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October 2012 Volume 5 Issue 9

www.cpgreaterswiss.com

What’s Inside

Jim Rasmussen 1

C & P Specialty Results 2

Judge Stansell Observations 3

Herding Results 4

Weight Pull Results 5

Travels to the East 6

C & P Specialty Wrap-up 7

Upcoming Events 7

Unsung Heroes 8

Pup in the Park! 9

Brags & Mailbarks 10

Ways and Means 11

Membership Form 12

Reminder

GSMDCA

& OFFA

Health

Survey

Please remember to com-

plete the Swissy Health Sur-

vey for dogs living at any

time during the years 2008-

2012. The more dogs you

enter, the better!

Click HERE

Jim Rasmussen 2012 Pick of the Litter!!

e have had an individual who

has hidden for eligible considera-

tion for pick-of-the-litter, but those

shadow years are over. Always be-

ing helpful in the back ground; set-

ting things up or running the grill

at our picnics, this person is more

than 100% dependable to offer a

helping hand no matter what the

task.

He is a former board member with

the demanding position of treasure

which allowed him to make a maxi-

mum contribution with little recog-

nition. However, the signature

event, which not only stands out in

C&P history, GSMDCA national

history, and probably all-breed his-

tory was Make-A-Cart weekend.

Swissies are all about carting and one of the major hurdles for people get-

ting involved has been the price of acquiring a cart. This event allowed

about a dozen families to get started on the great tradition of carting. The

cost to each family was reduced by over 50% than if they had tried to buy a

cart. There was also a ton of precise work that was done ahead of time cut-

ting everything to size. And then the patient mentoring as Jim helped every-

one assemble their new family heirloom.

2011 Pick of the Litter = Jan Collins

2010 Pick of the Litter = Jenna Starr-Farling

C & P Swissy Licks Providing fun activities, information, and support to Swissy enthusiasts

Swissy Licks is the 2011 recipient of the Alliance of Purebred Dog Writers (APDW) Hot Digital Dog Award

Friday, September 28—Supported Entry—Judge Sharol Candace Way Best of Breed GCH Painted Mtn Oliver Twist of Fate, Katie and Randy Markley Best Opposite CH Double Q’s Make It A Double, Michelle Charters

Select Dog CH Kismet’s Suddanly Dream Weaver, Carol and Joe Neuman Select Bitch GCH Alastair’s Smokey Mountain Rain, David & Cheryl Gerzabek Winners Dog Whispering Palm’s Ten Gallon Hat V Matterhorn RN, Laurie Carmody Winners Bitch/ Nox’s Black and Tan Six Pack, Karin Linehan Best of Winners Reserve Dog Jotunheim Yogi, Ann Telnaes, David Lloyd, Lori Price Reserve Bitch Dufenhof Race for the Pennant RN NAP NJP, Megan Fletcher & Ellyn Signet

Saturday, September 29—Supported Entry—Judge Charles L. Olvis

Best of Breed/ GCH Painted Mtn Oliver Twist of Fate, Katie and Randy Markley Group 1—276 dogs defeated Best Opposite GCH Alastair’s Smokey Mountain Rain, David & Cheryl Gerzabek Select Dog GCH Alpenglow Remember the Riot, Kristin Krumpe, Kathleen Spencer & Lori Price

Select Bitch GCH Land’s End Penzance of Kismet, Carol and Joe Neuman

Winners Dog Whispering Palm’s Ten Gallon Hat V Matterhorn RN, Laurie Carmody Winners Bitch/ Double Q’s Call of the Siren RN NAJ, Mary Jo & Jim Rasmussen Best of Winners Reserve Dog Trout Creek’s Top Hat ‘N Tales, Bonnie Huett & Sharon Fardner Reserve Bitch Palisades Dancing the Rhombus, Lynne & Josephine Kenney High Scoring Double Q’s Double Olive Martini RN, Darlene Ward & Tracy Brainard

Obedience High Scoring Almrausch Symphony in Rose V. Aegis, Virginia O’Rorke Rally

Sunday, September 30—Specialty—Judge Debra Thornton

Best of Breed/ GCH Painted Mtn Oliver Twist of Fate, Katie and Randy Markley

Group 1—290 dogs defeated Best Opposite GCH Alastair’s Smokey Mountain Rain, David & Cheryl Gerzabek Select Dog GCH Nox’s George Bailey’s Irish Creme, Nancy Kechner, Julie Comer, Colleen Robson Select Bitch GCH Painted Mtn. Seneca’s Overboard, Janelle Kaiser & Lisa Simonsen

Award of Merit Matterhorn’s Last Hoo-Rah RN PT, Laurie Carmody & Alexandra Carmody Award of Merit CH Dufenhof Make Mine Milk and Pepsi, Ellyn Signet Winners Dog/ Tosseman’s SD Bleacher Bum, Kristoffer Featheringham

Best of Winners

Winners Bitch Palisades White Lightning, Lynne & Josephine Kenney Reserve Dog Frecajo’s Ace of Base RN, Kelly Nevin, M McKee, C Rehn

Reserve Bitch Nox’s Black and Tan Six Pack, Karin Linehan Best Veteran CH Dufenhof Make Mine Milk and Pepsi, Ellyn Signet Stud Dog GCH Shadetree’s Ezekiel Strengthens, Jenna Starr-Farrling & Timothy Farling

Brood Bitch CH Seavaridge’s Keystone Large Marge, Dr Christie R Gisewhite & Blanche P Roberts

Sweepstakes Sunday, October 3—Judge Cindy Stansell Puppy Dogs

6-9 Months Jotunheim Nelson, Kris Shields, Lori Price

9-12 Months Dufenjof Wabash Cannonball, Ellyn Signet, Danyelle & Lauren Sweeney 12-15 Months Cherished Regal Rolls Royce, Kara Fields & Kimberly Woollard 15-18 Months Whispering Palm’s Ten Gallon Hat V Matterhorn RN, Laurie Raynor-Carmody Puppy Bitches 6-9 Months Jotunheim Daphne, Meredith Garrett, Mark Jarris & Lori Price

9-12 Months Whispering Palm’s Chases Butterflly, Laurie Carmody 12-15 Months Seavaridge’s Under the Thunder, Christie R Gisewhite & Blanche P Roberts 15-18 Months Nox’s Black and Tan Six Pack, Karin Linehan

Best Puppy Whispering Palm’s Ten Gallon Hat V Matterhorn RN, Laurie Raynor-Carmody Best Opposite Jotunheim Daphne, Meredith Garrett, Mark Jarris & Lori Price Best Veteran CH Dufenhof Make Mine Milk and Pepsi, Ellyn Signet

Best Opposite CH Shadetree’s Quixote’s Dulcinea RN OAP OJP NFP, Jim & Mary Jo Rasmussen

Hunt Country Cluster Show Results

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Observations from Sweeps Judge

t was my great pleasure to

judge the Greater Swiss Moun-

tain Dogs in puppy and veteran

sweepstakes. My first introduc-

tion to your breed was a number

of years ago at the Atlanta Na-

tional Specialty. Since that time

I have watched the GSMD im-

prove in soundness and breed

type.

I was first struck with the won-

derful temperament displayed

by the dogs in the ring. They

conveyed confidence and a de-

sire to please. This “desire to

please” ranged from barely con-

tained excitement in some pup-

pies to a veteran who obviously

loved the handler but ques-

tioned why they were back in

the ring! The one GSMD that

appeared a tad hesitant re-

sponded quickly to encourage-

ment and probably will be a

willing worker upon further ex-

posure.

You should take great pride in

the soundness that you are

breeding. Years ago I remember

being dismayed by the large

number of weak rears that I saw

at the Atlanta specialty. You

have come a long way in im-

proving the breed! The great

majority of rears I saw were

strong and true. Although there

were a few dogs that suffered

from the bane of the working group

(straighter fronts and lack of leg), the majority of the dogs in the ring had

good to excellent angulation and pro-

portions.

I was very pleased to see

consistency in breed type.

Although there were a few

houndy appearing heads

and one that tended to-

ward the Rottweiler, most

of the dogs had good

heads. Such consistency is

remarkable given your

breed’s rediscovery not so

long ago.

You also had consistency

in bone and substance. I

expected greater variation

in these areas and was

pleased to see more uni-

formity. It was thrilling to

see dogs move with effort-

less power.

Your dogs were also con-

sistent with color. The tri-

colors were rich and the

markings were generally

symmetrical. I saw only

one specimen on each end

of the spectrum for too

much white and too little

white.

I am grateful for the op-

portunity to judge your

breed and came away even

more of a fan! I am also

thankful for the gracious

hospitality and friendliness

of your exhibitors. Your

exhibitors and dogs made it a won-

derful day.

Judge Cindy Stansell

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I n the same great fashion as our past two herding capability tests, this

year’s event brought out many great teams and wowed the testers once

again! We held our 3rd annual AHBA (American Herding Breeds Asso-

ciation) Herding Capability Test (HCT) and 1st annual Junior Herd Dog

test (JHD). Both tests were a huge success, with a total of 38 passing

attempts.

The capability tests were the biggest draw with many teams signing up

on the day of the event. Twelve dogs entered with twenty legs earned

for a total of nine new titled Swissies!! Way to go to you all!!

The new event for our club, the Junior Herd Dog test, drew an impres-

sive entry of seven GSMD. There were thirteen successful attempts,

resulting in six new JHD titles!

The herding event is always so much fun, but a LOT of work and I

want to thank everyone who pitched in to help out and made this day as

great as it was. A special thanks goes out to Bonnie Huett, who joined

us all the way from Washington State—she was the timer extraordinaire

in the capability testing ring and really kept that test running smoothly.

Thanks so much Bonnie!!! Also, our very own Michelle Charters gave

me a helping hand sorting paperwork and money—thanks Michelle!!

Congratu-lations to everyone, whether you earned a title or not- you got out there and tried it!!

Junior Herd Dog Test (JHD):

Double Q’s Call Of The Siren RN NAJ Jim & Mary Jo Rasmussen – 1st leg

Ch Suddanly Irish Draught CD RN MJP AXP DD HCT VGS Megan & Dustin Westenmeyer – JHD title!

Cherished Nobody Doesn’t Like Kim Woolard – JHD title!

GCH Seneca’s Let The Music Do The Talking

RA NDD HT, Elizabeth Coit – JHD title! Ch Matterhorn’s Last Hoo-Rah RN NDD NWPD, Laurie Carmody – JHD title!

Frecajo’s Ace Of Base Kelly Nevin – JHD title!

Ch Whispering Palm’s Ten Gallon Hat V. Matterhorn RN, Laurie Carmody– JHD title!

HCT Title Earners:

Jotunheim Yogi, Lori Price – 1st leg

Palisade’s White Lightening, Lynne Kenney – 1st leg

Ch Breezy Ridge Alpzyt Mark & Sally O’Neill – 1st leg

Ch Beowulf Jotunheim Bella Frida Lori Price – 1st leg

GCH Jotunheim With Bells On Lori Price – 1st leg

Matterhorn’s Bullet The Blue Sky Steven & Maria Paul – 1st leg

Breezy Ridge Im Wald Und Auf Der Heide Eric & Katherine Bachli – HCT title!

Palisade’s Man In The Moon Diana Iannaccone – HCT title!

GCH Painted Mtn. Seneca’s Overboard Janelle Kaiser – HCT title!

Cherished Mind Your P’s and Q’s Brian Donahue – HCT title!

Cherished Regal Rolls Royce Kara Fields – HCT title!

Trout Creek’s Third Time’s The Charm Jim & Mary Jo Rasmussen – HCT title!

Breezy Ridge Kamerade von Aegis Virginia O’Rorke – HCT title!

Suddanly Quiet Valley Post Driver Ann Gallagher – HCT title!

Tosseman’s SD Bleacher Bum Kris Featheringham – 1st leg

Ch Quiet Valleys Pistol Packin’ Mama Pat Cole – 1st leg

Ch Double Q’s Bruno! Fredrika Teute & Clyde Haulman – HCT title!

Herding Results!

Megan Fletcher

When you’ve got to potty, everybody waits!!

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Weight Pull and Seminar!

Jenna Starr-Farling

he C&P Regional Specialty Semi-

nar and Weight pull was a huge suc-

cess. Rob Via from the Power

Mountain Pullers Club of Stuart’s

Draft, VA lead the seminar. He dis-

cussed the Swissy weight pull rules

and gave some pointers for training

dogs to do weight pulling. Any dog

who wanted to was then allowed to

practice in the weight pull shoot

and Rob gave pointers and tips to

help the dogs pull successfully.

For the competition, Rob Via was

the head judge and Kris Feathering-

ham was the apprentice judge.

When the actual competition began,

every single dog who participated

completed a successful pull. In the

competition, we had 14 Swissies

compete and of those, 10 earned

some type of weight pull leg. Addi-

tionally, we had 6 dogs who had

never pulled before and 3 of those

6 earned a WWD leg!

This was an extremely successful

event and I can’t wait to see some

of the new comers pull in the fu-

ture!! Congrats to everyone and I

hope to see more of you try it again

soon. Just think, we had 50% of our

new comers walk away with legs

and over 70% of all of the dogs

who competed earn a leg. Next

time it could be you and your dog!

Here are the results: 89 lbs and Under: *1st- Lily (Katrine and Skip Shorb) 90 to 109 lbs Class: 1st- Shillelagh (Colleen Robson) 10x

leg earned *2nd- Mack (Steven Paul)- 10x leg

earned

*3rd- Wyatt (Jenna Starr-Farling) 10x leg earned 110 to 129 lbs Class:

1st- Izzy (Jenna Starr-Farling)- 20x leg earned, Most Weight Pulled, Best Body Percentage

2nd- Sara Lee (Kim Woollard)- 15x leg earned

3rd- Fury (Kelly Nevin)- 15x leg earned

4th- Fender (Kelly Nevin)- 10x leg earned

*5th- Fadri (Matt and SallyAnn Koontz)

*6th- Dallas (Laurie Carmody)

130+ lbs Class: 1st- George (Nancy Kechner/Julie

Comer/Colleen Robson)- 15x leg earned

2nd- Sirius (Nancy Kechner/Julie Comer/Colleen Robson)- 10x leg earned

*3rd- Mater (Danielle Manson)- 10x leg earned

4th- Molson (Kelly Nevin) *Indicates the dog's first time ever competing in weight pulling!

Two New Weight Pull Judges!!

C & P now boasts two new

GSMDCA weight pull judges!!!

Introducing:

Judge Jenna Starr-Farling

and

Judge Kris Featheringham

A major milestone for our club,

the addition of Kris and Jenna

means that our current two

judges, Huck Bothner and Rob

Via, can take a breather from

time-to-time—and we can offer

surrounding clubs assistance in

their weight pull endeavors!

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I n late September I was very

pleased to be able to attend the

Chesapeake & Potomac Greater

Swiss Mountain Dog Club (C&P)

sponsored Specialty, Supported En-

try, Weight Pull and Herding Event

held over a long weekend in Mill-

wood, Virginia. I noticed right away

Swissy owners on the East Coast are

very similar to Swissy owners on the

West Coast; they love their Swissies

and enjoy having fun with their dogs.

However the key difference is there

are just a lot more of those Swissy

folks on the East Coast! In the Pa-

cific NW, we would be very pleased

to have 30 Swissies entered in a Spe-

cialty and absolutely overjoyed if we

were to obtain 40. At the C&P Spe-

cialty I had the opportunity to see

about 80 Swissies competing in the

conformation ring, WOW! What a

pleasure it was to see so many hand-

some male and beautiful female

Swissies in one location.

Swissy breeders in the Eastern half

of the US are doing a great job pro-

ducing some really lovely Swissies;

there were not enough ribbons for all

the deserving dogs at this Specialty. I

was recruited into doing some ring

side mentoring, and it

was easy with so many

correct typey Swissies

present. A first for

me, was watching the

Swissy Best of Breed

winner take a Work-

ing Group 1 on the

Saturday Supported entry day (a feat

which he went on to repeat on the

following day). It was so much fun to

be a part of the crowd of Swissy folk

at the group ring whooping, hollering

and cheering Swissy “Oliver” on!

Working Group Judge Candice Way

made sure that she kept us all in sus-

pense and cheering for our choice

until the very last moment when she

finally pointed to the Swissy!

In addition to watching the confor-

mation competitions, I also had the

opportunity to watch the AHBA

Herding Capabilities Tests (HCT)

and the Junior Herd Dog (JHD)

Tests. Herding is a personal favorite

of mine not only to work my Swissy

in but also to watch others work

their dogs. Swissies have a way of

working sheep that is just pure joy,

they seem to be saying, “I can’t be-

lieve I get to chase these wooly deli-

cious smelling

animals and my

owner is actu-

ally encourag-

ing me to do

it!” I think for

most Swissies

it is a dream

come true! The

skill level of

the Swissies testing at this event were

widely varying, however most, if not

all, seemed to have the basic instinct

necessary to herd. Many titles were

earned and hopefully some of the

participants will decide to continue

on with the training necessary to start

competing in trial level events. It

would be great to see more Swissies

earning advanced herding titles, and

from what I saw in Virginia there are

certainly some Swissies that have the

aptitude for it!

As much as I enjoy seeing beautiful

and talented Swissies, I equally enjoy

hanging out with their owners and

talking “dog”. It was so much fun to

see old friends and make many new

ones; Swissy friends are the best!

The C&P Club has a great group of

hard working people, you all certainly

know how to put on a Swissy event.

I would like to send a personal thank

you to the many C&P members as

well as a few other visiting Swissy

folks who helped shuttle me around,

waited long hours at the airport for

me to arrive (very late I might add!)

and leave (again not on-time!), took

me to some wonderful places to eat

(loved Hunters Head Tavern!) and

did everything possible to make sure

I had a great time. Thank You!

Travels to the East

Lisa Simonsen

Lisa, in the middle, ringside

Lisa herding with Seadar, several years ago

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Specialty Weekend Wrap-up

Mary Jo Rasmussen, Specialty Chair

can’t thank everyone enough for making this year’s Specialty a lot of fun.

From volunteering for a specific job (please see next page), to sponsoring a

trophy, to purchasing raffle tickets, to entering dogs in herding, weight pull

and conformation, to joining us for a hearty, delicious meal at the Head

Hunter’s Tavern—we had a successful weekend!!

And what about that weather!! Goldilocks said it best, “Not too cold, not

too hot—just right!”

Sweeps

Many thanks to our Sweeps judge, Cindy Stansell. This was her first Swissy

judging assignment and she went about her work like a pro. Please see page

3 for her insightful comments about our breed and her experience judging.

Stand-outs

Oliver took two Group One placements on Saturday and Sunday—

amazing!! It was such fun to tease Judge Candace Way, and she teased us

right back. She’s a real show- (and for us heart-) stopper!

We were very honored to have two people fly in from Washington state,

Bonnie Huett and Lisa Simonsen! Please read Lisa’s article the preceding

page. We also had several first-timers who drove in from the Midwest and

along the East Coast from Florida to Vermont and points in-between.

Thanks for your support—our Specialty weekend grows every year!

Changes Next Year

We are looking at some changes next year. Most notable is our new Spe-

cialty Chair—Cathy Cooper!! Thank you, Cathy, for taking on this job—

can’t wait to send you all of my files! It has been my pleasure to chair our

Specialty weekend for a number of years and I’m delighted to pass the ba-

ton!

Photos

Darlene uploaded a bunch of photos on Facebook. Click HERE and

HERE to view.

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Upcoming Events

November 10-12—Draft Trial

Mt. Airy, MD

Contact Nancy Kechner

February 2—Pack Hike

Pending approval

McLean, VA

Contact: Kris Featheringham

April 13 & 14—Draft Trial

Pending approval

Winchester, VA

September 9-13, 2013

National Specialty

Purina Farms, MO

Contact Janelle Kaiser

September 14-19, 2014

National Specialty

Bethlehem, PA

Contact Mary Jo Rasmussen

2012 Hunt Country

Cluster Helpers!!

2013 Hunt Country

Cluster Needs Helpers!!

Activity Volunteer

Raffle Jean Measell

2013 Calendars Tracy Brainard/Darlene Ward

Photographer Darlene Ward

Herding Megan Westenmeyer

Trophy sponsorships Michelle Charters

Trophy ordering

Friday trophy dis-tributor

Saturday trophy dis-tributor

Sunday trophy dis-tributor

Ring prizes

Mary Jo Rasmussen

Educational seminar

Trophy table decora-tions

Ways and Means Michelle Charters

AKC/host kennel club paperwork

Cathy Cooper

Weight Pull Jenna Starr-Farling

Picnic coordination

As you can see, there are some holes in next

year’s volunteer list. Please contact Cathy if

you want to volunteer for a job, assist with a

job or if you’d like to do something not on

the list—great! We’ll make it happen!

Activity Volunteer

Raffle Huck Bothner

2012 Calendars Tracy Brainard/Darlene Ward

Photographer Darlene Ward

Herding Megan Westenmeyer, Bonnie Huett

Trophy sponsorships Michelle Charters

Trophy ordering Jan Collins, Michelle Charters

Trophy distributor Bonnie Huett

Ring prizes

Mary Jo Rasmussen

Educational seminar Rob Via

Trophy table deco-rations

Michelle Charters

Ways and Means Michelle Charters

AKC/host kennel club paperwork

Mary Jo Rasmussen

Picnic coordination Grillmeister

Nancy Kechner, Phyllis Walker, Ann Gallagher Dustin Westenmeyer

Weight Pull Jenna Starr-Farling

Unsung Heroes

Thank you so much for everyone’s help in

making this year’s event possible!

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Big crowd, beautiful day, and I’m in the shade!

aturday, September 22nd, started as any ordinary

day—outside to do my business, gobble breakfast, play,

sleep. What else does a 6 month old pup care about? Little

did I know that I was in for a big treat at the afternoon

ball game! I hear the Nats won 10-1 (poor Brewers—

speaking of which, my parents enjoyed a brew or two!),

but I didn’t witness the whole game—as you’ll see from

the photos! At the end, I was one pooped pup in the park!

Sure hope I

get to go next

Spring and

maybe some

of you might

join me! They

brought in

sod for us to

potty, plenty

of water for

pooches to

drink & tons

of free yum-

my cookies.

Lots of peo-

ple said, “Hi!”

to me and I

wagged back!

Maybe I’ll get

a hotdog next

time—hold

the mustard,

please! Keep

checking

HERE for

next year’s

Pup in the

Park dates—

they’re still

deciding!

A Pup in the Park! Tre Rasmussen S

They’re going to have to win without me—I’ve had it! Let me know if something exciting happens...

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Fender Nevin earns a Novice Standard Preferred leg in his very

first agility trial—go Fender!!!!

Izzy pulls the most weight at the Swissathalon!

Izzy earns the ACE weight pulling award at the National Specialty!!

You can call him Champion Wrigley!! Congratulations, Kris!!

Izzy!!

C & P Member Brags!!

The Mailbarks

Please welcome our newest club member—Teagan O’Brien!

Please see Blanch Robert’s tribute in the AKC Gazette by clicking

HERE. Hogan keeps a close eye on Teagan!

High in Obedience Trial— Ollie and Tracy!!

Wrigley’s 5 point major and Championship!

Siren’s 5 point major

Jan’s AKC Sportsman of the Year award!!

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Chesapeake & Potomac (C & P GSMDC) GREATER SWISS MOUNTAIN DOG CLUB

Application for Membership

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Please let us know what events you would like C & P to provide and how you would like to support the club. Also, add any additional information you’d like to share about yourself and/or your dogs. This is YOUR club--let us know what you’d like to do!

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Breed information Health issues Packing

Write Newsletter articles Drafting Rescue

Serve on board Herding Therapy

Please send a check payable to the C & P GSMD Club along with this application to Cathy Cooper, P.O. Box 4603, Martinsville, VA 24115 or e-mail Cathy at shadetreegsmd@embarqmail.com and send membership fee to www.paypal.com at cptreas@gmail.com

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