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Volume30
INo.1
SpringIssue
March2013
OnTheCover
Here’shopingwarm
weatherisstartingtopeek
outaroundwhereyoulive.
Wishingyouahappy
springandajoyfulstartto
2014isFoxtrotOnce
InABlueMoon,“Bluey.”
PhotobyJaneSwanson.
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PBGVCAOfficers,Directors,CommitteesandChairs...........................................4
FromthePresidentbyBettyBarth..........................................................................6
PBGVCAMembershipUpdates..............................................................................8
PBGVCACommitteeBoardLiaisons.....................................................................8
MinutesofPBGVCAMeetingsbySherylBradbury
Mid-YearMeeting:Oct.5,2013.......................................................................12
BoardConferenceCall:Nov.11,2013.............................................................19
BoardConferenceCall:Dec.9,2013...............................................................21
FromourAKCDelegatebyAnneGallant.............................................................24
PBGVCATreasurer’sReportbyGloriaSwaine.......................................................29
NewTitles:May2013–Dec.2013.......................................................................46
PBGVHealth&RescueFoundation.....................................................................56
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MeettheBreed:OrlandobyHelenIngherandLindaMurray.................................27
EnergyCompactedbyKittySteidel.......................................................................28
HunterinTrainingbyBobCohen.........................................................................30
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