PAL NEWS. Palomino Club Banquet. October 1-5, 2017 Indianapolis, Indiana. Tuesday October 3, PM SUMMER Mr.

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1 PAL NEWS SUMMER 2017 Palomino Club Meeting Tuesday Oct 3 11 AM Discovery Hall Room 6 October 1-5, 2017 Indianapolis, Indiana Palomino Rabbit Co-Breeders Association Convention Information Palomino Club Banquet Meet the Palomino Convention Judge Mr. Lowell Trausch Tuesday October 3, PM 1752 Shadeland Avenue Indianapolis, Indiana miles from the fairgrounds Half mile from the Marriott East Hotel Restaurant Website: ndianapolis/1752-n-shadeland-ave ARBA member since Judging since Started raising Palominos in First breed as an adult. Had Flemish as a 4H member and had Sandy colored ones. I have judged in 40 states. It will be an honor to judge the Palominos at the 2017 Convention. Thank you for the honor. Lowell Trausch

2 PRCBA President s Report: James Hunter Hello PRCBA Membership and Board, It s been a great summer for me. Although I do not have many Palominos to show at Indianapolis, I did take the time to take a closer look at my herd and I eliminated quite a few herd rabbits and prospect rabbits. I believe I may have taken 25 or 30 live cull rabbits to a wild animal park near Wichita. I don t butcher my own, so I m thankful to have that park available to take my culls. Before the year is over, I may be down to only a handful. With the cost of feed the way it is, I see no sense in feeding them if they won t ever do me any good. A while back I had a good friend who thought mosquitos were causing sores on the Palominos in her barn. I don t know why I didn t think of this sooner. As most of you know if you put two and two together, eliminating the insect causing the problem is the best way to minimize the problem. Dumping any container that could collect and hold rainwater near the barn is one way. That will get rid of the nursery where the eggs are laid and the larvae develop. Spraying an effective pesticide is another possible solution to the insect problem. However, I would like to propose a more environmentally friendly method of protecting your rabbits from those flying vectors. There are many house plants, as well as bedding plants, that are available from your local greenhouse that actually repel those pesky critters that may cause problems in your barn. I know this because my wife purchased a few citronella and lemon grass plants to set out on our patio this summer. She and I like to sit on the patio in the cool mornings and in the evenings, during the summer. Mosquitos and other various types of flies just don t even come around. There are several websites that list those kind of plants. The most complete list I found is at the Wikipedia site listed here: I m hoping to see many of you at Indianapolis this fall. The convention dates are early this year and having your animals in good fur at that time will be a challenge. Especially for those of us who live in the central or southern parts of our country. I would like to wish all of the members who are planning to attend this year s convention the best of luck! I am truly looking forward to seeing my friends in the PRCBA. Hopefully, I ll get to meet some of you who are new to the club and some of the long-time members whom I ve never had the opportunity to meet. My prayers at this time of year include safe passage for all of the breeders who will be on the highways to Indy from their homes, as well as safe passage back to their homes from Indianapolis. I hope we have a tremendous exhibit of Palominos at Indianapolis this year and, if you happen think of it before you leave for Indy please take along one or two nice raffle items for our booth s raffle table. Good luck to all who plan to make that trip. I d like to mention one last thing before I close. It will be time to breed for the spring national palomino show when you return home from Indy. I wish for you great success in that endeavor! I m certain there will be more about that show elsewhere in this issue. Breed to the Standard and be a Pal to the Pals! JIM

3 Palomino Co-Breeders Association Officers and Directors President Jim Hunter Scott City, KS District 1 AK, ID, OR MT, WAY, WY Cliff King Cheyenne, WY District 4 AR, CO, NM, OK, TX Latosha Lucas Bells, TX District 7 CT, ME, MA, NH, NY, RI, VT Quebec, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia Shannon Whitney Adams Center, NY Sweepstakes Chair Carolyn Wright Smithville, TX Website Vice-President Jim Brown Bath, PA District 2 AZ, CA, HI, NV, UT, Mexico Jay Horn Arroyo Grande, CA District 5 IL, KS, MO Beth Thurn Everest, KS Interim Secretary Carolyn Wright Smithville, TX District 8 IN, KY, MI, OH Manitoba, Ontario Mike Raab Milan, IN Pals News Editor Jim Brown Bath, PA Thebrownrabbitry@gmail.com Treasurer Terri King Cheyenne, WY District 3 IA, MN, NE, ND, SD, WI Tom Lowin Pierre, SD District 6 AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, TN, Puerto Rico Zora Brewer Hattiesburg, MS District 9 DE, MD, NJ, NC, PA, SC, VA, WV Washington DC & All Other Foreign Shannon Cicero Hackettstown, NJ Webmaster Charlcie Fowler Iowa Park, TX Pal News Dates to Remember: Submission Month Publication Month Winter Edition: January 10 for February Spring Edition: April 10 for May Summer Edition: August 10 for September Fall Edition: November 10 for December Advertising in the Pal News: Advertising in the Pal News is available to any member in good standing. Ad Size Breeder Rate Commercial Rate Full Page $75.00 $90.00 Half Page $40.00 $50.00 ¼ Page $25.00 $35.00 Business Card $15.00 $20.00 Please mail ad and payment to: Jim Brown 2177 West End Road Bath, PA Advertising Details: All rates are for FOUR issues. For a single issue the rate is ¼ the listed price. Rate includes one original photo. Additional photos are $3.00 per photo. Editor can assist in creating an ad. Make checks payable to: PRCBA

4 Dear PRCBA Members, Hope you have all had a good summer and plenty of successful litters in your barns. I was fortunate that the majority of the does I bred for convention in Indy took and I have a good number of pals to choose from for convention. I had the opportunity and honor to judge many 4-H fairs this summer. I was very impressed with the quality of the rabbits the youth had and it made me feel good that our hobby is in the hands of some really impressive youth members. My wife and I had a wonderful event take place at the end of summer. We have taken in two young boys through the foster care system. We feel very blessed to have them come and live with us. I m excited to report that they have already attended their first show and loved it. Looks like the ARBA and PRCBA has gained two more youth members! I am hoping for safe travels for everyone involved with the rabbit hobby as they make their way to convention in Indiana. I m sure everyone will have a great time and enjoy the festivities. Update on our convention judge: Our originally scheduled judge, Johnny Haussner, accepted a full-time, tenure tract teaching position with a school district teaching language arts. As a result of his new employment he did not feel comfortable taking time off at the beginning of his first year teaching with a new school district to attend convention. I understand his concern and wish Johnny the best of luck at his new school and in his teaching career. When I received notice that Johnny was unavailable to judge, I worked closely with the convention breed-judging chair, Caleb Thomas, and Jim Hunter to select a replacement judge for our breed. I am grateful that Lowell Trausch accepted our offer and look forward to working with him at convention while he is judging our breed. I hope everyone has a great experience at convention and enjoys their time with fellow PRCBA members and their time in Indy. JIM BROWN Cliff King Best in Show and Reserve in Show Wyoming State Fair Golden Senior Doe Both on the same day!

5 PRCBA Treasurer s Report and Club Promotional Items: Terri King I am working on the last of the fiscal year. I will have a full report in Indy (as my computer was in the shop). The club account is looking good. I am seeing more sanction and membership which is great for the pals. I do have the Promotion items shirts, pens, and patches. Just me for more information or look on the web site I have them listed. I have so ideas for the booth so anyone wanting to help I would gladly take it. PLEASE REMBER TO BRING RAFFLE ITEMS. See you in Indy. Terri District 1 Report: Cliff King We are winding down from county fair and Wyoming state fair. Terri is the assistant superintendent and county fair and the superintendent at the state fair and I am the guy who hauls and sets up the show tables. We had great show at the state fair, we had the largest ones so far since we started having ARBA shows. We put on a double show. We squeezed in some shows while all this was going on. We did very well. Had a 4th runner up, 3 rd runner up, 2 Reserve in shows, and 1 Best in show, all with the same sr. golden doe. 1 of the RIS and the BIS was on the same day. We haven t done that in a long time. We are going through all the rabbits to see which ones will be making the trip to Indy. Entry deadline is coming up soon. Convention will be here before you know. Everyone need to make sure they bring something for the raffle. The more item the better. Looking forward to seeing old friends. Keep promoting our great breed and keep bring in new breeders. The club is also working to get pay pal so we can pay for promo items, sanctions, and membership. The club is working with our website editor to get this set up. Hopefully everyone will agree with this. It would be a great asset to the club. Take care and God bless America! Cliff King Please support our club by donating an item for the Palomino Club Booth Raffle at convention

6 District 3 Report: Tom Lowin Its been slow here in District 3. July was very hot, as expected, but we we ve been in a severe drought which, makes it worse. However, one good note: A young showman from Pierre, SD, received the Grand Champion award at the local 4-H Achievement Days with his Golden Senior Palomino Buck. Nice to see a Palomino win it again. I have only attended one show this summer (August) at the Sioux Empire Fair in Sioux Falls. I had the only Palominos there. Poor fur/coat conditions was the primary problem with most rabbits. Next up is the SD State Fair that runs during the Labor Day Weekend. Be seeing some of you in Indianapolis in about a month. Looking forward to it. Tom Lowin District 5 Report: Beth Thurn Hello from Kansas. We had some very hot weather at our county fair time in July, but overall a pretty pleasant summer. My rabbits and I appreciate the cooler summer temperatures. We attended the Sunflower and Scholarship June show in Wichita. There were 22 Palominos and five breeders. It is always good to see people we have known for years and good to get to visit with new rabbit friends. Beth Thurn Mike Raab Reserve 6 Class Indiana State RBA Golden Palomino

7 District 8 Report: Mike Raab I am looking forward to meeting other Pal breeders and making new friends at the upcoming ARBA convention in Indianapolis. I am finalizing plans to setup a Pal banquet at the ARBA convention. I will have more info on this in the next week or two. I recently been having trouble with dysentery in my rabbits and trying multiple actions to eliminate it and find the reason why it occurs. I have heard from multiple other breeders in Indiana having the same problem. I started feeding a lot more hay to my rabbits, and it helped some. But, it did not totally resolve the problem. After talking to another local breeder that was having a lot of the same issues, he mentioned about water quality. He used well water and I also was using well water. Could it be that our well water was causing the dysentery problems? After doing some research, I decided to add Chlorox to my drinking water for the rabbits. I have been adding bleach to the water for at least 2 weeks, and not had another problem in my rabbits. I was amazed; I found the solution to the problem! I told my fellow breeder that was also having the same issues. He started adding bleach, and he also corrected the problem. So, if anyone is having the same issues as I am, you might want to consider checking your water quality and correcting it, if necessary. If anyone would like more info on this subject, you can reach out to me for more info. I attached a photo of my nice win at the Indiana State RBA show in August. Reserve 6 class win. Mike Elizabeth Hines Youth Reserve in Show ETRBA Canton, TX Lynx Senior Buck Johnny Piper Rare Breed Show ETRBA Canton, TX Johnny Piper First Reserve in Show ETRBA Canton, TX Golden Senior Buck

8 District 4 Report: Latosha Lucas Hello everyone, I hope that everyone had a great summer and everyone that is going to convention is getting ready for it. Congratulations to all the winners and everyone that place from District 4 in the Sweepstakes points. Open Sweepstakes: 2nd. Johnny & Carla Piper 5th. David & Sharon Pellham 6th. Wayne & Carolyn Wright 8th. Kenneth & Imogene Drews 10th. Jo Dan Shelton 14th. Bob Sorrels 16th. Tim & Jennifer Luedecke 16th. Tony Schwartzmiller 21st. Sharon Pellham 24th. Joy Lucas 34th. Heather Lucas 37th. Johnny Piper 38th. Wayne Wright 39th. David Pellham 42nd. Carla Piper 44th. Courtney Shelton. Fur: 1st. Wayne & Carolyn Wright 2nd. Kenneth & Imogene Drews 3rd. Tim & Jennifer Luedecke 4th. Bob Sorrels 7th. JoDan Shelton 9th. David & Sharon Pellham. Palomino of the Year: 1st. David & Sharon Pellham> G.D.# GL3 with 364 points 2nd. Johnny & Carla Piper> G.B. # F4 with 340 points 4th. Johnny & Carla Piper> G.B.# F30 with 166 points 5th. Kenneth & Imogene Drews> L.D. # KR62 with 164 points Youth Sweepstakes: 1st. Elizabeth Hines 3rd. Brittani Piper 4th. JaiShaun Wofford 8th. Teryn Haliburton 9th. Rachel McCarthy Fur: 3rd. Elizabeth Hines 24 points Palomino of the Year: 1st. JaiShaun Wofford> G.D.# MO6 with 112 points 2nd. Elizabeth Hines> L.B. # KK2 with 86 points. Congratulations to Elizabeth Hines for winning Youth Reserve in Show at ETRBA in Canton, Texas June 17 with a lynx Sr buck. Johnny Piper for winning Canton ETRBA Rare Breeds show and winning First Reserve in Show with a golden Sr. buck. Latosha

9 THE FOLLOWING PRCBA PROMOTIONAL ITEMS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE CLUB BOOTH AT ARBA CONVENTION IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

10 Please let Mike Raab know if you will be attending the Pal Banquet By September 27

11 PRCBA Secretary and Sweeps Chair Reports: Carolyn Wright Palomino Registration Contest Winners! They get a year free membership to the Pal Rabbit Co-Breeders Assoc., and this is a first, we've ever had a tie... Open Contest Cliff and Terri King with 12 registrations Wayne and Carolyn Wright with 12 registrations Youth Contest Elizabeth Hines with 1 registration Membership Contest Winners! This contest gives a free year membership to both Open and Youth who signs up the most new members during the year. There were several applications that had no name/"recommended by", written in the blank on the form. Also, there were no recommendations from any current youth members. We haven't awarded this one out in a while, but Congratulations to the 2 Open winners! Johnny Piper - 2 Jim Brown - 2 Kenneth Drews - 1 Carolyn Wright - 1 Jim Hunter - 1 Mike Raab - 1 Cliff King - 1

12 Final Palomino Rabbit Co-Breeders Association Youth Sweepstakes 2016/2017 Congratulations Winners! Fur 1 st. Elizabeth Hines 28 shows 1156 points 2 nd. Levi Bruns 7 shows 893 points 3 rd. Brittani Piper 33 shows 846 points 4 th. JaiShaun Wofford 15 shows 834 points 5 th. Trenton McMillan 15 shows 586 shows 6 th. Casey Cailin 6 shows 577 shows 7 th. Andrew Springer 5 shows 502 points 8 th. Teryn Haliburton 10 shows 291 points 9 th. Rachel McCarthy 10 shows 271 points 10 th. Brooke King 4 shows 262 points 11 th. Makayla Moran 4 shows 250 points 12 th. Samantha Richardson 4 shows 152 points 13 th. Luke Teaford 6 shows 142 points 13 th. Seth Whitney-Wekar 4 shows 142 points 14 th. Hannah Johnson 1 show 97 points 15 th. Kathryn Rush 2 shows 82 points 16 th. Patrick Rush 4 shows 76 points 17 th. Rachella Lamborn 2 shows 66 points 18 th. Sandis Walter 1 show 11 points 1 st. Andrew Springer 205 points 2 nd. JaiShaun Wofford 48 points 3 rd. Elizabeth Hines 24 points Palomino of the Year 1 st. JaiShaun Wofford> G.D.# MO6 with 112 points 2 nd. Elizabeth Hines> L.B. # KK2 with 86 points 3 rd. Luke Teaford> G.B. # RT10 with 64 points 4 th. Andrew Springer> L.B. # SKT with 63 points 5 th. Levi Bruns> G.D. # L1 with 40 points

13 Greetings, Below are the Palomino Rabbit Co-Breeders Assoc. final Open standings for the fiscal year 2016/2017. The list contains everyone that showed a rabbit. Trying something new, If you showed just one rabbit one time, you re listed! If I miss spelled your name or got questions? Drop me a note. Awards go out to top 5 Sweepstakes winners, 1 st. place fur winner and 1 st. place Palomino of the year winner. SWEEPSTAKES Final Palomino Rabbit Co-Breeders Association Open Sweepstakes Congratulations to all the winners! 1 st. James Brown 31 shows 3642 points 2 nd. Johnny & Carla Piper 37 shows 3256 points 3 rd. Mike Raab 13 shows 2955 points 4 th. Clifford King 19 shows 2472 points 5 th. David & Sharon Pellham 10 shows 2169 points 6 th. Wayne & Carolyn Wright 12 shows 2049 points 7 th. Jeffery Lewis 7 shows 1413 points 8 th. Kenneth & Imogene Drews 9 shows 1305 points 9 th. Beth Thurn 7 shows 1144 points 10 th. Jo Dan Shelton 19 shows 973 points 11 th. James & Aileen Brown 27 shows 810 points 12 th. Elizabeth Reichert 9 shows 672 points 13 th. Aileen Brown 27 shows 655 points 14 th. Bob Sorrels 7 shows 641 points 15 th. Tom Lowin 6 shows 612 points 16 th. Tim & Jennifer Luedecke 7 shows 605 points 16 th. Tony Schwartzmiller 9 shows 605 points 17 th. Kathleen Utter 9 shows 583 points 18 th. Latosha Lucas 20 shows 579 points 19 th. James Hunter 6 shows 405 points 20 th. Cliff & Terri King 1 show 385 points 21 st. Sharon Pellham 4 shows 345 points 22 nd. Laura Blank 6 shows 309 points 23 rd. William Utter 10 shows 253 points 24 th. Joy Lucas 10 shows 242 points 25 th. Herman Young 5 shows 230 points 26 th. Steve Blank 6 shows 204 points 27 th. Cathy & Harold Dunkle 2 shows 194 points

14 Sweepstakes Continued FUR 28 th. Bianca Haering 2 shows 164 points 29 th. Karen Utter 9 shows 152 points 30 th. Karl & Bianca Haering 2 shows 146 points 31 st. Steve & Laura Blank 1 show 132 points 32 nd. Terri King 8 shows 109 points 33 rd. Shannon Cicero 3 shows 96 points 34 th. Heather Lucas 8 shows 87 points 35 th. Bob Bergene 2 shows 82 points 36 th. Diana Young 6 shows 79 points 37 th. Johnny Piper 6 shows 60 points 38 th. Wayne Wright 2 shows 49 points 39 th. David Pellham 2 shows 40 points 40 th. Karl Haering 2 shows 36 points 41 st. Herman & Diana Young 1 show 28 points 42 nd. Carla Piper 3 shows 24 points 43 rd. Brooke King 2 shows 16 points 44 th. Courtney Shelton 1 show 9 points 1 st. Wayne & Carolyn Wright 825 points 2 nd. Kenneth & Imogene Drews 515 points 3 rd. Tim & Jennifer Luedecke 273 points 4 th. Bob Sorrels 143 points 5 th. Mike Raab 54 points 6 th. Beth Thurn 36 points 7 th. JoDan Shelton 30 points 8 th. Jeffery Lewis 28 points 9 th. David & Sharon Pellham 24 points 10 th. James Hunter 20 points Palomino of the Year 1 st. David & Sharon Pellham> G.D.# GL3 with 364 points 2 nd. Johnny & Carla Piper> G.B. # F4 with 340 points 3 rd. James Brown> G.B.# BR6A2 with 190 points 4 th. Johnny & Carla Piper> G.B.# F30 with 166 points 5 th. Kenneth & Imogene Drews> L.D. # KR62 with 164 points