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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
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Dr.JeanDoddsSeminarRecapbyBobCohen.......................................................30
Orangeman’sReasonstoAttendNationalbySueSmyth......................................32
CHICUpdates......................................................................................................32
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