June 2014 - sfbwhwtc

VOLUME 43, NUMBER 2
June 2014
ENJOY THE SUMMER!!!
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Summer is upon us and I hope everyone will have
the opportunity to take vacations, and spend time
with friends, family and Westies. We have a
number of exciting activities underway with the
Club. We held our 37th Annual Specialty Show and
Sweepstakes April 10, and 11, at the Cal Expo in
Sacramento this year, with both Conformation and
Obedience on Thursday and Friday at our two-day
event. We had a relatively low turn-out this year,
and we are considering options for the future that
might include multiple locations and weekend
times to attract more entries and visitors. Stay
tuned for exciting details as we work this through.
Thanks to Lisa Blutman, our Specialty Show Chair,
and Gail Krieger, our Trophy Chair for another
great Specialty.
We have a very exciting fund raising event that we
are in the middle of developing. We are holding a
Facebook Auction with the goal of raising $10,000.
to support our Rescue organization. The bidding
will start at 11:00 A.M. PDT on June 26th and run
through 4:00 P.M. PDT on June 29th. We have
already received hundreds of wonderful donations,
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and we appreciate any kind of donation... both
dog-related and other to help raise money for
Rescue.
For more information go to:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/WestieRescue
N.Cali/
August 2, 2014, Debbie and I will be hosting our 8th
Annual Fun Day at our house. Club members and
prospective members are welcome to bring their
dogs and their people to run off leash in our gated
back yard. We will be setting up the lure course
again in our front yard to add more excitement to
the Westies' day. We will have a potluck lunch,
Westie Boutique sales table, and a General
Meeting right after lunch. We look forward to
seeing all members and prospective members at
our home.
The Tartan Games will be held this year on October
25, 2014, at Vasona Lake Park in Los Gatos, a
facility of the County of Santa Clara Regional Parks
and Recreation System.
If you have not done so, please mark your
calendars for Saturday, December 6, 2014, when
we hold our annual Holiday Luncheon at the Brass
Door Restaurant in Dublin.
A quick reminder about the Fourth of July.
Fireworks can be quite a traumatic experience for
dogs. The sudden loud noises are quite
disconcerting and cause great agitation amongst
many Westies. If you are home on the Fourth,
keep your dogs inside as much as possible to shield
them from the fireworks. If you have a dog that
becomes very nervous and agitated, try distracting
him/her with loud TV or music, or try playing a
rousing ball game or another fun game to try and
divert them and keep them calm.
Don and Gail have been Charter members and
Founders of the Club since its beginning in 1973.
Donald has contributed greatly to the Club every
year since then. In addition to being there to help
at Club events and working to prepare for events,
Don has always been there to bring fun and
laughter.
We will miss Donald and we send our sincere
sympathy to Gail and all of their family.
If you wish to honor Donald, the family has asked
that in lieu of flowers, you make a donation in
Donald's name to our own Westie Rescue Fund or
the American Lung Association.
It's
quite
easy.
Once
you're
at
action.lung.org/memorial, you click on memorial
and fill out the page that has boxes for all the
information the American Lung Association needs.
They in turn will notify the family that a donation
was made in his name.
If anyone wants to make a memorial donation in
Donald's name by check. the address is:
American Lung Association
1531 I St. #201
Sacramento, CA 95814
The American Lung Association supports research
for lung disease and
disorders, advocates for
clean air and offers help for
people wanting to quit
smoking.
See you at the Fun Day.
Have a great summer!
For those who did not see the email from Jim
Gilcrest in May, we are saddened to share with you
that Donald Krieger passed away on Monday, April
28th, at home after a short illness.
Rick Sklarin
President, SFBWHWTC
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Westie Rescue Facebook Auction
Thursday, June 26th, through Sunday, June 29th, 2014
We are having a huge auction to benefit Westie Rescue. The
Auction will be held on Facebook in order to get maximum
exposure while retaining control of the process.
This will be a great event with lots of wonderful Westie (and
other dog) items.
Since we know that some people are not (and do not want to be)
on Facebook, we have provided an easy method to sign up for
Facebook temporarily for the Auction. Check it out on the
following pages.
Please consider donating items for the Auction as well as
signing up to participate in the Action.
Please help Westie Rescue!!!
Donate items and bid on the Auction
items!!!
Click on this link to sign up and to see everything:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/WestieRescueN.Cali/photos/
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Temporary Facebook signup for the Rescue Auction
If you are not on Facebook, but would like to
participate in the Auction, here is how you can do
it:
You need to have an email address, and you can
get a temporary one easily. Go to Google.com and
click on the "Gmail" at the top right corner.
This will give you a screen that asks you to "create
an account." Click on that and it will ask you to set
up an account. You can use any name and birth
date to set it up. You DO NOT NEED TO USE YOUR
NAME, and you do not need to give them your
current email. I used our dogs' names. Be sure to
use a birth date that says you are at least 18 years
old, or it may not let you set up the account.
Now go to "facebook.com" to open a new account.
In the page below you can see that I opened an
account with a fake name just to use for the
Auction. Click on "sign up" and skip through the
information they ask for.
Then go to our Auction page and sign up for the
Auction. Be sure to send Mary Young an email
([email protected]) and tell her what name and
email you are using for the Auction, so that she will
accept you.
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2014 Specialty Show
by Lisa Blutman
The 2014 Specialty was held in conjunction with
the Northern California Terrier Association on April
11th, with a supported entry on April 10th in
Sacramento. Despite the low entries, all in
attendance had a good time.
My thanks to Gail Krieger for her outstanding
choices regarding the trophies. This was Gail's last
year as trophy chair so I am looking for someone to
take over this position for next year. I also want to
thank Nancy Berger for stepping into the ring to
assist, as well as helping with trophy set-up at the
last minute on Friday. Additionally, Jim and Linda
Gilcrest brought out their elder stateswoman for
Veteran Sweeps, as did Janie Emerson, and Nancy
Berger brought out her veteran for Veteran classes.
It is so wonderful
to see our older
dogs going back
into the show ring
and having a good
time
strutting
their stuff.
The
Standing
Match and Show
Committee
are
discussing
alternatives for 2015 to encourage all members to
attend and support those who show their dogs.
The Club was founded on the principle of breeding
the best Westies possible according to the AKC
standards and showing the results of our breeding
program. It is for this reason, we want to
encourage all Westie owners to come out and see
the puppies, adults and veterans in action.
It is with admiration that I
commend Nancy Berger
for showing her dogs in
both Conformation and
Obedience. Double Duty
Nancy...Way to go!
Looking forward to some
Specialty news for all of us for 2015. Come and
enjoy our show!
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THANK YOU
SAN FRANCISCO BAY WESTIE CLUB MEMBERS AND FRIENDS
We want to send a very special thank you to our
members and the previous year’s award winners
for their donations to our trophy fund. Their
donations help make our shows a bit more special.
We want to give a special acknowledgement to
Don Davis Animal Products for their generous
donation of dog shampoo that was given as part of
the award at our supported entry on Thursday,
April 10th.
Unfortunately there were huge errors in the
catalog. The entire list of class sponsors and the
list of award sponsors sent to NCTA and the show
superintendents were left out of the catalog. Our
apologies for this oversight. The following is a list
of the sponsors that supported our specialty show
with donations to the Specialty trophy fund.
BEST OF BREED– Winnie Noble and Pam Whiting
BEST OF OPPOSITE SEX TO BEST OF BREED – Walt and Nancy Berger
BEST OF WINNERS– Sherry Byrd
WINNERS DOG – Donald, Gail and Genevie Krieger
WINNERS BITCH– Jim and Linda Gilcrest
RESERVE WINNERS DOG– Lisa Blutman and Mary Sue Blutman
RESERVE WINNERS BITCH – Harry and Nancy Gammie
BEST BRED BY EXHIBITOR– Nancy Stalnaker in memory of Jane Stewart
BEST PUPPY– Walt and Nancy Berger
6 – 9 MONTHS PUPPY DOG CLASS – Mary Young
9 – 12 MONTHS PUPPY DOG CLASS – Neal Williams
JUNIOR DOGS (12-18 MONTHS) – Winnie Noble
AMATEUR HANDLER DOG CLASS – SFBWHWTC
BRED BY EXHIBITOR DOG CLASS – Jim and Betty Boso
AMERICAN BRED DOG CLASS – Sam and Barbara Callaway
OPEN DOG CLASS – Madeleine Sandberg
6 – 9 MONTHS PUPPY BITCH CLASS – Marie Thompson
9 – 12 MONTHS PUPPY BITCH CLASS – Susan Acevedo
JUNOR BITCHES (12 – 18 MONTHS) CLASS – Glenn and Toni Snow
BRED BY EXHIBITOR BITCH CLASS – Lisa Blutman and Mary Sue Blutman
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AMATEUR HANDLER BITCH CLASS – SFBWHWTC
AMERICAN BITCH CLASS – Jason and Sarah Crain
OPEN BITCH CLASS – Allan and Kim Smith
STUD DOG CLASS – Lois Cox and Charlie Tost
BROOD BITCH CLASS – Lois Cox and Charlie Tost
BRACE CLASS – SFBWHWTC
VETERAN DOG- Jack and Maria Caffey
VETERAN BITCH – Suzanne Kesterson
BEST IN PUPPY SWEEPSTAKES– Gary Sacket and David Butterfield
BEST OF OPPOSITE SEX TO BEST IN PUPPY SWEEPSTAKES – Rick and Debbie Sklarin
6 – 9 MONTHS PUPPY DOG SWEEPSTAKES CLASS – Ramona Rule
9 – 12 MONTHS PUPPY DOG SWEEPSTAKES CLASS – Janie Emerson
JUNIOR DOG PUPPY SWEEPSTAKES CLASS (12 – 18 MONTHS) – Leslie Zais
6 – 9 MONTHS PUPPY BITCH SWEEPSTAKES CLASS – Chuck Grimes
9 – 12 MONTHS PUPPY BITCH SWEEPSTAKES CLASS – Ramona Rule
JUNIOR BITCH PUPPY SWEEPSTAKES CLASS (12 – 18 MONTHS) – Jim and Sandy Gilmer
BEST IN VETERAN SWEEPSTAKES -Kay DeLoach & Karen Simondet of Westie Rescue
of Orange County & Beyond
BEST OF OPPOSITE SEX TO BEST IN VETERAN SWEEPSTAKES – David and Linda Snook
VETERAN DOGS SWEEPSTAKES CLASS 7 – 9 YEARS – SFBWHWTC
VETERAN DOGS SWEEPSTAKES CLASS 10 YEARS AND OLDER – SFBWHWTC
VETERAN BITCHES SWEEPSTAKES CLASS 7 – 9 YEARS - SFBWHWTC
VETERAN BITCHES SWEEPSTAKES CLASS 10 YEARS AND OLDER – SFBWHWTC
GENERAL TROPHY FUND – Pam Whiting
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Donald Krieger
In Memoriam
April 19, 1941 - April 28, 2014
We all know Donald as the guy that was helping
load and unload trophies, helping with set-up and
tear down, and taking care of the dogs when Gail
was away on "Westie business." Donald and Gail
were married May 28, 1966, and were always a
team. They had two daughters, Genevie and Anne
Marie Krieger.
In 1972, with his wife, Gail, along with Bruce and
Helaine Campbell, he co-founded the Bay Counties
West Highland White Terrier Club (later to become
the San Francisco Bay West Highland White Terrier
Club after AKC sanction).
Formation of the Club was a daunting task. Using
lists of Westie buyers from Margaret Barr and
Dorie Eisenberg, owners were invited to meet at
the home of Donald and Gail in Walnut Creek in
September, 1972, to discuss the formation of a
regional Westie Club. In the early days of the Club,
Donald helped with Club match set-ups and teardowns, made trophies, worked on fundraisers and
served on nominating committees.
Donald is co-breeder of multiple Best-in-Show Ch.
Paddyhill's Flash of Brilliance, and Canadian
multiple Best-in-Show winner, Am. Can. Ch.
Gailaurie's Zoomzoom, also the winner of the
WHWTCA's (West Highland White Terrier Club of
America) Centennial Show Best-of-Opposite-Sex in
2009. He and Gail were the owners or
breeder/owners of twenty Westie champions, two
Cairn Terrier and two Norwich Terrier champions.
His most adored Westie was Ch. Merryhart Racy
Rumor (Racy). Donald also had a Mini- Wirehaired
Dachshund, Happiness Lady Gailaurie (Daisy), who
he loved. But Donald loved all dogs...big and small.
Donald always encouraged his daughters, Gen and
Anne Marie, to participate in AKC junior
showmanship, and both of them subsequently
became Best Junior Handler in Show winners.
Donald loved their home in Valley Springs where he
could pursue his hobbies as an avid vegetable
gardener, working on his classic car collection, and
getting away to go fishing. But first and foremost
he was a great family man and always stayed close
to his extended family.
Donald and Gail would have been married 48 years
on May 28, 2014, and Donald passed just one
short month before that anniversary on April 28,
2014.
We lost a wonderful man and friend with Donald's
passing. In addition to being a tireless worker for
the Club, he always had a smile and a pat on the
back for everyone, and was the fastest guy around
at buying you a drink! He will be greatly missed.
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Getting to Know our Board Members
by Linda Gilcrest
MARIA CAFFEY, Board Member and
Spring Fling Chair
I was born many years ago in Albuquerque, New
Mexico. I grew up in a lovely adobe home and my
family owned flower shops. We always had a
Parakeet and a Pekingese. I studied ballet, tap,
modern jazz, acrobatics and ballroom from the
time I was 5 years old until I went off to college. I
was a soloist with the Ballet Company of New
Mexico and held the National and International
Junior Ballroom titles.
In the tumultuous 1960s, I left Albuquerque for the
University of Santa Clara, where I was supposed to
major in ballet. Alas, I forgot all about dancing and
graduated with a degree in Psychology. It was at
Santa Clara that Jack and I met. He was majoring in
Electrical Engineering. We fell in love and got
married 2 weeks after I graduated.
I began working as a Counselor at Juvenile Hall in
San Jose. It was a very frightening experience with
dangerous kids. After that I worked at the VA
Hospital in Menlo Park with Veterans battling drug
and alcohol addiction. This was extremely
rewarding. As the patients’ behavior changed, I
saw wonderful human beings emerge.
In the meantime, Jack received his Masters Degree
in Electrical Engineering and began his career with
Hewlett Packard. We moved into our first home in
Los Altos and
had our son
Sean. I got to
be a stay-athome Mom
with him for
5 years. We
are so proud
of him. He
graduated
from Berkeley and went on to earn his M.D. and
MBA at the University of Southern California. He is
now the founder and CEO of a number of medical
device companies in the Los Angeles area.
While
staying
home with Sean,
I began my MBA
at the University
of Santa Clara. I
started as a Cost
Accountant and
worked my way
up
to
the
Financial
Planning
and
Analysis Manager for several divisions of ROLM
Corporation. ROLM was eventually purchased by
IBM, where I happily worked until I retired.
As soon as I retired we adopted two Westie
puppies from Suzanne Kesterson. Again, I was a
stay-at-home Mom...this time for Katie and Angus.
We joined the SFBWHWTC soon after. Actually it
took Jack about 15 years to formally sign up, but
both of us have been active in the Club since our
first Westie 16 years ago. We are on our second set
now with another Katie and a Murphy. We show
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them in Obedience.
Murphy has his CD
(Companion Dog) and Katie has her BN (Beginner
Novice). Both are Canine Good Citizens.
wonderful volunteers and everyone who came and
made it such a success!
This year I am
on the board
of
the
SFBWHWTC
and chaired
the
Spring
Fling. Again, I
want
to
thank all the
When I’m not with Katie and Murphy, I’m probably
at a Giants' game, the Los Altos Country Club or
Filoli, where I am I volunteer on the Floral Design
Committee. I assist with the classes that teach
flower arranging. I am also active with the Filoli
Flower Show and the Holiday Traditions.
I hope to see all of you members at the Fun Day on
August 2nd.
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Getting to Know our New Members
by Linda Gilcrest
BARBARA MORDY
I was born in Ohio and raised in Ann Arbor,
Michigan. I attended undergraduate school at
Wisconsin State University, Stevens Pointe, and
Eastern Michigan University, from where I
graduated in 1974. I came to California in 1974,
then left in 1975 to work for VISTA Volunteers in
Service to America in Rapid City, South Dakota. I
returned to California in 1976 and attended
graduate school at San Jose State University
earning a Master’s
Degree in Social
Work.
I've always loved
dogs
and
had
rescued four dogs
prior to my first
Westie.
My
neighbor had a
“Pam
Evans”
Rescue Westie that
I adored so I
applied for one. I
rescued my first Westie from Pam Evans in 2004.
Angus McDuff is now 14-15 years old. I have been
attending the Spring Fling and Tartan Games since I
got him from Pam. When I retired, I got Hunter
McDuff from a rescue in the Central Valley. Hunter
is now about 8 years old.
I took over running the South Bay West Highland
White Terrier Meet-up about 5 years ago. My
Westie Meet-up has about 175 members...many
who have rescues and support rescue. In 2010, I
contacted Mary Young to see if I could assist her
with Rescue. I had assisted the Central Valley
Rescue (where I got Hunter) in placing several
Westies and one Cairn in my group network. I
thought I might assist Mary by using the resources
of my Meet-up to help find fosters (and forever
homes) for needy Westies, as well as transporting
South Bay Westies from shelters to vets. Most
recently I have tried to help with fund raising for
Rescue, and I am currently working on the Westie
Facebook Auction for the Rescue Fund.
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Professionally, I am a Licensed Clinical Social
Worker who spent most of my career as a Civil
Servant and Manager. I worked my way up to a
Regional Manager position with the State of
California-Department of Social Services Licensing
Division. Our division licensed out of home care for
children, adults and seniors in non-medical
facilities. I retired about 3 years ago after over 20
years in management, and 33 years of state
service.
preservation. I am on the Board of the Historic
Preservation Society of Santa Clara and the HarrisLass House Museum, as well as the Chair of the
Santa Clara Historic Home Tour for the second
year. The tour is an annual event in December
featuring 4 private historic homes and a public
building.
All money raised is donated to
preservation efforts in the local community.
I am a new member of the Westie Club as of this
past January, and I'm looking forward to continuing
my active involvement with this wonderful breed.
Since retirement, I have been following my
interests...which focus on rescue and historic
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2014 Board of Directors
This is the 2014 Club Board of Directors which was elected at the Annual meeting on January 11, 2014.
From left to right: Rick Sklarin, President; Sarah Crain, Secretary; Jim Gilcrest, Treasurer; Maria Caffey,
Director; Neal Williams, Director; Nancy Berger, Director; Sherry Byrd, Director and Mary Young, Vice
President and Rescue Chair. Missing from the photo are Ramona Rule, Director; and Sandy Gilmer, Director.
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New Members
Introducing our new members voted in at the January Annual Meeting.
From left to right are: Jan Williams, Ken Mieding, Davena Gentry, Charlie Tost, Lois Cox, Madeleine Sandberg,
Ulf Sandberg, Barbara Mordy, and Jo Fleming.
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Pending Memberships
The following individuals have submitted applications to join the Club. Each applicant must have their
application read at two General Meetings which they attend before being voted on for membership.
Each of these applicants has had a first reading, and will have a second reading and be voted on at the next
General Meeting which they attend:
Michelle Hou, Dublin
Bev Klein, Moraga
Derek Tyan, Lafayette
Nickie Flynn, Mill Valley and Kansas
Darrell Harguth, Pleasant Hill
Gail Larsen, Danville
The following individuals need a first and second reading of their applications:
Carol Hemphill, San Juan Bautista
Meryl Shatzman, Fremont
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Brags
Westly lives with Karen Heere in Yachats, Oregon.
He excels in agility. He has earned his first title
(Jumpers Novice), running with the Australian
Shepherd Club of America.
Yes, little white dogs can jump.
BonneeBelle Gilcrest
(CH Sudoeste's "Til There Was You")
was the Best Veteran in Sweepstakes
at our Club Specialty
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Rescue Report
by Mary Young
We had a wonderful 2014 Parade of Rescues on
April 26th, at the Spring Fling, and are now devoting
all of our attention to fundraising. Of course we
continue to accept precious Westies into our
program who are seeking a new forever home.
Currently we have several in Foster homes who
need medical attention. I am sure you remember
Dixie, our little heartworm girl, and I am pleased to
report that all of her treatments have gone very
well and she will be spayed and placed in a month
or so.
CALIFORNIA FUNDRAISING AUCTION” and the link
to our page is: https://www.facebook.com/groups/
WestieRescueN.Cali/
Fundraising is a key priority now because we had
three Rescues who needed extensive medical care
and have greatly impacted our Rescue Fund. We
sent out a plea for people to donate and have
received some much needed cash allowing us to
keep rescuing. Thank you notes will be sent after
our major fundraising event, which I will tell you
about now. We are also listing our donations in an
upcoming Tartan Newsletter.
We have two volunteers from Michigan (Marcia
Reimer) and North Carolina (Shelly Olivares) who
have set up our Auction page for us. Linda Gilcrest,
Sandy Gilmer, Barbara Mordy, Ramona Rule and I
are the Club members involved who are collecting
items and posting them on Facebook. We take
photos of the treasures and post them with a
starting bid and postage information. Others are
posting their items, too, and you can also do so.
We will continue to add to the page so keep your
eye on it and join the fun. And thanks again to all
of you who have donated cash and collectibles!
Keep up the intensity of interest and we will report
back soon on the results of the Auction.
We are having a Facebook Auction of all things
Westie (and some Scottie and Cairn items). If you
are not on Facebook, be sure to join, and if you are
on Facebook, please invite your friends to join. Our
page name is “WESTIE RESCUE OF NORTHERN
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Copy and paste that link into your browser and you
will be sent to us immediately. We currently have
869 members who have registered to vote at the
Auction, and we would love to reach 1000 for the
Auction, which starts on Thursday, June 26th, at
11:00 AM PDT and ends Sunday, June 29th, at
3:59:59 PM PDT.
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In Memoriam
We wish to take this opportunity to honor our
wonderful four-footed friends that have crossed the
Rainbow Bridge. For future issues, we ask that you
send
your
memorials
to
us
at:
[email protected]. Please send a photo,
birth (an estimate is fine if you don't have the exact
date) and death dates and a short (three or four
sentences) note to include in the memorial.
Angus
1998 - April 7, 2014
Maria and Jack Caffey
We said goodbye to Angus. He was with us for over 16 years
and gave joy to our lives every day in every way. We miss
him terribly.
Buddie
Am, Can Ch. Gailaurie's Vagabond Venture
September, 2001 - August, 2013
Donald and Gail Krieger
Buddie was a "singleton," or some might say the only puppy in the
litter, spoiled rotten. Buddie was a true showman. He was one of
those show dogs that said through his posture in the show ring that
he was demanding you look at him. He finished his AKC and CKC
championships at eleven months. He was also a great house pet as
well as a show dog, proving it's possible to have the best of both
worlds.
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Sophie
1998 - March 5, 2014
Cindy and Ron Kangas
Puppies for sale. We traveled to Walnut Creek to the breeder’s home. A herd of Westies greeted us at the
door. We were able to observe the puppies playing. The star of the show was Kelly. When Bob threw a tennis
ball, she ran with wild abandon to be the first to capture the treasured ball. I
told my husband Kelly was the one. The one-year old puppy fell asleep on the
ride home, tired after her aggressive tennis ball chasing.
Upon arriving at home, I was excited to play with Kelly and the tennis ball. I
threw the ball. She looked at me with a vacuous expression. "Why on earth
would I chase a tennis ball?" To this day, she has never chased a ball, or any
toy for that matter.
She was not a Kelly. After asking many for ideas and recognizing my affinity for
all things French, she was christened Sophie. Her lazy cat-like ways seemed to
mesh well with a Sophie moniker.
While not into chasing balls, Sophie excelled at hiking, was a great fishing partner, enjoyed innumerable walks
and just being a loyal companion. She was well-known for her greeting of visitors with an enthusiastic howl.
Hallie
June 1, 1998 - February 16, 2014
Jackie and Bob Myers
Our sweet Hallie...after surviving a puppy mill, commercial
transport while still a fragile and tiny puppy from the
eastern US to Las Vegas, a serious case of CMO, and a pet
store having sent her to their vet to be euthanized, Hallie
came into our lives on Christmas Eve of 1998. She was all
terrier…fun, feisty, courageous, inquisitive, tender, and a
cuddler, with a zest for life that invited everyone to join in
the fun and shenanigans, no spoil sports allowed. Bob
and I will miss her deeply always.
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Ivie
Ch. Stoneledge Ivie MacKenChar
April 1996 - October 2013
Owned and loved by Donald and Gail Krieger and
Jaimi Glodek
We affectionately called her Ivie Geranium because
when we got her as a six month old puppy we were
warned that she was a climber. Indeed! She was a
climber! We lost Ivie at 17 1/2 years. She was
quite lively up until her last six months of life. We
miss her dearly.
Birdie and Sparkie
Donald and Gail Krieger
It's been a very sad past 12 months. We lost dear sweet Bertie (Birdie) last
summer and now our poor sweet Sparkie is gone.
Mary allowed us to foster both boys. We eventually adopted Bertie. Sparkie had
kidney disease. Mary and I agreed the best thing we could do for Sparkie was to let
him live out his days with the Krieger family. Another relocation would have
stressed him too much and accelerated his disease.
Bertie came from the Petaluma (no kill)
animal shelter. It was obvious that he had
suffered long and hard with atopy (fungal
skin disease) before being rescued off the
streets and delivered to the Petaluma
Shelter. He had permanent scarring and
could no longer regrow hair on his chest
and from his hips down to his hind feet. I
think he adapted well to life at Toreno
Way, and it says it all when I tell you that
he never slept a night anywhere but on
the left lower corner of the bed. If ever a
dog deserved to be treated with a little
extra kindness, it was Bertie.
Sparkie was the Westie with the temperament every Westie should have. He was so confident, yet gentle. He
loved people and he loved every dog he came in contact with. Sparkie was a true ambassador of the breed.
What a gentleman! What a shame he had to leave this earth so soon.
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Westies being Westies
Dixie really wants that mole!!
Mary Young
Harry lost a tooth
Marie Thompson
Milton is modeling for Playgirl!
Virginia and Ed Casey
Mac really likes his bear
Jacqueline Bonnel
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SAN FRANCISCO BAY WEST HIGHLAND WHITE TERRIER CLUB
2014 OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President
Vice President
Treasurer
Secretary
Board of Directors
Rick Sklarin
Mary Young
Jim Gilcrest, IPP
Sarah Crain
Nancy Berger, Sherry Byrd, Maria Caffey ,
Sandy Gilmer, Ramona Rule, Neal Williams
2014 COMMITTEES
Auction for Rescue Fund
Mary Young, Linda Gilcrest, Ramona Rule, Sandy Gilmer,
Barbara Mordy
Awards
Pam Evans
Boutique/Craft Table
Marie Thompson, Suzanne Kesterson
By-laws
Neal Williams, Gail Krieger, Lisa Blutman, Mary Young
Fun Day
Debbie Sklarin, Rick Sklarin
Fundraising
Lisa Blutman, Kim Smith, Linda Gilcrest
Highland Tartan Newsletter
Linda Gilcrest, Jim Gilcrest
Holiday Luncheon
Suzanne Kesterson, Marie Thompson
Hospitality
Nancy Berger
Inventory
Pam Evans
Legislative
Janie Emerson
Librarian
OPEN
Membership
Linda Gilcrest
Meeting & Event Notification
OPEN
Obedience
Nancy Berger
Other Club Liaison
Gail Krieger
Program & Club Education
OPEN
Puppy Referral and Breeder Referral
SFBWHWTC Website
Rescue
Mary Young, Gail Krieger, Marshall Culp
Specialty Show
Lisa Blutman
Spring Fling
Maria Caffey
Standing Match & Show
Gail Krieger, Lisa Blutman, Kim Smith
Supported Entry & Special Events
Gail Krieger
Sunshine
Nancy Berger
Tartan Games
Jason Crain, Sarah Crain, Rick Sklarin, Debbie Sklarin
Trophies
Looking for a new one!
Webmaster
Sandy Gilmer (Looking for a new one!)
Westie Foundation of America Liaison
Gail Krieger
WestieMed Liaison
Pam Evans, Sandy Gilmer
WHWTCA Liaison
Lisa Blutman
Please consider volunteering your time by serving on one of the Club’s committees. Volunteering is a great
way to meet new people and to help shape the future of our organization. If you are interested, please
contact Rick Sklarin.
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
2014 EVENTS
Date
Event
Location
August 2, 2014
September, 2014
October 25, 2014
Fun Day
Match
Tartan Games
Sklarins' Residence, Atherton
TBD
Vasona Park, Los Gatos
Visit us online at http://www.sfbaywestieclub.com for the latest news and updates!
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SAN FRANCISCO BAY WEST HIGHLAND WHITE TERRIER CLUB
Jim and Linda Gilcrest
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