In This Issue: January 2020 Cocker Judges Ballot ...............p.18 Invitees to Owner-Handled Top Twenty ........p.34 National Specialty Checklist ...............Back Cover AMERICAN SPANIEL CLUB, INC. BOARD MEMBERS, 2018 President Director, Zone I Diane Kepley Stacy Dobmeier [email protected] [email protected] First Vice-President Alternate Director, Zone I Julie Virosteck Vivian Hudson [email protected] [email protected] Second Vice-President Director, Zone II Kathleen Brock Dale Ward [email protected] [email protected] Secretary Alternate Director, Zone II Kathleen L. Patterson Karin Linde Klerholme P.O. Box 4194 [email protected] Frankfort, KY 40604-4194 502-875-4489 V Director, Zone III 866-243-1068 F Bonnie Buell [email protected] [email protected] Treasurer Alternate Director, Zone III Beth Williams Lisa Arnett [email protected] [email protected] Director, Class of 2019 Director, Zone IV James Davis Lynda McLean [email protected] [email protected] Director, Class of 2019 Alternate Director, Zone IV Mary Napper Lane Tarantino [email protected] [email protected] Director, Class of 2019 Director, Zone V Mark Ragusa Alan Santos [email protected] [email protected] Director, Class of 2020 Alternate Director, Zone V David Donaldson DeAnn Jepson [email protected] [email protected] Director, Class of 2020 Effective January 2018 Per Rismyhr [email protected] Director, Class of 2020 Mariecel Torres-Young [email protected] Copyright 2018, American Spaniel Club, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permission Speaking of the National, the volunteer team from Zone 4 is heading toward the finish line in Albany, Oregon for PRESIDENT’S REPORT what will be a packed week of national specialty activities. Show chair Stephanie Kaul has come up with some excit - I’ve been thinking a lot ing new events, including the first ever NOHS Top Twenty! lately about volunteers – I’m hoping many of our members will take advantage of the people who bring life to all the Pacific Northwest has to offer by attending this every organization like the year’s National at the Linn County Expo Center in Albany, American Spaniel Club. In OR. recent weeks I have trav - eled around the country to As you know, in recent years, we have held the ASC attend National specialties National at Purina Farms outside of St. Louis, which put on by other parent included both a Cockers only and all-breed agility trials. clubs, and I have met with This year, the Mid-Michigan Cocker Spaniel Club will be our own talented members holding the ASC agility trial there the weekend before the who have volunteered their National. The ASC is also sponsoring agility trials in the time in so many ways. And Northeast later in the summer. I have come away from these trips and meetings with a Planning is underway for the 2019 American Spaniel renewed appreciation of the hard work that’s being done Club Flushing Spaniel Show. This year, for the first time in by so many people. nearly 40 years, the ASC will be offering classes for Irish The one word that stands out to describe each volun - Water Spaniels. The Irish Water Spaniel is one of the orig - teer and the projects being worked on is “dedication”. inal breeds that participated in ASC shows. In 1976, the There is diversity among our members, but every volun - Irish Water Spaniel CH. Oaktree’s Irishtocrat was awarded teer with whom I have had contact has at least this in Best in Show at the Flushing Spaniel Show. The breed’s common — a deep desire to work for the betterment of the parent club withdrew from ASC events a few years later, breed and the club that represents it. but in a recent vote the Irish Water Spaniel Club of America voted unanimously to seek a return. The ASC For ASC volunteers that dedication is at the heart of Board has voted overwhelmingly to welcome them back. much of what we have accomplished, and will accomplish in the months ahead. We are also planning for the 2020 ASC Flushing Spaniel Show, which will be the club’s 100th. Two years ago, the ASC Board approved a Strategic Plan for the club, outlining a number of goals to improve the Over the past few months – dedicated volunteers have club and its outreach efforts. Among the most critical also poured their efforts into fundraising for the American means of improving our outreach to members and the Spaniel Club Foundation’s Eye Support Cockers research public was with the development of a new website. efforts — with several auctions and other events. As a result of the hard work of our team of volunteers, And in other news, the AKC is developing new online the new ASC website is now up and running. We know courses to educate judges about various breeds. During there are still portions to be completed, so if you have the AKC National Championship show week in Orlando in ideas for making it even better, please let me know. And if 2017, the AKC did interviews with Cocker Spaniel breeder you have any amount of time to volunteer with content judges and videotaped several dogs to use as part of a new development, uploading information, or design – your online course on our breed. The ASC Board is working help would be greatly appreciated. Please make sure you with the AKC on the production of the course, which bookmark the new site to make it easier to find! should be completed by the end of the year. www.americanspanielclub.org . To return to my opening thoughts — none of these Another portion of the Strategic Plan is an effort to efforts are possible without the hard work and dedication maintain our current membership while looking for ways of volunteers. Whatever your interests are, we are interest - to recruit new members and provide new activities for ed in your help. To that end, we hope you will look over member participation. Since the Strategic Plan was adopt - the volunteer interest form posted on the Yahoo List and ed there has been a three-fold increase in new members! included in this edition of the Bulletin. If you have any tal - Marlene Ness is spearheading the membership expansion ent or time, there are ways you too can contribute to the effort, and Stacie Baumgartner is heading up our activities betterment of the breed and the club. outreach. Both would be happy to have a few more help - THANK YOU! ing hands. Hug your dogs — and above all be merry! The ASC Board has also completed its review of the club’s current bylaws and has submitted a revision to the Diane Kepley AKC for its review. We hope to have final approval from ASC President the AKC before the National in July. Page 4 AMERICAN SPANIEL CLUB, INC. BULLETIN June 2018 AMERICAN SPANIEL CLUB, INC. VOLUNTEER INTEREST FORM Please return to Kathleen Patterson, ASC Secretary, PO Box 4194, Frankfort, KY 40604 ([email protected]) Name: ________________________________________________ Date: ________________________ Mailing Address: ______________________________________________________________________ City: ______________________________ State: _______________ Postal Code: ______________ Preferred Telephone #: ___________________ Email Address: _____________________________ Vocation or Work Experience: Volunteer Experience: Volunteer Interests: Other Experience: Areas of Interest (Please specify other interests in blank spaces) J ASC Board of Directors J Communications/Outreach J ASC Website (technical assistance) J Social Media J ASC Website Content J Marketing/PR (development and updates) J Branding J Public Education J Breeder Education J History/Archives J Judges Education J Membership Development J ASC Activities/Planning and Promotion J National Specialty Show Events J Flushing Spaniel Show Events J Companion Dog Events J National Field Events (in the adjacent space specify agility, obedience, rally, tracking or other) AMERICAN SPANIEL CLUB, INC. BULLETIN June 2018 Page 5 TREASURER’S REPORT Fellow Members, Unrestricted Funds Here I have provided a Regions Bank ...................................$47,934.15 report of the 2018 Annual Fidelity ‘Cash Surplus’ account ..........$11,578.90 Flushing Show. As you can see, we experienced a Total Unrestricted Funds ................$59,513.05 large deficit this year. This Restricted Funds ...........................$122,537.64 can be attributed to many factors. The last column of the chart below compares line items from 2017 and 2018. You can see areas in which less was earned, less was spent, more was earned, etc. We had very few outstanding trophy pledges this year - thank you to Kim Vavolo and all who donated on time this year! The participation and support of all of our members and exhibitors makes a huge difference. I have also summarized our current finances. Be reminded that ‘Restricted Funds’ are those invested in Fidelity accounts, the interest on which pays for Perpetual Memorial Trophies (for which we are taxed). Our ‘Unrestricted Funds’ include our check - ing account with Regions Bank and a surplus cash investment account with Fidelity. If you have any ques - tions or concerns, the best way to contact me is via e- mail: [email protected] Respectfully submitted, Beth Williams ASC Treasurer Net 2018 Net Loss 2017 (– $10,934.54) (– $1,593.99) *Donations include trophies & rosettes; rosettes are included in the superintendent's invoice, not the "trophy expense" line item above Page 10 AMERICAN SPANIEL CLUB, INC. BULLETIN June 2018 There is a lot to be said about the literary support of children reading to our patient and loving therapy dogs. THERAPY DOGS Having dogs beside them as they read helps them to focus, believe it or not! The therapy dog is not judgmental, and it helps to eliminate the stress of possibly not pronouncing every word correctly.