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SPRING 2014 Newsletter SPRING 2014 Newsletter • 1 Table of Contents SPRING 2014 NEWSLETTER In This Issue... Published two times each 2014 Calendar of Events ....................................3 year and distributed to all CSRPO members 2014 Walt Disney Award: Joyce Stierlin ..........4 California News .................................................8 2013 CSRPO Annual Meeting 2014 Board Of Director’s Meeting Editor & Sexing Pendulum-Science or Hokum ............... 18 Publicity Chairman Sacramento Area News .................................... 20 Scholarship Report-2013 Convention .............. 22 Chou Hang 2013 CSRPO Convention Report ....................... 24 CSRPO Publicity Director Bakersfield Annual Show & Auction ............... 26 5384 E. Tulare Ave. Tony The Mentor Says: .................................... 31 Fresno, CA 93737 (559) 307-7171 [email protected] Advertisers Deadlines Plymouth Peak Pro Challenge ...................... Cover Spring issue: February 15th 2014 Gold Country Challenge ............................7 Fall Issue: August 1st Shasta Classic .................................................. 18 San Diego Holiday Classic ................................ 23 calpigeon.org 2014 M&M Classic ........................................... 30 Hayward RPC-Bob Wright Memorial ................ 40 2014 Sierra Ranch Classic ................. Back Cover President Publicity Director Bill Barger Chou Hang 3756 Hackett Ave 5384 E. Tulare Ave. Long Beach, CA 90808 Fresno, CA 93737 562-429-2188 (559) 307-7171 [email protected] [email protected] Digital Preparation Secretary-Treasurer Website Information Joyce Stierlin Sonny Cangiarella Dick Tristao 2910 Eagle Rock [email protected] TwoBitGrafix Penryn, CA 95663 2120 E. Kaweah ct. 916-847-9988 Finance Chairman [email protected] Mike Brazil Visalia, Ca. 93292 5385 Edna Valley Rd Past President 559 625-3590 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Darryl Coston [email protected] [email protected] 8800 Clydesdale St. Bakersfield CA 93307 661-912-7769 [email protected] 2 • CSRPO NEWSLETTER - SPRING 2014 Pigeon Potpourri ORDINANCE ASSISTANCE PROTOCOL f any member in good standing with CSRPO requests assistance with an ordinance problem, we 2014 Ifirst assure the flyer has: 1. No CC&Rs restricting the keeping of racing homing pigeons. CALENDAR 2. Conformed to local zoning laws regarding the keeping of racing homing pigeons. OF EVENTS 3. Followed building codes and obtained required permits. 01/25/14 Bakersfield Rpc Annual Show 4. Complied with licensing requirements regarding the keeping of racing homing pigeons. & Auction 02/01-05/15 Sierra Ranch 5 Race Series 5. Kept his /her racingOLD homing pigeons in a healthy atmosphere. 09/17/14 The Shasta Classic Race The CSRPO will then endeavor to help the fancier 10/12/14 San Francisco Bay Area to the following extent, provided that he/she has furnished information requested by the Ordinance Triple Challenge Chairman and that he/she is in compliance with the aforementioned restrictions. 10/18/14 Plymouth Peak OLR A. Match local funds raised and paid to a law 10/19/14 The 2014 Golden State Classic firm for fighting the ordinance problem. Such 11/2/14 Gold Country Challenge matching funds are not to exceed $3,000 per case unless prior authorization for more money has been obtained from the full Board of Directors. In all cases, the CSRPO will not reimburse the locality more than the portion they have raised and paid as their share of the matching funds. B. Request ARPU to assist with funding of the ordinance litigation. For further information, contact your regional vice president. See the web site for updates www.calpigeon.org Pigeon Potpourri • 3 Joyce Stierlin 2014 CSRPO Walt Disney Award Winner By: Chou Hang am please to announce that Joyce Stierlin race. There are six different divisions that has been awarded the Disney award for members can apply and qualify for. For more 2014. For those who do not realize how information please see out CSRPO website Ihard it is to obtain this award I will explain under the CSRPO information tab. On a little about the process. To be eligible the behalf of myself and the organization I want applicants must fly a total of eight old bird to congratulate Joyce for this achievement. races with a minimum of 2500 miles and five Now for a little information about Joyce. young bird races with a minimum of 1000 miles. The point system is more complicated How did you get started in pigeons? but it pretty much sums down to that you have to have a bird qualify in every one of those races In the ‘70s my late husband Roy to be eligible and then all races are totaled up spent many long nights on law enforcement by the number of points you receive in each stakeouts with state judge and breeder 4 • CSRPO NEWSLETTER - SPRING 2014 extraordinaire Mel Miroth as they tracked the which meant whenever I’d get a bird that comings and goings of heroin dealers. Mel won a couple races he’d pull it and stock it talked for hours…and hours…and hours (DARN!). Then at the end of each season about his pigeons. That awakened Roy’s he’d take two cocks and two hens with the childhood memories of pigeon flocks circling best record and stock them. Over the years he over his Davenport, Iowa neighborhood bought birds at the State Race auctions and where many Belgian families resided. Mel Fort Sutter auctions to bring in new blood. helped us find a couple of breeder pairs, we One of the birds that did so well last year was joined the Sacramento RPC, and fell in love from Roy’s old family. with the sport. One of my fondest memories of that time was watching Stan Melville crank What training methods do you use? his old abacus-looking clunky calculator to figure bird speeds at knockoff after looking Training varies greatly depending upon up the deviations in his “black book”. When how the birds are responding and distance Jay Weisgerber introduced the first handheld of the upcoming race. In general, though, I Texas Instruments TI mini computer to loft-fly most days until one month before the do the speed calculations, most flyers (with season and then go up into the Sierras three Charlie Jacinth leading the pack) poo-poohed times a week to build lung power (and also it as “impossible to get the clock variation because I love driving in the Sierras!). One right”. We persevered, though, tried the thing I learned this past year was to leave “new-fangled thang”, and cut final KO from a the old birds alone and quiet on shipping many-hour ordeal to under an hour. I do kind day. This I learned because my family comes of miss racing into the clubhouse ten seconds first and there were so many graduations and before knockoff time to turn the clock crank weddings that took me away from home on at the beep of the time cube. Well no, not shipping days. Thank goodness for great really, ‘cause I’m several dozen years older now friends like fellow Penryn-ite Larry Holmes and my walker doesn’t go that fast! who helped out by boxing up the birds and taking them to shipping for me. Anyway, my What breeding methods do you use? absences seemed to be good for the birds… they did better whenever I was gone. Thank Roy always handled the breeding goodness, too, for the Benzing-Live clocking program and I did the loft management and system that a few of us in the Camellia City flying. His method was mate best-to-best, Combine are testing. That allowed me to go 2014 Walt Disney Award • 5 into the Internet on my cell phone, see who was flying partner Henry Coors showed me years clocking, and see how their speed compared to ago how the hens in their flying loft treated others in the combine. Great fun! him like their lover, cooing at him whenever he walked into the loft. All other things being How do you feed your birds? equal, motivation makes the difference. The birds know if you really love them. Enjoy our Again, feeding varies greatly depending sport and enjoy your birds. upon weather and distance of the upcoming race. I make a general written plan with Strains or birds that have helped you win the details of the amounts and types of grains Disney Award? to feed each day, and then execute that plan every day. All feed is super clean and weighed As I said above, 658 is down from Roy’s to keep the birds at about 1.25 ounces per old family. He didn’t keep pedigrees so I don’t bird per day when they’re training or racing. know much about the strains involved, but his Medications are done the same way and the breeders came from such people as Ted Little, waterers are cleaned and sanitized every day. Al Rubida, George Choi and Mel Miroth. One thing I did learn in the past couple of The other great old bird last year was 12204 years was an old bird feeding program from which came from Ed Minvielle’s cross of Stanton Woody that emphasizes seeds with Colin Walkers and Armand Zazuettas. Both lots of fat for the old birds. That made a huge birds clocked consistently at the top of the difference in their performance. sheet; it was a real MIRACLE! I hope all fancers have such a wonderful season at least What words of wisdom would you pass on to once in their flying career. When you work new fliers? hard year after year and you are blessed with your miracle season, ENJOY! Read everything you can get your hands on, and develop friendships with other flyers. Listen to their ideas and try the ones that make most sense for you. Don’t try more than one new thing at a time, and try it for a long enough period of time to give it a real chance.
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