Boston Phonics Newsletter The official newsletter of the Boston Terrier Club of Portland, Oregon
		May 2002
BOSTON TERRIER CLUB OF PORTLAND, Inc. OFFICERS ANN SPURLING-SUNDAY PRESIDENT 5476 New Hope Road Grants Pass, OR 97527 541-479-8345 Email: SungloBostons@terragon.com   CHARLES STEVENSON VICE PRESIDENT 4328 88th  Avenue SW Olympia, WA 98512 360-352-5468   LINDA STENT SECRETARY 1414 SE Salmon Portland, OR 97214 (503) 231-0158 Email: LStent@LHS.org   PAT MCCANN TREASURER 4065 NW Highland Drive Corvallis, OR 97330 541-752-2563   EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Kelly Estes Kimberley Bass 3rd director is pending    NEWSLETTER EDITOR Kimberley Bass 10202 NE 94th Avenue Vancouver, WA 98662 360-254-1942 Email: WidgetsBTs@aol.com		Upcoming Conformation Shows   Oympia Dog Fanciers – Onofrio Dog Show Services Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds – Elma, Washington Closing date: Closed Show dates: 05/04/02 - Boston Terrier judge is L.A. Reasin 05/05/02 - Boston Terrier judge is Donna M. Cole   64th Annual BTCP Specialty Show & Sweepstakes – Garvin Show Services Clackamas County Fairgrounds – Canby, Oregon Closing date: 06/05/02 Show dates: 06/21/02 - Boston Terrier judge is Patty Wietrick (Sweepstakes)   06/21/02 - Boston Terrier judge is Mrs. Sharon A. Krogh (Specialty)   Clackamas Kennel Club – Onofrio Dog Show Services Clackamas County Fairgrounds – Canby, Oregon Closing date: 06/05/02 Show dates: 06/22/02 - Boston Terrier judge is N L Fingerhut 06/23/02 - Boston Terrier judge is M J Van De Kinder   The next BTCP meeting is scheduled for May 5, 2002. It is tentatively scheduled at Kelly Estes’ home (fair weather). In the event it is raining (or other inclement weather), it will be held at the home of Rick & Carrie East.   THIS IS THE LAST MEETING BEFORE OUR SPECIALTY, AND WE WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO PLEASE ATTEND!   Directions to Kelly’s: I-5 North (coming from the south) to 217. Take 217 north to 26 West. Take 26 West to 185TH Avenue exit #64 towards Rock Creek. Turn left onto NW 185th Avenue. Turn Right onto SW Cascade Drive, then turn right onto SW 187th.   2895 SW 187th Avenue in Aloha, OR (503) 642-5209 Directions to Rick & Carrie's: I-5 North (coming from the south) to 217. Take 217 north to 26 West. Take 26 West to Cornell Road. Left on Cornell to 158th (2nd light). Left on 158th and immediate right onto Waterhouse Avenue. Two blocks on Waterhouse to Mission Oaks Avenue. Right on Mission Oaks through stop sign to first court on left which is Winged Foot Terrace. Left on Winged Foot Terrace to 1st house on right. Red with white trim.   865 Winged Foot Terrace in Portland, OR (503) 645-4979

Minutes for the BTCP Meetings are not available for website viewing.  For copies of the minutes and/or details, please contact the President at SungloBostons@terragon.com or the Secretary at LStent@LHS.org Could you love me  like my dog? Could you not mind when I say you have death breath?   Show Brag Congratulations Bob & Kim! On April 7, 2002, the Boston Terrier Club of Western Washington held a Puppy Match. Widget’s Emerald Edition (a.k.a. Emmy) who owns Bob & Kim Bass, won Best Puppy. F.Y.I. and other good stuff… There was an error in the Specialty Premium list regarding the cost for the luncheon. THERE IS NO CHARGE for the luncheon, but we will have a donation jar for the event. The luncheon and meeting is a BYOC event. Please Bring Your Own Chair! (and any extra’s you wouldn’t mind sharing!!) Deadline for parking is JUNE 3rd. Please have your reservations to Charles by that date!! It’s not too late to get your advertising in for the Specialty Catalog! Closing deadline is May 28th. Check your premium list for the prices and form, or contact Georgina Potter at (503) 252-2494. And don’t forget to send in your trophy donation to Sue Bane. You need not sponsor an individual class…general fund donations are accepted too! Please send your donations to Sue by May 28th, or contact Sue at (503) 625-6880 ALL members and non-members are encouraged and welcome to attend the Specialty and luncheon.   PLEASE… BRING A FRIEND!!!

                                                     

 

~ Silent Auction ~   The 64th Annual Boston Terrier Club of Portland Specialty Show & Sweepstakes will soon be upon us, and with it will come our annual meeting, luncheon, raffle, and silent auction. We anticipate it being an exciting and fun event, with good judges (hehe), good food, and excellent conversation (excellent because the subject of those conversations will be BOSTONS!) Donations of items for the silent auction are crucial and beneficial for the betterment of the Club and the Boston Terrier breed we all love so much. We ask that EVERYONE please bring an item to the auction, no matter how small or how large; ALL donations are welcome. If you don’t have an item we can auction, by all means feel free to donate $$ for our cause! Please either contact Thomas Sunday regarding your donation, or bring it with you to the show.   And don’t forget to bring extra $$ for bidding on those "gotta have" items!!

LOVE By Robert Roser (printed with permission) WHY is it when I’m feeling blue, I know that I can depend on you? WHY is it that my every mood, is brightened by your attitude? WHY is it no human can do, the kind of things I get from you? WHY do I feel we really rap, from your just laying on my lap? WHY can I feel the world’s okay, because you came along my way? WHY did you reach deep into my heart, with warming love right from the start: These things I guess I’ll never know, but I do know they are so. My dog and I ---We are as one, enjoying life here in the sun.

The Winner's Circle

                                       

 

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EXHIBITOR'S PRAYER Dear Protector of Dogs and Fools: When that intelligent, hardworking, honest judge finally sees what I see in this dog I've worked so hard and long with, help me to accept my win with grace and dignity. And, when that blind, clueless idiot -- I mean, judge -- somehow fails to see what a fine job we've done, (well, at least better than the so-and-so he placed ahead of us!), help me to accept my defeat with some of that same grace and dignity. Lord, you alone know how I've sweated blood over this dog, the hours I've spent getting her ready (and, Lord, are any of them ever ready?). You (and probably only you!) understand why I've spent good money on this animal...money I could have spent on lots of other things -- things that just might have afforded me a little more pleasure and a lot less frustration. Lord, tolerate my disappointment when I lose, and help me keep it all in perspective. Help me remember that when some dog show judge gives me the gate, it's not as if St. Peter just gave me those pearly ones. Lord, clear my eyes and help me see, *before* I open my big mouth, that the so-and-so with the cow-hocked, pony-gaited dink walking out of the ring ahead of me is actually a fellow exhibitor who has also worked hard, maybe even sweated blood over *his* dog too, and probably deserves to enjoy this moment to its fullest while it lasts. Lord, you know there are sometimes -- but not nearly as often as I tend to suppose when I lose -- such ugly things as Politics, Prejudice, and Unethical Practices, which may cause my dog to get beaten unfairly -- sometimes. Help me, then, to remember that several wrongs won't ever make a right, and that none of the wrongs gives me an excuse to act like an idiot. You know I'm a competitor, Lord; I make no bones about that. I love to win and I hate to get beat. There are few things more abhorrent to me, Lord, than placing sixth out of six. If I didn't love to compete, I'd stay home and knit afghans. But then, there are probably afghan shows, and people who hire professional knitters with high-tech knitting machines, and most likely there are afghan show judges who raise sheep whose wool goes into some of the winningest afghans, and there I'd be -- still frustrated, still getting beat, and without a dog to share half the blame. This year, Lord, help me to have a little more faith in my fellow dog folks, and for Heaven's sake, help me win, or lose, with a little class.