2024 Spring Fluff

The Official Newsletter of the National Jersey Wooly Rabbit Club: Spring 2024

2023 ARBA Convention Youth Best of Breed and Best of Group Cody Landis

Meet the NJWRC Board President Cheryl Loesch momdeplume@comcast.net Vice President Douglas Brown doug.brown1982.db@gmail.com

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NJWRC Board NJWRC Committees President’s Article Secretary’s Report Important Dates District One Report Record of Vote District Two Report District Four Report District Five Report District Six Report District Seven Report Advertising Rates District Eight Report District Nine Report A Matter of Ethics 2023 ARBA Youth BOB 2023 ARBA Youth BOS JW National Breed Show Results Fluff Editor Report Sweepstakes Report Sweepstakes Standings Open Sweepstakes Standings Youth Youth Scholarship Application Petition for Office NJWRC New Member Application NJWRC Renewal Member Application

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Secretary Alex Williams NJWRCsecretary@gmail.com Treasurer Brenda Reilly NJRWClubtreasurer@gmail.com District One Bethany Roberston bethanyrobertsongm@gmail.com

District Two Lori Robascotti dogznkidz@hotmail.com District Three Izzy Bukovich izzybuk18@gmail.com District Four Michael Wolfe 2002michaelwolfe@gmail.com District Five Brenda Kneir mobunniesrabbitry@yahoo.com District Six Kirsten Taylor flyinghooffarms@yahoo.com District Seven Connie Forward connieforward@yahoo.com District Eight Julie Aversa jtaversa@gmail.com District Nine Michelle Landis roughnecksm@verizon.net

NJWRC Committees Newsletter Pam Schmidt dpschmidt8@gmail.com

President Cheryl Loesch momdeplume@comcast.net

Website Brittany Moorse blmoorse@gmail.com Standards Committee Julie Aversa, Steven Buell, Tracey Freeman, Amber Henderson, Bethany Robertson, Cheryl Loesch - Chair Constitution and By Laws Doug Brown - Chair Sweepstakes Scoring Nicole Schmitt njwrcsweeps@gmail.com Awards Alex Williams NJWRCsecretary@gmail.com Youth Coordinator Lindsay Aversa allstarwoolies@gmail.com Historian Bethany Robertson bethanyrobertsongm@gmail.com

Find the NJWRC

Sweepstakes: njwrcsweeps@gmail.com www.njwrcsweeps.com Website: www.jerseywooly.org Facebook: NJWRC Members

When this issue goes to press, Nationals will have already happened. I’m excited to see that there is a good showing for this year’s Nationals, with nearly as many youth as open entries. Although Nationals is earlier than usual this year, we will retain the usual schedule for featuring BOB winners in the Fluff. This issue is Youth Convention BOB; Summer issue will be Open Nationals BOB, and the Fall issue will be Youth Nationals BOB. Upcoming dates to be aware of are the Scholarship due date of April 1. Any youth in their senior year of high school may apply for a $1000.00 scholarship by following our application guidelines which are available in this newsletter and on our website. Scholarships are given out to youth going on to any form of secondary education, whether that be college, trade school, or another type of higher education. The scholarship form included in this issue contains all of the information about what needs to be submitted. Please send all application materials to our Secretary by April 1. The Secretary’s email is NJWRCSecretary@gmail.com.

This year’s club elections will feature even numbered District Representatives, Vice President, and Secretary positions. Candidate Nominating Petitions, biographies, and photos are due in by May 10. If there are any questions about the positions, or how to run for office, please do not hesitate to ask any of our current board members. Our Secretary, Alex Williams, will be happy to send a nominating petition to anyone who wants to run for positions on the ballot, and you can also find that on our website or in this Fluff.

March 1 is the deadline for any specialty club wanting to host 2025 Nationals. Application forms can be obtained from our Secretary. I would be happy to answer any questions any of you may have regarding hosting Nationals.

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Secretary Alex Williams NJWRCsecretary@gmail.com

Hello everyone!

I hope this article finds you well with nest boxes full of babies. I am writing this on the eve of Nationals here in Louisiana, and I am super excited to see old and new friends soon. Don’t forget to get those bids in for Nationals in 2026 by March 1st!

If you are a high school senior don’t forget to get your application in for the scholarship as well as your letters of recommendation. Please send them to me at njwrcsecretary@gmail.com so I can forward them to our Youth Committee. The due date is April 1st.

In addition, if you, or someone you know, would like to become more involved with the club, consider running for a position on the board. Those petitioning for office must be a NJWRC member for two or more years and be a member in good standing. Positions up for election this year include: Vice President, Secretary, and all even numbered Districts. You can print the Petition for Office from the form section on our website, jerserywooly.org, or you can also find it in this Fluff.

Petitions are due by May 10th. Please fill the form out and return to me.

Well folks, I think that covers pretty much everything you need to know for the next couple months. However, if you have any questions or concerns please let me know. Until next time everyone, may your nest boxes be full of babies and hopefully a Golden Fleece Auction rabbit for convention.

NJWRC Secretary Alex Williams

March 1 April 1 May 10 May 15 May 30 June 1 July 1 August August 15 October 26-30

Due date for 2026 NJWRC Nationals Bids NJWRC Scholarship Application Due Date Due date for Petitions for Office May Fluff Article Due Date Have in mind a possible donation for the GFA in October!

NJWRC starts preparing for Convention. Will you volunteer?

Start of the 2024-2025 Sweeps year Ballots go out for club elections August Fluff Article Due Date ARBA Convention

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District One Bethany Robertson bethanyrobertsongm@gmail.com Representing: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Washington, Wyoming, Saskatchewan, Alberta, BC, Yukon Territory, and Japan Hello District 1 members!

I hope all is well and that your nest boxes are full and coats are prime. As we get closer to spring, I am finding myself getting excited about future litters and planning breedings that will hopefully produce my next show string. Most of us understand the excitement of finding that baby that catches our eye. I think that excitement helps motivate all of us to continue showing and looking forward to putting animals on the table.

Our district has many amazing breeders that I look forward to seeing at each local show.

The support and camaraderie I’ve experienced has made showing even more enjoyable.

As the show season continues I hope that we will have more to share, but I look forward to seeing the beautiful animals that our members produce and share with each generation.

Bethany

Record of Vote October 2023- February 2024

Create a 3 year youth membership, up to age 16 (at 16, the three year would expire upon 19th birthday) Passed with 11 votes Motion: Julie Aversa Second: Brenda Reilly

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District Two Lori Robasciotti dogznkidz@hotmail.com Representing: Arizona, California, Hawai’i, Nevada, Utah, and Mexico By the time you all read this, Nationals will be a memory. I hope everyone had a wonderful time with safe travels and your goals were met. Sadly, as far as I know, there were no District 2 members who were able to attend. Personally, I hope to be able to show at Nationals in 2025.

Jersey Woolies have had some success on the tables recently. We've also had a good number of animals entered and more exhibitors than normal at a few shows. YAY!!! On 11-25-23 in Merced, CA, Carla Morrison won her first Best in Show (first of many I'm sure) with her Agouti Sr Buck, Pienta's Cheddar Bratwurst. Cheddar won BOB under judge Allen Barr and BIS under judge Misty Polasik. He is bred by Mallory Pienta. On 12-16-23 Amber Henderson's broken Sr Buck, Wonder's Johnny Lingo, won BOB under judge Tonna Thomas and went on to win 2nd BRIS under judge Lauralee Erbe. This show was held in Santa Maria, CA and was very festive with its Christmas music and decorations.

As I close this report, I'm sending you all my best wishes for a peaceful Spring with full nest boxes.

Carla Morrison and Pienta’s Cheddar Bratwurst Amber Henderson and Wonder’s Johnny Lingo 6

District Four Michael Wolfe 2002michaelwolfe@gmail.com Representing: Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas Hey, everyone!

I hope all have recovered from the National show in Louisiana we just had. I know our weather down here was not consistent, causing many of our animals to blow coat for the show. I enjoyed getting to see and visit with everyone as usual, and I hope to see everyone at the upcoming show in Belton, TX. In other news, our youth numbers are steadily increasing along with our open numbers, so I would like to thank everyone for helping contribute to that.

If anyone has any questions, or photos they would like to share with me, please email me at toptierfarms2012@gmail.com.

Michael

John Harris-Anderson won RIS with Autumn Marie’s 47 (Annie Lennox) at the Alamo Area Rabbit Club’s Black Friday Show, November 2425 in Seguin, TX.

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District Five Brenda Kneir mobunniesrabbitry@yahoo.com Representing: Illinois, Kansas, and Missouri

Hello District 5: I hope you all have had a good winter! Spring is a great time to start thinking about Convention!

Fill those nest boxes!

We have a lot going on in our district. The Sunflower Jersey Wooly Club will be hosting the 2025 Nationals in Hutchinson, Kansas. They need our support to pull this off! We will be hosting speciality shows, having raffle tables, and an online auction. It’s really nice to have a Specialty Club in our district because, when they host a specialty show, that gives us more opportunities to show our beautiful Woolies! Anything you can do to help will be greatly appreciated.

The Bunny Bunch Club had a nice show in Manhattan, Kansas Nov. 24 & 25. Biggest turn out of Woolies they have ever had!

Show A: Judge Vic Vogts Open - BOB & BOS Brenda Kneir Youth - BOB Haley Tillery - BOS Eleanor Lefebvre Show B: Judge Janie Elliot Open - BOB & BOS Brenda Kneir Youth - BOB Haley Tillery - BOS Carson & Kainen Reker Sunflower Jersey Wooly Specialty Judge Josh Humphries Open - BOB Brenda Kneir - BOS Haley Tillery Youth - BOB Carson & Kainen Reker - BOS Chole Phelps Congrats to all of you that are out their showing!

See you soon!

Brenda Jordan Tucker Youth BOB & BOS NYE in Hutchinson Kansas Judge Blaine Maier 8

District Six Kirsten Taylor flyinghooffarms@yahoo.com Representing: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Puerto Rico

We absolutely can not wait to see everyone down in Louisiana for Wooly Nationals! We have been hard at work making sure everything goes as smoothly as possible to make for an amazing Nationals show. We also want to say Thank You to our amazing judges that are driving and flying in.

Congratulations to Abi Evans on her win at the Middle Tennessee RBA Show - Open A RIS with Fuzzy Butt’s Hot Toddy (agouti senior doe).

District 6 Representative, Kirsten Taylor

Abi Evans - Open RIS with Fuzzy Butt’s Hot Toddy

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District Seven Connie Forward connieforward@yahoo.com Representing: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Vermont This will be out after Nationals so I would like to say congratulations to everyone that attended. A great big thank you to Michelle and Cody for taking four for us.

I have no news at this time, but shows in our area will be underway soon. Hopefully I will see many of our district members soon, plus all our other friends too.

Don't forget to start breeding for convention. It will be here before we know it.

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District Eight Julie Aversa jtaversa@gmal.com Representing: Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Manitoba, and Ontario Hello Friends, We are well into winter as I write this and a few weeks away from Nationals. I hope everyone had a safe trip to and from Nationals.

I want to remind everyone to hold back one of the rabbits you would sell this year for the Golden Fleece Auction. Take pictures of rabbits around now when they are in coat so when the solicitor for the GFA needs pictures, you have a nice photo of the rabbit in coat versus a molty mess photo. The Golden Fleece Auction is the largest fundraiser for our club. It brought in a total of $3,475 for our general fund. The two rabbits donated 100% to the youth scholarship and the donated grooming plus the proceeds from the trio raffle brought in a total of $2,767 for the funding of the youth scholarship.

Please keep in mind, if you are a senior, Scholarship Applications are due by April 1st, 2024.

The silent auction at the Louisville convention banquet did very well. I am happy to report that the club made $1,275 on the silent auction. I hope to see this continue. It was a lot of fun. Thank you to all that donated items for this raffle, and I hope next year we can exceed what was brought in at the last convention. Are you up for the challenge? The theme for this year’s convention is The Greatest Show of the Century, kind of like a under the big top. So put your thinking caps on now to come up with some great ideas.

How to better the breed. We all should be breeding to better the breed, to breed as close to the standard of perfection as possible. We need to get better at culling out the genetic issues within our breed. What I have seen are mismatched nails, white nails, scattered white hairs, white spotting gene, silvering gene, wrong undercolor, wide band, and some various others. When our breed was first created, white nails were problematic. I feel that mismatched nails are still an issue within our breed. They usually show up in dilutes. It can break your heart to love the type on an animal only to have to cull it for nail color. Many people will not even keep dilutes due to this issue. If we were all to cull hard for nail color eventually, over time, nail color would no longer be an issue. Breeding to a broken should not be the answer. Breeding to a broken, the issue is still there. Another issue is the wrong undercolor.

Opals are not seen too much on the show table in our breed due to the fact many have the wrong undercolor, or poor nail color. Just because judges do not catch this issue, we as breeders should be culling them out of our herds. Please, please, please do not sell them. Selling them only puts your problem onto another breeder.

If you have any ideas for changes, general questions, or just want to chat bunnies, please do not hesitate to reach out to me.

I hope with the spring shows gearing up everyone has safe travels to and from shows and has an enjoyable time showing.

May your nestboxes be full!!!!

Julie Aversa District 8 Representative.

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Grace Anderson and her RIS with B&B’s Hey Dude TKSRBA Veterans Appreciation show on 11/11/23

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District Nine Michelle Landis roughnecksm@verizon.net Representing: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington DC, and all other foreign regions I want to start off by thanking all of our amazing Jersey Wooly breeders for their friendship, dedication to the breed, wonderful FRIENDLY competition, and amazing support of each other. It has been such an amazing ride over the past 13+ years and it wouldn't have been nearly as fun without all of you! I can't wait to see where we all go from here!

We have an insanely talented and dedicated crew who can accomplish anything when we put our minds to it.

Over the last year, I have noticed a HUGE emphasis put on helping each other, especially the JW Youth. This warms my heart to see so many people truly trying to help their fellow breeders and help grow our breed. No one person can do this on their own and our JW Family Village is the BEST! The more we work together, the better our club will be. Keep up all of the great work, but remember to have FUN while doing it. :) I am so excited to be heading to JW Nationals in West Monroe, LA with Cody. I hope to see a TON of you there!! The club running the show has been working like crazy to give us a fun and memorable event and I can't wait for all of the awesome memories that will be made there.

Michelle Landis D9 Director roughnecksm@verizon.net

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Christy Przybylowski won BIS, RIS and BISS with 3Bears' She's All That (Allie) at the NJSRCBA show in January.

Talya Bardole won Youth BOB with her Orange JR Doe in the NEJWB JW Specialty at PaSRBA.

Nikolai Kalinin won Youth 1st RIS with Berlin at the NJSRCBA show in January in Pic #1.

Nikolai also won Youth BIS with Marco Polo at the NJSRCBA show in January in Pic #2 14

A Matter of Ethics

By Amber Henderson A Matter of Ethics Truth and Consequences

By Amber Henderson A consequence is something that logically or naturally follows an action or condition. Consequences can be positive or negative. As breeders, let’s consider which we choose for ourselves and others.

Years ago, a few friends and I were generously invited to visit the rabbitry of a breeder who was raising rabbits in another part of the United States. We excitedly accepted the invitation and were grateful for the opportunity to learn something about raising rabbits in a climate different than our own. During our visit, we tried to absorb as much information as we could glean as the breeder led us through the examination and explanation of their unique setup. The rabbitry was neat and clean, and we admired the ingenuity of the breeder who used both modern and very old technology to create an environment in which their rabbits could live comfortably.

As we toured, my companions and I were naturally excited to look over the various breeds of rabbits housed there. One specific rabbit became a topic of conversation when it was discovered to have a simple malocclusion. Ever curious and eager to learn how other breeders handle common challenges, we asked what the breeder did in this situation and what outlets the breeder used for their culls. “Oh, I see that all the time. I just sell them as pets.”, replied the breeder.

During the discussion that followed, my friends and I talked about how we managed our own rabbitries. We described what we did to trim maloccluded teeth and the humane options we turned to if the problem could not be easily corrected. We talked about the kind of rabbits we let leave our barns and which ones we do not. We shared the outlets each of us had available for any terminal culls.

Between the four of us, we had a good discussion and the breeder thanked us for some bits of information. We talked about many other things during the rest of our visit together and thoroughly enjoyed nerding out about all things rabbit related.

A few years later, I found myself back at the same breeder's barn to pick up rabbits for transport to the ARBA Convention. In discussion, I found they were still selling rabbits with malocclusions as pets. At the same time, one of my traveling companions noticed that one of the bucks intended for transport was spinning in circles, head tilted to one side, inside its carrier. After we pointed this out to the breeder, they responded with “Oh, he just likes to do that for fun. He’s playing” and then quickly moved the rabbit into one of our transport carriers.

I think this is a good place to stop. Talk amongst yourselves about the positive or negative consequences that might come from the decisions of the people involved in this story. How do those decisions affect the individual? Do those decisions affect anyone else? What about the animals?

Are you curious how the story ends? For that, you’ll need to tune in next time for the conclusion of “Truth and Consequences”!

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2023 ARBA Convention Youth Jersey Wooly Best of Breed and Best of Group Cody Landis Convention was so much fun this year, getting to hang out with all of our friends in Louisville!

Winning Youth BOB with AFB’s Panda Bear was such a huge honor and was only surpassed by the honor of winning Youth Group 4 in Best in Show! It was a dream of mine to try to win a Group or BIS at convention with Panda and that came true this year. Like always, Panda celebrated by chewing the strings off of my sweatshirt. LOL! Panda (or PB as we call him) is one of those “once in a lifetime” kind of rabbits. He is awesome and yet so sweet and snuggly too. Panda currently has 60 legs with a bunch of BIS, RIS and BOBs in Open and Youth. He was also the Youth BOB at the 2022 Convention in Reno, Youth BOB at the 2023 JW Nationals in Ohio, BOSB at the 2021 Convention in Kentucky, and the Youth Best Junior at the JW Nationals in Louisiana. He is the kind of rabbit that we dreamed of for years and we still can’t believe that he is one of our homebreds.

Panda comes from a breeding that combines Allstar’s lines and our old shaded/self lines. His sire, Allstar’s Leo, is a great broken black buck that has 11 legs (2 BIS & 3 BOB – 1 of them was Youth BOB at JW Nationals in Louisiana). We can never thank Julie & Lindsay Aversa enough for letting us buy him a few years ago. He and his offspring have become the backbone of our Broken, Shaded, Self, and Tan Jersey Woolies. It is true how one amazing rabbit can make such a huge difference in your herd.

Panda’s dam is a big blue brood doe named AFB’s Charmaine, whose pedigree includes AFB’s Zeke, Fuzzyville’s Show Me Off, and Fuzzyville’s Broken Tear. She may not be much to look at, but she is solid and has produced most of our best rabbits.

Panda, his dad Leo, and his siblings have been very prolific breeders and it is hard to find a rabbit in our barn that doesn’t have their lines in their pedigrees. We have also been trying to spread his genes around to as many breeders as possible and love to hear how his kids and grandkids are doing for their new owners.

I wanted to say Congratulations to everyone that showed at convention. Congrats to Makayla Wallock on winning Youth BOSB with her beautiful Pointed Black Sr Doe “Nala”, Congrats to Maddie & Michelle DeSelm on winning Open BOB with your gorgeous Broken SR Buck “Link” and Congrats to Lori Robisciotti on winning Open BOSB with your stunning Shaded SR Doe. As always, there were soooo many nice Jersey Woolies there.

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2023 ARBA Convention Youth Jersey Wooly Best Opposite Sex Makayla Wallock Pinch Me! What an honor for Wallock’s Woolies Nala to be named Best Opposite of Breed at the 100th ARBA Convention. I brought a small tribe of Jersey Woolies to the 100th ARBA Convention. It consisted of five jersey woolies, all of which were homegrown. Two were younger juniors, too. So, I was very happy with all my placings.

Nala is a very special doe. She is well balanced, has great point color, and a wonderful coat. She knows her job while on the show table and she loves doing it. She will strike a pose and show herself off.

She is a little princess as we found she travels best in a carrier all by herself. And, of course, it is a Best In Show carrier that she won in her showing career. If it is a long trip, she enjoys coming out to “lap ride”, to look at the scenery and get extra snuggles during our travels.

Nala’s BOS win at the 100th ARBA convention is added to her multiple BIS winnings, a BOS win at the 99th ARBA Convention, and a BOB win at the 98th ARBA Convention, my very first ARBA Convention. The 100th ARBA Convention is only the third Convention I have attended, so returning to Louisville, and Nala bringing home another win, was truly a very special day. She also won Best Overall Wool too! She is one special little lady and my heart rabbit.

Seeing friends and being able to spend time with them also makes ARBA Convention special. Lots of smiles and laughs are always great! It makes all the long days totally worth it and then some.

I’ve been busy breeding away, especially with my AOV’s and I am already looking forward to this year’s ARBA Convention. I wish everyone the best of luck with their nestboxes. Here’s to spring and lots of babies!

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Jersey Wooly National Breed Show The Jersey Wooly National Breed Show was held on Saturday, February 17, in West Monroe, Louisiana. We would like to honor the National Breed winners in this edition of The Fluff. In the Summer edition of The Fluff (June edition) we will include a full report and lots of photos of the National Breed Show. We thank all of the exhibitors who attended the show in West Monroe and we congratulate all of the following winners!

Open Agouti BOG: Robin Olson - FBll BOSG: Brenda Kneir - CT1

Youth Agouti BOG: John Harris Anderson - JBR36 BOSB BOSG: John Harris Anderson - KEN

AOV BOG: Daniel Kuyoth - TT280 BOSG: Daniel Kuyoth - TT231 BOSB, BFOVR

AOV BOG: John Harris Anderson - AHD BOSG: John Harris Anderson - LB6

Broken BOG: Christy & Katrina Przybylowski - 53B BOB BOSB: Cody Landis - AF387

Broken BOG: Carson & Kainen Reker - DO BOB BOSG: William Ashton - ER1 Self BOG: John Harris Anderson - AM47 BOSG: Cheyenne Woerndel - TK2

Self BOG: Michelle Landis - AF643 BOSG: Michelle Landis - AF576

Shaded BOG: John Harris Anderson - GWEN BOSG: Cody Landis - AF578

Shaded BOG: Daniel Kuyoth - TT282 BOSG: Ava-Lynn Ledesma - AM80

Tan BOG: Evelyn Ray - BS214 BOSG: John Harris Anderson - HTB

Tan BOG: Ava-Lynn Ledesma - B21 BOSG: Christy & Katrina Przybylowski - 3B77

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Pam Schmidt Fluff Editor dpschmidt80@gmail.com

Hello All! I hope you had an excellent Christmas and a Happy New Year!

The NJWRC National Show is complete. Attending a national breed show is an experience I hope all breeders can experience at least once, if not more, in their rabbit breeding careers. Meeting and interacting with breeders from across the country is an amazing opportunity. I extend my Congratulations to those JW breeders who were successful on the National show tables!

Since I have the opportunity to work with so many photos that get sent to the club, I want to share some photo dos/don’ts with you for better pics of your smiling faces and beautiful bunnies.      

You are obviously focusing on the person and the rabbit. Pay attention to what is in the background.

You don’t want to distract from your subject.

Do not take a photo with a window in the background. It creates glare and diminishes the clarity of your picture. Any light source should be behind the photographer.

Focus on your subject. Make their face or upper body fill your shot. Don’t take pictures of the ceiling or peoples’ legs. Focus on upper bodies, faces, and the bunnies.

If you are sending pictures to the club, make sure they are in focus, not blurry. We want to see your faces and your beautiful bunnies!

Keep your camera lens clean. That prevents blurry photos as well.

If you are trying to include the bunny, exhibitor, judge, and award in the photo, that can be a lot for one, clear shot. Think about taking two or three photos instead. . .the judge, exhibitor, and rabbit; the rabbit and awards. Don’t try and include too much in your shot. The more you include, the wider your shot needs to be. This makes faces and bunnies pretty small and you lose clarity and detail.

I hope this helps you take great photos of your hoppy memories!

Pam Schmidt

Barbie’s

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Sweepstakes Nicole Schmitt njwrcsweeps@gmail.com www.njwrcsweeps.com

Hello NJWRC members!!

We’re about half-way through the season already and I’m still caught up! (this might be a record!)

These points include all shows dated 6/2023 thru 1/2024 for which reports were received in good order prior to 2/13/2024.

Right now, I only have a few ‘concerning situations.’ *Central Coast RC, triple open, 12/16/23, Santa Maria, CA: reports were received for all 3 shows, however, I believe I’m actually missing the wool placement information for all 3 shows. I went ahead & entered the ‘regular’ points & they’re included here, but wool isn’t included. I’ve emailed Linda Bell several times at every email address I have for her – no response as yet. I don’t have a phone number for Linda. *Riverside Co RBA, 2 of 3 open shows on 12/30/23 in Costa Mesa, CA: reports were received for all 3 shows, but I only got wool placement information for show B (my # W1548-O3A). I’m quite sure I’m missing the wool placement information for shows A & C (my #’s W1546-O3A & W1550-O3A). I’ve emailed Linda Bell at every email address I have for her without any response (I even emailed her Himi Club address).

If you run into Linda, tell her I’m needing to hear back from her. As with the Central Coast RC shows above, ‘regular’ sweepstakes information was processed & is included in this report.

Both Central Coast RC & Riverside RBA shows with issues are on the included shows listing as well as the regular sanctioned shows listing with big red notes in the comments section regarding this (bright green fill color).

Overall the season has been (mostly) smooth sailing!

Until next time!

Some of the Sweeps Reports may be truncated due to space constraints in The Fluff. The full Sweeps Reports can be viewed on the NJWRC Sweeps website: www.njwrcsweeps.com.

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Open - Overall Sweeps # 7,283 # Shows: 340 Rank Exh - D# - Show Count 1 Buell / Forward, Steven & Connie - NY 2 Przybylowski, Christy & Katrina - PA 3 Aversa, Lindsay & Julie - MI 4 Edder, Deidre - SC 5 DeSelm, Madelyn - MI 6 Landis, Michelle - PA 7 Moerbe, Kathy - TX 8 Sefcik, April & Kaitlyn - OH 9 Sherlock, Barbara - PA 10 Robasciotti, Lori - CA 11 Anderson, Grace - KY 12 Ayers, Laura & Kevin - OH 13 More, Gail - OH 14 Boarts, Becky - MI 15 Arnold, Dave - OH 16 Mezyk, Karen - IL 17 Boulier, DeAnn & Niles - MI 18 Evans, Abigail - GA 19 Knisley, Jacob - OH 20 Beirau, Gayle - IL Vara, Emily - WI 22 McConnell, Michaeline - CA 23 Wallace, Shannon - CO 24 Reilly / Ringelstetter, Brenda & Christi - WI 25 Pienta, Mallory - WI 26 Morrison, Carla - CA 27 Turley, Rose-Marie - NJ 28 Kuyoth, Daniel - RI 29 Jusko, Tayler - NY 30 Achgill, Helene - IN 31 Grady, Rob & Paula - CO 32 Fowler, Amanda - GA 33 Collins, Judy - OH 34 Smith, Angela - NS 35 Cartwright, Rebecca - MN 36 Henderson, Amber - CA 37 Medo, Bill - WI

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27 22 25 32 23 18 26 17 17 14 14 13 17 17 18 10 15 20 27 5 4 10 7 12 3 8 10 2 11 12 11 14 16 3 1 14 6

Pts 8185 6228 6183 5326 3735 3457 3375 3278 3115 2758 2646 2504 2096 2034 2012 1890 1717 1694 1567 1374 1374 1293 1204 1166 1160 1106 1036 1019 1017 890 879 842 755 750 745 739 736

Open - Overall Sweeps # 7,283 # Shows: 340 Rank Exh - D# - Show Count 38 Hillery, Kathy - TX 39 McKie, Helen - NC 40 Neveu, Heather - WI 41 Deling, Kelsey & Carmen - MN 42 Deer, Terri & Steve - NC 43 Wassom, Claudia - SD 44 Jones, Sue - IN 45 Moore, Sharon - IL 46 Milton, Jackie - TX 47 Becker, Conner - MN 48 Austin, Chase - TX 49 Martin, Karla - TX 50 McCullough, Jan - WA 51 Andrus, Alicia - AK 52 Sheets, Angi - IN 53 Brak, Rhonda - KY 54 Sultan / Robertson, Meadow & Bethany - OR 55 Olson, Robin - NC 56 Bell, Lisa - OH 57 Longdo, Michelle - WI 58 Kneir, Brenda - MO 59 Younggreen, Kellyjo & Cassidy - CO 60 Robasciotti, Lori & Gillian - CA 61 Lovely, Tara - ME 62 Lyons, Melanie & Yvonne - NY 63 Douglas, Trianna - MN 64 Pridgen, Stacey - MD 65 Williams, Alexandra - PA 66 Summers, Andrea - WY 67 Wood, Laurie - OH 68 Hammond, Becky - AK 69 Roe, Deborah - MI 70 Waltz, Jennie - CA 71 LeSage, Angel - CA 72 Ziebell, Amber - WI 73 Hobbs, Jordan - IN 74 Born, Annette - AK 75 Hanchar, Nancy - MI

23

Dist

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4 9 3 3 9 3 8 5 4 3 4 4 1 1 8 8 1 9 8 3 5 4 2 7 7 3 9 9 1 8 1 8 2 2 3 8 1 8

7 1 5 5 6 6 15 10 10 6 2 12 8 9 5 6 8 11 14 11 5 15 13 6 5 1 10 7 5 5 7 8 4 3 3 2 4 5

Pts 734 705 696 677 670 617 587 556 553 545 531 519 517 498 474 440 425 420 409 403 378 376 368 330 325 315 272 267 227 224 211 207 206 200 195 181 159 155

Open - District Sweeps Dist

# Shown: # Shows: ShowC

7,283 340 Pts

D1: 1 McCullough, Jan - WA 2 Andrus, Alicia - AK 3 Sultan / Robertson, Meadow & Bethany - OR 4 Summers, Andrea - WY 5 Hammond, Becky - AK 6 Born, Annette - AK 7 Olmstead, Rebecca - WA

1 1 1 1 1 1 1

8 9 8 5 7 4 5

517 498 425 227 211 159 86

D2: 1 Robasciotti, Lori - CA 2 McConnell, Michaeline - CA 3 Morrison, Carla - CA 4 Henderson, Amber - CA 5 Robasciotti, Lori & Gillian - CA 6 Waltz, Jennie - CA 7 LeSage, Angel - CA 8 Robasciotti, Gillian - CA 9 Holbrook, Angela - UT 10 Verschure, Beth - AZ

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

14 10 8 14 13 4 3 9 1 4

2758 1293 1106 739 368 206 200 124 113 24

D3: 1 Vara, Emily - WI 2 Reilly / Ringelstetter, Brenda & Christi - WI 3 Pienta, Mallory - WI 4 Cartwright, Rebecca - MN 5 Medo, Bill - WI 6 Neveu, Heather - WI 7 Deling, Kelsey & Carmen - MN 8 Wassom, Claudia - SD 9 Becker, Conner - MN 10 Longdo, Michelle - WI 11 Douglas, Trianna - MN 12 Ziebell, Amber - WI 13 Douglas / Busack, Trianna & Kelly - MN 14 Moorse, Brittany - MN 15 Hatt, Janice - WI 16 Bukovich, Izzy - MN 17 Bohach, Kenzie - IA 18 Loesch, Cheryl - MN 19 Blakely, Mary - WI

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

4 12 3 1 6 5 5 6 6 11 1 3 3 7 5 4 2 1 1

1374 1166 1160 745 736 696 677 617 545 403 315 195 139 102 82 78 45 36 16

Rank Exh - D# - Show Count

24

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Rank Exh - D# - Show Count

Dist

# Shown: # Shows: ShowC

7,283 340 Pts

D4: 1 Moerbe, Kathy - TX 2 Wallace, Shannon - CO 3 Grady, Rob & Paula - CO 4 Hillery, Kathy - TX 5 Milton, Jackie - TX 6 Austin, Chase - TX 7 Martin, Karla - TX 8 Younggreen, Kellyjo & Cassidy - CO 9 Baldwin, Briana - TX 10 Wolfe, Michael - OK

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

26 7 11 7 10 2 12 15 4 2

3375 1204 879 734 553 531 519 376 114 72

D5: 1 Mezyk, Karen - IL 2 Beirau, Gayle - IL 3 Moore, Sharon - IL 4 Kneir, Brenda - MO 5 Oberly, Mat / Jill / Wyatt & Tyler - KS 6 Oldham, Christina - IL 7 Tillery, Melissa - KS

5 5 5 5 5 5 5

10 5 10 5 4 2 2

1890 1374 556 378 66 42 12

D6: 1 Evans, Abigail - GA 2 Fowler, Amanda - GA 3 Freeman, Tracey & Tyrone - LA 4 Taylor, Kirsten - LA

6 6 6 6

20 14 1 3

1694 842 135 24

D7: 1 Buell / Forward, Steven & Connie - NY 2 Kuyoth, Daniel - RI 3 Jusko, Tayler - NY 4 Lovely, Tara - ME 5 Lyons, Melanie & Yvonne - NY 6 Roman, Casey - NY 7 Buell, Steven - NY 8 Forward, Connie - NY 9 DeVito, Amanda - NH

7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

27 2 11 6 5 2 6 4 1

8185 1019 1017 330 325 130 90 30 24

25

Open - District Sweeps

Dist

# Shown: # Shows: ShowC

7,283 340 Pts

D8: 1 Aversa, Lindsay & Julie - MI 2 DeSelm, Madelyn - MI 3 Sefcik, April & Kaitlyn - OH 4 Anderson, Grace - KY 5 Ayers, Laura & Kevin - OH 6 More, Gail - OH 7 Boarts, Becky - MI 8 Arnold, Dave - OH 9 Boulier, DeAnn & Niles - MI 10 Knisley, Jacob - OH 11 Achgill, Helene - IN 12 Collins, Judy - OH 13 Jones, Sue - IN 14 Sheets, Angi - IN 15 Brak, Rhonda - KY 16 Bell, Lisa - OH 17 Wood, Laurie - OH 18 Roe, Deborah - MI 19 Hobbs, Jordan - IN 20 Hanchar, Nancy - MI 21 Neveu, Rachelle - MI 22 Hammond, Sara - MI 23 Sterner, Teresa - OH 24 Anderson, Larry - KY

8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

25 23 17 14 13 17 17 18 15 27 12 16 15 5 6 14 5 8 2 5 2 6 7 3

6183 3735 3278 2646 2504 2096 2034 2012 1717 1567 890 755 587 474 440 409 224 207 181 155 146 124 119 72

D9: 1 Przybylowski, Christy & Katrina - PA 2 Edder, Deidre - SC 3 Landis, Michelle - PA 4 Sherlock, Barbara - PA 5 Turley, Rose-Marie - NJ 6 Smith, Angela - NS 7 McKie, Helen - NC 8 Deer, Terri & Steve - NC 9 Olson, Robin - NC 10 Pridgen, Stacey - MD 11 Williams, Alexandra - PA 12 Rector, Angela - NC 13 Perkins, Rebekah - PA

9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

22 32 18 17 10 3 1 6 11 10 7 6 4

6228 5326 3457 3115 1036 750 705 670 420 272 267 88 40

Rank Exh - D# - Show Count

26

Open - Award of Excellence # Shown: # Shows: Rank Exh - Show Count 1 DeSelm, Madelyn - MI Przybylowski, Christy & 2 Katrina - PA 3 Moerbe, Kathy - TX 4 Edder, Deidre - SC Buell / Forward, Steven & 5 Connie - NY 6 Aversa, Lindsay & Julie - MI 7 Robasciotti, Lori - CA 8 Sefcik, April & Kaitlyn - OH 9 Arnold, Dave - OH 10 Landis, Michelle - PA 11 Mezyk, Karen - IL 12 More, Gail - OH 13 Anderson, Grace - KY 14 Jusko, Tayler - NY 15 Evans, Abigail - GA 16 McConnell, Michaeline - CA 17 Henderson, Amber - CA 18 Deer, Terri & Steve - NC Reilly / Ringelstetter, Brenda 19 & Christi - WI 20 Morrison, Carla - CA 21 Wallace, Shannon - CO 22 Becker, Conner - MN 23 Olson, Robin - NC 24 Achgill, Helene - IN 25 Grady, Rob & Paula - CO 26 Ayers, Laura & Kevin - OH 27 Beirau, Gayle - IL 28 Wassom, Claudia - SD 29 Knisley, Jacob - OH Kuyoth, Daniel - RI Sultan / Robertson, Meadow 31 & Bethany - OR 32 Andrus, Alicia - AK Deling, Kelsey & Carmen MN 34 Pienta, Mallory - WI

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7,283 340 Bonus Pts

23

1154

22 26 32

560 556 546

27 25 14 17 18 18 10 17 14 11 20 10 14 6

524 440 381 354 346 291 264 239 229 181 175 162 147 141

12 8 7 6 11 12 11 13 5 6 27 2

139 134 120 117 112 105 97 93 92 89 79 79

8 9

78 70

5 3

70 68

27

35 Baldwin, Briana - TX 36 McCullough, Jan - WA 37 Fowler, Amanda - GA 38 Vara, Emily - WI 39 Born, Annette - AK 40 Sherlock, Barbara - PA 41 Turley, Rose-Marie - NJ 42 Brak, Rhonda - KY LeSage, Angel - CA 44 Kneir, Brenda - MO 45 Lovely, Tara - ME 46 Summers, Andrea - WY 47 Bell, Lisa - OH Hillery, Kathy - TX Medo, Bill - WI 50 Milton, Jackie - TX 51 Hammond, Sara - MI Pridgen, Stacey - MD 53 Hobbs, Jordan - IN Sheets, Angi - IN 55 Jones, Sue - IN Lyons, Melanie & Yvonne - NY 57 Hammond, Becky - AK 58 Roe, Deborah - MI Waltz, Jennie - CA 60 Robasciotti, Lori & Gillian - CA 61 Moore, Sharon - IL Sterner, Teresa - OH 63 Younggreen, Kellyjo & Cassidy - CO 64 Roman, Casey - NY Ziebell, Amber - WI 66 Bohach, Kenzie - IA Williams, Alexandra - PA 68 Boarts, Becky - MI Taylor, Kirsten - LA 70 Martin, Karla - TX

4 8 14 4 4 17 10 6 3 5 6 5 14 7 6 10 6 10 2 5 15 5 7 8 4 13 10 7 15 2 3 2 7 17 3 12

67 62 61 54 49 47 45 41 41 39 37 33 31 31 31 29 27 27 25 25 24 24 21 20 20 18 17 17 16 15 15 9 9 6 6 4

Open - Rabbit of the Year # Shown: # Shows: Rank Ear # 1 B9 2 TT327 3 WP 4 CI 5 M646 6 53B 7 L17 8 WPTK 9 W244 3B100 11 HD 12 CR 13 PDC222 14 SR 15 MR 16 JL 17 AL4 18 BC1 19 CHACHA 20 W228 RD 22 AF503 23 TD 24 MISS 25 D1 26 AF600 RO 28 8M5 29 AC1 30 SB TX1 32 3B61 HTX 34 L15 35 BUD 36 I 37 BWKPD JH10

Variety/Class Exh / Show Count Bkn B AOV B Bkn B Shad D Bkn D Bkn D Shad D Shad B Bkn D Self D Bkn B Bkn D Self D Self D Tan D Bkn B Ag D Ag B Ag D Ag D Self D Self B Bkn B Bkn D Tan D Bkn B Self B Bkn B Self B Bkn D Bkn B Self D Ag B Shad B Tan B Bkn D AOV D Bkn D

Herdsman Pts

DeSelm, Madelyn - MI Edder, Deidre - SC Arnold, Dave - OH Robasciotti, Lori - CA More, Gail - OH Przybylowski, Christy & Katrina - PA DeSelm, Madelyn - MI Moerbe, Kathy - TX Buell / Forward, Steven & Connie - NY Przybylowski, Christy & Katrina - PA Anderson, Grace - KY Moerbe, Kathy - TX Jusko, Tayler - NY Aversa, Lindsey & Julie - MI Aversa, Lindsey & Julie - MI Henderson, Amber - CA Sefcik, April & Kaitlyn - OH Sefcik, April & Kaitlyn - OH Edder, Deidre - SC Buell / Forward, Steven & Connie - NY Reilly / Ringelstetter, Brenda & Christi - WI Landis, Michelle - PA Buell / Forward, Steven & Connie - NY Aversa, Lindsey & Julie - MI Olson, Robin - NC Landis, Michelle - PA Pienta, Mallory - WI McConnell, Michaeline - CA Sefcik, April & Kaitlyn - OH Deer, Terri & Steve - NC Moerbe, Kathy - TX Przybylowski, Christy & Katrina - PA Sefcik, April & Kaitlyn - OH DeSelm, Madelyn - MI Morrison, Carla - CA Wassom, Claudia - SD Achgill, Helene - IN Moerbe, Kathy - TX

28

22 34 10 6 5 11 4 7 8 8 14 15 6 6 6 11 4 4 8 4 4 4 5 4 5 3 4 7 2 5 6 3 3 2 6 6 1 2

7,283 340 ROTY Pts 889 357 309 248 209 201 156 152 136 136 128 125 114 112 102 100 98 96 88 79 79 77 74 71 70 68 68 66 65 64 64 61 61 59 57 55 54 54

Open - Rabbit of the Year # Shown: # Shows: Rank Ear # 39 AF539 BFWT 41 AF620 42 L7 43 CS PAPI 45 383B 46 KJB 47 JAKE FT48 TT321 CHB 51 NIGELE AF486 53 BWKP 54 MB SKITTLES CS1 593B 58 FUEGO LBRTY 60 WAR 61 ZT B 63 WPJM O22 65 AF621 AF622 67 116B 68 P6 TT280 AF487 14 72 JH18 8M11 TUZ FT28 76 AST

Variety/Class Exh / Show Count Herdsman Pts Bkn B Deling, Kelsey & Carmen - MN 4 Tan B Mezyk, Karen - IL 2 Tan D Landis, Michelle - PA 2 Ag B DeSelm, Madelyn - MI 2 Tan D Edder, Deidre - SC 5 Ag B Evans, Abigail - GA 6 Tan B Przybylowski, Christy & Katrina - PA 3 Tan B Mezyk, Karen - IL 3 Self B Aversa, Lindsey & Julie - MI 4 Ag B Grady, Rob & Paula - CO 4 AOV B Kuyoth, Daniel - RI 3 Ag B Morrison, Carla - CA 4 Bkn D Anderson, Grace - KY 4 Shad D Mezyk, Karen - IL 1 AOV D Achgill, Helene - IN 4 Tan D Brak, Rhonda - KY 4 Shad D Jusko, Tayler - NY 2 Self D Mezyk, Karen - IL 2 Tan D Przybylowski, Christy & Katrina - PA 2 Bkn B Robasciotti, Lori - CA 3 Shad D Robasciotti, Lori - CA 3 Self B Ayers, Laura & Kevin - OH 3 Bkn D Ayers, Laura & Kevin - OH 2 Self B Wallace, Shannon - CO 4 Shad D Arnold, Dave - OH 1 Shad B Becker, Conner - MN 2 Bkn B Landis, Michelle - PA 2 Bkn B Landis, Michelle - PA 2 Self B Knisley, Jacob - OH 4 Tan D Buell / Forward, Steven & Connie - NY 1 AOV D Kuyoth, Daniel - RI 2 Tan D Reilly / Ringelstetter, Brenda & Christi - WI 2 Tan D Sefcik, April & Kaitlyn - OH 1 Self B Deer, Terri & Steve - NC 2 Bkn D McConnell, Michaeline - CA 3 Tan D Moerbe, Kathy - TX 1 AOV B Summers, Andrea - WY 5 Bkn D Anderson, Grace - KY 4

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7,283 340 ROTY Pts 52 52 51 50 49 49 48 46 45 45 45 45 43 43 42 41 41 41 41 40 40 39 38 38 37 37 36 36 35 34 34 34 34 33 33 33 33 32

Open - Herdsman # Shown: # Shows:

Rank Exh

7,283 340 Hrdsmn Pts

1 Edder, Deidre - SC Moerbe, Kathy - TX 3 Aversa, Lindsey & Julie - MI Buell / Forward, Steven & Connie - NY 5 Przybylowski, Christy & Katrina - PA 6 Anderson, Grace - KY Robasciotti, Lori - CA 8 Landis, Michelle - PA McConnell, Michaeline - CA Sefcik, April & Kaitlyn - OH Sultan / Robertson, Meadow & Bethany - OR Wallace, Shannon - CO 13 DeSelm, Madelyn - MI 14 Henderson, Amber - CA Mezyk, Karen - IL 16 Deer, Terri & Steve - NC Evans, Abigail - GA 18 Morrison, Carla - CA 19 Reilly / Ringelstetter, Brenda & Christi - WI Wassom, Claudia - SD 21 Becker, Conner - MN Olson, Robin - NC 23 Born, Annette - AK Fowler, Amanda - GA Grady, Rob & Paula - CO Jusko, Tayler - NY Knisley, Jacob - OH 28 Achgill, Helene - IN Arnold, Dave - OH Ayers, Laura & Kevin - OH Deling, Kelsey & Carmen - MN Kneir, Brenda - MO McCullough, Jan - WA More, Gail - OH 35 Kuyoth, Daniel - RI Summers, Andrea - WY 37 Brak, Rhonda - KY Pienta, Mallory - WI Vara, Emily - WI

26 26 25 25 22 16 16 14 14 14 14 14 13 12 12 11 11 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 30

40 Andrus, Alicia - AK Beirau, Gayle - IL Robasciotti, Lori & Gillian - CA Roe, Deborah - MI Turley, Rose-Marie - NJ Waltz, Jennie - CA 46 Bell, Lisa - OH Hammond, Becky - AK Hammond, Sara - MI Hillery, Kathy - TX Hobbs, Jordan - IN Jones, Sue - IN LeSage, Angel - CA Medo, Bill - WI Pridgen, Stacey - MD Sheets, Angi - IN Sherlock, Barbara - PA Sterner, Teresa - OH 58 Baldwin, Briana - TX Boarts, Becky - MI Lovely, Tara - ME Lyons, Melanie & Yvonne - NY Milton, Jackie - TX Moore, Sharon - IL Roman, Casey - NY Williams, Alexandra - PA Ziebell, Amber - WI

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

Open - White Wool Rank Exh / Show Count 1 Robasciotti, Lori - CA 2 Aversa, Lindsay & Julie - MI 3 Landis, Michelle - PA Przybylowski, Christy & 4 Katrina - PA 5 Pienta, Mallory - WI 6 Olmstead, Rebecca - WA 7 Longdo, Michelle - WI Younggreen, Kellyjo & Cassi8 dy - CO 9 Boulier, DeAnn & Niles - MI 10 Andrus, Alicia - AK Born, Annette - AK Hammond, Becky - AK 13 Oldham, Christina - IL 14 Kneir, Brenda - MO

# Shown (W): 135 # Shows (W): 74 ShowC White Pts 9 426 1 289 1 204

9 1 4 8

184 170 79 76

2 1 3 1 1 2 1

40 34 24 24 24 20 6

Open - Colored Wool Rank Exh / Show Count 1 Buell / Forward, Steven & Connie - NY 2 Robasciotti, Lori - CA 3 Turley, Rose-Marie - NJ 4 Landis, Michelle - PA 5 Andrus, Alicia - AK 6 Henderson, Amber - CA 7 Przybylowski, Christy & Katrina - PA 8 McKie, Helen - NC 9 Medo, Bill - WI 10 Boulier, DeAnn & Niles - MI 11 Longdo, Michelle - WI 12 Kneir, Brenda - MO 13 Baldwin, Briana - TX 14 Aversa, Lindsay & Julie - MI 15 McCullough, Jan - WA 16 Born, Annette - AK 17 Hatt, Janice - WI 18 Hanchar, Nancy - MI

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# Shown (C): 390 # Shows (C): 109 ShowC Colored Pts 3 874 8 666 9 584 1 506 6 478 8 417 8 212 1 184 3 150 1 138 11 133 3 98 5 96 1 69 1 60 1 32 2 30 2 12

Youth - Overall Sweeps

Rank Exh - D# - Show Count 1 Anderson, John Harris - TX 2 Boling, Carlie - TX 3 Ashton, William - OH 4 Ledesma, Ava-Lynn - TX 5 Landis, Cody - PA 6 Kalinin, Nikolai - MD 7 Wood, Carlie - OH 8 Floyd, Keely - TX 9 Tucker, Jordan - MO 10 Bloomer, Amelia - OH 11 Lautzenhiser, Mara - WA 12 Lefebvre, Eleanor - MO 13 Wallock, Makayla - WI 14 Estrella, Kylie - NY 15 Ray, Corbin - TX 16 Jacobson, Hannah - WI 17 Byers, Max & Jocelyn - IN 18 Reker, Carson & Kainen - MO 19 Enfield, Colson - MO 20 Walkup, Rachael - PA 21 Ryan, Levi - OH 22 Jean, Keira - TX 23 Olmstead, Carolynn - WA 24 Callicoat, Elaina - OH 25 Oberly, Wyatt & Tyler - KS 26 Carey, Megan - OH 27 Brown, Lauren - IN 28 Tillery, Haley - KS 29 Nash, Baelynn - TX 30 Fox, Pason - MI 31 Manger, Ashlynn - CT 32 Ryan, Luke - OH 33 Che, Izel - TN 34 Early, Darwin - OH 35 Allen, Grace - TX 36 Summers, Leif - WY Lesniak-Harper, Addalyn & 37 Lydia - OH 38 Hammond, Lottie - IN

# Shown: # Shows:

3,384 207

Dis ShowC

Sweeps Pts

4 4 8 4 9 9 8 4 5 8 1 5 3 7 4 3 8 5 5 9 8 4 1 8 5 8 8 5 4 8 7 8 6 8 4 1

20 26 31 20 19 10 13 16 14 19 23 12 15 15 13 14 12 6 12 9 9 10 7 13 6 14 3 9 19 7 4 5 7 9 9 5

6102 4722 3040 2442 2419 2390 2010 1756 1749 1711 1664 1607 1424 1377 1167 1129 1098 961 943 821 790 721 562 547 535 504 470 458 381 347 316 311 268 251 240 232

8 8

8 5

230 224 32

39 Withrich, Addison - MO 40 Ray, Evelyn - TX 41 Jankowski, Katie - PA 42 Floyd, Kali - TX 43 Smith, Meghan - PA 44 Courtright, Briley - OR 45 Benjamin, Brenna - NY 46 Rider, Daphne - KS 47 Perkins, Karen - PA 48 Saunders, Gabbie - OH 49 DeVito, Angelina - NH 50 Skelton, Jessica - TX 51 Pieffle, Molly - WI 52 Floyd, Karley - TX 53 Taliaferro, Jemma - WY 54 Burger-Mzik, Paige - OH 55 Taliaferro, Justin - WY 56 Swihart, Athena - WY 57 Lesniak-Harper, Addalyn - OH 58 McGowan, Levi - WV 59 Hostuttler, Aiden - WV Lesniak-Harper, Lydia - OH Verschure, Kenzie - AZ 62 Ketterman, Bristal - WV McCloskey, Frances - PA

5 4 9 4 9 1 7 5 9 8 7 4 3 4 1 8 1 1 8 9 9 8 2 9 9

3 2 4 8 7 5 3 8 6 2 4 4 2 8 1 5 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 1

215 180 158 148 144 128 125 116 108 102 101 96 79 69 50 41 40 35 32 15 12 12 12 8 8

Youth - District Sweeps Rank Exh - D# - Show Count D1: 1 Lautzenhiser, Mara - WA 2 Olmstead, Carolynn - WA 3 Summers, Leif - WY 4 Courtright, Briley - OR 5 Taliaferro, Jemma - WY 6 Taliaferro, Justin - WY 7 Swihart, Athena - WY

# Shown: # Shows:

3,384 207

Dis t ShowC

Sweeps Pts

1 1 1 1 1 1 1

23 7 5 5 1 1 1

1664 562 232 128 50 40 35

D2: 1 Verschure, Kenzie - AZ

2

4

12

D3: 1 Wallock, Makayla - WI 2 Jacobson, Hannah - WI 3 Pieffle, Molly - WI

3 3 3

15 14 2

1424 1129 79

D4: 1 Anderson, John Harris 2 Boling, Carlie - TX 3 Ledesma, Ava-Lynn - TX 4 Floyd, Keely - TX 5 Ray, Corbin - TX 6 Jean, Keira - TX 7 Nash, Baelynn - TX 8 Allen, Grace - TX 9 Ray, Evelyn - TX 10 Floyd, Kali - TX 11 Skelton, Jessica - TX 12 Floyd, Karley - TX

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

20 26 20 16 13 10 19 9 2 8 4 8

6102 4722 2442 1756 1167 721 381 240 180 148 96 69

D5: 1 Tucker, Jordan - MO 2 Lefebvre, Eleanor - MO

5 5

14 12

1749 1607

3 Reker, Carson & Kainen 4 Enfield, Colson - MO 5 Oberly, Wyatt & Tyler - KS 6 Tillery, Haley - KS 7 Withrich, Addison - MO 8 Rider, Daphne - KS

5 5 5 5 5 5

6 12 6 9 3 8

961 943 535 458 215 116 33

D6: 1 Che, Izel - TN

6

7

268

D7: 1 Estrella, Kylie - NY 2 Manger, Ashlynn - CT 3 Benjamin, Brenna - NY 4 DeVito, Angelina - NH

7 7 7 7

15 4 3 4

1377 316 125 101

8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

31 13 19 12 9 13 14 3 7 5 9

3040 2010 1711 1098 790 547 504 470 347 311 251

8 8 8 8

8 5 2 5

230 224 102 41

8

1

32

8

1

12

9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

19 10 9 4 7 6 1 2 1 1

2419 2390 821 158 144 108 15 12 8 8

D8: 1 Ashton, William - OH 2 Wood, Carlie - OH 3 Bloomer, Amelia - OH 4 Byers, Max & Jocelyn - IN 5 Ryan, Levi - OH 6 Callicoat, Elaina - OH 7 Carey, Megan - OH 8 Brown, Lauren - IN 9 Fox, Pason - MI 10 Ryan, Luke - OH 11 Early, Darwin - OH Lesniak-Harper, Addalyn 12 & Lydia - OH 13 Hammond, Lottie - IN 14 Saunders, Gabbie - OH 15 Burger-Mzik, Paige - OH Lesniak-Harper, Addalyn 16 OH Lesniak-Harper, Lydia 17 OH D9: 1 Landis, Cody - PA 2 Kalinin, Nikolai - MD 3 Walkup, Rachael - PA 4 Jankowski, Katie - PA 5 Smith, Meghan - PA 6 Perkins, Karen - PA 7 McGowan, Levi - WV 8 Hostuttler, Aiden - WV 9 Ketterman, Bristal - WV McCloskey, Frances - PA

Youth - Award of Excellence # Shown: # Shows: Rank Exh - Show Count

ShowC

35 Brown, Lauren - IN 36 Fox, Pason - MI Hammond, Lottie - IN 38 Lesniak-Harper, Addalyn & Lydia - OH 39 Nash, Baelynn - TX 40 Burger-Mzik, Paige - OH 41 Benjamin, Brenna - NY 42 Pieffle, Molly - WI 43 Ketterman, Bristal - WV Smith, Meghan - PA

3,384 207 Bonus Pts

1 Anderson, John Harris 2 Boling, Carlie - TX 3 Landis, Cody - PA 4 Ashton, William - OH 5 Wallock, Makayla - WI 6 Lefebvre, Eleanor - MO 7 Ledesma, Ava-Lynn - TX 8 Bloomer, Amelia - OH 9 Floyd, Keely - TX 10 Kalinin, Nikolai - MD 11 Tillery, Haley - KS 12 Tucker, Jordan - MO 13 Lautzenhiser, Mara - WA 14 Estrella, Kylie - NY 15 Jacobson, Hannah - WI 16 Ryan, Levi - OH 17 Byers, Max & Jocelyn - IN 18 Wood, Carlie - OH 19 Jean, Keira - TX 20 Callicoat, Elaina - OH

20 26 19 31 15 12 20 19 16 10 9 14 23 15 14 9 12 13 10 13

761 587 401 333 323 281 260 259 183 160 138 135 125 120 113 110 100 90 82 76

21 Reker, Carson & Kainen 22 Ray, Corbin - TX 23 Enfield, Colson - MO Walkup, Rachael - PA 25 Ray, Evelyn - TX 26 Olmstead, Carolynn - WA 27 Che, Izel - TN 28 Carey, Megan - OH DeVito, Angelina - NH 30 Withrich, Addison - MO 31 Summers, Leif - WY Oberly, Wyatt & Tyler 32 KS 33 Courtright, Briley - OR Ryan, Luke - OH

6 13 12 9 2 7 7 14 4 3 5

72 62 58 58 53 42 34 27 27 24 23

6 5 5

22 18 18

34

3 7 5 8 19 5 3 2 1 7

13 10 10 7 6 5 4 3 2 2

Youth - Rabbit of the Year # Shown: # Shows: Rank Ear #

Variety/Class Exh / Show Count

1 AF387 Bkn B 2 NAL AOV D 3 AL3 Ag D 4 JFC2 Ag B 5 AM47 Self D 6 2RD Bkn D 7 T4 Self D 8 HAG Ag B 9 BB262 Shad D 10 BB218 Ag B 11 BMY Shad B 12 GWEN Shad D JBR13 Self B 14 BB229 Shad D 15 HTB Tan B 16 B30 Bkn B PR5 Ag D 18 TT202 AOV B 19 DALE Bkn B 20 J19 Bkn D 21 3ROV Bkn B 22 AM50 Self D 23 AL4 Ag D BB77 Ag D 25 3RBX Bkn D B Tan D 27 BLU Bkn D 28 AF540 Shad B 29 JUMPR AOV B BS101 Tan B 31 M535 Self B BB88 Tan D SX2 Bkn D 34 B21 Tan D 35 BB339 Shad D 36 CLG Tan D BL Bn B 38 KEN Ag B 39 M588 Self B

Herdsman Pts

Landis, Cody - PA Wallock, Makayla - WI Ashton, William - OH Lefebvre, Eleanor - MO Anderson, John Harris - TX Anderson, John Harris - TX Tillery, Haley - KS Anderson, John Harris - TX Boling, Carlie - TX Boling, Carlie - TX Boling, Carlie - TX Anderson, John Harris - TX Anderson, John Harris - TX Boling, Carlie - TX Anderson, John Harris - TX Byers, Max & Jocelyn - IN Ledesma, Ava-Lynn - TX Ledesma, Ava-Lynn - TX Wood, Carlie - OH Tucker, Jordan - MO Bloomer, Amelia - OH Jean, Keira - TX Ashton, William - OH Boling, Carlie - TX Bloomer, Amelia - OH Lefebvre, Eleanor - MO Callicoat, Elaina - OH Landis, Cody - PA Floyd, Keely - TX Ray, Evelyn - TX Bloomer, Amelia - OH Boling, Carlie - TX Ray, Corbin - TX Ledesma, Ava-Lynn - TX Boling, Carlie - TX Anderson, John Harris - TX Wallock, Makayla - WI Anderson, John Harris - TX Ryan, Levi - OH

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3,384 207 ROTY Pts

8 7 11 12 8 7 8 5 4 8 3 5 5 5 4 2 6 6 4 7 8 4 4 3 6 5 6 6 5 2 4 2 2 4 4 2 0 2 2

306 204 155 145 140 137 128 108 107 106 100 96 96 92 87 85 85 79 74 73 71 69 68 68 65 65 59 55 53 53 49 49 49 44 42 40 40 39 38

Youth - Rabbit of the Year # Shown: # Shows: Rank Ear # 40 W255 OP32 42 OR 3RLM AF584 BS13 LHFOX 47 BS12 CSB 49 NSPC CMH C2 52 AF619 JFC1 54 KC RIZZO W267 57 MYS 58 3RPS 59 HETINK TS3 61 JPT2 K4MOON K4ROSE BB5 SWISS 66 BB38 HEBB TBAB1 69 CW13 70 HEDOLLY AF590 LHL 73 LEF04 HECOMFORT ACE JAK

Variety/Class Ag B AOV B Self B Shad D Ag D Self B AOV D Self B Tan D Ag B Self D Bkn D Self D Bkn B Ag B AOV D Bkn B Bkn D Bkn D Self D Ag B Self D Self D Bkn B Ag D Shad D Tan B Self D Bkn D Bkn B Tan D Ag B AOV B Self D Tan B Bkn D Bkn D

Exh / Show Count Ashton, William - OH Wallock, Makayla - WI Ashton, William - OH Bloomer, Amelia - OH Jacobson, Hannah - WI Lautzenhiser, Mara - WA Walkup, Rachael - PA Lautzenhiser, Mara - WA Reker, Carson & Kainen - MO Kalinin, Nikolai - MD Lefebvre, Eleanor - MO Ryan, Levi - OH Landis, Cody - PA Lefebvre, Eleanor - MO Ashton, William - OH Floyd, Keely - TX Lautzenhiser, Mara - WA Kalinin, Nikolai - MD Bloomer, Amelia - OH Estrella, Kylie - NY Reker, Carson & Kainen - MO Enfield, Colson - MO Floyd, Keely - TX Floyd, Keely - TX Ryan, Levi - OH Withrich, Addison - MO Boling, Carlie - TX Estrella, Kylie - NY Summers, Leif - WY Jacobson, Hannah - WI Estrella, Kylie - NY Jacobson, Hannah - WI Walkup, Rachael - PA Enfield, Colson - MO Estrella, Kylie - NY Kalinin, Nikolai - MD Tucker, Jordan - MO

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Herdsman Pts

3,384 207 ROTY Pts

1 0 4 2 2 2 5 2 2 0 2 2 1 2 3 1 3 2 4 4 1 3 1 3 4 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 2

35 35 32 32 32 32 32 31 31 30 30 30 29 29 28 28 28 27 26 25 25 24 24 24 24 24 23 23 23 22 21 21 21 20 20 20 20

Youth - Herdsman 3,384 207 Rank Exh / Show Count

Herdsman Pts

1 Anderson, John Harris - TX 2 Boling, Carlie - TX 3 Bloomer, Amelia - OH 4 Ledesma, Ava-Lynn - TX 5 Ashton, William - OH 6 Floyd, Keely - TX Lefebvre, Eleanor - MO 8 Estrella, Kylie - NY 9 Landis, Cody - PA Tucker, Jordan - MO 11 Che, Izel - TN Lautzenhiser, Mara - WA Ryan, Levi - OH 14 Callicoat, Elaina - OH Walkup, Rachael - PA 16 Enfield, Colson - MO Jacobson, Hannah - WI Jean, Keira - TX Kalinin, Nikolai - MD Tillery, Haley - KS 21 Wallock, Makayla - WI Wood, Carlie - OH 23 DeVito, Angelina - NH Oberly, Wyatt & Tyler - KS 25 Byers, Max & Jocelyn - IN Carey, Megan - OH Olmstead, Carolynn - WA Ray, Corbin - TX Reker, Carson & Kainen - MO Summers, Leif - WY 31 Brown, Lauren - IN Burger-Mzik, Paige - OH Hammond, Lottie - IN Ray, Evelyn - TX 35 Fox, Pason - MI Lesniak-Harper, Addalyn & Lydia - OH Ryan, Luke - OH Withrich, Addison - MO

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34 27 22 19 18 15 15 13 11 11 9 9 9 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1

Youth - White Wool # Shown (W): # Shows (W): Rank Exh / Show Count

ShowC

1 Lautzenhiser, Mara - WA 2 Anderson, John Harris - TX 3 Wallock, Makayla - WI 4 Byers, Max & Jocelyn - IN 5 Ledesma, Ava-Lynn - TX 6 Wood, Carlie - OH 7 Lefebvre, Eleanor - MO 8 Brown, Lauren - IN 9 Callicoat, Elaina - OH Kalinin, Nikolai - MD Tucker, Jordan - MO 12 Tillery, Haley - KS

61 35 White Pts

22 11 2 7 12 6 6 1 3 3 3 1

562 178 140 116 114 95 72 40 18 18 18 6

Youth - Colored Wool # Shown (C): # Shows (C): Rank Exh / Show Count

ShowC

1 Olmstead, Carolynn - WA 2 Lautzenhiser, Mara - WA 3 Lefebvre, Eleanor - MO 4 Anderson, John Harris - TX 5 Landis, Cody - PA 6 Reker, Carson & Kainen - MO 7 Tucker, Jordan - MO 8 Ledesma, Ava-Lynn - TX 9 Wood, Carlie - OH 10 Byers, Max & Jocelyn - IN 11 Kalinin, Nikolai - MD 12 Smith, Meghan - PA 13 Callicoat, Elaina - OH Verschure, Kenzie - AZ 15 Hostuttler, Aiden - WV 16 Estrella, Kylie - NY Tillery, Haley - KS

Colored Pts

7 22 6 14 1 4 7 10 6 9 2 2 4 4 2 1 1

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987 775 601 489 319 318 279 144 118 103 60 41 24 24 12 6 6

National Jersey Wooly Rabbit Club Memorial Scholarship Youth Scholarship Application Up to two Scholarships will be awarded in the amount of $1,000. Applications are due by April 1st. Please answer all the questions completely. Applications need to be typed in a separate document with questions answered in a narrative format. Send application by email to NJWRC Secretary Alex Williams at njwrcsecretary@gmail.com. You will receive confirmation that the application was received.

Scholarship Recipients: • Must be a member of the NJWRC for a minimum of the last two (2) years.

• Must be completing high school in the same year as applying for the scholarship.

• Must be planning on attending a college, trade school, or other type of post-secondary education in the same year, and plan to use the funds for school expenses.

• May only be awarded the NJWRC memorial scholarship one time.

• Submit a completed application to the committee no later than April 1st of the year that the scholarship is to be awarded.

• Include two (2) letters of reference. The letters can be from a school official (teachers), 4H or FFA advisors, etc. Please include in the letter how this person knows you. These letters can be submitted separately to Alex Williams at njwrcsecretary@gmail.com. In the email subject line, type scholarship application.

Please answer all of the following questions: • Name • Address • Home phone • Cell phone • E-Mail address Academic information: • High school attended • Graduation date • Grade point average • What are your top two (2) subjects (favorite) in school?

• What college / trade school do you plan on attending?

• Have you selected a major or course of study?

• What are your educational goals? Please write a paragraph or more on your goals and how you decided on this choice.

Other information to include: • In what ways has raising rabbits made a difference in your life, or helped you with your educational goals?

• How long have you been raising rabbits?

• What successes have you had in raising and showing rabbits?

• Are you in 4H or FFA? • Do you raise any other animals? If Yes what species?

• Do you have any other hobbies, participate in sports, or belong to any other clubs?

• Tell us anything else about yourself that you think we might be interested in.

Revised November 2018

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Nominating Petition National Jersey Wooly Rabbit Club Must be postmarked on or before May 10th Elected Offices (all terms are 2 years): Elected in even numbered years: Vice President, Secretary, Representatives from even-numbered districts District 2: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah, Mexico District 4: Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas District 6: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Puerto Rico District 8: Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Manitoba, Ontario I _______________________________________________________, do hereby place my name in nomination for the office of ________________________________________________________. (if Director, list the region number.)

I file this petition in accordance with the NJWRC Constitution and Bylaws. I am 18 years or older, and have been a current member of the NJWRC and the ARBA for at least one (1) year before petition. I have included three signatures of members of the NJWRC in good standing. ____________________________________________ Signed Petitions must be sent via email or postal mail by May 10th, to the Election Committee Chairperson, in care of the NJWRC Secretary.

NJWRCsecretary@gmail.com Alexandra Williams 932 Bentleyville Road Charleroi PA,15022

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NJWRC Member Signature ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NJWRC Member Signature ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NJWRC Member Signature

Please include a color photo (head and shoulders) of yourself as well as a short biography explaining why you are running for office, listing any applicable experience, and detailing what you have to offer. This biography will be printed in The Fluff and posted on the club website.

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National Jersey Wooly Club NEW Member Application ____________________________________________________________________________________ Name ARBA# ____________________________________________________________________________________ For Family membership List names of all family members that wish to join and who currently live at the same address: ______________________________________________________________________________________ Name ARBA#(if available) Youth DOB required (month & year) ______________________________________________________________________________________ Name ARBA#(if available) Youth DOB required (month & year) ______________________________________________________________________________________ Name ARBA#(if available) Youth DOB required (month & year) ______________________________________________________________________________________ Name ARBA#(if available) Youth DOB required (month & year) Address ______________________________________________________________________________________ Number &Street City State Zip County Phone # __________________ Email:________________________________________________________________________________ Membership includes an email version of the newsletter and access to the NJWRC Members Facebook page.

Adult New Membership*

1 year $15.45 or 3 years $36.00

$___________

Youth New Membership*

1 year $12.35 3 year $27.00 (16 years or younger)

$___________

Family Membership 1 year $25.75 or 3 years $61.80 $___________ 2 adults and any children under the age of 19 legally residing at the same address Life Membership $128.75 one-time payment $___________ Any member in good standing who has held continuous membership for a minimum of 3 years and has reached the age of 45 years.

Total PayPal Fee Total Due

Send check or money order payable to NJWRC along with the application to: NJWRCSecretary Alex Williams 932 Bentleyville Road, Charleroi PA 15022 NJWRCsecretary@gmail.com

$___________ $___________

Or: PayPal: NJWRClubtreasurer@gmail.com.

If paying by PayPal, make sure to include the 3% PayPal surcharge fee, YOUR NAME, and a list of ALL MEMBERS included on this application in the PayPal Notes section.

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National Jersey Wooly Rabbit Club Membership RENEWAL Application Name_______________________________________________________ARBA#___________________

For family membership List additional names of all family members who currently live at the same address: ______________________________________________________________________________________ Name ARBA# (if available) Youth DOB required (M,D,Y) ______________________________________________________________________________________ Name ARBA# (if available) Youth DOB required (M,D,Y) ______________________________________________________________________________________ Name ARBA# (if available) Youth DOB required (M,D,Y) ______________________________________________________________________________________ Name ARBA# (if available) Youth DOB required (M,D,Y) Address_______________________________________________________________________________ Number and Street ________________________________________________________________________________ City State Zip E-Mail___________________________________________Phone________________________________ 1 Year 3 Year Adult Renewal $12.35 $25.75 $___________________ Youth Renewal $9.25 $24.80 (16 and under) $___________________ Family Renewal $25.25 $61.75 $___________________ (2 adults and any children under the age of 19 legally residing at the same address) Life Membership $128.75 (one time payment) $___________________ (any member in good standing who has held continuous membership for a minimum of 3 years and has reached the age of 45 years) Total PayPal Fee $___________________ Total Due $___________________ Send check or money order, payable to NJWRC, along with the application to: NJWRC Secretary, Alex Williams 932 Bentleyville RD Charleroi PA 15022 NJWRCsecretary@gmail.com

OR Paypal: NJWRClubtreasurer@gmail.com. If paying by PayPal, make sure to include the following in the PayPal Notes section: 3% surcharge fee, YOUR NAME, and a list of ALL MEMBERS included on this application.

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