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hamburgers and hotdogs that were prepared Bill Gardiner; Sandra Pretari Hickson judged Sweepstakes. Her
Debbie & Barry Fonseca brought their “almost famous” ice Sweepstakes Winners were :
cream; and Linda Gardiner and Kip Kopatch sold a variety Best in Sweeps: Elite Hot Timmy Heartthrob@
of items for Way & Means. This makes it clear that it takes Rebelrun, owned by Robert & Love Banghart.
a village to have a successful event.
Best Of Opposite In Sweeps: Padow’s Lady Of
Several members and their chows participated in Mischief, owned by Richard & Elena Mcclean & Kurt
the Connecticut Pet Expo & Meet the Breeds event on Williams.
October 30th. Michele & Fernanda Proxee brought
Takoda, Kristen Denton brought Ben and Debbie & Veteran Dog : CH Winsong’s Big Man Louie At
Barry Fonseca brought Dory, Doc & Ginger. The public Donsue: owned by Don & Sue Avila & Sue Brough.
loved meeting these sweet Chow Chows and finding The hospitality food and Super Raffle were a huge success
out about the origin of the breed and about their health, and enjoyed by chow friends supporting our show. Our
temperament and training. Pictures from the day were Saturday Night dinner at our favorite Italian restaurant was
posted by Michele Proxee on the New England Chow enjoyed by all.
Chow Club Facebook page. Earlier in October, our ANNUAL FUN DAY IN THE
Keep an eye out for the winners of our annual Specialty PARK was very successful and attended by over 30 chow
in the Spring Issue. owners and chow friends who support RWCCCC with
their attendance and participate in the COMPANION
EVENT tryouts Louise Wilson sets up for us each year.
New friends with their new puppies were special guests of
the club this year.
Redwood Coast Have a winning remainder of the show year, Happy
Chow Chow Club Holidays, and everyone look forward to another National
Specialty show in April.
Sue Brough, Correspondent

The weekend of fall shows
and Regional Specialty is now Rocky Mountain
behind us and plans are already in the works for making Chow Chow Club
this weekend even better in 2017.
Love Banghart, Correspondent
Five point majors for 3 shows, dropping to 4 points on
Sunday. Everyone was a winner in some way. Those who
took the nice ribbons Saturday afternoon at our Regional What a terrific year the
with Michael Brantley judging breed were: RMCCC enjoyed! Our back
to back Specialty shows were
BOB with the new neck sash and new club medallion well attended and everyone had fun. It was fantastic to
attached was Pete Martinez with GCH Chen Chu have three judges who enjoy chows. Karen Evasuik did a
Lone Ranger Rides Again “ Ranger” owned by The great job judging sweepstakes, with her years of breeding
Martinez’s. Ranger went on to win the Owner outstanding Keeshonden, her understanding of structure
Handled Group One. and movement were appreciated. Allen Odom had a
BOW & BOS with the new neck sash and new club ring full of beautiful chows and enjoyed every moment
medallion was Padow’s Lady Of Mischief owned by officiating at our afternoon specialty preceded by our
Richard & Elena Mcclean & Kurt Williams. breeder- judge Bruce Rathbun Sr. who was totally enjoying
Reserve Winners Dog was Joanna Olson & Holly his whole assignment at the morning specialty. A day of
Mckay’s Chowmania’s Beer 30 At Rosewine. sharing the joy of our Chows and good friendships was
wonderful.
Reserve Winner’s Bitch was Chen Chu Flying Solo
owned by Pete & Fran Martinez. The great old-fashioned American BBQ was absolutely
fantastic and the weather was lovely. We are already
Select Dog: GCH Twlight Embrey At A New Moon At planning for next year’s events.
Asans owned by Anita Sanders, Kurt Williams, & Amy
Young. Milli Sudduth, the RMCCC president, continues to
enjoy her role in keeping the club involved and focused.
Select Bitch: GCH Chowlamars Redcloud Dreamgirlz We welcomed several new members into the club and
owned by Roy Bailey, Sheree Chan & Zola Coogan. immediately assigned them jobs at the specialties. We
Awards Of Merit: CH Elite Top Of The Charts At continue to try and rally new chow fanciers into our club
Rebelrun, owned by Robert And Love Banghart. and have been blessed with creative and enthusiastic
GCH Padow Red Hot Turbo CGC, owned by members.
Cynthia Wyett.
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