Lead Lines June 2015 Lead Lines a June 2015

Obedience Training Club of Palm Beach County Lead Lines June 2015 Lead Lines A June 2015

Save the date! Saturday, July 18th, 2015,

On Saturday, July 18th, OTCPBC will join forces with the South Florida chapter of the National Canine Cancer Foundation for the 6th Annual Bark and Bowl at Bowl-O-Rama. Did you know that 1 out of 3 dogs will be diagnosed with cancer? And of those so stricken, half will die. Are these odds acceptable to you? Then join us and help kick cancer’s butt! Our team needs your support in this worthy fight! Please go to http://barkandbowl.com/ southflorida/otcpbc-paws-for-a-cure-p-6.html to sponsor our team. Every donation is tax de- ductible!

If you wish to join our team to bowl on Saturday night, we are asking that you raise or donate a minimum of $25.00 to secure your spot. If you lost a fur kid/s to cancer and wish for them to be included in our team memorial, please send me at least 3 of your favorite photos including one photo with you. Please email photos to [email protected] by Friday, July 10th.

Thank you to Donna & John Kornmeyer, Betty & Jeff Gansky and Marti Hohman for their support so far. So for all the Ronan's, Hopes, Opies, Bentleys, Dr. Watsons and Dashs - let’s work to STRIKE OUT CANCER!

Thank you, Kelly McDonough OTCPBC Team Captain

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Inside this Issue 2015 Club Officers President - Betty Gansky A Resignation & Appointment 3 Thank You-Kim Carey, Chair 4 Vice President - Frank Lannon MFDC Treasurer - Lieselotte Hookey

Report from the Obedience Trial 5 Recording Secretary - Kelly McDonough Putting the clubhouse to rights 6 Board Members at Large: Page Athans, The Story of a Junior 7 Joan Bruno Marjorie Butcher Brags 8-10 Minutes-Board & Gen Meetings 11-15 Obedience Director - Marti Hohmann

Don’t forget to Tracking Director - Fran Smith check the Club web- Agility Director - Kristin Spillane site www.otcpbc.org For all club events Lead Lines Editor - Celeste Platte - EMAIL ADDRESS for all things Lead Lines - [email protected]

Volunteer Hours New Member

SEND TO: Judith McPartland Regular membership 3766 Barkis Ave. Bob Millar @ Boynton Beach. FL 33436 Telephone: 319-621-5255 E mail: [email protected] Breed: English Springer Spaniel [email protected] ************************************* First Reading: NOT his personal email Destiny Hansen Regular membership 103 Lighthouse Drive Jupiter, FL 33469 Telephone: 561-460-2053

MEMBER UPDATE Next General Meeting Please note a correction on phone numbers for Monday, Page Athan. Her Home number is 561-792- 5120 and her cell 561-722-7081. July 6, 2015 Please update your blue book accordingly.

6:30 PM Thank you from our Agility Judge: Got home and played with the pups—then passed A short meeting, then an Independence Picnic out on the bed. Thank you for inviting me to judge. You have a great club and it’s always a 2 pleasure to be there. Hope all had a good time. Bob Jeffers, AKC Judge#70505 Obedience Training Club of Palm Beach County Lead Lines June 2015

A Resignation and an Appointment

Good Evening, Board,

Due to personal reasons, I feel that I can no longer be effective in the Treasurer’s position, and am therefore respectfully submitting my resignation, effective June 30, 2015.

Liese Hookey ****************************************************

Liese,

I know you have had a lot on your plate and I certainly understand your position for stepping down. Being the Treasurer is an overwhelming job.

Thank you for all that you've done for the club in the last six months as Treasurer as well as your service on the Board for the last five years.

It was appreciated by all!

Betty Officers & BOD - OTCPBC

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Effective July 1st Joan Bruno will be taking over as Treasurer. For those of you that do not know Joan she was our Treasurer for 13 years before moving to Nebraska for a short time. Nebraska was a place that Joan swore didn't get much snow, but soon learned otherwise! LOL!

Welcome back to your old job!

Betty Officers & Board of Directors OTCPBC

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Thank you - A little late but still heartfelt

This past weekend's Obedience Trials in Ft Pierce (June 6 & 7) were something to be proud of for all involved. As a member of OTCPBC and MFDC, the two host clubs, it was wonderful to hear all of the nice comments from exhibitors and workers and to see all four of our Obedience Trials running smoothly.

The exhibitors had many nice things to say about the location, the quietness of three separate show buildings, (the novice people particularly commented on appreciating having this quiet), access to a full size practice ring, ample crating room, the range of classes offered (lots of compliments on Wild Card being offered), and (of course) there were more than a few exhibitors that were thrilled to complete a Title in two days!!!

The MFDC members that turned out to work the Trials as ring stewards and help with the trophy table all had this common observation... the Obedience people are all so very nice and the dogs clearly enjoy their work!

If there's a well deserved Thank You to be said for pulling these show together and making sure they ran smoothly, it goes to Celeste for all of the hours and hours that she put into these Obedience Trails!

Celeste did a fabulous job as Show Secretary & problem solving guru. None of this would have been possible without her attention to detail and planning ability.

A Big Thank You to Sherry for all of her help making these Trials a success, overseeing numerous details, and keeping everyone on task... from making sure the mats and rings were laid just right, and up to the final loading of the last bits of equipment back into the trailer.

More Thanks and Gratitude go to Charlotte for her organizational efforts as Chief Ring Steward - it wasn't easy!

Huge Thanks and Appreciation to all of the members of OTCPBC, members of MFDC, and David's students for coming out to steward.

Besides stewarding, David's students did a fabulous job singing the National Anthem each morning before the Trials began and helped with some of the clean-up / packing-up on Sunday afternoon.

This was my first time Show Chairing an Obedience Trial and there's no way I could have done it without all of you! (It was also my first time vacuuming mats... wish I was as disciplined about vacuuming my own carpets!)

I'm certain there are several people I'm forgetting to thank, typing this on my iPhone from the Tampa Fairgrounds where we have shows this weekend... some of you are probably here too!

Anyway, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You to all that supported these shows both in person and from afar - happy exhibitors makes us all happy!

Thank you, Kim Carey

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Report from the Obedience Trial, June 6 & 7, 2015. Celeste Platte – Trial Secretary

Thank you to all the club members that attended and helped at the June trial at the St. Lucie County fairgrounds. The judges enjoyed themselves and we, the committee, heard quite a few positive comments about the trial. The Novice people particularly enjoyed the quieter venue in the smaller building. Fran Smith did an awesome job with the club’s raffle. She took in nearly $600 in the five hours prior to the drawing. THANK YOU Fran.

Thank you to Janet Moore for getting all the water, mints, and goodies for the judges and workers. Janet was not able to attend the trial as she was enjoying herself so much with gardening and sewing, that she over did it and wound up flat on her back. We missed your Janet. Thanks for your help and making sure your husband brought all the stuff to the fairgrounds for us.

Charlotte Czermann. What can I say? You came through for us again. Getting volunteers to steward and then making sure they got to their assigned locations was a monumental job. Things were not looking so good two days before the trial, but members stepped up and member David Sommer and his students came through to volunteer where they were needed.

David Sommer. Thank you for bringing the students to the trial to sing the national anthem to start the trial each day for us. I heard so many compliments on their performance. Also thank you for being the Trophy Chair and putting everything together to go to the rings. Your assistance with inputting the scores was invaluable. It enabled me to get the tear sheets up quickly for the exhibitors to view.

Thank you Sherry Cooper, Chair for OTC and Kim Carey, Chair for MFDC. I know you two were making your rounds to the rings and buildings checking if anything needed to be taken care.

I was somewhat disappointed that more of our members did not enter and support the trial. I know a lot of you have gotten titles at the Club’s Novice only trials, but continued practice with your dog makes you and him/her better exhibitors. There is a saying; when you get your Open title, you have a good Novice dog and when you get your Utility title, you have a good Open dog. From one who has shown for many many years, whenever I have a chance to get into the ring with my dog, even though I already have the title, I take advantage and learn more about us as a team and we improve our performance

The total entries for all four trials were as follows:

75 utility entries; 65 open entries; 39 novice entries; 84 optional titling entries; 92 wild card entries

We had a lot of support from the Indian River Obedience Club and the Brevard County Dog Training Club. Think about supporting their trials in August and October in Melbourne. It is a great venue with hotels close by the auditori- um.

Based on my record keeping of income from entries and expenses, it appears the club made money this year - $412. This profit was a direct result in Fran Smith’s hard work with the Raffle and the practice ring many people paid and took advantage of. Obedience Trials SELDOM make money. That is why in 1995, as we were seeing more and more agility trials in Florida (at that time they had to be in conjunction with obedience trials) it became apparent that agility was a great way to offset the cost of obedience trials. A few of the club’s members approached the Board and members with the proposal to start agility at OTC. It was not met with enthusiasm. In fact, one of the most OUTSPOKEN opponents to this idea was our very own benefactor, Buz Taylor. With perseverance and actual figures as to what these trials could bring into the club and the cost of minimal equipment to start with (some was handmade), the membership finally agreed to add agility to the performance events this club participates in. Buz forgave us because he realized this would benefit his beloved obedience.

Thank you again to all who came to show, help or just observe. Happy Trialing.

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Thank you to the hard working members who put the clubhouse back to rights after new flooring had been laid.

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The Story of a Junior The 4H (Hand, Heart, Head, Health) is a youth club that teaches students under 18 years old to be responsible by learning how to care for animals, or engage in projects such as sewing and robot- ics or train their dogs in obedience. Community Service is also an important part of this club.

Two years ago I was asked by a 4H leader if I would come to the St. Lucie County fair and judge the 4H obedience members in a friendly competition. I agreed. It was quite engaging to see these young people working their dogs. In March of this year I was once again asked if I would come and judge. I saw many of the same students as the year before including a young lady by the name of Grace Pardo (almost 15). This year, Grace decided to take the next step and do the obedience routine off lead. I was so impressed with the progress she had made from last year, I offered to mentor her if she was interested in earning some AKC titles.

After speaking with Grace’s mother, I started traveling to Grace’s house one or two days a week to work with her and her little Chihuahua Cookie. I also brought her to the club for run thrus as school work and timing allowed. Grace and Cookie worked very hard on the Beginning Novice exercises. Unfortunately, Grace had picked up some bad habits, not knowing any better. We spent a lot of time smoothing out those rough patches.

As our June obedience trial approached, Grace felt she was ready to give the Beginner Novice title a try. She and Cookie showed in the morning trial and passed. Her score was not great, but for the first time in the ring, she did great. I saw that some of those rough patches had come back to haunt her again, which accounted for her low score. Saturday afternoon, all was going well until Grace told Cookie to stay and as Grace started to walk away, she swung her hand and Cookie thought she was telling her to come. Rookie mistake and an NQ. Now Grace had a taste of a Q and an NQ. She wanted two more Q’s and a title.

Sunday came and Grace and Cookie did much better and their score reflected it. Still not the score Grace wanted, so she practiced with Cookie until the afternoon trial. Grace’s had work paid off. Not only did she finish her title in four shows, but got a 197 in the afternoon trial. She was ecstatic. Now we are practicing for the Novice title. Her mother says Melbourne is doable, so look for Grace and Cookie at the Indian River Dog Training club in Melbourne August 1 and 2. Three trials in two days. They are also offering Rally.

If you have a chance to mentor a young person, please take the opportunity. Your children, grandchil- dren, next door neighbors. It has been rewarding introducing Grace to a sport I love so much. I look forward to seeing her earn future titles.

Celeste Platte One year from my Silver Medal 7 Obedience Training Club of Palm Beach County Lead Lines June 2015

Brags OTCPBC at the Boca Raton Dog Show. Thank you to Catherine Cassidy, Lucy Carr, Marti Hohman and Betty Gansky for giving their time and working at the OTCPBC table during the Boca Raton Dog Show on Saturday, June 6th & Sunday, June 7th. We sold raffle tickets to support our Bark and Bowl team and spoke with lots of folks about training, Barn Hunt, Obedience Trials etc. Thank you to the members who stopped to say hello as well. Kelly McDonough – OTCPBC Secretary.

Kelly McDonough & Rosie, Sean with Lucy Carr and Lark with Catherine Cassidy.

*********************************************************************************************************************** Angel earned her OFP (Open Fast Preferred) title in Arcadia with a 1st place. She also earned her 1st leg of her Excellent Fast Preferred title during the trial with a 1st place and lots of cheers & applause from the crowd as well as Bob Jeffers the judge.

Betty & Angel, CDX,RE,MX,AXJ,NF,OFP

********************************************************************************************************************** Propwash Wicked Good, CGC, RA, NAJ (aka Ginger) earned the Novice Agility Jumps with Weaves title at the OTCPBC trial in Arcadia this month ! A first place title run also caught on digital recording never felt better! She currently has one leg to Novice Standard Agility, one leg toward RE, and two legs toward the novice obedience CD. All of it is hard work and lots of practice. Diana Johnson Ford

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SATURDAY

Kim Carey and Nadia High in class large open

Karen Lewis and Remy High in class novice large

New title - rat Liese Hookey and Kali

High in class open Sue Carlson and Pendleton

SUNDAY

Prue won first place in novice medium on Sunday

Marti Hohmann 8

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On May 30 and 31, Chance, who is a white Maltese Poodle listed as an American Dog, earned three 1st place legs in medium dog group for a title in the Novice Barn Hunt. (RATN) He also had a time of 31:19 seconds on one of his legs and received a 1st place in the Novice class of all dogs. On June 20 and 21 at OTCPBC, Chance earned two first place legs in Open Barn Hunt for medium dogs. Barbara Zaniewski **********************************************************************************************************************

Suzi Carlson and her English Cocker, Pendleton, tried out their first real barn hunt at Tailwaggers' event May 30 and 31. Pendleton got his Rat Instinct title in 30 seconds! After a few more hay flying hours, he got second place in Novice and his first leg.

Update: Pendleton got his novice title,today at OTC. Two second places again.

More brag update. On Sunday Pendleton got his first leg in open and won High in class.

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Gabe and I won the cut glass bowl and vase you presented to the High in Trial recipient at the OTCPBC Trial June 6 & 7. We won One on Saturday and one Sunday afternoon. Thank you! I like both very much. I am using the bowl this evening to take fruit and berries to our monthly community covered dish dinner. It makes a lovely presentation. Thank you for contributing to our wonderful sport. Your awards are beautiful and useful.

Sincerely, Betsy Reiney The HIT prizes were contributed by Better Gansky for our trials Saturday and Sunday - editor

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William got his Rally Novice and Rally Advanced titles in straight shows, and his first leg in Novice B Obedience. So he is now Overlook's Sutton Downpour, RA. Thanks to our instructors: Peggy, Betty, Gary and Janet.

Have a good summer! See you in the late fall.

Jonathan & Lynn Halpern

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Dana Elmore and Coco Pom earned their MACH 8 title in Agility at the Calusa Dog Agility Club trials in Arcadia on Saturday, June 13th. Coco Pom was the number one Pomeranian in AKC Agility for 2014 and the 2014 Agility Invitationals. She is also leading the scoring for the AKC Top Dog award again this year and is the number one Pomeranian invited to this year’s Agility Invitational. Not bad for a little girl that will turn 10 on August 1st.

“Mighty Mouse”, Dana’s 2 year old Papillon earned his Open Standard and Excellent Jumpers titles at the OTCPBC Agility trials in Arcadia with Blue Ribbon performances.

Sky Cowboy continues to improve his yards per second times in agility, currently holding the number two spot in the Bad Dog Agility Power 60 rankings for 8” jump height dogs thru the first quarter of this year. He ran his fastest time ever in jumpers last weekend in Arcadia, averaging 6.48 yards per second.

Phil Elmore ************************************************************************************************************

Pockets got his OTCH under judge Jeff Kearn at the Ocala show. Janet Gomez and OTCH Morninglo Pockets Full of Sunshine

CONGRATULATIONS Janet. Our first OTCH in years..

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Please feel free to send me your brags as you achieve your goals. You do not need to wait for me to ask for them. If I do not respond to you within two days, please give me a poke and make sure I received your brag. I have had things go missing in cyber space, never to be heard from again.

Celeste Platte Editor - Lead Lines

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The OTCPBC Board of Directors A Special meeting on Monday, May 11, 2015.

Board Members in attendance: Betty Gansky, President, Frank Lannon, Vice President, Joan Bruno, Secretary, Liese Hookey, Treasurer Page Athan, Board Member, Robert Millar, Advisor – for beginning portion only.

Guests: Marti Hohmann, Training Coordinator, Peggy DeMinico, Asst. Training Coordinator & Diane Wolak, OTCPBC General Member

Absent: Marjorie Butcher and Kelly McDonough, Board Members

Betty Gansky called the meeting to order at 7:05 P.M Liese Hookey requested this meeting to speak with the board about changing/adding to some of her bookkeeping practices. Betty announced that the mirrors will come down this Friday, May 12 and will be put back up after the Barn Hunt. It’s better to have them taken down and Page has someone who will take them down and store them. Page is covering the cost for the labor and storage . MANY THANKS, PAGE!!!! INSTRUCTOR PAYMENTS Liese took the floor and discussed invoices for Instructors teaching classes. According to the Accountant back up is needed for checks going out as Instructor payment. The night before the last class the instructor should send Liese the invoice with either Marti or Peggy’s ap- proval for payment. Peggy will be responsible for keeping track of the invoice supply etc. Instructors will now need to complete a W-4 form and send to Liese. If they receive payments in access of $600; Liese will issue a 1099 at the end of the year.

PAYPAL VS. CHASE CREDIT CARD MERCHANT SERVICES A discussion ensued regarding the rates that PayPal charges Chase Credit Card Merchant Services. Vari- ous fees were brought up Chase 1.9% fee. Marti pointed out potential challenges with Chase on other fees that would be charged as well. PayPal is cheaper and we are able to charge back the consumer for the Paypal fees. There would also be a sizeable fee for the reprogramming of the website shopping cart to change from Paypal to Chase. Motion was made by Joan Bruno to stay with PayPal and seconded by Frank Lannon. Motion approved.

TRAINING CLASS ROSTERS Discussion ensued regarding Liese’s with class rosters. A refined process is needed to ensure that everyone is paying the correct amounts for the classes. Payment for class must be received 14 days in advance or their spot will be cancelled. Diane Wolak will send reminder emails out 14 days prior to class to unpaid registrants. Diane would like to collect the checks. Joan stated that she is not a member of the board and did not think she was bonded; Liese will call Equisure to find out . Motion made by Page to allow Diane Wolak to assist Liese as needed with training rosters etc. Seconded by Frank Lannon. Motion passed.

CPA Discussion ensued regarding the requirements that the CPA, John Pearce, wants us to do. He wants us to tell him the amount of entries for each trial we had for 2014. We have never heard of something like that. Betty told Liese to call AKC and see if they can give you the totals. When Liese called AKC, they gave her the numbers. But, the person at AKC told her he has never in eleven years had anyone ask for this information. Mr.P earce has filed for an extension so we can resolve this issue. Joan asked Liese to look up the 2013 #990 and see if this information was entered on it or call John Pearce and ask him what line it is on.

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MEMBER DISCOUNTS Betty and Marti spoke about discounts for members. They already get discounts and also a discount for hours volunteered. There is nothing in the Policy & Procedures addressing this

INSTRUCTOR PAYMENTS

Discussion ensued regarding paying all instructors money for teaching. The regular 7 week classes, instructors earn $100.00. Question as to why the drop-in instructors are not paid. Betty noted that she drives 37 minutes to give a class and receives nothing in compensation for this. Payments for instructing should be for all instructors. A decision was made that all instructors get $100.00 and they can give their assistant 10% of what they have received. Drop in instructors will receive 10% of the money collected for their drop-in class. The difference goes to Treasurer. Vote was YES except for Joan who voted NO.

Frank made a motion to adjourn. Page seconded. Meeting adjourned at 8:45P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

Kelly A McDonough OTCPBC - Secretary

June General Membership Meeting Minutes – June 1, 2015.

Total of 36 members and 2 guests

Meeting called to order at 7:10pm by President Betty Gansky.

Betty Gansky requested a motion to approve the May General Membership Meeting Minutes in Lead Lines. Fran Smith made the motion to accept the minutes as they appeared in Lead Lines. Gary Roche seconded the motion. Vote passed unanimously.

President’s Message: Betty Gansky announced the change in OTCPBC Board positions. Joan Bruno had resigned from the position of Secretary and Kelly McDonough had resigned from the board effective May 31, 2015. The Board nominat- ed Kelly McDonough as Secretary and Joan Bruno as a board member. Approved by the board.

Treasurer’s Report Liese Hookey reported the balances in both checking and savings account.

Tracking Report Fran Smith announced that Joe Hamzy agreed to start a beginners tracking class on Thursday night at 6pm; starting on June 18th – 6 week class at Dyer Park. $30 members // $50 non-members. Jane and Fran will be having “tracking run throughs” once a month at Okeeheelee Park.

Obedience Trial Report: Discussion ensued regarding the entries for this year vs. last year and possible changes of AKC rules on trials. Average entries around 70 – 75 on Sunday. Trials start at 8am on Saturday and Sunday. Raffle will be on Saturday and held at 2pm. Charlotte has 2 baskets for a raffle for the stewards, one for each day.

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Betty Gansky reported on the issue with the Port St. Lucie Fairgrounds (PSL) wanting an additional $700 payment for this trial; potentially losing the 25% since we are not a 501c3. Betty was requested to sign a new sig- nature for the June Obedience Trial due to the change in officers. Betty was able to get the fairgrounds to honor the 25% discount for the June Trial but a decision of a discount in the future was not decided by the fairgrounds at this time. PSL requested obedience trial photos that they can use on their website.

Training Report: Marti Hohman reported on the following classes and run-throughs Run thrus 6/2 @ 6:15 Utility to Novice

Steve Campbell is offering Confirmation Drop in 2 nights in June. 6/16 & 6/29 @ 6:30 – 7:15pm. Intro to Agility starts Wednesday, June 17th. Basic Obedience: Saturday, June 27 @ 1pm with Charlotte Czermann and Thursday, July 9 @ 6pm with Peggy DeMinico. Therapy Dog, Monday July 6 @6:30pm with Lindsey Smith. After 6 weeks we will offer the TDI exam. Intro to Utility, Wednesday July 15 @ 5pm with Kathy Kryla Problem Solving Drop-In Thursday, June 18 @ 7pm with Page Athan $10/ $8 CGC Class June 27 @ 2pm with Charlotte Czermann Never-ending Puppy training– Wednesday @ 6:30pm with Marti Hohman & Lindsey Smith $10/ $8 Nose Work – Odor – Saturday, June 27 – 6 weeks @ 10am and 11:30am with Judy McPartland Intro to Tracking, Thursday June 18 – Dyer Park @ 6pm Rally Drop in on Wednesday @ 7:30pm with Peggy DeMinico $10/$8 CGC Drill Drop in on Tuesday @ 7:30pm with Marti Hohman $10/$8

Barn Hunt – June 20 & 21 Still accepting entries – show registrations close June 10th. Private lessons with Kathy Kent on 6/19 - 2pm – 5pm $20 for 15 minutes of her time. Marti needs assistance with Barn Hunt. Carol Ann Klein has volunteered to be the volunteer wrangler. Betty inquired about the trial limits for judges.

Betty Gansky reported that the September Rally & Obedience Premiums have been sent into the AKC and they are on the website. The June 11 – 14, 2015 Agility trial in Arcadia is closed and has 2,335 entrees.

DOCOF Report Bob Millar reported that DOCOF is on Sunday, September 6th. Judges: Janice Leach & Richard Wood for Novice, Sharon Hodges-Wood & Marianne Higgs for Open and Lynn Eckers (sp?) and Jim Ham for Utility. The site for the event has changed to the Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee. Discussion ensued about qualifications and requirements to compete at DOCOF. Bob will send out an email to membership with additional current information and requirements.

New Member Applications Marjorie Butcher did the second reading for Judy McPartland. She has English Springer Spaniels, and is sponsored by Betty Gansky & Frank Lannon. Fran Smith motioned to accept membership application. Carol Munn seconded. Membership approved.

First reading for Destiny Hansen, has Australian Shepherd, sponsored by Marti Hohman and Peggy DeMinico.

New Business: Silver Medalist Dinner will be on July 16th at the River House Restaurant. New Silver Medalists are: Margi Lehnertz, Kathy Kryla and Rosemarie Siebeneck. A silver medalist is anyone who has completed 25 years of un-interrupted membership.

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Please send any announcements or email changes to Kelly McDonough, Secretary. Email: [email protected].

The Club Picnic is July 6, 2015, starting at 6:30pm. The club will provide hot dogs, hamburgers and Boca burgers, including the buns. Members are asked to bring a dish. Donna Kornmeyer will coordinate the event. We will have a very brief meeting to vote in new members.

January Trial – January16 & 17, 2016: Betty Gansky asked the membership if we want to mirror the Sept Rally Trial on Friday and Obedience Novice & Open on Saturday & Sunday for the January Trial. Rally starts at 1pm on Friday. Carol Ann Klein can judge all three days. Do we want to try to have a full trial with limited entries? All classes have to be offered except the optional, we would want to offer the Beginner Nov- ice. Discussion ensued regarding the preferred classes. It will be necessary to check AKC regulations on these; decision to be made after we have clarification. Motion made to have a full trial in January with limited entries by Janet Moore and seconded by Sherry Cooper.

Fran Smith will be the Trial Chair if Diana Johnson-Ford will be the trial secretary and Betty assisting. Marti and Judy would like to offer nose competition in conjunction with the trial – more information/research to follow on this.

Flooring is on schedule to be delivered on Friday June 5th. Installers are coming over the weekend to install the floor. Discussion ensued about sealing the floor and the additional and ongoing costs with it.

Celeste Platte made the motion to approve the purchase of flooring and installation from American Mats without the sealant. Bob Vence seconded the motion. Approved by membership.

Discussion ensued about asking for donations for flooring and plaque for donors. Page Athan made motion to not have a recognition plaque and Donna Kornmeyer seconded motion. Approved by membership.

Access Cards – Kelly McDonough is still handling the security company communications.

Front Door – should be repaired on Tuesday, June 2, 2015.

Betty Gansky thanked Joe Wolak for coming in and adjusting the doors in the club with the new floor and the additional work he has done in the club.

Kelly McDonough reported that the club will have 2 tables at the Boca Raton Dog Show the weekend of June 6 & 7th. We will have PowerPoint presentation and various brochures available.

Marti Hohman with Lark did the first AKC Urban CGC exam with Mary Macchia with Vera and Catherine Cassidy with Sophie in West Palm Beach City Place. This event was recorded to be a part of an AKC video. Betty thanked the participants.

Next video project is to video each Rally Sign. Need volunteers. Peggy DeMinico is the lead on this project.

6th Bark and Bowl is Saturday, July 18th at 7pm. at Bowl O Rama on South Military Trail. Our team is OTCPBC Paws for Cure. We all need to raise money for this event, we need to raise $500 to bowl. This is not an event for dogs to attend. We will give a gift certificate for a training class as a donation for the event.

Betty reminded the membership that we always need volunteers.

Fran Smith made the motion to adjourn the meeting. Bob Vence seconded the motion.

Respectfully submitted, 14 Kelly A McDonough Secretary. Obedience Training Club of Palm Beach County Lead Lines June 2015

Board Meeting Conference Call Meeting Minutes – June 8, 2015.

On Conference Call: Betty Gansky – President Frank Lannon – Vice President Liese Hookey – Treasurer Kelly McDonough – Secretary Page Athan – Board Member Joan Bruno – Board Member

Absent: Marjorie Butcher

Betty Gansky, President called the meeting to order at 7:10pm.

Discussion ensued regarding the condition of the mats as they were rolled up on Thursday at the Club. Betty stated that Sherry Cooper made a motion to dispose of the moldy mats at that time. Betty stopped all work and gathered the members present and a vote was taken to dispose of the mats with mold after the trial. Vote passed unanimously. Some of the mats with mold were disposed of in Ft. Pierce – the remainder (including mats with mold) is on the rental truck with all of the equipment from the trial.

Discussion also ensued regarding the heavy brown tables. The club did not purchase these tables; they were donated by various club members over the years. Concern was raised that these tables may damage the new floor and they are very heavy to move. At the trial on Saturday, Fran Smith approached Betty about taking the brown tables home with her to use for a garage sale. Betty agreed to allow Fran to take the tables. Fran had mentioned bringing two of the tables back for the July party. They could be used outside for the grilling and then put in the shed afterwards.

Betty recommended purchasing approx. 6 – 6’ lighter weight white tables that are approximately $49.00 each.

Motion made by Frank Lannon, Vice President, that Fran Smith may take the brown tables home and that she is to dispose of the tables that she does not want. Page Athan seconded motion. Vote passed unanimously.

Motion made by Kelly McDonough, Secretary, to dispose of any mats that have mold on them. Joan Bruno, Board Member seconded the motion. Vote passed unanimously.

Betty will contact Laura at the St. Lucie Fairgrounds regarding the truck returning there for the disposal of the mats with mold.

Joan will contact Celeste regarding the mat disposal and the truck returning to OTCPBC with the equipment to be unloaded.

Frank Lannon made the motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:35pm. Kelly McDonough seconded the motion. Conference call ended.

Respectfully Submitted, Kelly A McDonough OTCPBC, Secretary