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Volume31

INo.1

SpringIssue

March2015

OnTheCover

Nothingsaysspring

hasarrivedbetterthana

weepup,fullofpromise

fortheyearahead.

PupbyJeanneHurty.
PhotobyBobCohen.

CoverbyJaneSwanson.

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NewsfromthePBGVCA/FeatureArticles

PBGVCAOfficers,Directors,CommitteesandChairs...........................................4

FromourAKCDelegatebyAnneGallant...............................................................8

PBGVCABoardMeetingMinutes..........................................................................8

PBGVCAMembershipUpdatesandClubNewsNotes........................................10

MeetYourBoardMember:LoraMegli.................................................................14

PBGVCATreasurer’sReportbyGloriaSwaine.......................................................16

PBGVCACommitteeBoardLiaisons...................................................................16

PBGVsatWestminsterbyBobCohen...................................................................18

OrlandoSeminar,HandsonandSpecialtybyKittySteidel..................................20

StoriesfromRescue:AngiebyJoanMann.............................................................22

NewTitles:October,NovemberandDecember2014..........................................24

BrrrrringontheBunniesbyBobCohen................................................................26

PBGVHealth&RescueFoundation:FromthePresidentbyLindaMurray..........28

MerciBeaucoup...................................................................................................29

Dr.JeanDoddsSeminarRecapbyBobCohen.......................................................30

Orangeman’sReasonstoAttendNationalbySueSmyth......................................32

CHICUpdates......................................................................................................32

MissionStatementofthePetitBassetGriffonVendéenClubofAmerica

Thepurposesoftheclubshallbe:Toencourageandpromotequalityinthebreeding
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powertoprotectandadvancetheinterestsofthebreedbyencouragingsportsmanlike
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trials.TourgememberstoabidebytheclubCodeofConduct.ToconductAmerican
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Club.ToeducatethoseinterestedinthePetitBassetGriffonVendéen.

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