Winter 2022

Jersey Wooly

The Official Newsletter of the National Jersey Wooly Rabbit Club: Winter 2022 “The Fluff”

Preseident's Report

What a convention this one was ! All of our club events went off smoothly, and everyone seemed to be having a good time. I was gratified to win BOB, and to have the highest sale animal in the Golden Fleece Auction. This is definitely a year I won’t forget. Congratulations to Amber Henderson on her BOS win with her broken buck, and to all of the winners in Groups—especially to Lori Robasciotti who had five Group/Opposite Group winners! Way to go, Lori! And of course, huge congratulations to Rose Marie (Bunnie) Turley on getting Orange woolies passed! Oranges are now showable in the AOV group. Also, showable now are chocolates and lilacs in pointed white, tort, and otters, which were voted in under the ARBA standards committee’s new vote in process for specific color groups.

I want to thank everyone who attended Convention this year for your help. I think every single person with a Jersey Wooly stepped in at some point to help with all of the club-related tasks. Thank you to Amber, for orchestrating the booth decorations and turning out a lovely booth. Thank you to also to Michaeline McConnell and Lori Robasciotti, and all of D2 for putting together lovely welcome bags for the exhibitors. A huge thank you to Julie Aversa for making buttons for each of the attendees, and for taking on many organizing tasks at Convention. Thank you so much to all of our show clerks and ramrods! And of course, to all of you for running rabbits to and from the tables. None of this happens without you! Thank you to Michelle Landis for being our GFA solicitor and organizer, and to Brenda Reilly for being our very capable auctioneer. A special thank you to Dalton Robertson for ordering and bringing pizza for everyone before the Auction. There are so many more people to thank, and I hope that each of you know how very appreciated you are!

So many people came home from Convention with various illnesses. Covid, the Flu and RSV were all going around. I came home with Covid, recovered from that, and then as a parting gift, Covid gave me myocarditis, which is caused by viruses attacking the heart muscle. I had a small heart attack, and am on strict rest for a 3–6-month time period to allow the heart to recover. I would never have believed how much a thing like this can sap your energy! Though I’m gaining stamina, I know it will be some time before I’m back to top form. In the meantime, I appreciate all of you who take on extra tasks to help out.

In club business before Convention, the Board voted to induct Angel Lesage into the Hall of Fame. Congratulations, Angel, on this well-deserved honor! Angel was on the board in several capacities in the last 15 years. (Continued on page 19)

Tips/Tricks

CHERYL LOESCH momdeplume@comcast.net

DOUG BROWN doug.brown1982.db@gmail.com

Vice Preseident's Report

I am writing this as your newly elected vice president. And I greatly appreciate all those that took the Time to vote on their ballots and return them.

First though I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for letting me serve as their secretary for the last 5 plus years. I very much enjoyed the chance that I had to be of service to our club. For the most part it was an enjoyable endeavor, and the amount of respect and understanding I received was very much appreciated. I hope that everyone extends the same amount of courtesy to our new incoming secretary, Alex Williams. I have no doubt that she will do an awesome job.

With convention just coming to an end it is my deepest hope that this article finds everyone doing well. And let those preparations begin for next year already. Our memberships just from what I have seen have gone up some from the convention itself so that means our members are doing a good job in promoting this wonderful breed. But we can always use more. In our district where we are lacking is youth memberships. Can’t speak to all districts but in ours we sure are. I have said on numerous occasions that the youth are the future, and we need those to continue. So, we need to continue to try and get more youth involved in this breed. I was at a show last weekend and had a few youths ask about the woolies, but they fear coat care. Explaining to them seemed to be very important that the proper texture of coat requires very little grooming on the day-to-day basis. I had never realized how common the misconception is that these are miniature angoras, that is no where near the case.

But with that, I hope this article finds all our members well. Until we speak again.

Yours Truly. Doug

District 1 Report

Hello District 1 members ! I hope you are all doing well and enjoying the holiday season.

A big congratulations to all of the winners at National Convention! It was nice seeing so many familiar faces and a few new members as well. I was extremely impressed by the support and encouragement from all of the breeders. It’s a wonderful feeling watching competitors lift each other up. Another congratulations and round of applause to Rose Bunnie Turley for her beautiful display and all of her hard work and dedication all these years. It really paid off and the animals at Convention were stunning. The energy felt during the Orange Jersey Wooly presentation was amazing! Wishing all of our members a happy holidays and hoping for full nest boxes of future show stoppers!

District 1 members~ I would love to feature your BOB, RIS, and BIS wins in our next article. Please send pictures to bethanyrobertsongm@gmail.com to show off your wins!

Tips/Tricks

BETHANY ROBERTSON bethanyrobertsongm@gmail.com

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

Keeping rabbits protected from direct weather and cold drafts in winter is crutial to their health!

Sweepstakes/Sanctions Report

Hello NJWRC Members!

The points in this Fluff are shows through September 2022. I had hoped to squeeze in October shows but experienced no small number of hiccups! I now have several months of free weekends to get everything caught up again.

Thank you to Doug Brown for his years of hard work as NJWRC Secretary! It’s not an easy position! I had some formatting hiccups this time around, so please check these points carefully!! I’m 99% sure I caught all the issues, but there’s a chance of some errors. Please contact me right away if anything seems amiss.

NICOLE SCHMITT

njwrcsweeps@gmail.com

A reminder regarding memberships!! If you are showing as a partnership, all exhibitors on the entry must be NJWRC members in order for points to be counted. Please check this!! Changes in secretaries can also lead to hiccups (every club, every time!), so check into your membership status with Alex Williams if you’re concerned. Watch the website (www.njwrcsweeps.com) for the next update, which I believe will be before the end of December at the latest.

Till next time!

-Nicole

LORI ROBASCIOTTI dogznkidz@hotmail.com

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

District 2 Report

I’m BAAAACK District 2!!! Thank you so much Amber Henderson for her past 2 terms as our District 2 Director. We were in excellent hands with her thoughtful care of our members and passion for our breed. We are in your debt for a job well done!

Now, of course the remainder of my report will be devoted to the 2022 99th ARBA Convention in Reno , NV. Again, thank you to Amber Henderson for the awesome looking Jersey Wooly booth. Also a thank you to District 1 Director Bethany Robertson and her daughter Aria for all their balloon blowing up expertise.

On to placements! Congratulations to Cheryl Loesch on Best of Breed with her gorgeous self senior doe and our own Amber Henderson for Best Opposite of Breed with her Broken senior buck. It’s always great to see 2 long time breeders win the top awards.

Tips/Tricks

Don't forget to clean all equipment you brought back from convention. Not only does it keep any unwanted illness away, but then it's ready for next year already!

Since this was a “local” Convention for our district, our members had a great showing! Our one youth exhibitor Bettina Curletto once again owned the Agouti group with Best of Group and Best Opposite. Open Agouti group saw Michaeline McConnell in the top 5 with almost all her entries. In the Open AOV group, we will get to see more than Pointeds next year, YAY! I was honored to take home both BOG, Senior doe and BOSG, Senior buck. The Open Broken group saw the greatest success for our members. First place Senior buck (as well as BOG and BOSB) was Amber, second place Michaeline, and I snuck in with fourth place. First place Senior doe (BOSG) as well as first place Junior buck were owned and bred Sarah and Shane Maki. Rounding out brokens was first place Junior doe owned by Max Horan and bred by Sarah and Shane Maki. The self group had placements won by Jasmine Crawford, Amber, Sarah/Shane and myself. Group 5, Shadeds, BOG, Senior doe and BOSG, Senior buck, both owned and bred by myself. Sarah and Shane as well as Linda Means also had strong placements in this group. The last group, Tan, also had many of our members doing well, Melodye Alicia, Jasmine, Amber, Linda, Sarah/Shane and Max. I was shocked to be awarded BOG with an otter buck bred by DeAnn and Niles Boulier. Lastly, Best Display was humbly won by me, such and honor!

There are a few of us who are already planning the trip to Louisville next year for the 100th anniversary Convention, it’s never too early.

If there is anything I can do for our district members, please do not hesitate to contact me via Messenger or email dogznkidz@ hotmail.com . Until next time, good luck on the tables and in the nest boxes.

Lori Robasciotti

District 2 Convention Wins!

Open Tan BOG - Sr buck

WMW/FT Buddy

Bred by DeAnn and Niles Boulier

BOG AOV Sr doe

TM'S Champagne (pointed black)

Owned & bred by

BOSG AOV Sr buck

TM'S Fearless (pointed black) Owned & Bred by Lori Robasciotti

Broken BOSG open

DTL Amberly (broken Siamese Sable Sr doe)

Owned

2nd pl Sr broken buck

Michaeline's Emerson

Owned/bred Michaeline McConnell

Shaded

TM'S

BOG Agouti Youth

Q39 Hippo - Sr buck

Owned & bred by Bettina Curletto

TM'S

BOSG Agouti Youth

Q70 Li - Sr doe

Owned & bred by Bettina Curletto

1st Jr broken doe

DTL's Icy Girl

Owned by Max Horan Bred by Sarah/Shane Maki

Owned by Lori Robasciotti

Lori Robasciotti

BOG Sr doe

Liberty (seal) Owned & bred by Lori Robasciotti

Shaded BOSG Sr buck

Yahtzee (Siamese Sable) Owned & Bred by Lori Robasciotti

and bred by Sarah and Shane Maki

IZZY BUKOVICH izzybuk18@gmail.com

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

District 3 Report

No Report provided for this issue

Tips/Tricks

Winter is a great time to evaluate your herd and plan for your upcoming juniors and spring litters.

District 4 Report

Hi, I would like to introduce myself to those in my district that may not have met me yet. My name is Michael Wolfe ,and I have been raising Jersey Woolies for close to 11 years now. I am located in Oklahoma ,but I do try and frequent other states for shows. I tend to show quite a bit in Oklahoma and Texas , but I am going to try and make some New Mexico and Colorado shows this year. My herd mainly consists of agoutis. I do have shadeds, pointed whites and chocolates. I am also working on trying to make and improve some chocolate pointed whites here,but they are a work in progress. Our farm name is Top Tier Farms ,and we have quite a few projects here. Our rabbits are definitely the biggest project ,but we also raise poultry, pigeons and waterfowl.

I would like to make it known that if anyone has any questions they can always feel free to email me ,and I will do my best to answer those questions. I am wanting to help grow our club in our district ,and start getting our exhibitor numbers up in both youth and open. We have been growing in our district ,and I would like to keep it that way. I believe we have also been seeing an increase in Jersey Woolies taking “Best in Show” or “Reserve in Show” in our district. I would like to congratulate everyone who has been able to attend shows and on their success. Please email me with any pictures you would like to share in our newsletter 2002michaelwolfe@gmail.com.

(See page 11 for D4 Wins!)

2002michaelwolfe@gmail.com

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

MICHAEL WOLFE

D9 Wins

October 15, 2022 Eaton Rabbit Fest Open Best in Show, Show B Amelia Bloomer and More’s Tamatoa

BOSG Self Sr Buck ARBA Convention Allstars Join the Journey Lindsay and Julie Aversa

BOG Agouti Sr Buck ARBA Convention AFB's Kirby

Michelle Landis (Open)

BOSG Agouti Sr Doe ARBA Convention AFB's Ella

Michelle Landis (Open)

BOG Shaded ARBA Convention AFB's Birdingo Cody Landis (Youth)

D7 Wins 1 2

1: RIS at Erie Canal Rabbit and Cavy breeders show on September 10th. RabbitAdore's Alpha Centauri exhibitor and owner- Kylie Estrella

2: 2nd RIS at Garden State Endless Summer show on September 3rd. Rabbit- Higher Expectation's Dolly Parton Exhibitor and Owner- Kylie Estrella

3: BOB and HM for BIS at NYS Grand Finals on October 15th. Rabbit- Adore's Midnight Pony Exhibitor and owner- Kylie Estrella

4: BIS at Garden State Endless Summer Show on September 3rd. Rabbit- Higher Expectation's Dolly Parton Exhibitor and owner- Kylie Estrella

5: RIS at Erie Canal Rabbit show on September 10th. Rabbit- Higher Expectation's Dolly Parton Exhibitor and Owner- Kylie Estrella

District 5 Report

Hello District 5!

Winter has arrived in the Midwest and I am very thankful that my bunnies are in a heated barn. I am not a cold weather person! If your rabbits are not in a heated barn you will need to make sure they have plenty of water and shelter from the wind.

It's a good time to start preparing for Nationals April 15th in Canton,Ohio. The Ohio Jersey Wooly Club is working hard to pull everything together. Keep watching the NJWRC page for updates. Anytime you have questions feel free to reach out. If I don't have the answer I will do my best to get it for you. Send me your winning pics or any other news you may have. My email is mobunniesrabbitry@yahoo.com. Stay warm and I hope to see you all soon!

Tips/Tricks

Bring plenty of hay or oats to shows. Sometimes rabbits get nervous while travelling and having their favorite food will ensure they continue to eat when they're not at home.

BRENDA KNEIR mobunniesrabbitry@yahoo.com

District 6 Report

KRISTIN TAYLOR flyinghooffarms@yahoo.com

District 7 Report

At the time of this writing we're expecting our first storm of the year tomorrow

I'm not ready!

I ended up spending a majority of my day outside finishing up the last of fall chores. The barn is set up for the winter and the rabbits were toasty despite much of the day remaining below freezing. D7 has been doing so well in the show scene! Maine's Tara Lovely has been sweeping up awards wherever she goes. I was thrilled to hear she won the following at Grand Finals in NY: In Show A Tara won BOB TAA's Cambell (Tan Pattern Sr Buck) and BOSB with TT269 (Shaded Sr Doe). Then, in Show B, she won BOB with TT269.

On 11/12/22 in Brewer, Maine Woolies were well represented by youth exhibitor Angelina DeVito when she won BIS in Show A and RIS in Show B! Congrats, Angelina! What a lovely rabbit!

Please don't hesitate to contact me with brags and comments. I love hearing from the wonderful D7 Wooly people.

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

Tips/Tricks

MAE SWAN maeswan@gmail.com

Did you know animals will burn more calories trying to keep themselves warm? Adjusting their food in cold temperatures can help you maintain good condition.

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District 8 Report

Well convention is just over. What a whirlwind. It was very cool to see a donated rabbit to the GFA win BOB and go on to sell for $2,900. What generous donors we have. I hope that everyone will breed and keep one back for the Golden Fleece Auction in the event you may be asked to donate. Lots of excitement at this years convention. Rose Marie Bunnie Turley PASSED the orange variety. And the vote in varieties, chocolate otter, lilac otter, chocolate and lilac pointed white, chocolate and lilac tort also passed the ARBA standard committee. These will be able to be shown as soon as they are published in the Domestic Rabbit. It was also announced convention will be in Louisville for 2023 and 2024.

The two largest groups shown were the broken that we went over last month and the Self group which we will discuss this month. The Self group covers black, blue, blue eyed white, chocolate, lilac and ruby eyed white. Black is to be uniform black overall, with a slate undercolor with brown eyes. Blue is to be a uniform dark blue overall, with a slate blue undercolor with blue gray eyes. Blue eyed white is to be pure white with blue eyes. Chocolate is to be uniform medium chocolate brown overall, with a dove gray undercolor with brown eyes, may have a ruby cast. Lilac is to be uniform dove gray with a pinkish tint with blue gray eyes and may have a ruby cast. Ruby eyed white is to be pure white, with white toenails and ruby red pupil with pink iris eyes.

Showing around district 8 has remained healthy. Lots of shows with close to and over 100 rabbits, with a healthy amount of youth breeders. Keep up the great work!!!!!

Lets make this coming year 2023 a focus on growing our youth breeders. I hope you accept this challenge. Congratulations to all of you.

Share the show fliers and your wins or accomplishments on the NJWRC district 8 facebook page. Next national show will be Jersey Wooly Nationals 2023 hosted by the Ohio Jersey Wooly Club held at the Hall of Fame show in Canton, Ohio on April 15 th , 2023. Hope to see you all there.

May your nest boxes be full.

Julie Aversa

District 8 Representative.

JULIE AVERSA jtaversa@gmail.com Regions Represented: Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Manitoba & Ontario

District 9 Report

It was great getting to see everyone in Reno! The Jersey Wooly Booth was beautiful and there were so many gorgeous JWs there in Open and Youth. Congrats to Cheryl Loesch on winning Open BOB with her gorgeous REW Doe. And Congrats to Amber Henderson on winning Open BOSB with her handsome broken buck.

The youth did us proud with Cody Landis winning Youth BOB with his broken buck AFB's Panda Bear and Makayla Wallock winning Youth BOSB with her stunning Pointed Black SR Doe Nala who has been tearing up the show tables.

I hope that you are all enjoying the fall show season. Here's to full coats and full nestboxes, gorgeous woolies and beautiful JRs.

I also want to send out a huge congratulations to our D9 Rose-Marie Bunnie Turley on all of her hard work and tenacity on getting those beautiful Orange Jersey Woolies passed!!!! Orange is the New AOV!!!

Landis District 9 director

roughnecksm@verizon.net

Tips/Tricks

MICHELLE LANDIS

roughnecksm@verizon.net

Regions Represented: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Caro-lina, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington DC & All Other Foreign

Talk to your feed dealers. Fresh feed is optimal, and nutrients degrade over time. Timing when you get feed based on when it arrives at your dealer can help provide the best nutrition to your animals.

Youth Liaison

Reno or bust, sure was on most of our minds traveling from near and far. I would like to take a second and thank all the board members for keeping us organized and assisting in putting on the show. A big congratulations to Cody Landis winning Best of Breed with his Broken Senior Buck and Makayla Wallock winning Best of Opposite Sex Breed with her AOV Sr Doe.

LINDSAY AVERSA allstarwoolies@gmail.com

Convention is a good time to sit back and assess your herd. I have talked about it before but I would like to revisit the thought of, goals in a rabbitry. For example, my goals are to work on blacks and blues and placement of the high point in the midsection. Some other goals that you could have would be: shape of ear, ear placement, coat whether it be more density or better texture, or it could be shape of head. There is nothing better then focusing on a goal and accomplishing it, especially when you start to place higher at shows. Now also remember to be patient, these goals often times are not fixed with one breeding. But progression is what matters most. I am happy to hear that everyone made it home safe, good luck breeding and we will see you at Nationals in Canton, OH April 15 th , 2023.

Michelle

Secretary Report

Hi there everyone!

First off, I would like to congratulate Bunny Turley for all her hard work paying off with the passing of the oranges!! I'm super excited to see them on the show table this coming year! Also, congratulations to Cheryl Losch on her BOB as well as Amber Henderson on her BOSB. This year's convention was definitely one for the books. With that being said is anyone as excited as I am that for the next two years Convention will be held in Kentucky?

As your new club secretary, I am hoping to see membership increase this year. We need to find ways to promote excitement in our hobby in order to get the youth more involved. So, if anyone has any ideas, please feel free to let I or any of the other officers know. Our woolies truly are a very special breed and I would love to see more people realize what a great group of people we have in this club. When we all work together for the betterment of our breed and hobby, we not only get personal satisfaction but we make some wonderful memories along the way. Please feel free to reach out to me if you need anything and look forward to seeing you at the show!

ALEX WILLIAMS

NJWRCsecretary@gmail.com zcharmed@msn.com

Tips/Tricks

Did you know alfalfa hay has a higher level of calcium vs orchard grass? Offering alfalfa to does with litters can help supplement calcium while she is putting a lot of energy into producing milk; especially for larger litters.

February

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April 15th Jersey Wooly Nationals, Canton Ohio

May

BETHANY

National Jersey Wooly Rabbit Club NEW Membership Application

Name ARBA#

For Family membership

List names of all family members that wish to join and who currently live at the same address:

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Adult New Membership* 1 year $15 or 3 years $35 $___________ Adult Renewal 1 year $12 or 3 years $25 $___________

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

Or: PayPal: NJWRClubTreasurer@gmail.com (if paying by PayPal, make sure to type YOUR NAME and a list of ALL MEMBERS included on this application in the PayPal Notes section.)

Presidents Report Continued....

Her organization skills and steady approach guided the club back to a Constitution and By-Laws led governance, a task that is not understood nor appreciated by many, but which makes a huge and positive impact on the daily workings of a club.

In club business after Convention, our first task was to appoint a new D2 representative. I had approached Lori Robasciotti at Convention to see if she’d be willing to take on the job again. She was, and the board unanimously appointed her to the position. Welcome, Lori!

By the time this newsletter goes to print, we will all be planning for Nationals! This year, Nationals will be in Canton Ohio on April 15, hosted by the Ohio Jersey Wooly club. I’m sure you’ve all been breeding and planning for that day already. I hope to see you and your lovely woolies there.

BRENDA REILLY NJWRCLUBtreasurer@gmail.com

CHERYL LOESCH momdeplume@comcast.net

2022 ARBA Convention Results- Open

2022 Open ARBA Convention Results

Number shown: 283, by 44 exhibitors

BOB: Cheryl Loesch

Best White Wool: Lindsay & Julie Aversa

Best Overall Wool: Lindsay & Julie Aversa

Best Display: Lori Robasciotti

Agouti 41 shown

BOG Michelle Landis

Judges: Kathi Groves, Kyle Yacobucci

BOS: Amber Henderson

Best Colored Wool: Lindsay & Julie Aversa

BOSG Michelle Landis

Sr Buck, 9 shown Sr Doe, 18 shown Jr Buck, 7 shown Jr Doe, 7 shown Michelle Landis Michelle Landis Sarah & Shane Maki Shannon Wallace Lindsay & Julie Aversa Amber Henderson Becky Hammond Diedre Edder Melanie & Yvonne Lyons Madelyn DeSelm Chase Austin/Kathy Hileary Steven Buell/Connie Forward

Michaeline McConnell Bethany Robertson Michaeline McConnel Sarah & Shane Maki Michaeline McConnell Deidre Edder Mallory Pienta Diedre Edder

AOV, 33 shown

BOG Lori Robasciotti

BOSG Lori Robasciotti

Sr Buck, 11 shown Sr Doe, 15 shown Jr Buck, 5 shown Jr Doe, 2 shown Lori Robasciotti Lori Robasciotti Andrea Summers Lori Robasciotti

Ryan Brehm Ryan Brehm Helene Achgill

Lori Robasciotti Helene Achgill Cheryl Loesch Cheryl Loesch Lori Robasciotti Chase Austin, Kathy Hillery

Janice McCollough Lori Robasciotti

Broken, 72 shown

BOG Amber Henderson

BOSG Sarah/Shane Maki

Sr Buck, 22 shown Sr Doe, 28 shown Jr Buck, 9 shown Jr Doe, 13 shown Amber Henderson Sarah/Shane Maki Sarah/Shane Maki Max Horan

Michaeline McConnell Jacquelyn Milton Chase Austin/Kathy Hillery Sarah/Shane Maki

Michelle Landis DeAnn/Niles Boulier Kelsey/Carmen Deling Kelsey/Carmen Deling Lori Robasciotti DeAnn/Niles Boulier Chase Austin/Kathy Hillery Chase Austin/Kathy Hillery

Lori Garsow Chase Austin/Kathy Hillery

Self, 67 shown

BOG Cheryl Loesch

Chase Austin/Kathy Hillery Amber Henderson

BOSG Lindsay/Julie Aversa

Sr Buck, 17shown Sr Doe, 31 shown Jr Buck, 7 shown Jr Doe, 12 shown

Lindsay/Julie Aversa Cheryl Loesch Koichiro Sasaki Laura/Kevin Ayers

Brenda Reilly/Christi Ringlestetter Lori Garsow

Lori Robasciotti

Andrea Summers

Michelle Landis Lindsay/Julie Aversa Lori Robasciotti Bill Medo

Melanie/Yvonne Lyons Kellyjo/Cassidy Chase Austin/Kathy Hillery Sarah/Shane Maki

Janelle Kelly Bethany Robertson

Chase Austin/Kathy Hillery

Amber Ziebell

Shaded,

Lori

Lori

36 shown BOG Lori Robasciotti

BOSG Lori Robasciotti

Sr Buck, 11 shown Sr Doe, 13 shown Jr Buck, 9 shown Jr Doe, 3 shown Lori Robasciotti Lori Robasciotti DeAnn/Niles Boulier Chase Austin/Kathy Hillery

Robasciotti DeAnn/Niles Boulier Andrea Summers Steven Buell/Connie Forward

Garsow Lori Robasciotti Chase Austin/Kathy Hillery Janice McCollough

Sarah/Shane Maki Lori Robasciotti Chase Austin/Kathy Hillery

Kelsey/Carmen Deling Lori Robasciotti Lori Robasciotti

Tan, 34 shown BOG Lori Robasciotti

BOSG Lori Garsow Sr Buck, 12 shown Sr Doe, 11 shown Jr Buck, 7 shown Jr Doe, 4 shown Lori Robasciotti Lori Garsow Deidre Edder Shannon Wallace Melanie/Yvonne Lyons Steven Buell/Connie Forward Melodye Alicia Jasmine Crawford

Cheryl Loesch Cheryl Loesch Linda Means Lori Robasciotti Amber Henderson Lindsay/Julie Aversa Linda Means Linda Means Jasmine Crawford Brenda Riley/Christi Ringlestetter Linda Means

2022 ARBA Convention

Results- Youth

2022 Youth ARBA Convention Results

Number shown: 88 by 16 exhibitors.

Judge: Matt Bishop

BOB: Cody Landis AF386

Best White Wool: Cody Landis

Best Overall Wool: Cody Landis

Best Display: Addison Withrich

Agouti 18 shown

BOS: Makayla Wallock NAL

Best Colored Wool: Cody Landis

BOG Bettina Curletto BOSG Bettina Curletto

Sr Buck, 8 shown Sr Doe, 3 shown Jr Buck, 3 shown Jr Doe, 4 shown Bettina Curletto Bettina Cureletto Bettina Curletto Carlie Boling Bettina Curletto Casey Roman Hannan Jacobson Hannah Jacobson Hannah Jacobson Carlolyn Olmstead Carolyn Olmstead Carolyn Olmstead Bettina Curletto Bettina Cureletto Cody Landis

AOV, 3 shown

BOG Makayla Wallock BOSG Justin Talliaferro

Sr Buck, 1 shown Sr Doe, 1 shown Jr Buck, 1 shown Justin Talliaferro Makayla Wallock Justin Talliaferro

Broken, 23 shown BOG Cody Landis BOSG Casey Roman Sr Buck, 9 shown Sr Doe,7 shown Jr Buck, 5 shown Jr Doe, 2 shown

Cody Landis Casey Roman Leif Summers Carlie Boling Cody Landis Carlie Wood Carlie Boling Makayla Wallock Leif Summers Carlie Boling Addison Withrich Addison Withrich Keely Floyd Hannah Jacobson Keely Floyd Carolyn Olmstead

Self, 17 shown BOG Addison Withrich BOSG Kylie Estrella Sr Buck, 4 shown Sr Doe , 3 shown Jr Buck, 5 shown Jr Doe, 5 shown Dana Archabal Kylien Estrella Addison Withrich Addison Withrich Addison Withrich Carlie Boling Makayla Wallock Makayla Wallock Addison Withrich Keely Floyd Addison Withrich Carlie Boling Carolyn Olmstead Dana Archabal Casey Roman Cody Landis

Shaded, 16 shown BOG Cody Landis BOSG Addison Withrich Jr Doe , 1 shown Sr Buck, 6 shown Sr Doe , 4 shown Jr Buck, 5 shown Makayla Wallock

Cody Landis Addison Withrich Leif Summers

Cody Landis Addison Withrich Addison Withrich Carlie Boling Carlie Boling Casey Roman Addison Withrich Addison Withrich Carlie Boling Addison Withrich Addison Withrich

Tan, 11

BOG Cody Landis BOSG Cody Landis

Sr Buck, 7 shown Sr Doe , 1 shown Cody Landis Cody Landis Jr Buck, 2 shown Jr Doe , 1 shown

Ezra Ponsano Addison Withrich Makayla Wallock Cody Landis Carolyn Olmstead Makayla Wallock

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 Cheryl Loesch at momdeplume@comcast.net, and to NJWRC Secretary njwrcsecretary@gmail.com. You will receive confirmation that the applicatio n 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 t he scholarship is to be awarded.

• Include two (2) letters of reference. The letters can be from a school officials (teachers), 4H or FFA advisors, etc. Please include in the letter how this person knows you. These letters can be submitted separately to Cheryl Loesch at momdeplume@comcast.net. 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 othe r clubs?

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

Best Of Breed ~Open~

2022 ARBA Convention Reno, NV

Cheryl Loesch Pi's Witness: Self Sr. Doe

I always allow myself that little dream before all of the packing, excitement and fanfare of the whole convention experience. And then I put it away in favor of enjoying the moments of the show itself. Those little thrills when you get a top 5 animal . . . a first-place animal . . . a Best or Opposite of Group animal. There’s that huge surge of hope, always tempered with a good dose of reality: there are many other wonderful animals up there that are worthy contenders. I’d watched that progression from my post as a clerk behind the table. As the judge weighed Witness—I admit I held my breath—and then was selected as first place Self Senior doe, then Best of Group. When the judges announced the Self Senior Doe as Best of Breed, I almost couldn’t take it in. My doe Best of Breed!

Pi’s Witness is a worthy doe, one of a few in my small herd. In the last few years, I’d cut back from about 50 to 20 woolies. I’ve spent the last 14 years learning the ropes of breeding, learning to plan and set individual goals for my herd, then working and honing those goals continually to try to make my animals as close to the Standard as I could. Is Witness a perfect Jersey Wooly? No. But she’s very close to the whole package that I’ve been working toward. Every once in a while, in my breeding plan, I would take a doe that had what I thought to be as close to that whole package as possible, and put her straight into breeding. I would show that doe occasionally if she was in coat, or not doing her main job in my herd.

For me, Witness was a brood doe, a doe selected to breed toward “the maximum end of weight, but still had all the attributes” I was looking for in a show animal. That description was, in fact, one that was put forward when the board considered including a brood doe in the Golden Fleece Auction this year. We thought that a good, typey brood doe would be a good addition for the auction. When I was asked to donate to the GFA, I went back and forth between two lovely does, and finally decided on Witness as the one that matched what we talked about for a “brood doe” in the GFA. It was quite a shock to hear the bidding on Witness go over 1000.00 in just a few minutes time, and I’m still overwhelmed that the final bid was $2900.00! Whenever I’ve donated an animal to the GFA, I try to give one of my best. Yes, it’s a little bit of a wrench to do that. The payoff is in seeing that animal help another breeder, often in another area of the country.

In ending this article, I want to pay a little homage to the roots of my rabbitry, the fine rabbits that my son and I started with all those years ago from Tessa and Terri Erb. And also, to all of my friends who’ve worked with me, sold, traded, or bred animals with mine in the pursuit of bettering the breed. I am grateful to all of you for the continued camaraderie, friendship and the joy we share.

Loesch

It was a humbling experience to win BOB at Convention.

~ Cheryl

Best Opposite Of Breed ~Open~

2022 ARBA Convention Reno, NV

Amber Henderson Broken Sr. Buck Wonder's Johnny Lingo

Being awarded a great honor at a show after planning and hard work is satisfying. It feels good to know that you’re improving your herd and doing something right for the breed as a whole by producing healthy, well-structured animals. But, in my opinion, what makes all the planning, hard work, and successes (no matter small or big) really worth it is the friendships we gain and foster through striving to continue to do better.

Aren’t the friendships we make in this hobby the best? We plan and scheme with our friends in texts, send late night messages just to share a breeding idea or milestone achieved, or if our friends are close enough, we talk nonstop during the in-between time at shows. We talk about what ifs and “crazy” experiments that have been formulating in our minds that we’d like to try in our breeding programs. We are sounding boards for each other. We give each other the courage to try the things we’ve thought up. I have to say that my Best Opposite Sex Breed win with Wonder’s Johnny Lingo at the ARBA Convention in Reno was extra special for me because it was made possible because of one of those friendships. It is how Johnny Lingo came to be.

A few years ago, Chase Austin and I were having some fun sharing our “wild” ideas with each other. We decided to do a sort of volley of desirable characteristics back and forth between our barns; a fun challenge to see if we could help one another by working on specific projects between Conventions. It has taken a few years, we’ve had a great time trying to accomplish our parts of the challenge, and it is certainly paying off. Chase accomplished success in his experimentations and sent me home from Louisville, KY with the rabbit we thought would be the next best piece to work with. It was a pretty, heavily-marked doe with a broad backside, named Chase’s Frankesha. That doe produced Johnny Lingo, a smooth, compact, and exceptionally well-balanced buck, on her first try.

At the past two Conventions, it has been fun to get together to see each other’s rabbits and go over the results of our work after only being able to share photos and critiques throughout the year. And we get excited at each other’s progress. This year was no exception. In fact, I think Chase got just about as excited as I did when Johnny Lingo won BOSB. Knowing that made my day because I feel like this was “our” win. I can’t wait to see the first results of what I’m working on this year. I’m hoping to create the next piece of our “game” to send home with Chase so we can continue our fun. We’ll see how it goes.

There are all kinds of rewards to be gained from showing rabbits.

~Amber Henderson

Best

Agouti Group

AOV Group

Broken Group

Self Group

Shaded Group

Tan Group

2022 Golden Fleece Auction Results

2022 GFA Sales

Tatt Color/class Donor

Buyer Amount

WIT REW SD Cheryl Loesch-100% to scholarship Angela Holbrook 2900 00

AF572 Broken Black SD Michelle Landis-100% to scholarship Julie/Lindsay Aversa 250 00

BQKT2 Pointed White-Black SD Helene Achgill Michelle DeSelm 725 00

WAND Broken Black OtterSB BethanyRoberts/M Sultan Steven Buell 450 00

YBE2 Pointed black SD Lori Robasciotti Makayla/Christine Wallock 475.00

HEELS REW SD Kylie Estrella Michelle Landis 350 00

B2 Siamese Sable SD Madelyn DeSelm Cassie Curtis 225 00

AF601 Blue JD Cody Landis Julie/Lindsay Aversa 350 00

BB Broken Blue Otter JB Grace Anderson Declined spot in L eye

W250 Seal JD Steven Buell/Connie Forward Jackie Milton 250.00

TX1 Broken Chestnut SD April /Katelyn Sefcik Michael Wolfe/Kathy Moerbe 600 00

EU Broken Black SD Mallory Pienta Julie/Lindsay Aversa 150 00

NL2 Orange SB Bunnie Turley Dana Archibald 300 00

CHIP Broken Chin SB Carlie Wood Angela Holbrook 850 00

GETI Smoke Pearl JB Tara Lovely Michelle Landis 200.00

DANG Blue JD Christina Przybylowskis Bethany Robertson 200 00

WLIV Smoke Pearl Martin JD Makayla Wallock Declined, mismatched nails

EF8 REW JB Ryan Brehm Jackie Milton 350.00

TABA Black Otter SB Addison Withrich Bethany Robertson 250 00

3RBT Siamese Sable SB Amelia Bloomer Bethany Robertson 225 00

BB281 Broken Chestnut JB Carlie Boling Grace Anderson 250 00

Edder, Deidre - SC 9 16 2697

DeSelm, Madelyn - MI 8 13 1978

More, Gail - OH 8 8 1380

Sherlock, Barb - PA 9 6 1273

Lovely, Tara - ME 7 9 1244

Robasciotti, Lori - CA 2 6 1065

Sefcik, April & Kaitlyn - OH 8 8 970

Mezyk, Karen - IL 5 6 828

Moerbe, Kathy - TX 4 8 806

Deling, Kelsey & Carmen - MN 3 2 791

Deer, Steve & Terri - NC 9 5 756

Milton, Jackie - TX 4 6 750

Aversa, Lindsay & Julie - MI 8 6 736

Kneir, Brenda - MO 5 11 727

Garsow, Lori - MN 3 8 703

Beirau, Gayle - IL 5 4 679

Jusko, Tayler - NY 7 8 650

Vara, Emily - WI 3 4 546

Olson, Robin - NC 9 4 540

Collins, Judy - OH 8 7 522

Anderson, Grace - KY 8 6 410

Summers, Andrea - WY 1 5 381 24 Hobbs, Jordan - IN 8 3 375 25 Achgill, Helene - IN 8 4 362 26 Reilly / Ringelstetter, Brenda & Christi - WI 3 5 360 27 Brehm, Ryan - NY 7 6 340 28 Przybylowski, Christy & Katrina - PA 9 2 322 29 McCullough, Jan - WA 1 3 307 30 Martin, Kira - TX 4 6 276 31 Deer, Terri - NC 9 2 270 32 Becker, Conner - MN 3 3 234 Loesch, Cheryl - MN 3 8 234 34 Stoeckl, Sophie - OK 4 3 225

Neveu, Heather - WI 3 4 224

Boulier, DeAnn & Niles - MI 8 2 209

Hammond, Sara - MI 8 5 201

Kelly, Janelle - OR 1 4 184

McKie, Helen - NC 9 3 180

Exibitor Name / State

Buell / Forward, Steven & Connie - NY 7 13 405

DeSelm, Madelyn - MI 8 13 343

More, Gail - OH 8 8 210

Deer, Steve & Terri - NC 9 5 182

Lovely, Tara - ME 7 9 169

Robasciotti, Lori - CA 2 6 168

Mezyk, Karen - IL 5 6 145

Olson, Robin - NC 9 4 126

Sefcik, April & Kaitlyn - OH 8 8 118

Edder, Deidre - SC 9 16 103

Garsow, Lori - MN 3 8 92

Collins, Judy - OH 8 7 82 Deling, Kelsey & Carmen - MN 3 2 82

Moerbe, Kathy - TX 4 8 79

Kneir, Brenda - MO 5 11 77

1 DeSelm, Madelyn - MI 8 15 2 Buell / Forward, Steven & Connie - NY 7 14

Robasciotti, Lori - CA 2 13 4 Garsow, Lori - MN 3 10 5 Deer, Steve & Terri - NC 9 9 Edder, Deidre - SC 9 9 7 Kelly, Janelle - OR 1 8 Lovely, Tara - ME 7 8 9 Anderson, Grace - KY 8 7 Loesch, Cheryl - MN 3 7 Olson, Robin - NC 9 7 12 Kneir, Brenda - MO 5 6

McCullough, Jan - WA 1 6 Mezyk, Karen - IL 5 6 Moerbe, Kathy - TX 4 6 Przybylowski, Christy & Katrina - PA 9 6 17 Deling, Kelsey & Carmen - MN 3 5 Milton, Jackie - TX 4 5 More, Gail - OH 8 5 Sefcik, April & Kaitlyn - OH 8 5 Vara, Emily - WI 3 5 22 Boulier, DeAnn & Niles - MI 8 4 Brehm, Ryan - NY 7 4 Younggreen, Kellyjo & Cassidy - CO 4 4 25 Jusko, Tayler - NY 7 3 Pienta, Mallory - WI 3 3 Reilly / Ringelstetter, Brenda & Christi - WI 3 3

Summers, Andrea - WY 1 3 29 Beirau, Gayle - IL 5 2 Bukovich, Izzy - MN 3 2 Collins, Judy - OH 8 2 Deer, Terri - NC 9 2

Hobbs, Jordan - IN 8 2 McKie, Helen - NC 9 2

Medo, William - WI 3 2

Turley, Rose-Marie - NJ 9 2

Achgill, Helene - IN 8 1 Aversa, Lindsay & Julie - MI 8 1 Becker, Conner - MN 3 1 Jones, Sue - IN 8 1 Martin, Kira - TX 4 1

Neveu, Heather - WI

Exibitor Name / State

Shws Ttl

Boling, Carlie - TX 4 14 2047

Withrich, Addison - MO 5 12 1007

Coston, Katelynn - TX 4 14 1006

Williams, Autumn Marie - TX 4 7 911

Wallock, Makayla - WI 3 10 908

Estrella, Kylie - NY 7 16 789

Reker, Carson - MO 5 11 739 8 Benjamin, Brenna - FL 6 4 527 9 Kalinin, Nikolai - MD 7 2 432 10 Anderson, John Harris - TX 4 4 397 11 Roman, Casey - NY 7 6 359 12 Byers, Max & Jocelyn - IN 8 3 315 13 Summers, Leif - WY 1 5 306 14 Jacobson, Hannah - WI 3 7 283 15 Ledesma, Ava-Lynn - TX 4 3 249 16 DeVito, Angelina - NH 7 8 241 17 Anderson, Owen - TX 4 6 228 18 Wood, Carlie - OH 8 2 212 19 Jean, Keira - TX 4 5 202 20 Manger, Ashlynn - CT 7 3 190 Pieffle, Molly - WI 3 4 190 22 Bloomer, Amelia - OH 8 6 163 23 Lefebure, Eleanor - MO 5 4 136 24 Hammond, Lottie - IN 8 4 108 25 Dinsmore, Paige - VA 9 5 106 26 Floyd, Keely - TX 4 4 104 27 Olmstead, Carolynn - WA 1 3 101 28 Perkins, Karen - PA 9 4 98 29 Ashton, William - OH 8 5 82 30 Floyd, Kali - TX 4 4 76 31 Lautzenhiser, Mara - WA 1 2 60 32 Brown, Lauren - NC 9 1 55 33 Taliaferro, Justin - WY 1 2 52 34 Kelly, Cheyanna - OR 1 4 48 35 DeSelm, Sophie - MI 8 4 42 36 Kyser, Rhys - OH 8 1 32 37 Floyd, Karley - TX 4 4 24

Pts 1 Boling, Carlie - TX 4 14 290 2 Reker, Carson - MO 5 11 257 3 Williams, Autumn Marie - TX 4 7 191 4 Wallock, Makayla - WI 3 10 145 5 Estrella, Kylie - NY 7 16 114 6 Benjamin, Brenna - FL 6 4 113 7 Lefebure, Eleanor - MO 5 4 76 8 Withrich, Addison - MO 5 12 60

Exibitor Name / State

Byers, Max & Jocelyn - IN 8 3 55 Coston, Katelynn - TX 4 14 55 Kalinin, Nikolai - MD 7 2 55

Anderson, John Harris - TX 4 4 52 Summers, Leif - WY 1 5 52

Jacobson, Hannah - WI 3 7 51

Ashton, William - OH 8 5 46

Ledesma, Ava-Lynn - TX 4 3 44

DeVito, Angelina - NH 7 8 34

Floyd, Keely - TX 4 4 32

Wood, Carlie - OH 8 2 31

Olmstead, Carolynn - WA 1 3 23

Dinsmore, Paige - VA 9 5 22

Jean, Keira - TX 4 5 16

Floyd, Kali - TX 4 4 14

Bloomer, Amelia - OH 8 6 9 Brown, Lauren - NC 9 1 9

Kyser, Rhys - OH 8 1 8

Hammond, Lottie - IN 8 4 5

Kelly, Cheyanna - OR 1 4 4

Perkins, Karen - PA 9 4 3

Exhibitor, State

Shows Ttl Pts

Olmstead, Carolynn - WA 1 3 206

Anderson, John Harris - TX 4 4 118

Lefebure, Eleanor - MO 5 4 66

Lautzenhiser, Mara - WA 1 2 40

Kalinin, Nikolai - MD 7 1 20

Withrich, Addison - MO 5 1 6

2022-2023 Plc

# Var/Sex Owner/State Dist # Shws

1 BX7 Bkn B Williams, Autumn Marie - TX 4 5 167 2 NAL AOV D Wallock, Makayla - WI 3 7 128 3 DO Bkn B Reker, Carson - MO 5 5 123 4 BB97 Self D Boling, Carlie - TX 4 4 94 5 BMY Shad B Boling, Carlie - TX 4 2 86 JAM Tan B Lefebure, Eleanor - MO 5 3 86 7 BB218 Ag B Boling, Carlie - TX 4 2 61 8 M607 Self D Reker, Carson - MO 5 4 55 9 2RD Bkn D Anderson, John Harris - TX 4 2 52 10 B11 Self D Byers, Max & Jocelyn - IN 8 2 43 11 MYS Bkn D Kalinin, Nikolai - MD 7 2 42 12 WVAN Bkn D Reker, Carson - MO 5 2 40 13 C1 Tan B Reker, Carson - MO 5 4 39 14 TBBB2 Shad B Summers, Leif - WY 1 4 37 15 BB229 Shad D Boling, Carlie - TX 4 1 35 JRDD Bkn B Withrich, Addison - MO 5 1 35 17 AVB2 Self D Ledesma, Ava-Lynn - TX 4 1 31 18 CS1 AOV B Benjamin, Brenna - FL 6 2 30 19 HAS Ag D Benjamin, Brenna - FL 6 1 28 LD3 Ag D Benjamin, Brenna - FL 6 1 28 21 HAR4 Ag D Benjamin, Brenna - FL 6 1 27 22 KA2 Bkn D Ashton, William - OH 8 3 25

CVJ1 Self D DeVito, Angelina - NH 7 2 25 KE Bkn B Jacobson, Hannah - WI 3 3 25 TAUF Self D Withrich, Addison - MO 5 2 25 26 Self D Floyd, Keely - TX 4 3 24 COS Self D Williams, Autumn Marie - TX 4 1 24 28 PM2 Bkn D Estrella, Kylie - NY 7 3 23

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07/08/22 Southern Roots R&CS #A TX, Longview T1808-O2A

07/09/22 Mid Florida RBA #A FL, Inverness T1810-O2A

07/09/22 Mid Florida RBA #B FL, Inverness T1812-O2A

NICOLE

Letter From The Editor.....

WHEW!! Has anyone else felt like these past few months have been a true test of everyone's sanity? No? Just me?...

This time of the year has been known to be the busiest for all of us, and this year was no exception. Between fall shows, litters, preparing for colder temperatures, and ARBA Convention in Reno, it seems like everyone has been put to the test. Not to mention it felt like the whole club was sick at one point or another this fall/winter. I know that this newsletter is coming to everyone later than expected, but due to some unforseen circumstances, we had to wait to publish.

On another note, a HUGE congratulations to all of those who had success in Reno! Especailly to Bunnie Turley on passing Oranges as the new AOV!! Many of us, including myself have been thankful Bunnie has introduced these little balls of sunshine into our barns and we have been able to start showcasing them as of December! Spoiler alert, we may be seeing a Special Edition of The Fluff coming in the next months to honor this huge milestone and help our members understand the story of how orange woolies and their genetics came to be our newest AOV!

You may see some design changes and additions (hint- try the link on page 38). We are trying to utilize the best features of our online publishing to help everyone else!

Hope everyone is well and enjoyed this edition!

~Jordan Hobbs