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Renewal Time from your KG Secretary

Lisa reminds everyone that the 2008 renewal packets are being mailed out.
Club secretaries should be on the look-out for them very soon.
Any club NOT renewing for '08 needs to contact Lisa as soon as possible. Deadline is August 31, 2007

From the DVG America website:

Why do we have to renew for the next year's membership so early in the year?

Mostly, this is the fault of those clubs in the past which decided to disband and neglected to notify anyone of that fact. Germany must be notified of all club cancellations by the end of September, or they will automatically renew those clubs and the LV and KG's end up paying dues for those ex-members who have gone merrily on their way. In order to prevent this, most of the KG's require that clubs show proof of renewal by having all renewals and new memberships for the coming year turned in by mid-September. You must understand, also, that there is a lot of processing time needed by the regional membership officers as well as our LV Treasurer. Germany doesn't have to have the information (except for canceled clubs) until much later in the year, but it takes a great deal of time for the LV Treasurer to process a 1,000 odd memberships, cancellations, etc., and make sure they're all correct before sending them on to Germany.

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Midwest KG members, Connie Palmer and Scott White have just been invited to compete at the DVG Bundeseigerprufund (BSP) (the annual DVG Championship). They will be joining the team of Joanne Fleming and Sue Nesbitt who automatically were in the competition because they placed first and second at our nationals. For additional information see the BillBoard on the DVGAmerica website at: http://www.dvgamerica.com/billbrd.html

The cost of the trips to Germany is quite expensive and especially for Connie and Scott who could not book their arrangements until July 30th. It was determined that the best way for both clubs and individuals to contribute financial support, was to have the donations sent directly to each competitor. There is no contribution too small, collectively they all add up. This is a very strong team that we are sending this year; our fourth place winner's score actually beat some first place winners in other LV's). These four dog/handler pairs are "Our" DVG America team!

For donations, the contact information for each of our Team Members is:

Joanne Fleming: 7933 Hwy #26, RR #2 Stayner, ONT L0M 1S0 Canada

Sue Nesbitt: RR #4 Waterford, ONT N0E 1Y0

Connie Palmer: 7218 Westmoreland St. Louis, Mo 63130

Scott White: 1402 Leyton Drive Youngstown OH 44509

Bill and Dyan Harper are also going over to Germany and will try to keep everyone up on the news.

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AWDF is looking for an alternate(s) for the team members. The team has been chosen, but there are presently no alternates listed. And we all know dogs get hurt, people get hurt, etc, so they're looking for someone (or perhaps a couple) interested in being an alternate.

If anyone is interested in putting his/her name in the hat as an alternate, have them contact Albert Govednik algovfh@yahoo.com

If an alternate is necessary and is invited to join the team, he or she will have to pay personal travel costs."

If anyone is interested, you might visit the AWDF web site at http://www.awdf.net There is information about the FCI team, if you scroll down on the home page.

Carole Patterson

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I like dogs better [than people]. They give you unconditional love. They either lick your face or bite you, but you alway know where they're coming from. With people, you never know which ones will bite.

Greg Louganis