TheThe R.O.B.A. R.O.B.A. Review Review Owners and Breeders Association Reindeer Owners and Breeders Association 2021 Jan-Feb-Mar Calving Season is Coming!!!!!!!!!!!!

In This Issue *Annual meeting update *Board Nomina- tions *USDA meeting updates

Winter 2020 Special Edition SUMMER 2020 July/August ROBA Doug Dahnke Editor —10015 East US Hyw 40 Martinsville, Illinois 624542 - [email protected]

Board of Directors: At Large- 2022- Mike Jablonski (President) Hamburg, New York, Ph. 716-912-4472 email: [email protected] At Large- 2023- Doug Dahnke Martinsville, Il Ph-217-251-6381 [email protected] East Region- 2021 - Dan Downs, (Treasurer) La Rue, Ohio. Ph. 740-361-1620 email: [email protected] Central Region- 2021- Jeff Phillips, Hartford, Wisconsin, Ph. 262-224-1199 email: [email protected] Western Region- 2022– Amy Kravitz, Grand Canyon farm, Ph 928-255-3692 [email protected] North Region- 2022 - Louise Sherwood, Napanee, Ontario, Canada, Ph. 613-354-1869 email: [email protected] Alaska Region- 2023 - Greg Finstad, Fairbanks, Alaska, Ph. 907-474-6055 email: [email protected] At Large -2023- Michael F Cary DVM, Pine City, New York, Ph. 607-524-6163 email: [email protected] At Large -2021- Daryl Simon, (Vice President) Lake Crystal, Minnesota, Ph. 507-381=1718 email: [email protected]

Correspondence Office— Bev Herda

Reindeer Owners and Breeders Association

PO Box 883, Lake Crystal , MN 5605 Ph-507-726-6996 [email protected]

Lets make these our goals this year!!!!!!!

Reindeer Registry

Membership growth!

By-Laws Reviewed!

To get more information and learn how you can help.

Contact Mike or Mindy Jablonski - email [email protected] ph: 716-912-4472

I NEED BABY CALF PICTURES/ BOTTLE FEEDING PLEASE SEND ME 2 OR 3 OF YOUR FAVORITES, AND IF TELL US A SHORT STORY ABOUT PIC. [email protected] 2021 ROBA Board of Directors Nominations of Election Voting Instructions— A membership address gets one vote. Ballots will be arriving in the mail

AT-LARGE– Candidates– All members can vote for one. John Cusson Daryl Simon Eastern Region-Only Eastern Region members can vote. John Dzen Bill “Santa” Roark

Central Region— Only Central Region members can vote. Jeff Phillips

ROBA Facebook Group Host Jeff Phillips The intent of this private ROBA Facebook group is to offer a platform in which information can be shared quickly. It is open to ROBA members and their immediate family. Also open to people who work directly with the members farm and reindeer.

Please contact Jeff Phillips/Doug Dahnke Email- [email protected]—- Ph 217-251-6381

NEW MEMBERS * Kellie Gregg- Rootstown Reindeer Farm– Kent Ohio—281-974-7690

Welcome to ROBA Kellie!!!

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1. Advance Live Animal Tests for the Early Detection of Submit your novel idea and win prizes ARS News Release March 10, 2021 About the Detect to Protect Challenge: A Live Animal Test for CWD Sensis, on behalf of The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS), is hosting the De- tect to Protect Challenge: 2. A Live Animal Test for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). The challenge invites innovators to submit their idea for a diagnostic test for the early detection of Chronic Wasting Dis- ease (CWD) in a live animal, prior to clinical signs. Our goal is to inspire the innovative development of a novel diagnostic test that will successfully detect CWD in samples pro- vided by USDA for this challenge. Competitive solutions to this challenge shall consist of novel diagnostic tests that are sensitive and specific for CWD, producing timely and re- peatable results on samples easily obtained from live deer. Competitive solutions will al- so be cost-effective and readily manufacturable. The ideal solutions to this challenge are diagnostic tests that would be eligible for approval as an official Chronic Wasting Disease test by the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), USDA. Sensis will award prizes valued up to $170,000. The Detect to Protect Challenge: A Live Animal Test is calling upon innovators and scientists, researchers, and/or startup companies to submit their proposal for developing a novel diagnostic test for the early detection of CWD in a live animal, prior to clinical signs. 3. Source: https://arscha.dev.sensisagency.com

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