hisyear,wehad21PBGVsmaketheTop20finals,
theresultofseveralties.ThesePBGVsarelistedtothe
right.Allwhoqualifiedwereissuedagoldinvitation

(tomatchthegoldonthecoverofourcatalogandthegold
intherosettes)inFebruaryindicatingthattheywereeligible
toentertheTop20competitionattheTucsonnationalon
April9.

Itwasexcitingtohave12ofthesemagnificentPBGVs

enteredinthisyear’scompetition.Mostofthe12who
enteredwereabletomakethetripouttoArizona.Itshould
benotedthatalthoughsomeofthequalifierswereunable
tocometoournational,theywerethrilledtohavemade
Top20andchosetoenterthecompetitionknowingthat
theycouldnotattendduetowork/familycommitments,
butwantedtheirPBGVenteredintheTop20catalogwith
allpertinentinformationforposteritypurposes.

Speakingofthisyear’sTop20catalog,weoriginally

compiledacatalogincolor,butwhenfinishedwere
informeditwouldcost$25each!OMG!Thatjustwasn’t
acceptable.Wefeltthecatalogneededtobeasreasonably
pricedaspossiblesothateveryonecouldpurchaseone.By
printingitinblackandwhitethisyear,wewereabletokeep
individualcatalogcostsdownto$5.

Ahuge“ThankYou”toseveralverydedicatedclub

memberswhocontributedtothisevent:SandyBustin
donatedthebeautifulrosettes(burgundy,creamandgold)

awardedtoeachentry,thetwoTop20winner’srosettes
andournewTop20tableclothwiththeTop20logo

embroideredingoldthread.TiffanyCannon
donatedtherafflebasket,andtheMidNewJersey
PBGVAssociationandDinaPlanchedonatedfunds
tosupporttheevent.TheseTsupportersarenotonly
graciouslyappreciatedbutdesperatelyneededto
helpoffsetthecostsassociatedwithsuchanevent!

ThreejudgeswereinvitedtoadjudicateourTop

20competition:KittySteidel,AKCjudge;Barbara
Oxholm,ourbreederjudge;andGaryOxholm,our
handlerjudge.FollowingBestofBreedcompetition,
thejudgesgatheredtheTop20entriesinthering
andevaluatedthestructureandmovementofeach,
scoringeachentryonavarietyofpointsasoutlined
intheTop20Guidelines.Thereisasamplescore
sheetandboard-approvedguidelinesinthecatalog.

AhugeTHANKYOUtothoseclubmemberswho

helpedtorunthisevent:

PamHelmerwasanindispensableco-chair,Bob

Cohenwasourringannouncer,LindleyHensonwas
ourgatesteward,DennisGallantwasourin-ring
stewardmanagingthejudge’sscoresheets,JillOtto
andCameronHensonwereourraffleringsidesales
crew,LindaMurrayandLauraLiscumvolunteeredto
actasthetellerscommittee,BettyBarthagreedto
workatthedoorcollectingticketsandselling
catalogs,andoursetupvolunteerwasBevChilds.

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