GATEWAY AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD CLUB TELL ME NO TAILS Volume 18, Issue 6 MARCH / APRIL 2012 www.gatewayasc.org Special points of interest: August 2012 Event will be our next endeavor! Watch for details. Inside this issue: General Info/ Dates 1 Events Brags 2 3/4 Minutes of last mtg GASC Birthday Girls 5 CHILL CHASER SHOW!! The Chill Chaser February Show is a mere memory. We had big entries. Averaging 48 conformation entries per show. Obedience filled and Rally was slow on pre entries, but ended up successful too. We ended up with about $650.00 made on the raffle. Thank you to all who donated great items and a special Thank You to Connie Mechlin for making another wonderful bench and donating it to us. This one was my favorite so far! Well done Connie. Huge Thanks to all the people who stepped up to volunteer and help us out. Without the wonderful volunteers our shows would never be this successful. ************************************** 2nd ANNUAL AUGUST SHOWDOWN Start planning for our August show at the Event Center at Purina Farms. Dates: Aug 17-19, 2012. 3 Agility Trials 3 Obedience Trials 3 Rally Trials 5 Conformation shows As soon as judges are confirmed we will divulge that information. Agility Judge: Mark Buehl Houston TX Rally 2 trials: Arlene King-Chicago IL **Note: The conformation results are included in separate Adobe file. The Herding Results will appear in the next issue. Tinley Dexter Clinic 6 photos Membership Form 8 Welcome to a new Missouri ASCA Club!! DATES TO REMEMBER! Other Dates: Next General Mtg. Tuesday, April 17 Growlers Pub Show-Me State ASC is having it s first sanctioned show on April 13-15, 2012. www.showmestateasc.com March 8-9 2012 Tinley Dexter Clinic March 10-11 GASC Herding Trial March 30-4/1 ASC of Mid America August 17-19 GASC Summer Showdown 1
BRAGS FROM GASC! From Treestarr Aussies: Violet--CH TreeStarr's 1SlickChick STDs, RNX earned her Rally Advanced title with 2 first place ribbons and 1 second place ribbon at the GASC Feb Rally Trial; CH TreeStar 1SlickChick STDsd RA CGC "Violet" GASC Rally Trial 2/4 and 2/5/12----Violet qualified with two First place ribbons and a Second place ribbon for her Rally Advanced title! GASC Herding trial --3/10/12-- Violet qualified twice with 2 First place ribbons in Started Ducks to earn her Started Ducks title! From Lorraine Linder: Treestarr Good Karma Valentine ASCA CD, RNX and AKC CGC, CD, RE earned her ASCA RAX with three 1st place winnning scores of 199! We had a run off for High Rally Aussie/Dog in trial and lost the run off in the a.m. The p.m. show we won High Rally Aussie/Dog in Trial! Treestar Bewitched @ StormyLee ASCA RNX and AKC CGC, CD, RN earned her first leg of ASCA CD with a 195+ (We won the run off) and 3rd place in Obedience Novice B. Brina earned her 2nd leg (lost the run off) with a 2nd place in Novice B. She ended up with only 2 legs to stand on so needs to compete for her final leg. From McMatt & Graffiti Aussies: At the Mid America Show Jan 15, Graffiti s Livin N Paradise @ McMatt Eden was WB/BOS for a 4 pt. major. Eden was WB/BOW at the GASC February 4th am show under Kym Base for a 5 pt. major to finish her Championship. At the Sunday am show under Breeder Judge Lynn Cobb-Conn, our little red girl Roz - McMatt s Graffiti Roslyn Rose was WB over 21 bitches for a huge 5 pt. major win out of the 9-12 mo class. Copperridge Palcino di McMatt Albert finished his last two legs for his Rally Advanced title and was a class placer both times. ASCA CH McMatt s Autumn Breeze was WB/BOW at the Sunday Louisville KC Show for a 5 pt. AKC Major over 21 dogs/24 girls; handled by Kelley Catterson. Co-owned by Flo McD and Vicki Wehrle. From Diane Bettis: 02/04 - GASC - Slick - Finished his ASCA OTCH AM Trial and went HIT Aussie PM Trial!!!! 02/04 - GASC - Libby - HIT Aussie AM Trial 03/10 - GASC - Slcik - Finished his ASCA WTCH (Working Trial Champion) and SPVCH (Supreme Versatility Champion) titles AM Trial and went HIT Aussie PM Trial out of cattle!!!!! From Eileen Wilson: Hannah Strawberry Marble Sky, UD - *New Title* Hannah earned her Utility Dog title by qualifying at the GASC trials on both Saturday (AM show) and Sunday, scoring 191.5 both days. 2
Minutes of the GASC Meeting: GASC Meeting Minutes Feb 21, 2012 In attendance: Hugh and MaryAnn McWilliams, Sue Wilson, Lynn Kraut, Robin Reasoner, Kristi Shaw, Beth Hemmer, Becky Androff, Karen Kunz, Flo McDaniel, Diane Bettis, Diane Brueckmann, Jane Moore, Barb Wielms, Greg Jones, Vicki Wehrle The meeting was called to order by President Kristi Shaw at 7:10pm. There were no minutes as the last meeting was held in conjunction with the Christmas Party. New Board/Officers were read at that time. Treasurer Diane DeVoto was ill and thus we did not have a Treasurer s Report. Affiliate Representative Beth Hemmer reported that all our annual reports for ASCA were filed on time and we are renewed as an ASCA club for another year. SHOW N GO: Diane Bettis reported we grossed approximately $986.00 and our expenses were approximately $700.00 so we reaped a small profit. FEBRUARY CHILL CHASER: Diane Bettis reported on our February 4 & 5, 2012 Show. There was miscommunication in assigning tasks, thus we had some disorganization that we need to address and make sure it does not happen for our big August Event. We do not have a treasurer s report to know if we made a profit, but we addressed some things that we can correct. We need to assist Judith Walker, our Obedience/Rally Show Secretary to let her know what types of information we need her to track. Diane Bettis will make a spreadsheet where she can fill in the blanks that we need for our record keeping. Lynn Kraut was given the show results for Conformation and will have them made up and put in the March/April Newsletter. The Raffle brought in $630.00 largely due to the beautiful bench that was donated by Connie Mechlin. HERDING TRIAL: Diane Bettis reported that we have openings in all the runs for all the stock right now. She sent out an email to many of the herding exhibitors letting them know this and has since gotten in more entries. She said she is looking pretty good for workers, but if you would like to volunteer, email Diane and let her know when you can be there. AUGUST SHOW: August 17-19, 2012 is the date for the BIG Event we are going to offer again this year. It starts on Friday and goes through Sunday. Diane Bettis and Becky Androff will be in charge of gaining workers for the 3 day event. Diane explained the breakdown of what the Event Center will cost us. It breaks down to $1,000.00 per day or $3,000.00 for the weekend. 3
GASC Meeting Feb 2012 minutes continued: Committee Chairs for the August Event: Agility Course Director: Greg Jones Agility, Obedience, Rally Show Secretary: Judith Walker Conformation Show Secretary: Lynn Kraut Hospitality: Vicki Wehrle Awards/Rosettes: Diane Brueckmann and Flo McDaniel Raffle: Karen Kunz (includes worker s raffle) Advertising: Beth Hemmer Vendors: Becky Androff Photographers: John Beals/Kevin Devine. More information will be forthcoming regarding the August Show. Discussed Committees for different venues in the club: Agility: Diane Bettis, Greg Jones, Barb Wielms, Jane Moore Obedience/Rally: Diane Bettis, Becky Androff, Beth Hemmer Conformation: Flo McDaniel, Vicki Wehrle, Lynn Kraut, Becky Androff Herding: Diane Bettis, Becky Androff, Wayne Pillen, Diane DeVoto, Greg Jones, Robin Reasoner Discussed having criteria for how judges are selected and hired. Vicki explained how the conformation judges are hired and selected. MaryAnn McWilliams will hire the judges again this year. The committees should submit names to her. Mary Ann will also begin training Karen Kunz on this process as a back-up and when Mary Ann retires. Mary Ann does the actual hiring of the judges as well as figuring out any flights, motel accommodations, judges contracts, etc. that is involved. Herding Nights: Robin Reasoner reported that they will begin again in May and go through September 2012. More information will be coming closer to the time. The next GASC General Membership Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at Growler s Pub in St. Louis MO. Meeting adjourned at 9pm. Minutes respectfully submitted by Secretary, Flo McDaniel 4
The Birthday girls at our February Trial Our annual February Trial/Show always falls on some of the members birthday. This year our dear friend from Minnesota, Martha Gisselbeck came and it was her birthday too. She had a darling Aussie Birthday Cake made and brought it all the way from MN! Thank you Martha for your continued support of GASC and for bringing the delicious birthday cake and helping Vicki and I celebrate our birthdays. Photo credit: ASCA Breeder-Judge Kym Base. Thanks Kym! Aussie Birthday Cake! The Birthday girls! Flo McDaniel, Martha Gisselbeck, Vicki Wehrle 5
Tinley Dexter Herding Clinic The Herding Clinic was held March 8-9th of March. The weather cooperated nicely the day I went out there. That was Friday the 9th of March. There was a good group of people there partaking of the information that Tinley was giving them. It looked to me like people were very pleased with their dogs and the clinic. I took a few photos to share with the members. The clinic was at the herding field at Purina Farms. Ken and Mary Ruth s Border Collie taking the cattle through the course. Diane DeVoto and her Aussie, Spur contemplating their next sheep move. Diane Bettis and her Aussie, Ziva getting a close up smell of one of Purina farms new baby lambs. 6
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The Tell Me No Tails Newsletter is published bimonthly for the members of the Gateway Australian Shepherd Club. Please send information, articles, and calendar events to Lynn Kraut, 758 Emerson Road, Catawissa, MO 63015 or by e-mail to ausslyn@aol.com OR Flo McDaniel, 9802 Korte Sewald Rd., Lebanon IL 62254 email to mcmattaussies@hughes.net Articles and information should be sent in Microsoft Word or as text in an e-mail. Deadlines are the 20th of the month prior to printing. We reserve the right to edit. Personal ads - Members should send all ads and photos in.jpg format as an attachment in your e-mail. Lynn can design an ad for you, she will send it to you for approval before it is published. Advertising Rates: Full Page, 8 ½ x 11 $10.00 with Photo $20.00 Half Page, 5 x 8 $ 7.00 with Photo $15.00 Quarter Page, 5 x 4 $ 5.00 Business Card $ 2.00 Brags Send your brags to Lynn Kraut at Ausslyn@aol.com OR Flo McDaniel at mcmattaussies@hughes.net Send your name, dog s registered name, and call name, breed, show date, name of show, class placement, and any special placements and titles won. GASC Web site Check out our Web site at www.gatewayasc.org. Pictures of our members Aussies (or other breeds) are always welcome. If you would like to submit something to be posted to our Web site, please contact Vicki Wehrle at graffitiaussies@yahoo.com. (ph. 314-974-0555 ) 8