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Newsletter

The official newsletter of the Boston Terrier Club of Portland, Oregon

May 2003

        

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

 

KELLY ESTES

SECRETARY

2895 SW 187th Avenue

Aloha, OR 97006

(503) 642-5209

Email: KellanRevere@attbi.com

 

PAT MCCANN

TREASURER

4065 NW Highland Drive

Corvallis, OR 97330

541-752-2563

 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Kimberley Bass

Carrie East

Linda Stent

 

NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Kimberley Bass

10202 NE 94th Avenue

Vancouver, WA 98662

360-254-1942

Email: WidgetsBTs@aol.com

 

The next BTCP meeting will be on

May 18, 2003 at 1pm. at

Pup-A-Razzi

16300 SW Hart Road

Beaverton, Oregon

 503-259-8978

 

Directions:  From I-5 in Portland Center, take Highway 26 West.  Take Highway 217 South Take the Canyon Road/Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy exit.  Go straight at 1st signal, turn right at 2nd signal onto Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy (Rt 10) Beaverton-Hillsdale becomes Farmington Road. Go up to SW 170th and turn left At the first stop sign, turn left onto Bany Road  After 1 block, Bany becomes Hart Road Go about 1/4 mile. Pup-A-Razzi is in Summercrest Plaza on the right side.  

    

 

 

 

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 KellanRevere@attbi.com

 

Could you love me like my dog?

 

Could you never change how you feel about me?

 

Worth Repeating...

 

The 65th Annual Specialty will soon be upon us!  Sue Bane is show chairman, and is in dire need of bodies to help fill a variety of positions.  PLEASE contact Sue to offer your services for some of the numerous tasks that need done.

  (503)625-6880

bbane57800@aol.com

 

Specialty News…

Jan Shelton has generously volunteered to be our catalog ad salesperson.  Jan will be contacting members of the club for your ad in the catalog.  If you have any questions, or know of someone Jan should contact for an ad, please call her at (541) 484-9480

TROPHY DONATIONS ARE STILL NEEDED!

 

 

 

         

WANTED:

 OLD BTCP PHOTO’S

Do you happen to have any old photo’s or articles of past members in your photo album?  If so, the BTCP would like to borrow them for insertion into the catalog for the 65th Annual Sweepstakes & Specialty show.  Please contact Sue Bane (503) 625-6880 or Kelly Estes (503) 642-5209.  The photo’s must be actual photo’s or prints as they require a special vector format for printing in the catalog.  All photo’s will be carefully scanned and returned to the lender, and extreme care will be given to protect their integrity.

 Thanks!!

Specialty news. . .

 We would really like to make this Specialty a huge success. In past years, the auctions have always been a big hit, but we can’t do it without your help.  Donations are needed for the auction table, and though we prefer doggie and/or Boston related items, ALL items are welcome and no donation will be refused! 

 

Handmade by you or bought at a store, Bring it to us, we’ll auction it for more!

New, Used, Ancient or Old, We’ll find a high bidder and mark it as sold!

Poems for the dog

 

The Old Boston That Lived In a Shoe.

 There was an old Boston

Who lived in a shoe,

With so many puppies

The shoe was a zoo.

 

Since none were yet housebroke,

It was a disgrace,

With wee wee and doo doo

All over the place.

Election news…

 

President Ann Sunday appointed a nominating committee consisting of:

 

Stella Zimmerman

Hope Goodwin

Harriet Kolias

The following nominations are recommended by the committee for the June 20, 2003 Annual Meeting and election:

President:          Kimberley Bass

Vice President:  Thomas Sunday

Secretary:          Kelly Estes

Treasurer:         Patricia McCann

 

Executive Board Members:

                             Ann Sunday

                             Linda Stent

                             Darrell Cox

 

The following members have paid their dues for 2003…

 

The following members have paid their dues for 2003…

 

Pat McCann

Georgina Potter

Marilyn Durham

Ed & Celia Arnold

Roberta & Darrell Cox

Stella Zimmerman

Sue Bane

Kelly Estes

Bob Roser

Kim & Bob Bass

Bill & Evelyn Brand

Linda Stent

Dennis & Candace Lydston

Hope Goodwin

Eileen Caballero

Harriet Kolias

Kelly Spurling

Ann & Thomas Sunday

Nancy Williams

Cidney Payne

James Faye & Betty Crosbie

Richard Martin *

Tosha & Greg Young *

Meridith & Anthony Tillbrook *

Natalie McNelley *

Jan & Bruce Shelton **

Carrie East

Shaylene Larson

 

If you have paid your dues and are not on this list, please contact Pat McCann, Kelly Estes, or Kim Bass.

 

*    Accepted into membership after mid-year cutoff.  No dues owing.

**  New Member

 

 

Don’t forget…

The meeting of May 18th will be the last meeting we’ll have before the Specialty!!!  We ask that everyone PLEASE attend!!!!!

 

 

                Helen Johnson                                                     

 

The Adventures of Jet

As told by BJ…

 

What little it takes, to get our guys happy.

Came home today. Allergy season has begun. Feeling tired and eyes felt raw. Jet did not have an accident though a subtle smell permeated the kitchen. A Swiffering is in order.

I walk him and feed him and descend into the Basement to check e-mail and for a quick round of WarcraftIII. For those of you with game-playing Y-chromos in your life, get them this game. It rocks. But it's also highly addictive.

One round turned into 2 and, before I knew it, I had been downstairs for a couple of hours. Thanks to Daylight Savings Time, it was still bright out so, guilt ridden, I went up to take Jet for another walk.

And this is the crux of the subject heading:

I peep into the kitchen and standing there, by the gate, is Jet, peering at me from below the crossbar.

I lift a leg to go into the kitchen and he goes bananas the way Bostons only can, legs splayed wide open, prancing on the tiles and grabbing the nearest toy to entice me into a game of Fetch, Chase-and-Run, Tug-O-War... ANYTHING! (he seemed to say).

I grab the knotty rope and take it outside with us. As we walk by the lake, the temp is perfect. A cooler evening but warm enough for me to wander about the yard, still in my scrubs, and not feel a chill.

Jet sniffs some purple flowers by the lake and I notice how the sky looks surreal. Like a pastel painting. Like one of Mr. Happy, Art Ross' works.

"Hmmm. Now let's paint a happy little tree over here." I hear in my head "That's good. And now, a happy little dog..."

I look at Jet. He's sprawled on the grass rolling in something biodegradable. But I don't stop him this time. I just spent two hours, in a dark basement, whoopin' my friend in an online computer game. Who am I to criticize what constitutes one's pleasure? Who am I to deny him this when he's been waiting all day long for a simple romp on the lawn?

I throw the rope and we gambol in the waning twilight and, in this moment, allergies be damned- everything makes sense and is perfect.

Tomorrow, I plan to leave the computer off until the sun goes down.

It's 11pm, EST. Have you romped with your Boston today?

.

 

LOCAL ACTIVITIES…

7:00p-8:30p Every Tuesday evening
Drop-In Conformation Class. Beaverton, OR   Cost - $5
Drop-In Conformation class located in Beaverton, OR. Contact Pup-A-Razzi at 503-259-8978 Lisa@Pup-A-Razzi.com.  Located at 16300 SW Hart Road, Beaverton, OR 97007

Novice: 6:30-7:30  -  Open: 7:30 - 8:30  -  Utility: 8:30 - 9:30

Competition Obedience Classes, Vancouver, WA – Every Monday evening
Smart Partners Dog Training - Instructor: Joan Armstrong - near Clark County Fairgrounds - Contact: joana@zoiedog.com for availability and registration
6:30p-7:30p  & 7:30p-8:30p Every Wednesday evening
Drop-In Conformation Class. Vancouver, WA   Cost - $5
Drop-In Conformation class located in Vancouver, WA. Contact Instructor PENNY KING at 360-600-1849 or pennyking@dog.com. Located at Good Puppy/Good Dog Training center - 360-254-5133.

March 15, 2003 - 10:00a -5:00p 

Pet First Aid Class
Vancouver, WA
360.574.6855

                                                     

 

The Litter Box 

Congratulations to Ann & Thomas Sunday.  Their girl Bonnie and CH Rivermist Riddles and Rhymes produced 10 puppies!  Free whelp!!!  2 males and 8 females!  I think Ann and Thomas are going to have their hands full for the next few weeks!!!

 

 

                                             

 
Do you have a newsworthy item you would like to see in the Boston Phonics?

To submit articles or information in the BTCP Newsletter, please contact WidgetsBTs@aol.com, mail information to: 

Boston Phonics

c/o Kimberley Bass

10202 NE 94th Avenue

Vancouver, Washington 98662

or call (360)254-1942

 

 

 

Notice to all members…

 

If you haven’t paid your dues for this year, now is the time to send it in.  Please be sure to send your payment to Kelly Estes!

 

 

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