Lee Jackson Award. Both Lee and his wife Kay competed in obedience with Dachshunds and Belgian

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1 The Newsletter of Youngstown All Breed Training Club Mahoning Ave. P.O. Box 397 North Jackson, Oh Lee Jackson Award The Lee Jackson Award is given each March to an active and dedicated member of Youngstown All Breed Training Club in memory of Lee and Kay Jackson. This year the award was presented to Sharon Phillips. Before describing the many reasons Sharon was so deservedly selected, a brief history of the award may interest new club members as well as longtime members. Lee Jackson was one of the founding members of Youngstown All Breed Training Club. Before the club was established several people met and trained their dogs at Pioneer Pavilion in Mill Creek Park. They later moved to GF Hall on Logan Avenue in Youngstown to train. Lee spent many hours and much of his money to keep this club active. He was known as Mr. Youngstown All Breed and served as president of YABTC for 18 years. Lee was also president of the Mahoning-Shenango Kennel Club. He was an AKC judge and one of three people in the nation to receive the distinguished 1977 Midwest D Ambris Award. Unfortunately Lee passed away before he could personally receive the award. Both Lee and his wife Kay competed in obedience with Dachshunds and Belgian Sheepdogs. Kay was also Trial Secretary for many years. They had three dogs titled Companion dogs. Lee had a good sense of humor and had one of his wirehaired Dachshunds registered with the name of DAMMIT. March of 1978, the first Lee Jackson Award was given in honor of him and has become a yearly tradition of YABTC. The award is given to an outstanding person who has served our club. At this year s March General Meeting, YABTC President, Perri Graf, had the pleasure and honor of presenting the 2013 Lee Jackson Award to the club s talented, teacher/trainer and longtime member, Sharon Phillips. Sharon is one of those rare individuals any organization is lucky to have on-board. She is a talented, smart, and a gifted trainer. She has had a lifetime with dogs beginning at the age of ten with a Poodle (when she really wanted a Saluki! LOL). Many breeds followed her first. She has shown Collies, Pharaoh Hounds, Whippits, Belgian Sheepdogs, Parson Terriers, and Australian Shepherds, holding titles in obedience, conformation, agility and lure coursing. President: Perri Graf perri@embarqmail.com Vice President: Lori Baker SteLorBuls@sbcglobal.net Treasurer: Stacy Judge HearComesDaJudge@aol.com Recording Secretary: Deb Harper pearlharp@neo.rr.com Corresponding Secretary: Judy Drotar jdrotar@neo.rr.com Training Director: Dale Burrier dbairedale@aol.com Board Members are as follows: Kim Burrier Airedale63@aol.com, Sharon Phillips Sharon14870@hotmail.com, Elaine Shively emshively@sbcglobal.net Lynda Tushar ltushar@neo.rr.com

2 Her accomplishments with dogs are complimented by her generosity to YABTC. Sharon, a gifted artist, has donated artwork to our raffles. She has donated enormous amounts of time and other items for those raffles. Brags Sheltie Earns Group 1 And when you find her on the training floor and you see she is always willing to give instruction to those who need it. Sharon has taught Agility and all levels of Obedience with Puppy thru Utility class. It does not matter what breed you own or whether you have skills or not. Sharon tunes in on what she sees and knows what to suggest. Judging by the crowds of people and dogs that have been in her prenovice and other classes, attendees know of her enormous talent as a trainer. Her Saturday agility class has always been grateful for her insight, good humor and friendship enjoyed there. Sharon has earned the respect and admiration of her fellow obedience and agility competitors and likewise her many fellow YABTC club members and friends. We are so very lucky to have Sharon Phillips at YABTC. Congratulations Sharon, the Lee Jackson Award is well deserved! IT S A GO! Shetland Sheep dog puppy, Tobey is five months old and is owned by Debbie and Don Harper. He received a Group 1 in the Herding Group in the 3-6 Month Jr. Puppy Class at the YABTC Conformation Match on March 3. Thanks to Mary Thrall, co- breeder on the litter, for grooming him for the show. Tobey s sire is Gr. Ch Solange Surround Sound (Dolby) and his dam is UKC Ch Enthralling s Hannah Montana (Miley). ~ Deb Harper The membership voted by an overwhelming majority to go ahead with building a training facility on our property (across from the water tower). It sure was nice to see so many faces at the meeting. Now we will really need to work together with classes and at trials to make sure we have the income to continue growing. 2 Youngstown All Breed Training Club April 2013

3 Welfare If you have any welfare information to report, please contact Kathy Taleos at From the Agility Desk at YABTC: HUGE THANK YOU! to all of you who helped at the agility trial in Washingtonville on the 16th and 17th of March!!! And to all of you who came out to help without even running a dog: Bob Samios, Barb Mannion, Bill Reinhart, Carol and Rick Kirschner, Cheryl Christy, Dave Beach, Elaine Shively, JoAnn Fedyski, Karen Wisler, Linda Ruse, Linda Kurfis, Mary Zalac, Maryann Coates, Merrill Lewis, Sharon Phillips, Pat Matevich, Susanne Stiffler, and of course Perri Graf who did an awesome job in the kitchen as usual: THANK YOU, THANK YOU and THANK YOU again! If I had a hat, I would take it off for you! I think sometimes people forget that we cannot put on these trials without volunteer workers, and that everyone that works for this club is doing it for the betterment of the club. The more volunteers we have, the less work it will be for each one of us, and the better the trial will run. YABTC Presents Game Night Schedule Announced Friday Night Agility Games YABTC's Friday Night Agility Games schedule is a work in progress with the first 2 game nights featuring AKC games: 1) May 31 AKC FAST presented by Lotta Shafer 2) June 14 AKC T2B presented by Lotta Shafer This will give club members a chance to practice these games before our summer agility trials Mark your calendars for these other game nights 3) June 28 4) July 26 5) August 2 6) August 23 7) September 6 8) September 20 last game night As in the past the cost is $2 for 2 runs We buy gas cards for our agility trial raffles and have a pizza party the last night Any questions or ideas contact JoAnn Fedyski at dodgem2@yahoo.com More dates may be added Thanks again to all (and I hope I didn't forget anyone)! ~ Lotta Shafer (worker herder) ~ Sandy Irish, Trial Chair April 2013 Youngstown All Breed Training 3

4 Fun Match On Sunday, March 3rd, YABTC hosted our 9th Annual Conformation Fun Match! Despite the snowy, slick roads early in the morning, it eventually cleared up and the exhibitors came rolling in with their puppies and young adult dogs. The day stayed cold outside but the heat was turning up inside as 85 puppies and adult dogs strutted their way to Best of Breed, Group placements and Best in Match...We nearly doubled last year's entry! Something new we added this year was Adult Handling. This is a special competition where the handlers are judged on their handling skills, the dog is not being judged. We had 12 adults enter this competition and they were wrapped around the ring! Everyone seemed to have alot of fun! We also offered preentries, where the exhibitor could save a couple buck by entering ahead of time. There were 15 people that took advantage of this! Special thanks to co-chairs Diana James, Jessica and Diana Walter, Sue Davis, Susan Fithian, Megan Perrine and Lisa Sangregario for all your help making this a successful event for YABTC! Everything looked GREAT! We got lots of compliments afterwards saying what a nice match we put together! Thank you to the 4H Goat Club Capriculturists for providing the food as a fundraiser, they made $230 towards buying one of the market goat projects for Second Harvest. We had a basket raffle and 50/50 that earned some extra money for the club as well. Everyone had alot of fun and we are looking forward to next year! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS! ~ Shelley Kacenzski 4 Youngstown All Breed Training Club April 2013

5 Best Jr. Puppy in Match Judge Sharon Blackstock Boxer #239 Liam shown by Crytal Stock Best Sr. Puppy in Match Judge Mimi Kim Great Dane #311 Mo shown by Julie Narzisi Best Adult in Match Judge Jim Blackstock Golden Retriever #404 Donovan shown by Vicki White Best Jr. Handler in Match Judge Sharon Blackstock Ms. Ashley James and her Australian Shepherd, MeMe Best Adult Handler in Match Judge Diana James #1 Crystal Stock and her Boxer Liam #2 Jeannie Williams and her Bullmastiff Rocks #3 Pat Ray and her Westie Ace #4 Carol Quinn and her Rat Terrier Tori April 2013 Youngstown All Breed Training 5

6 In The Vicinity Four Seasons K9 Athlete Center April 27-28, 2013 May 4-5, 2013 May 17-19, 2013 June 22-23, 2013 June 29-30, 2013 August 10-11, 2013 USDAA Agility Trial ASCA Agility Trial CPE Agility Trial (Trial Premium) ASCA Agility Trial TDAA Agility Trial CPE Agility Trial Cleveland All Breed Training Club 210 Hayes Road Brooklyn Hts., OH Breed and Obedience Puppy Match- WRKC-AKC Sanctioned AKC Sanctioned Breed and Obedience Match! Presented by: Western Reserve Kennel Club CONFORMATION CLASSES: Junior Puppy (3 to 6 mos.) Senior Puppy (6 to 9 mos; and 9 to12 mos) Adults (no major points) Groups and Best Junior/Senior/Adult in Match OBEDIENCE: Beginner Novice/Novice/Open/Utility RALLY: Novice/Advanced/Excellent classes Junior and Adult Handling All entries taken from 9am to 11:00am Judging Begins at 12:00 Entry Fee: $9.00 Additional Entries Of Same Dog: $5.00 Event Details Start Date 04/13/2013 Start Time Event Location Registration Opens Registration Time Secretary Name Secretary 09:00 AM Cleveland All Breed Training Club, 210 Hayes Drive, Cleveland Ohio 04/13/2013 Registration from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Day of Match Dave Leibitzke & Georgianne Doyle brightwood@windstream.net Ohio Doberman Club UKC Rally Match (ODC's Rally match is open to all breeds of dogs, including mixed breeds) Event Chairperson: Jackie Spratt Event Secretary: Edith Brunner 325 Russell Street Sharon, Pa (724) thecarelessnavigator@gmail.com Day of Show contact number Saturday, May 4th, 2013 All Events held at Portage County Fairgrounds, Randolph, Ohio JUDGE: Linda Rusinko-Wooster, Ohio LICENSED CLASSES. Rally URO1-A Rally URO1-B Rally URO2-A Rally URO2-B Rally URO3-A (Divisions 1, 2 & 3) Rally URO3-B (Divisions 1, 2 & 3) Pre Entry Fee: $8.00. Pre-Entry Deadline: Pre-Entries will be accepted until April 29th, 2013, at 5 p.m. Day of Show Entry Fee: $ Youngstown All Breed Training Club April 2013

7 April Schedule* Enroll for Obedience & Rally Classes Call or Class Time Begins Ends Instructors Mon AG1 & 2 9:00 Mar. 04 Apr. 22 Carol Kershner, David Beach AG3 & ADV 10:00 Mar. 04 Apr. 22 Lotta Shaffer AG3 & ADV 11:00 Mar. 04 Apr. 22 Lotta S. Intro 6:30 Mar. 04 Apr. 22 Lynda Tushar Flyball 7:45 Apr. 01 Apr. 29 Bill Reinhart Tue Rally Run Thrus 6:00 Apr. 02 Mary Mignogna Obed. Run-Thrus 6:00 Apr. 09, 16, 23 Kim Burrier * Novice added to wk 3 Conformation 6:00 Apr. 02 Apr. 30 Lisa Walters & various Beg 2 6:00 Mar. 19 May 07 Beg 1 7:05 Mar. 19 May 07 DeAnne Hunt Novice 7:05 Apr. 02 Apr. 30 Tammy Hunt Puppy 8:10 Mar. 12 Apr. 16 Sharon Phillips Beg1 8:10 Apr. 30 Jun 11 Wed Pre-Novice 6:00 Apr 03 Apr 24 Sharon P. Beg 1 6:00 Mar. 06 Apr. 24 Bill Allen Rally 6:00 Apr. 10 May 15 Beg2 7:05 Mar. 13 May 01 Sharon P. Beg 2 7:05 Apr. 17 Jun 05 Open 7:05 Apr 03 Apr 24 Tracey Deems Utility 8:10 Apr 03 Apr 24 Puppy 8:10 Apr. 10 May 15 Beg 1 8:10 Apr. 03 May 22 Thur AG2 5:30 Feb 28 Apr 18 Rae Reinhart AG 3 6:30 Feb 28 Apr 18 Rae R. ADV 7:45 Feb. 28 Apr. 18 Rae R. Fri AG 1 5:30 Mar. 01 Apr. 19 Sharon P AG1 6:30 Mar. 01 Apr. 19 Cindy Steeves Ag 2 7:45 Mar. 01 Apr. 19 Cincy Zeisler, Dave Sat Agility 2/3 10:30 Mar. 02 Mar. 30 Sharon P. Click N Treat 12:30 Mar. 02 Apr. 20 Glenda Russell Relationship 2:00 Mar. 02 Apr. 20 Lotta S. Sun Fun Runs 10:00 Apr 07 Apr 28 Kathy Durrell, Stacey & PJ 4H Alt. weeks Shari Yuhas *For instructor or free ring info, contact TrainingDirector@yabtc.com or go to our Facebook page. The 2013 Schedule is posted on From: YABTC Mahoning Avenue P.O. Box 397 North Jackson, OH April 2013 Youngstown All Breed Training 7

8 To: An April Day by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow When the warm sun, that brings Seed-time and harvest, has returned again, 'T is sweet to visit the still wood, where springs The first flower of the plain. I love the season well, When forest glades are teeming with bright forms, Nor dark and many-folded clouds foretell The coming-on of storms. From the earth's loosened mould The sapling draws its sustenance, and thrives; Though stricken to the heart with winter's cold, The drooping tree revives. The softly-warbled song Comes from the pleasant woods, and colored wings Glance quick in the bright sun, that moves along The forest openings. When the bright sunset fills The silver woods with light, the green slope throws Its shadows in the hollows of the hills, And wide the upland glows. And when the eve is born, In the blue lake the sky, o'er-reaching far, Is hollowed out and the moon dips her horn, And twinkles many a star. Inverted in the tide Stand the gray rocks, and trembling shadows throw, And the fair trees look over, side by side, And see themselves below. Sweet April! many a thought Is wedded unto thee, as hearts are wed; Nor shall they fail, till, to its autumn brought, Life's golden fruit is shed. 8 Youngstown All Breed Training Club April 2013