sheila Hopkins 25 Sandi Meadows T h e

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BOB PTS 1013 584 604 439 539 354 483 451 400 410 326 275 265 251 227 247 169 194 233 160 246 173 212 168 151

BOS PTS 185 220 188 331 230 400 215 223 116 72 102 133 121 127 151 97 131 99 58 130 14 75 35 62 60

ST #SHOWS POINTS WA 33 4617 WA 26 2221 WA 13 1265 WA 18 638 OR 13 544

District Two # EXHIBITOR NAME ST #SHOWS POINTS 1 Angel LeSage CA 32 8196 2 Carol Green CA 31 3080 3 Amber Henderson CA 14 1912 4 N. & D. Glaess Hinkston, CA 8 675 5 Desiree Dworzecki CA 6 257 District Three # EXHIBITOR NAME 1 Brenda Reilly 2 Tessa Erb 3 Jeff & Denise Geick 4 Cindy Schnell 5 C. & K. Deling

ST #SHOWS POINTS WI 42 5116 WI 24 3706 SD 13 2930 SD 31 2760 MN 19 2739

District Four # EXHIBITOR NAME 1 Terri Snell 2 Karen Sequira 3 Tina Jackson 4 Tammy Stout 5 Kathy Moerbe

ST TX OK OK AR TX

#SHOWS POINTs 15 1681 17 1647 18 1398 18 1067 8 937

District Five # EXHIBITOR NAME ST 1 Gayle Beirau IL 2 K. Mezyk & S. Seibert IL 3 Barbara Hall MO 4 Barb Kaminski IL 5 Sharon Moore IL

#SHOWS POINTs 16 2537 10 2082 13 893 14 877 9 562

District Six # EXHIBITOR NAME ST 1 Brian Caudill TN 2 Billy & Sheila Hopkins TN 3 Emily Harpster GA 4 Brenda Lumley GA 5 Sandi Meadows FL

#SHOWS POINTs 37 11157 28 2226 30 1862 10 1206 21 925

District Seven # EXHIBITOR NAME 1 S. Buell & C. Forward 2 Paul Buckley 3 Brenda Westover 4 Sharon Sartori 5 Donna Corson

ST NY MA VT CT ME

#SHOWS POINTs 31 5782 28 2593 25 1930 38 1382 6 860

District Eight # EXHIBITOR NAME ST 1 Debbie Russell IN 2 Kelsey Schultz MI 3 Kaitlyn & April Sefcik OH 4 Carla Hartman OH 5 L. Owen & B. Patrick OH

#SHOWS POINTs 20 4287 31 3372 23 3162 31 2426 8 1797

District Nine # EXHIBITOR NAME 1 Deidre Edder 2 Kristen Drum 3 Tresia Burleson 4 Helen McKie 5 Joni Moore

#SHOWS POINTs 57 8604 30 4767 29 3208 18 2890 26 2709

ST SC NC NC NC NC

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# NAME DIST 1 S. Buell & C. Forward 7 2 Brian Caudill 6 3 Brenda Reilly 3 4 Kelsey Schultz 8 5 S. & D. Ausbourne 1 6 Tessa Erb 3 7 Deidre Edder 9 8 Paul Buckley 7 9 Tessa Erb 3 10 Cindy Schnell 3 11 Brian Caudill 6 12 Tina Jackson 4 13 Tresia Burleson 9 14 Brian Caudill 6 15 Angel LeSage 2 16 April Stigall 8 17 Carla Hartman 8 18 Debbie Russell 8 19 Brenda Reilly 3 20 S. & D. Ausbourne 1 21 Brenda Reilly 3 22 Heather Neveu 3 23 Laura Owen & Bill Patrick 8 24 Angel LeSage 2 25 Debbie Russell 8 26 K. Mezyk & S. Seibert 5 27 Kristen Drum 9 28 Kaitlyn & April Sefcik 8 29 Debbie Russell 8 30 C. Lestyk & C. Brown 9 31 Brian Caudill 6 32 Paul Buckley 7 33 Carol Green 2 34 Carmen & Kelsey Deling 3 35 Kristen Drum 9 36 Barb Kaminski 5 37 Carol Green 2 38 S. Buell & . Forward 7 39 Cheryl Loesch 3 40 Kelsey Schultz 8 41 Laura Owen & Bill Patrick 8 42 Deidre Edder 9 43 S. & D. Ausbourne 1 44 Tessa Erb 3 45 Jeff & Denise Geick 3 46 Keat Hor 8 47 Kaitlyn & April Sefcik 8 48 Brian Caudill 6 49 Karen Sequira 4 50 Sharon Sartori 7 51 Deidre Edder 9 52 Kathy Moerbe 4 53 Tresia Burleson 9 54 Billy & Sheila Hopkins 6 55 S. Buell & C. Forward 7 56 K. & G. Cayton 9 57 Dru Shepherd 9 58 Angel LeSage 2 59 Kristina Ruth 6 60 S. & D. Ausbourne 1 61 Charlotte Schweikart 9 62 Deidre Edder 9 63 Ashley Felton 1 64 Angel LeSage 2 65 Barbara Hall 5

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# EAR# SHOWS NY 31 D TN 37 NI WI 42 B MI 31 ML2 WA 33 QAF78 WI 24 EM SC 57 PC MA 28 C8 WI 24 BAR SD 31 A TN 37 Z OK 18 FK NC 29 L1 TN 37 D4 CA 32 57 IN 17 ZB1 OH 31 RR1 IN 20 Z61 WI 42 C WA 33 D12 WI 42 HIE WI 10 KB OH 15 K CA 32 CI IN 20 O81 IL 10 SD NC 30 K1 OH 23 HE2 IN 20 I43 VA 3 BG TN 37 J MA 28 K9 CA 31 G2TH MN 19 D3 NC 30 POP IL 14 T5 CA 31 GGS0 NY 31 TB2 MN 9 SEB MI 31 J5L OH 15 W60 SC 57 SK WA 33 QAF86 WI 24 GM SD 13 M2 KY 13 TM77 OH 23 HDR TN 37 D3 OK 17 SF CT 38 S37 SC 57 CD TX 8 MM3 NC 29 TN 28 M1V NY 31 T170 WV 10 ZA1 NJ 23 M91 CA 32 CW FL 23 J1 WA 33 QAF PA 15 B6 SC 57 MA WA 13 AF CA 32 3H MO 13 X2

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BOB BOS #BOB #BOS

409 396 365 311 308 234 233 227 222 218 199 198 198 166 165 151 143 142 133 130 130 127 124 119 118 116 114 113 112 112 110 109 106 105 103 102 100 100 95 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 85 84 82 82 81 78 76 75 75 74 72 71 71 139 69 69 68 67 66

392 17 1 396 7 53 312 2 281 30 12 308 7 153 81 4 65 168 3 218 9 8 158 64 4 196 22 15 199 5 173 25 8 142 56 4 166 3 165 5 139 12 3 130 13 5 124 18 5 133 11 20 110 1 111 19 4 96 31 2 124 2 105 14 4 79 39 1 76 40 3 89 25 2 61 52 2 112 2 112 1 110 2 76 33 3 106 1 105 3 36 67 1 80 22 2 50 50 2 100 6 95 3 81 14 4 94 3 31 62 2 92 4 91 1 73 17 2 79 10 3 52 33 2 52 32 1 50 32 2 32 50 2 43 38 1 48 30 2 76 2 60 15 3 28 47 2 74 3 49 23 2 71 51 20 3 70 70 2 69 5 69 3 68 3 46 21 1 54 12 3

1 12 4 4 10 1 4 2 2 3 2 1 1 5 1 2 1 1 2 1 4

2 2 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 3 3

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WHITE WOOL # Exhibitor Name ST Dist # Shows 1 S. Buell&C.Forward NY 7 31 2 Helen McKie NC 9 18 3 Deidre Edder SC 9 57 4 Kendal Bledsoe WA 1 18 5 Joseph Ginder IN 8 8 COLORED WOOL # Exhibitor Name ST 1 Helen McKie NC 2 Jeff & Denise Geick SD 3 S. Buell&C.Forward NY 4 Deidre Edder SC 5 M. Taylor-Buckner & Jacklyn Peragine NC

W Points 613 574 248 236 144

Dist # Shows 9 18 3 13 7 31 9 57 9

W Points 1074 420 222 187

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2011 Open Herdsman Final Results # NAME DIST 1 Angel LeSage 2 2 Deidre Edder 9 3 Brian Caudill 6 4 S. Buell & . Forward 7 NY 5 S. & D. Ausbourne 1 6 Sandi Meadows 6 7 Brenda Reilly 3 8 Tresia Burleson 9 9 Carla Hartman 8 10 Paul Buckley 7 11 Kaitlyn & April Sefcik 8 12 Dru Shepherd 9 13 Tessa Erb 3 14 Carol Green 2 15 Gayle Beirau 5 16 Billy & Sheila Hopkins 6 17 Kelsey Schultz 8 18 Debbie Russell 8 19 Carmen & Kelsey Deling 3 20 Kristen Drum 9 21 K. Mezyk & S. Seibert 5 22 Charlotte Schweikart 9 23 V&M Uptagafft 1 24 Kristina Ruth 6 25 Ashley Felton 1 26 Laura Owen & Bill Patrick 8 27 April Stigall 8 28 Karen Sequira 4 29 Tammy Stout 4 30 Brenda Westover 7 31 Barbara Hall 5 32 Tracey & Tyrone Freeman 6 33 Tina Jackson 4 34 Jeff & Denise Geick 3 35 Donna Corson 7 36 Cindy Schnell 3 37 Keat Hor 8 38 Terri Snell 4 39 Kathy Moerbe 4 40 Brenda Lumley 6

ST CA SC TN 31 WA FL WI NC OH MA OH NJ WI CA IL TN MI IN MN NC IL PA WA FL WA OH IN OK AR VT MO LA OK SD ME SD KY TX TX GA

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POINTS 39 37 34 32 31 27 27 24 23 21 21 20 19 19 19 18 18 18 16 16 16 16 16 15 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 8

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2011 Youth Overall Points Final Results # EXHIBITOR NAME ST 1 Jessica & Taylor Usakowski MI 2 Nicole & Logan Boulier MI 3 Haley Birkholz WI 4 H., M., & I. Mills MI 5 Eric Lorentsen NY 6 Melanie Lyons NY 7 Katelyn Luch PA 8 Katie McNab MN 9 Kelsey Deling MN 10 C. Gonzalez-Loesch MN 11 Nichole Wilson WI 12 Lindsey Cermola KY 13 Blaise Brinson NE 14 Allie Snell TX 15 Melani Fletcher CA 16 Sydnie Matthews WA 17 Becca Neuenfeldt WI 18 Katrina Przybylowski PA 19 Haylee Emard MI 20 Jessica Shumate NC 21 Emma Dietz MI 22 Shelby Sequira OK 23 Ariana Przybylowski PA 24 Cody Pedlar MI 25 Jackie Milton TX

DIST 8 8 3 8 7 7 9 3 3 3 3 8 3 4 2 1 3 9 8 9 8 4 9 8 4

#SHWS 48 38 32 30 32 25 35 14 10 13 22 33 28 19 10 32 13 21 13 15 15 16 19 19 6

PTS 8787 6157 6084 4848 4098 3911 3385 3079 2762 2627 2131 2072 1683 1217 1187 1140 1073 889 797 784 755 681 673 650 577

CLASS BOB 7440 946 5525 310 5563 239 2927 585 3140 419 2494 372 2853 404 3025 2469 184 2218 240 1794 285 1835 200 1474 124 976 145 1009 117 1024 41 935 90 840 797 734 19 729 638 29 638 11 650 509 40

BOS 401 322 282 100 139 88 128 54 109 169 52 37 85 96 61 75 48 49

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31 26 14 24 28

2011 Awards of Excellence Final Results # NAME 1 Jessica & Taylor Usakowski 2 Hannah, Madaleine, & Iain Mills 3 Nicole & Logan Boulier 4 Eric Lorentsen 5 Katelyn Luch 6 Haley Birkholz 7 Melanie Lyons 8 Cassandra Gonzalez-Loesch 9 Nichole Wilson 10 Kelsey Deling 11 Allie Snell 12 Lindsey Cermola 13 Blaise Brinson 14 Melani Fletcher 15 Becca Neuenfeldt 16 Sydnie Matthews 17 April Stout 18 Jackie Milton 19 Gwen Brunelle 20 Rebecca Biggs 21 Gary Stout 22 Alyssa Ausbourne 23 Katie McNab 24 Jessica Shumate 25 Katrina Przybylowski

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DIST 8 8 8 7 9 3 7 3 3 3 4 8 3 2 3 1 4 4 1 8 4 1 3 9 9

ST #SHOWS MI 48 MI 30 MI 38 NY 32 PA 35 WI 32 NY 25 MN 13 WI 22 MN 10 TX 19 KY 33 NE 28 CA 10 WI 13 WA 32 AR 17 TX 6 ID 6 KY 13 AR 14 WA 17 MN 14 NC 15 PA 21

PTS BOB PTS 1347 946 685 585 632 310 558 419 532 404 521 239 460 372 409 240 294 242 293 184 241 145 237 200 209 124 178 117 138 90 116 41 78 65 68 40 67 67 61 15 60 28 55 27 54 50 19 49

BOS PTS 401 100 322 139 128 282 88 169 52 109 96 37 85 61 48 75 13 28 46 32 28 54 31 49

District One # EXHIBITOR NAME 1 Sydnie Matthews 2 Gwen Brunelle 3 Alyssa Ausbourne 4 Miranda Menard

ST #SHOWS POINTS WA 32 1140 ID 6 326 WA 17 269 WA 1 12

District Two # EXHIBITOR NAME 1 Melani Fletcher 2 Susie Cederlof 3 Zoe McCormick 4 Skye McCormick 5 Haylie Davis

ST #SHOWS POINTS CA 10 1187 CA 4 217 CA 5 78 CA 3 26 CA 2 25

District Three # EXHIBITOR NAME 1 Haley Birkholz 2 Katie McNab 3 Kelsey Deling 4 C. Gonzalez-Loesch 5 Nichole Wilson

ST #SHOWS POINTS WI 32 6084 MN 14 3079 MN 10 2762 MN 13 2627 WI 22 2131

District Four # EXHIBITOR NAME 1 Allie Snell 2 Shelby Sequira 3 Jackie Milton 4 April Stout 5 Kaylie Sequira

ST #SHOWS POINTs TX 19 1217 OK 16 681 TX 6 577 AR 17 572 OK 16 509

District Five # EXHIBITOR NAME 1 Elizabeth Mitsch

ST #SHOWS POINTs KS 5 145

District Seven # EXHIBITOR NAME 1 Eric Lorentsen 2 Melanie Lyons 3 Rachel Dill 4 Jessica Stewart

ST #SHOWS POINTs NY 32 4098 NY 25 3911 NH 8 463 MA 11 245

District Eight # EXHIBITOR NAME 1 J. & T. Usakowski 2 N. & L. Boulier 3 H., M., & I. Mills 4 Lindsey Cermola 5 Haylee Emard

ST #SHOWS POINTs MI 48 8787 MI 38 6157 MI 30 4848 KY 33 2072 MI 13 797

District Nine # EXHIBITOR NAME ST #SHOWS POINTs 1 Katelyn Luch PA 35 3385 2 Katrina Przybylowski PA 21 889 3 Jessica Shumate NC 15 784 4 Ariana Przybylowski PA 19 673 5 Kimberly Frederick PA 3 247

If you feel there has een an error on your sweepstakes points, please contact the Sweeps Chair Dennis Alsup. njwrcsweeps@gmail.com. Please have the following information ready: • Sponsoring Club for show in question • Date of show in question • Location of show in question • Detailed explanation of your concern (please provide ear # of each animal, award won and any other info you feel would be helpful)

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# NAME DIST 1 H., M., & I. Mills 8 2 Jessica & Taylor Usakowski8 3 Nichole Wilson 3 4 Melanie Lyons 7 5 H., M., & I. Mills 8 6 Katelyn Luch 9 7 Jessica & Taylor Usakowski 8 8 Jessica & Taylor Usakowski 8 9 Melanie Lyons 7 10 Nicole & Logan Boulier 8 11 Eric Lorentsen 7 12 Haley Birkholz 3 13 Lindsey Cermola 8 14 C. Gonzalez-Loesch 3 15 Nicole & Logan Boulier 8 16 Kelsey Deling 3 17 Haley Birkholz 3 18 C. Gonzalez-Loesch 3 19 Melani Fletcher 2 20 J. & T. Usakowski 8 21 Kelsey Deling 3 22 Katelyn Luch 9 23 Eric Lorentsen 7 24 Kelsey Deling 3 25 J. & T. Usakowski 8 26 Allie Snell 4 27 Allie Snell 4 28 J. & T. Usakowski 8 29 Haley Birkholz 3 30 J. & T. Usakowski 8 31 C. Gonzalez-Loesch 3 32 J. & T. Usakowski 8 33 Eric Lorentsen 7 34 Blaise Brinson 3 35 Nicole & Logan Boulier 8 36 Nicole & Logan Boulier 8 37 Melani Fletcher 2 38 J. & T. Usakowski 8 39 Katelyn Luch 9 40 Blaise Brinson 3 41 April Stout 4 42 Eric Lorentsen 7 43 Nicole & Logan Boulier 8 44 C. Gonzalez-Loesch 3 45 Eric Lorentsen 7 46 Eric Lorentsen 7 47 Eric Lorentsen 7 48 Gary Stout 4 49 Nicole & Logan Boulier 8 50 Becca Neuenfeldt 3 51 Rebecca Biggs 8 52 J. & T. Usakowski 8 53 Katelyn Luch 9 54 Nichole Wilson 3 55 Becca Neuenfeldt 3 56 Haley Birkholz 3 57 Melanie Lyons 7 58 Sydnie Matthews 1 59 Blaise Brinson 3 60 Jackie Milton 4 61 H., M., & I. Mills 8 62 H., M., & I. Mills 8 63 Haley Birkholz 3 64 Katelyn Luch 9 65 Gwen Brunelle 1 ID 6 A33 37 37 1

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

WHITE WOOL # Exhibitor Name ST Dist # Shows 1 J&T Usakowski MI 8 48 2 Kelsey Deling MN 3 10 3 Melani Fletcher CA 2 10 4 Susie Cederlof CA 2 4 5 Blaise Brinson NE 3 28

W Points 378 322 107 91 84

COLORED WOOL # Exhibitor Name ST Dist # Shows 1 J&T Usakowski MI 8 48 2 Jackie Milton TX 4 6 3 Gwen Brunelle ID 1 6 4 C. Gonzalez-Loesch MN 3 13 5 Melani Fletcher CA 2 10

W Points 423 400 138 119 101

2011 Open Herdsman Final Results # NAME DIST 1 J&T Usakowski 8 2 Eric Lorentsen 7 3 Katelyn Luch 9 4 Nicole & Logan Boulier 8 5 Haley Birkholz 3 6 Melanie Lyons 7 7 Allie Snell 4 8 Lindsey Cermola 8 9 C. Gonzalez-Loesch 3 10 Blaise Brinson 3 11 Melani Fletcher 2 12 Sydnie Matthews 1 13 H., M., & I. Mills 8 14 Nichole Wilson 3 15 Kelsey Deling 3 16 April Stout 4 17 Alyssa Ausbourne 1 18 Becca Neuenfeldt 3 19 Gary Stout 4 20 Shelby Sequira 5 22 William Halmhuber 8 23 Ariana Przybylowski 9 24 Gwen Brunelle 1 25 Cole Marler 4 26 Gabrielle Davis 4 27 Rebecca Biggs 8 28 Jessica Shumate 9 29 Jackie Milton 4 30 Annie Davis 4 31 Kimberly Frederick 9 32 Katrina Przybylowski 9 33 Haylie Davis 2 34 Nichole Wilson 3 35 Katie McNab 3 36 Kaylie Sequira 4 37 Kassandra Hall 8 38 Billy Cermola 8 39 Briana Brown 8 40 Abigail Esrael 8 41 Daniel & Zach Sefcik 8 42 Emma Dietz 8

ST MI NY PA MI WI NY TX KY MN NE CA WA MI WI MN AR WA WI AR KS KY PA ID OK OK KY NC TX OK PA PA CA WI MN OK OH KY MI IN OH MI

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to put in! Because of a snafu with the show committee, we had no show table to start out on right away, and we wound up not getting judging started until 3:00 pm. Thanks to our judges also who had to wait that long. Everyone made the best of the circumstances. Thanks to Haley Birkholz who was our ramrod for the youth tables, and also helped us finish up the open on Monday. Thanks to the writers for the open tables, Angi Sheets, Kelsey Schultz, Steven Buell and Robert Geisenhof. I think there were a few others that helped out too, and the next morning, but I can’t seem to remember them all, so if I have forgotten to mention you, I am truly sorry! My brain is still mush from all of the stuff going on during convention! Thanks to Cathie Usakowski for writing for the youth and to Katie McNab for being the secretary for the youth. Everything went so smoothly! Great job to all of our runners in both open and youth, even the judges commented on how quickly everyone got the classes up and kept the show moving right along!! Thank you to April Stigall for doing our banquet arrangements and for collecting the monies and taking care of all of that! Jessica and Taylor Usakowski and Haley Birkholz were great at handing out the awards at the banquet! Thank you girls!! I am just so very sorry the sweepstakes awards did not make it to the banquet. Our awards person Nancy Delaney will be sending these out as soon as she can get them all done. She did do some awesome awards for us again!! Thank you very much Nancy!!! Thank you to Brenda Reilly for setting up the raffle and to Shonna Ausborne for collecting items for the raffle, and also for getting our awards sponsors!! We truly had a lot of people helping out this year and really put on a nice convention show! We simply would not be as successful without each and every one of them! I need to also thank Dick Gehr for all of his hard work on doing our newsletter and sweepstakes. It was a lot of hard work getting our sweeps done after his computer was hit by a virus, and he lost everything. It was a lot of work emailing all of the secretaries to have show reports sent in again, and then having to re-enter them all. His work was very much appreciated!

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We do now have a new Newsletter Editor - Sandra Wight! Your newsletter may look a little different starting with this issue. Many of you may have seen Sandra taking pictures at the convention during judging, and also at the end she took all of the group winners. She is going to do a fantastic job for us, and I feel very lucky we have her working for us! We also have a new sweepstakes chairperson. Dennis Alsup has requested the pleasure of doing our points for us. Please hold onto your show reports and make sure that all of your shows get recorded. Things can get missed when a new person is taking over in the middle of a sweeps year. Dick will make sure all of the reports he has received will be recorded before sending the stuff over to Dennis, but there will be a transitioning period in there. His information is up on the website now, so please check with your show secretaries to make sure they are sending the sanction requests to Dennis now, instead of Dick. One thing I was most pleased with at this years’ convention, was it seemed like every time I walked down an aisle going back and forth to the judging tables, (which was frequent) I heard long time breeders answering questions, and mentoring up and coming breeders. It truly was heart- warming to see! All kinds of questions were being asked , everything from the best wool caps, to shaded coloring preferences, correct ear carriage and placement! What a wealth of information was being shared thanks to our wonderful long time breeders! It was also great to see all of the support for our breeders with new varieties being presented! Sorry to say none of them passed, but they had a lot of supporters rooting for them. Hopefully they will be presented again next year. Last but not least I need to thank our judges and exhibitors. It was great how the judges in the open and the youth both mentioned how well they liked judging for us! They truly enjoyed working together with each other, and with working with our ramrods, writers and runners, and of course all of our exhibitors! Made it one of my favorite conventions ever! (Vice President’s report continued from page 4)

Although we have made efforts to contact all the show secretaries about the change there are some that will send the

information to Mr. Gehr based on our old printed information. Sandra has already begun working on a complete redesign of “The Fluff”. Because we agreed to take her on just a couple of weeks before articles are due, I think you will see even more changes in the Spring issue. The board is also concerned about content, and are working on a plan to improve the content of the newsletter/magazine as well. I am certain that this publication is going to be one that you are very proud of and find as a valuable resource. Finally, I am excited to be stepping in as the new President of the club. I look forward to working with our new board. We truly have a great group of people on the board. I like that they each can look at things in so many different ways and come up with solutions that are best for the club. I personally welcome your input on club matters and look forward to the next two years serving the club in this capacity. Hope to see you all in North Carolina for a great time at the Jersey Wooly nationals. Secretary’s Report Continued from page 5

the information you need, just ask. If I can’t find the information, I will direct you to someone who can. May your nest boxes be filled with the next big winner! District 1 Report Continued from page 8)

The convention in Indianapolis, in my opinion, went very smooth. The only real hiccup we had for the Jersey Woolies was the lack of a judging table(s) to begin the wooly judging as a starting breed. Because of this the open Jersey Wooly judging was started at 3:00pm after the American Fuzzy Lops had finished their judging. The judging was stopped for the night, and then resumed the next morning, which ran into the general membership meeting time slot. A quick general membership meeting was held at the NJWRC banquet to make up for the missed meeting. Overall, everything worked out, and everyone just went with the flow, and maintained their good spirits. Coming home from convention, I really get inspired to go through and figure out my game plan. I typically go through the entire herd playing match maker, determining future breedings, evaluating upcoming juniors and seeing

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if there are any animals I feel can move on to new breeding homes. I love walking down the aisles at convention looking at the different styles of Jersey Woolies, and pointing out features that I like about particular animals. It gives me a mental picture of what I want my animals to look like, and that’s what I breed and cull for. Overall, I think convention is a very valuable experience. Not only do you have the option to meeting wonderful people, but you get to see how your animals stack up against reputable breeders across the nation, and even have the opportunity to purchase quality stock from breeders who are not in your general area. For those of you who are on the fence about attending next year’s convention. Make the plans to attend. Please welcome our new incoming District One Director Shonna Ausbourne. She will be taking office in January 2012, so expect to hear from her next year. She will be a great asset to the National Jersey Wooly Rabbit Club Board and will be a wonderful representative for our District. I am happy to turn over the responsibilities of director to a knowledgeable Jersey Wooly breeder who has a passion for helping the club reach its full potential. Thank you for your support in allowing me to serve as you director for the past two years, I feel that this experience will help me to better serve you as Treasurer of the NJWRC. Thank you for everything District One and I want to reassure you that you are in good hands! See you in Wichita. District 2 Report Continued from page 9

forward to seeing good friends every year. We talk about new grooming techniques, feeding regimes, and bodies. We go over each other’s rabbits and talk about what they should look and feel like. These are some of my greatest rabbit experiences. Also, I have to say this is the only time of the year that I feel I am not crazy because I love showing rabbits. Most people I know politely say nothing but think I am nuts. Being from California we are usually really far from the national shows and many people from District 2 cannot make the journey. We had 5 brave exhibitors from California attend convention this year, and let me tell you just getting across the county is a feat in itself without taking bunnies along. However, for Amber Henderson the trip was well worth it. She did exceptionally well, winning BOG with

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her shaded senior doe and BOSG with her shaded senior buck. Congratulations Amber. Way to go! It was so nice to be there to cheer you on. I asked Amber to write some of her thoughts about her experiences. Here is what she had to say: “This is the first year I have shown the first fruits of my new Shaded program. I had high hopes for them but I was both surprised and thrilled with their Group wins of BOG and BOSG (daughter and sire, respectively). My BOG rabbit’s litter mate also showed well with the placement of 4th Shaded Sr. doe. These wins were significant to me, not just because I am new to the Shaded Group, but because they are actually the result of two years of careful planning, patience, and selection. I felt that taking my time with the start of my project was especially important because I have a very small number of holes for my herd and work to be competitive on the national level. My purpose in writing this is that I do not want anyone to think that, because they are limited to keeping a small herd, there are also limits to the quality they can produce. It is simply not true. You can be successful with a small herd! Good tips for the success of a small herd are the same for a large herd - set a goal, breed smart, cull hard (very hard), and be patient. Two more suggestions that are especially important for the small herd breeder are; Increase your vision of what is possible. If you can see and feel the best “parts” of several top quality Woolies you can piece together and solidify your own vision of the Woolies you want in your barn someday and then work toward that goal. So, ask exhibitors, whose rabbits you really admire, if they you will show you what they feel are the best features of their winning rabbits. If they have time, they will help you. And, lastly, when someone tells you that you should not expect too much from your small herd, enthusiastically take on the challenge of proving to yourself that you can! Amber If you think you might make Nationals in Greensboro NC it is time right now to start making plans and reservations. I am currently writing an article on “Flying with Rabbits” that will be in the up-coming edition of the guidebook. I also expect to post it on the NJWRC website. My hope is that this article will take the mystery and fear out flying with the rabbits. Take care and enjoy your bunnies.

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Oh yea, I also enclosed our horse barn with steel and moved all the 50 outside animals in for the winter, now when I get home late they will be inside and have a light to see by. This is great compared to going outside to feed and water when its 30 below. On with winter! Congratulations are also in store for the Erb Family. They got 2 BIS’s last weekend with two different rabbits in one day! Way to go Emmett and Romy! I am in love with Emmett he is awesome!

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I also want District 4 members to remember to send me your ideas and topics for articles and or questions you may have or want addressed in a future issues. I am here for the members of District 4 to help out anyone who needs it. If I don’t have the answer I will find the right person to ask and get the answer if all possible. Around Oklahoma and even here in Arkansas, we have been filling some earthquakes recently which could have upset your bunnies some, so I would try to make things as smooth as possible for them and look for any for possible issues that could have happen during the tremors. We also need to remember to be extra helpful to any newcomers to the breed and answer any questions they may have. We also need to be there for our youth breeders as they are the future open breeders and help them any way we can even if its only to help the carry their carriers or show them where there show tables are for their bunnies. We also need to remember to be kind to each other and praise the winners on their wins. I know that we all want to win, but that isn’t always the case and we need to say congratulations to the winners. I think at times folks forget their manners and get upset at times thinking the judge didn’t pick the correct rabbit. I am the opposite of that when a bunny from our barn wins, I try to figure out why the judge picked our rabbit and what made it stand out from the rest of them. I always think that other bunnies are better than ours, so I look for every way to improve our herd in any little bit. So I want the members of district 4

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Officer & Director Reports Continued to remember to be good sports and say thank you and congratulate the winners. If you didn’t win and want to know where you can improve on your bunnies ask the judge when they are not busy what you can do to improve your bunnies next time. It never hurts to ask just remember to ask after judge is done with his or her job and most of the time the judge will be glad to answer your questions. So until next time remember to hug your wooly and may all your nest boxes be full of future winners. I am also on Facebook if anyone wants to find me on there to ask questions just type in my name and just put in the subject district 4 woolies. (District 5 report continued from page 12)

“Hi Dad. What’s going on?’ I quickly murmured, “Don’t nod; don’t raise your hand, the rabbit they’re selling is approaching $900.” When one of the Jerseys in the Fleece was nearing that same amount I made certain I did nothing that Deidre could mistake for a bid. LOL Congrats to everyone who donated animals, attended, bid, and bought the quality Jerseys offered. You helped make this our most successful Golden Fleece ever! On a personal note, Barbara and I were pleased with the placement of our entries. No, we didn’t win any classes, but we did improve over previous years. In an email Brian Caudill said that after returning home he started thinking about matings for next year’s entries. I must admit that we did also. Our goal--and probably yours too--is to improve. Good luck to everyone. Finally, a real positive to meet and make new friends: persons whose names I recognized from the Jersey web site, or from the pages of the Fluff, or names on a pedidgree. They became “real” to me. I count myself fortunate to add all of you to my circle of friends. With the Holidays quickly approaching Barbara and I wish you and your family “Happy Holidays” and we look forward to seeing you at the shows--or next year in Wichita. (District 6 report continued from page 13)

received. It really made it even better. This will be one of those conventions that I will never forget. I just need to make sure that Brenda Reilly Brings me another lucky

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pink bug to wear on my shoulder next year...That baby brought me some luck.. With Convention being a day shorter this year, it made it seem even more rushed. I found myself going to bed early and getting up early just because there was so much to be done in such a short time. I want to thank everyone who helped me change the Golden Fleece Auction this year. We had some really great rabbits that were donated by some really great breeders. My goal of making it a auction we could all be proud of was surpassed times ten. I really was moved by the rabbits and by the number of people that turned up for the auction. In the past years you could always find room to go over the rabbits prior to the auction. This year there were so many people at the auction that you really had to wait in line to get your hands on the rabbits. I was so proud of the prices that the rabbits were going for. I have actually had other clubs contact me asking me how we did it. they wanted guidelines to go by so they could have a successful Auction. I guess the word gets around when you have a Wooly go for over $900 in a auction. I know that my mouth dropped farther the higher it went. I would like to thank Ann Mills and Sandra Wight for all the help they gave me on putting the auction together. Ann had them on the website within a hour of me sending them to her. Sandra made the flyer’s that were the icing on the cake. Last but not least all the exhibitors that donated a Rabbit. You really made the auction by giving up a rabbit that you wanted to keep. I appreciate all of you for that sacrifice. I hope to start planning the next auction sometime early next year. Hopefully it will turn out as well as this one did. Again thank you to the donaters, the buyers, the helpers, Deidre Edder for being the mouth of the auction, Even if you were just standing there watching... Thank you.. We as a board are working very hard to improve our club. We have a new newsletter editor, Sandra Wight, I am sure that you will all enjoy this issue of the “Fluff”. I know its going to be very awesome and cant wait to see it myself. We are also working on other things to improve our club. Hopefully some of those topics will be covered else where in this newsletter. Anytime that you as a member have ideas to improve the club as a whole, please

contact your director and tell them your thoughts. I would like to say that I am always so impressed with the exhibitors of the Wooly breed. For those of you that have never attended convention, you really need to try and attend next year. The sense of family that is exuded by our members is overwhelming. Its like a family reunion every year. We stand around the show tables picking on each other and catching up on the last year activities. I know that a lot of clubs have exhibitors that don’t get along and cant be around each other, But you really don’t see that with this breed. I am always proud to say that I am a Jersey Wooly breeder. I always have a great time at convention, win or lose. It truly is the people and the breed that keeps me coming back year after year. This year we did something different as far as our banquet. I have not been able to attend the last few years because usually it is at the same time that the Standards Committee is going over the presentation animals. This year we had it in the evening. We had a great time at Dave &Busters. April Stigall did a awesome job finding the place and assuring that a great time was had by all. I had a really great time and it was nice to see all the kids get their awards and it was nice just to sit down and break bread with people that you haven’t had a chance to chat with yet. It was great to See Marcia Hinkleman be accepted into the Jersey Wooly Hall of Fame. She has always been a valued member of this club and it was nice to see that for once.....She was speechless..If you missed that it probably won’t happen again.. Well there is only so much spaced that I am allowed. So i guess I will have to say goodbye for now. I want to thank everyone again who had a part in making this convention one of my best ones so far. It will be hard to beat the convention of 2011 but its always fun to try. (District 8 report continued from page 14)

does. I also thought that the Youth BOB was every bit as good as the open winners. Untill next time. District 8 members are invited to send me any imformation that will make this report more productive and will help to keep us all informed of the Wooly happenings in our region.

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November 1, 2011 Called to order around 8:30 pm Roll call- Ashley Felton, Brenda Reilly, Denise Geick, Rob Usakowski, Brian Caudill, Steven Buell, Angel LeSage and incoming directors elect Deidre Edder and Shonna Ausborne were present. Secretaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s minutes were posted in the last newsletter, Brenda Reilly motioned to accept as posted, seconded by Brian Caudill. Treasurers report was passed around and will also be posted in the next newsletter. Committee Reports: Discussion on some changes being made with

the newsletter, we will be picking topics, and would like members to write in on these topics. Claudia Sweley reported Election results Michael Perez won the Brian Hartzell Memorial Scholarship Guidebook report was sent from Lisa Smith. She will be doing some updates. Old Business: Brenda Reilly asked for members to vote for judges for the future conventions. Rob Usakowski reported $6200 received from the Golden Fleece auction. He also thanked everyone for helping with the convention.

Brian Hartzel Memorial Scholarship

Marcia Hinkelmann reported pass/fail new varieties committee: â&#x20AC;˘ Reds did not pass NJWRC, Otters passed NJWRC, Oranges will present to ARBA. New Business: Deidre Edder gave some information on the 2012 Nationals Anne Mills will be updating the NJWRC Website. Deidre Edder moved to adjourn Brenda Reilly seconded Hailey Birkholz- recorder (in the absence of secretary Laurie Owens)

Double Best In Show Tessa Erb and her two BIS Broken bucks Romy & Emmett Show 1 & 2 Marshfield WI 11-12-11

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ach year the youth members of the NJWRC hold a raffle for a trio of top quality Jersey Wooly rabbits. We ask our top youth members and those that have won the top honors at our National and Convention shows to part with some of their best stock to be included in this trio. The proceeds from the youth trio are designated toward the Brian Hartzell Youth Scholarship fund. This scholarship was set up with donations made in memory of Brian, and continues with the youth trio funds. Brain was a very active member of our club, as well as an ARBA Judge, and a youth advisor. We are proud to carry on the scholarship in his memory, and to announce the 2011 recipient of the Brian Hartzell Memorial Youth Scholarship is Michael Perez of California. Michael plans to attend California State University at Long Beach, CA and study general Biology.

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2008 BOSB ARBA Convention - Caudill’s Loose It 2009 BOB NJWRC National - Bred by Me 2010 BOB NJWRC National - Caudill’s Running Wild 2011 BOB NJWRC National - Caudill’s Nailed IT 2011 BOB ARBA Convention - Caudill’s Hot Damn 2011 BOSB ARBA Convention - Caudill’s Flavia

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