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Official Publication Of The National Mini Rex Club <strong>3rd</strong> Qurter July-August-September <strong>2023</strong>
NMRRC Publication Quarter 3 July-August-September <strong>2023</strong><br />
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Your Committees<br />
AD Manager<br />
Lynanne Crippen<br />
● Advertiser’s Index<br />
● April-May-June <strong>2023</strong><br />
● Covers<br />
● 3 Queens Mini Rex …….Inside Front<br />
● Lowry & Kim Mini Rex Inside Back<br />
● Bass Equipment……….Outside Back<br />
● KT Bunny Barn…………..Page 10<br />
● Circlr R ……………………..Page 21<br />
Visit us online at<br />
www.nmrrc.net
National Mini Rex Rabbit Club––––––-Visit us on the web @ www.nmrrc.net<br />
www.nmrrc.net<br />
Directors reports Page 6<br />
Road Trip Page 25<br />
<strong>2023</strong> Open National Winners Page 27<br />
Youth National Winners Page 37<br />
New Variety info Page 21<br />
Judges selection Ballot Page 43<br />
Disclaimer<br />
The NMRRC reserves the right to refuse<br />
publication of any articles or<br />
advertisements it deems not to be in the<br />
best interest of its members.<br />
The articles, opinions or statements<br />
published are solely the responsibility of<br />
President<br />
Jeremy Watmuff<br />
nmrrcpresident@gmail.com<br />
Vice-President<br />
VACANT<br />
Secretary<br />
Bridget Forman<br />
nmrrcsecretary@gmail.com<br />
Treasurer<br />
Lee Bastyr<br />
nmrrctreasurer@gmail.com<br />
Newsletter Editor<br />
Cheryl Parks<br />
nmrrcnews@outlook.com<br />
District One Director<br />
Diane Walker<br />
blazinbunzrabbitry@yahoo.com<br />
District Two Director<br />
Armando Cabrera<br />
mandojudg@aol.com<br />
District Three Director<br />
Allyse Sullivan<br />
allysesully24@gmail.com<br />
District Four Director<br />
Sandra Neal<br />
nealduck1@gmail.com<br />
District Five Director<br />
Amanda Marquardt<br />
ilminirex@gmail.com<br />
District Six Director<br />
Mark Charles<br />
nmrrcd6director@gmail.com<br />
District 7 Director<br />
Michael Mageles<br />
michaelmageles@outlook.com<br />
District Eight Director<br />
Beth Bickel<br />
Bickelsbunnies@gmail.com<br />
District Nine Director<br />
Piper Smith<br />
piperdebruler927@yahoo.com
Cheryl Parks<br />
Nmrrcnews@outlook.com<br />
Hi Mini Rex Family,<br />
Happy Summer! How do you keep your bunnies<br />
cool in the summer?<br />
We have tried a window air conditioner but found it<br />
was not big enough for our barn. Our barn isn’t<br />
that big but the AC just didn’t cool the space. I<br />
know those that have big units that do a good job.<br />
Well, with that not working we even tried an air<br />
conditioning unit on wheels for inside the barn.<br />
Once again it wasn’t enough for cooling the space.<br />
Therefore, we rely on a swamp cooler. The inside<br />
swamp coolers are not the answer. We now have a<br />
huge unit cut into the side of the barn. This way we<br />
get fresh air from outside if we use the vent cycle.<br />
Also the unit doesn’t get clogged with hair. The<br />
major drawback is the humidity. If you live in a<br />
humid area a swamp cooler will not work for you.<br />
I hope you can find the answer for your barn. The<br />
trial and error method gets expensive so good luck<br />
finding your answer quickly.<br />
I want to congratulate the winners from nationals.<br />
You can find the photos in this newsletter.<br />
Thank you to Catherine Tompkins for writing an<br />
article for this issue. Check it out!<br />
Until next time! Keep your bunnies cool!<br />
Chery<br />
Newsletter Deadlines<br />
for articles, pictures<br />
and things to share:<br />
Dec 1 for 1St Qtr<br />
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Qtr<br />
June 1 for <strong>3rd</strong><br />
Qtr<br />
Sept 1st<br />
for<br />
4th<br />
Qtr<br />
Deadline for content for next issue is September1, <strong>2023</strong><br />
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Jeremy Watmuff<br />
nmrrcpresident@gmail.com<br />
Greetings Mini Rex Breeders! It looks like we are<br />
heading directly from fall to summer with not a hint of<br />
spring here in the Midwest. I am hopeful in the next few<br />
days I will have nest boxes full of babies.<br />
Our annual national show was held in Columbus Ohio<br />
this year. If you were unable to attend, you surely<br />
missed a great event. Our youth committee led by Lizz<br />
Beason raised over $5,000 for the Linda Thompson<br />
Memorial Scholarship Fund. Thank you to the members<br />
at the show as well as those at home that were bidding<br />
online throughout the weekend.<br />
As you know we did not receive a bid for this years<br />
national so this year the NMRRC hosted the show.<br />
Thank you to those that volunteered! Beth and Paul<br />
Bickel, Lee Bastyr, Doug King, Rose Watmuff all stayed<br />
into the early morning hours printing and sorting cards<br />
for the morning. Brian and Julie Rumsey were truly the<br />
saviors of the weekend as they were the putting on cage<br />
tags Thursday night, printing cards as well late on Friday<br />
and also stayed until packets were picked up by<br />
members on Sunday. We could not have done this<br />
without the two of them. Thank you again to all the<br />
writers and runners. The NMRRC hosted another pizza<br />
party for the membership on show day. Always a great<br />
day when pizza is involved. Allyse Sullivan was able to<br />
capture all open variety photos and they look fantastic. I<br />
know there was a message to get your photos in to the<br />
newsletter editor for the youth. If you were still unable<br />
to, please send them in so we can get the pictures<br />
published in the printed newsletter in the fall.<br />
During the banquet, we thanked Doug King for his over<br />
25 years of service to the NMRRC board. Doug has been<br />
an advocate for the Mini Rex breed and a human<br />
guidebook on the board as he has essentially been<br />
around forever and has a memory of practically every<br />
vote ever taken. Doug, the board will not be the same<br />
without you and I hope you truly take time to enjoy your<br />
nationals and conventions in the coming years.<br />
Congratulations to all winners and once again thank you<br />
to PMGraphix as they once again did a fantastic job on<br />
our awards.<br />
All sweepstakes awards were either distributed to the<br />
membership or shipped out to your home address that<br />
we have on file. Many aprons were given to members<br />
that may reside close to you. If you took an apron for<br />
someone else, please be sure to reach out to them and<br />
let them know.<br />
It is time to gear up for convention and begin looking<br />
forward to our 2024 National Show in Hutchinson,<br />
Kansas. There are hotel links on social media for<br />
nationals and the Kansas Crew has been working<br />
extremely hard to prepare a memorable national show<br />
for us. Please send your intent to bid for the 2025<br />
National Show to Bridget Foreman prior to the ARBA<br />
Convention in Louisville.<br />
We always have ways to get involved! If you are<br />
interested, please email nmrrcpresident@gmail.com<br />
“A good life is when you assume nothing, do more, smile<br />
often, dream big, laugh a lot and realize how blessed you<br />
really are with what you have” ~Minion Quotes<br />
Until Next Time,<br />
Jeremy<br />
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VACANT<br />
nmrrcvicepresident@gmail.com<br />
Vacant!<br />
If you are interested in learning more<br />
about the NMRRC and the office of the<br />
Vice President, please contact Jeremy<br />
Watmuff nmrrcpresident@gmail.com<br />
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Bridget Forman<br />
Nmrrcsecretary@gmail.com<br />
Hello everyone,<br />
I hope you all are enjoying the start of summer and<br />
warmer weather. Though I was not able to attend, it<br />
sounds like Mini Rex nationals had a great turnout and<br />
wonderful banquet. I want to extend a big thank you to<br />
Jeremy and his team for all their hard work making sure<br />
everything went as smoothly as possible.<br />
At the time of writing this article I will have been in the<br />
Secretary position for about a month. I am doing my<br />
best to catch on and Doug and Jeremy have both been<br />
extremely helpful in answering any questions that I<br />
have, and I am grateful for that as there is a lot that<br />
goes along with this position.<br />
Sanctions are coming in quite steadily so hopefully<br />
shows in the coming months will see a great turnout for<br />
the Mini Rex breed. We also have had quite a few new<br />
members join, so welcome!<br />
Just a reminder as we are just getting into the summer<br />
months fly control is always an issue, we personally like<br />
the Country Vet metered fly sprayers. But fly predators<br />
or other fly traps are great options for barns. Also, fans<br />
not only aid in proper ventilation but flies and<br />
mosquitoes do not like the breeze. Make sure your<br />
animals always have fresh clean water in front of them<br />
and as the temps increase consider feeding in the<br />
cooler hours of the day. We personally like feeding in<br />
the evening as rabbits are more active at night. Grass<br />
hay is always on hand, but this time of year dandelion<br />
greens and broadleaf plantain are also great for those<br />
that may go off feed due to molting in the hot months.<br />
For those that may have missed it, the host hotels for<br />
next spring’s national have been posted so get those<br />
reservations made as I confident it is going to be a great<br />
show!<br />
Hope everyone has a fun and safe summer and feel free<br />
to reach out with any questions.<br />
Bridget<br />
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Lee Bastyr<br />
Hello Mini Rex Friends,<br />
Nmrrctreasurer@gmail.com<br />
We had a great show at the <strong>2023</strong> National Show in Columbus, OH! It was a fun, yet very busy weekend, enjoying time<br />
with friends while enjoying the hobby that brings us together. A big THANK YOU to Jeremy Watmuff for this large<br />
undertaking and all the volunteers who helped make the show a success. We had a large representation of quality<br />
animals and large classes. Congratulations to all the winners!<br />
The financial report for 2ⁿ Fiscal Quarter/1 Quarter of <strong>2023</strong> is included in this Newsletter, as well as the details for<br />
the Linda Thompson Memorial Scholarship Fund auction and the Banquet auction. Thank you to everyone who<br />
donated items and to all the bidders. Your support and generosity makes our club thrive. Shout out to Lizz Beason on<br />
the addition of the youth royalty program and for surpassing last year’s amount in the youth auction! She works<br />
tirelessly for our youth and it’s appreciated.<br />
I hope you all have a great summer. See you in Louisville!<br />
Lee<br />
Mark Your Calendars<br />
2024<br />
Mini Rex Nationals<br />
Hutchinson Kansas<br />
April 5-7, 2024<br />
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Diane Walker<br />
blazinbunzrabbitry@yahoo.com<br />
Washington - Oregon - Idaho - Montana - Wyoming - Alaska Japan - Canada (Saskatchewan, British<br />
Columbia, & Alberta)<br />
Greetings everyone and welcome to summer. It has<br />
even warmed up here in the Pacific Northwest! By the<br />
time you are reading this nationals will be over.<br />
Congratulations goes out to all the winners. Before we<br />
know it, it will be time to breed for next year’s<br />
nationals in Kansas.<br />
The Pacific Crest Mini Rex Club has been quite busy<br />
these past couple months, holding at least one or more<br />
specialty shows in Oregon, California, and in Reno at<br />
West Coast Classic. It has been great fun to show with<br />
all my mini rex family at these events. As always we<br />
would like to hear news from shows all over District 1<br />
so if anyone has information to include in future<br />
reports don’t hesitate to let me know.<br />
Amazingly enough Convention is only a little over 4<br />
months away!! Hopefully everyone has made their<br />
arrangements. I can’t wait to see what the fine folks in<br />
Louisville have in store for us.<br />
I hope everyone has a wonderful summer with warm<br />
temperatures and cool rabbits. I look forward to seeing<br />
you at shows.<br />
Diane<br />
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Armando Cabrerra<br />
mandojudg@aol.com<br />
Arizona - California - Hawaii - Mexico - Nevada -<br />
Hello District 2:<br />
We have been experiencing incredibly nice weather after a<br />
very heavy snow and rainfall Winter and Spring. It's such a<br />
relief to see many rivers, streams, lakes and dams<br />
completely full of water that has also brought an abundance<br />
of wildlife, wildflowers and green fields!<br />
We seem to be having a mix of mini rex numbers shown at<br />
our local shows lately; sometimes numbers showing are up<br />
and the next show they'll be down. But stay encouraged,<br />
keep showing and promoting our beautiful breed! I've really<br />
been enjoying my time as an exhibitor again, even though I<br />
wasn't able to attend many shows due to work and family<br />
commitments I had this Spring. It's been nice getting to<br />
show my castors, since I've been focusing on them to<br />
improve the quality and build interest in them to grow our<br />
numbers in the variety.<br />
I encourage you to get out in those barns, get those rabbits<br />
bred for National Show seniors, and ongoing local shows, so<br />
we can all stay motivated and keep the momentum going in<br />
our breed and the overall fancy. Speaking of National<br />
Shows, I want to express a hearty CONGRATULATIONS to all<br />
of our National Show Winners! I am especially proud to<br />
congratulate the Queens Team from District 2 (Dae Lycos,<br />
Berlena Reynolds, Catherine & Nicole Tompkins) for the Best<br />
of Breed win with their beautiful Otter Jr Doe,<br />
"OBSESSION!" Also to the Bauer, Bauer, Burkhalter and Ross<br />
Team for their Best Opposite of Breed Broken Senior Buck,<br />
"TAG!"<br />
Arizona Best in Show<br />
I hate to sound redundant, but please be sure to have<br />
coolers and fans serviced/cleaned and ready to go so you<br />
keep your rabbits comfortable, healthy and alive during the<br />
Summer hot weather, which I'm sure will arrive soon! :)<br />
Armando<br />
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AllysE Sullivan<br />
allysesully24@gmail.com<br />
North Dakota - Nebraska - South Dakota - Minnesota - Iowa - Wisconsin<br />
Hello everyone!<br />
I hope you are having a great Summer and keeping your<br />
bunnies cool. Summer has its pros and cons when it comes<br />
to raising rabbits. For me, I would much rather prefer to<br />
clean poop pans and powerwash cages when it's warm and<br />
sunny out, so I can jump in the pool after! However,<br />
Summer can be hard on the rabbits, especially young ones.<br />
If you are unable to have air conditioning in your barn, it is<br />
critical to have a lot of fans and airflow. Invest in good barn<br />
fans- you won’t regret it. Clean your cages more often than<br />
not to keep flies away. Put up fly traps and get yourself<br />
some fly spray. When it comes to feeding, I recommend<br />
feeding your animals at the coolest time of the day- early<br />
morning or late evening. We feed ours early in the<br />
morning, so they can eat quite a bit before it gets warm<br />
out. It just fits our busy schedules better. Make sure your<br />
animals always have fresh, cool water. Some will put frozen<br />
water bottles or cold tiles in their rabbits’ cages to keep<br />
them cool. I also recommend not handling your rabbits on<br />
those hot days but be thorough with checking on them.<br />
Avoid breeding during the warmest times. I try to breed<br />
during the late evening when it is cooler out. Young rabbits<br />
are affected by the heat the most. Be mindful when<br />
weaning. I recommend separating mom from the siblings<br />
first. Allow the babies to all stay together in the same cage<br />
they were born in for some time to adjust to that change. If<br />
they aren’t eating much, keep their bellies moving with hay<br />
or straw. Be mindful of your animals and put in the extra<br />
effort to keep them happy on those warm days.<br />
the room, help focus on a less popular variety, so we can<br />
keep them a recognized variety in the years to come! Take<br />
a look at the number of rabbits entered within each variety<br />
at Nationals and Convention to get a good idea of a variety<br />
you can help improve and grow the numbers in. Be aware<br />
of the varieties that are not commonly entered at your<br />
local shows and make it your goal to improve that number<br />
and make an impact on your breed. If you have questions<br />
about breeders you can get stock from, I would be happy to<br />
make recommendations and get you connected with them.<br />
I hope your nestboxes are full for Convention and you are<br />
breeding for Nationals 2024!<br />
-Allyse Sullivan<br />
It was so great to see everyone at Nationals!<br />
Congratulations to the BOB and BOS winners in Open and<br />
Youth! I had a blast taking pictures of all the open<br />
variety/group winners and some of the youth. There were<br />
so many beautiful animals. I was extremely proud of our<br />
breed and how far some of our varieties have come,<br />
especially some of the more rare varieties. The quality and<br />
popularity is growing in many of these varieties. If you have<br />
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Sandra Neal<br />
nealduck1@gmail.com<br />
Arkansas - Colorado - New Mexico - Oklahoma – Texas<br />
District 4 Director<br />
Sandra Neal<br />
As I contemplate the last 25 years of showing my<br />
minirex I realize how far I have come from the flat,<br />
long shouldered rabbits that I originally had. I didn’t<br />
have a lot of money so I had to work with what I had<br />
to improve my herd, it was a long process. I was at<br />
the bottom of the classes eventually moving to the<br />
middle of the classes and finally starting to pull off<br />
some wins. That is why when someone wins breed<br />
and it’s not me I go congratulate them. You don’t<br />
win by not working hard at it. I also try to<br />
congratulate the Bis and ris winners.<br />
I’m sure must of the winners for convention are<br />
already born so good luck to everyone. I didn’t have<br />
a great spring for babies but I’m finally getting some<br />
litters. I’m not going to show as much this year as<br />
mom isn’t getting better she’s getting worse so it’s<br />
harder to leave her for more than 24 hours. Good<br />
luck to everyone at the shows and I will see you<br />
down the road.<br />
Sandra Neal<br />
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Amanda<br />
Marquardt<br />
ilminirex@gmail.com<br />
Kansas - Missouri - Illinois<br />
<strong>2023</strong> Mini Rex Nationals was a fun event in Columbus! Fantastic job<br />
to Jeremy Watmuff, The Rumseys, and The Potters for setting up,<br />
entering placings as classes are completed, and sorting remark cards<br />
to be handed out on Sunday. They did all of the behind the scene<br />
work to make the show successful. Thank you and great job to<br />
anyone else who helped that I missed. Your help does not go<br />
unnoticed. Great job to Lizz and Chad for running the silent auction<br />
and youth contests! There was a good turnout for it this year and<br />
congratulations to the winners! Thank you also to those who ran<br />
rabbits to help keep the show moving. By helping run rabbits for a<br />
variety or 2 helps out tremendously and doesn’t leave the same<br />
people running rabbits ALL day.<br />
Congratulations to both open and youth BOB and BOS winners!<br />
Beautiful Mini Rex! Next year’s nationals will be April 6th in<br />
Hutchinson, KS. More information can be found on the Heartland<br />
Mini Rex Nationals 2024 Facebook page.<br />
Amanda<br />
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MARK CHARLES<br />
nmrrcd6director@gmail.com<br />
Alabama - Georgia - Florida - Louisiana - Mississippi -<br />
D6 Report<br />
June <strong>2023</strong><br />
Hello everyone,<br />
It has been my pleasure to serve as your Vice President<br />
of the Mini Rex Club but there eventually comes a time<br />
for all of us when we need to move aside and present the<br />
opportunity to someone else. This encourages growth in<br />
others and will keep our club strong for many years to<br />
come.<br />
That being said, I would like to thank you for allowing<br />
me to represent District 6 for the Mini Rex Club.<br />
I am in the process of getting in the swing of things but<br />
if there’s any information, show dates, winnings or<br />
pictures that you would like to see in the newsletter feel<br />
free to email me at nmrrcdistrict6director@gmail.com<br />
and it will be considered..<br />
The Ohio show was a blast! Kudos to all the winners.<br />
The club had a lot of help putting on the show and it ran<br />
very smoothly. Thank you to everyone that participated<br />
in helping the club host the show.<br />
Remember, it takes all of us actively participating for<br />
our club to thrive. If you can please volunteer for<br />
leadership roles and help the local clubs with the<br />
enormous job it is to put on a show.<br />
Also, if you see a new breeder take the time to answer<br />
questions, help them out, introduce them to the Mini Rex<br />
club, remember we were all that “Newbie” breeder at<br />
some point in our journey.<br />
Looking forward to seeing everyone in Louisville KY!<br />
Blessings,<br />
Mark<br />
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Michael Mageles<br />
michaelmageles@outlook.com<br />
New York - New Hampshire - Vermont - Massachusetts -<br />
NO REPORT<br />
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Beth Bickel<br />
Bickelsbunnies@gmail.com<br />
Michigan - Indiana - Ohio - Kentucky - Canada<br />
Hello from District 8<br />
Life is very hectic this time of the year! Believe it or not we<br />
have already had our local county fair here… Nationals is<br />
over.. baby bunnies hopefully in nest boxes for Convention!<br />
Thank you to Jeremy and team for Ohio Nationals all went<br />
smoothly! Congratulations to all who showed!<br />
I know showing season is in full swing best of luck on the<br />
tables! Go team Mini Rex!<br />
We are in the process of planning for everyone to be<br />
welcomed Back to Louisville KY for the 100th ARBA<br />
convention! Jeremy and I are working hard to make it a<br />
convention to remember for our mini Rex family!! Keep an<br />
eye out for updates on banquet!! Welcome reception at<br />
the booth! Don’t forget raffle items !! It will be here<br />
before you know it!<br />
I will be submitting some pictures from district 8 members!<br />
As alway you can reach out to me with you own pictures<br />
and information!!<br />
Beth Bickel<br />
District 8<br />
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Piper Smith Debruler<br />
piperdebruler927@yahoo.<br />
Pennsylvania - West Virgina - Virginia - New Jersey -<br />
Greetings Fellow NMRRC District 9 Members!<br />
I hope everyone’s summer is off to a great start. It has<br />
been a beautiful May and early June here in the<br />
south.<br />
I loved seeing all of the posts from this years National<br />
Show in Ohio! We were so sad to miss it. This winter<br />
and spring were very complicated by a wild ride of a<br />
pregnancy. I am looking forward to much more normalcy<br />
(hopefully!!). Huge congratulations to the Open<br />
BOB winners, Dae Lycos/Berlena Reynolds/Catherine<br />
and Nicole Tompkins and Open BOSB winners, Michelle<br />
and Sharon Bauer/Wade Burkhalter/Jason<br />
Ross/Maple Kelly. Another huge congratulations to<br />
our Youth BOB winner, Jordan Crawford and Youth<br />
BOSB winner, Riley Templeton. A special congratulations<br />
as well to all of the District 9 members, both<br />
youth and open, for their placements and accolades.<br />
One of our very own district 9 breeders was one of<br />
the judges at this years national, Nikki Bortz! I know<br />
she had a fabulous time. We also had a number of D9<br />
members (youth and open) that helped to run rabbits<br />
throughout the day; which is always a huge help!<br />
The next big event for our breed will be the <strong>2023</strong> AR-<br />
BA Convention in Louisville, Kentucky. This is ARBA’s<br />
100th Anniversary show and it promises to be a spectacular<br />
event. I know the NMRRC has been working on<br />
some special plans, so stay tuned!! As a reminder, the<br />
dates have altered from the original show week and<br />
they are now October 7-11, <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
I did want to tell members that we now have an official<br />
Facebook page - NMRRC District 9! I encourage all<br />
of our district members to join the page. We will be<br />
sharing news, show info, wins, etc.<br />
My judging schedule is very full for summer and fall. I<br />
look forward to reconnecting with breeders and meeting<br />
new rabbit show enthusiasts. I am judging Open<br />
Mini Rex at Convention this year and I am so excited<br />
to sort through what I know will be an incredible<br />
group of animals.<br />
As always, I am available to answer questions or concerns.<br />
Please feel free to reach out. I wish everyone a<br />
safe and happy summer and keep those nest boxes<br />
full!<br />
Cheers,<br />
Piper<br />
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Hello everyone,<br />
First, I would like to thank those who donated and<br />
participated in the bidding for the Linda Thompson<br />
Memorial Scholarship Fund Silent Auction. We tried<br />
something new this year, by allowing online bids. This<br />
helped in bringing in extra money for the scholarship fund<br />
and gave those not present at Nationals a chance to bid. If<br />
you have any feedback on this and would like for us to do<br />
it in the future, please let me know.<br />
There were several amazing rabbits donated, as well as<br />
some awesome items. Last year we were able to bring in<br />
just over $5,700, and this year we brought in over $6,800!<br />
For those that don’t know, the two ways that we bring in<br />
money for the Linda Thompson Memorial Scholarship<br />
Fund are the silent auction at the National Show and the<br />
raffle table at Convention. Now that Nationals is over, it’s<br />
time to start planning for the raffle table. Please consider<br />
donating to the raffle!<br />
Thank you to all of the kiddos that submitted applications<br />
for our Royalty contest and the other youth contest that<br />
we had at Nationals. This was our first year providing<br />
youth activities, and we were happy with the interest that<br />
was shown, even with giving everyone short notice on the<br />
contest. We look forward to doing it again at National’s<br />
next year in Kansas.<br />
Congratulations to the winners of the FIRST Royalty<br />
Contest!<br />
Queen Olivia Coisman ; Duchess Bryleigh Blain; Prince<br />
Jacob Landzettel; Princess Addi Naff; Lord Alex Ewing;<br />
Lady Harper Gootee<br />
These awesome individuals did an amazing job on their<br />
applications, as well as their showmanship and craft<br />
entries.<br />
I hope that everyone has an awesome Summer break, and<br />
we’ll see everyone in the Fall!<br />
Lizz Beason<br />
MBRMiniRex@gmail.com<br />
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Greetings NMRRC Members:<br />
I hope everyone has been enjoying the beautiful weather and showing lots of great Mini Rex!<br />
I wanted to make you aware of some exciting news about a new COD for the Brindle Mini Rex Variety.<br />
The COD holders for the new variety are:<br />
Catherine Tompkins, Lead<br />
Sandra Neal<br />
Chase Domingue<br />
Kate Smith<br />
Berlena Reynolds<br />
One of the requirements, for the new variety is that they be exhibited within one<br />
year from the date of the COD, either at the ARBA Convention or the national breed<br />
show. The COD team has decided to exhibit the new variety at this year’s, ARBA<br />
Convention in Louisville, Kentucky. I want<br />
to clarify that this is only an exhibition for the purpose of promoting the proposed,<br />
variety and building interest in it. After convention, I will work with our President<br />
and Secretary to create a ballot so that membership will have the opportunity to<br />
accept or decline the new proposed variety.<br />
Please take this opportunity, prior to convention, to help spread the news of the new COD Variety<br />
and encourage your fellow breeders to stop by the exhibition at convention. Please feel free to reach out and ask<br />
any of the COD holders any questions that you may have about the Brindle Variety.<br />
I am very excited about this new COD and wish the COD group the best of success with this challenging endeavor!<br />
Respectfully yours,<br />
Armando Cabrera, Chairman<br />
NMRRC Standards Committee<br />
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Variety<br />
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Variety<br />
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OUR ROADTRIP<br />
The 3Queens (3Q) Mini Rex team Berlena, Catherine, Dae, Elijah and Nicole had a wonderful trip to and from<br />
the National show hosted by the Ohio Mini Rex Club. The weather was great and the hosting club did an<br />
awesome job of putting on the show.<br />
We started out from LA with a pit stop in Phoenix and then on the road for three days. We placed well in all the<br />
varieties that we entered, with all but 6 of our 50 entries placing in the top 10. We had BOV Bew,<br />
BOV/BOSV Chin (thank you Brooke Bunch), BOV Himi, BOV Otter, BOSV Seal, BOV/BOSV Silvermarten, BOG<br />
AOV, BOG Tan Pattern and the highlight of a great day... BOB with our Otter doe 3Q/EZDAES Obsessed With<br />
You!<br />
We would like to thank the judges for selecting our animals and a huge congratulations to the Firm for their<br />
BOS win and congratulations to everyone on their pacings.<br />
Worth It.!!!!<br />
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Your Club at Work For You<br />
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Open Results<br />
Variety BOV BOSV<br />
BOB Lycos/Reynolds/Tompkins Oer Jr Doe<br />
BOS<br />
Bauer/Bauer/Burkhalter/Ross/Ke<br />
*** Self Group *** Lexi Ignaszewski Kaleb Haynes/Alyssa Ran<br />
Black Lexi Ignaszewski Bauer/Bauer/Burkhalter…<br />
Blue Bauer/Bauer/Burkhalter… Adam & Meredith Miller<br />
BEW Lycos/Reynolds/Tompkins Sara & Sharyn Malone<br />
Chocolate Kris Adeleke/Dae Lycos/Rob Liposky Kris Adeleke/Dae Lycos/Rob<br />
Lilac Bauer/Bauer/Burkhalter… Kris Adeleke/Dae Lycos/Rob<br />
White Laura Higgins Kaleb Haynes/Alyssa Ran<br />
*** Shaded Group *** Jeremy Watmuff/Doug King JoAnn Grum<br />
Sable Kaleb Haynes/Alyssa Ran Michael/Chrisne/Jac Mageles<br />
Sable Point Leon & Louella Kilander Leon & Louella Kilander<br />
Seal JoAnn Grum Lycos/Reynolds/Tompkins<br />
Smoke Pearl Jeremy Watmuff/Doug King Jeremy Watmuff/Doug King<br />
Tortoise Allyse & Breana Sullivan Pam Brickner<br />
*** Agou Group *** Sara Compart Sandra Burkert<br />
Amber<br />
Sara Compart<br />
Castor Sara Compart Sandra Burkert<br />
Chinchilla Lycos/Reynolds/Tompkins Lycos/Reynolds/Tompkins<br />
Lynx Tracy Mercer Tracy Weber<br />
Opal Jerry Hicks Laurie Limrite<br />
*** Tan Group *** Lycos/Reynolds/Tompkins Allyse & Breana Sullivan<br />
Oer Lycos/Reynolds/Tompkins Allyse & Breana Sullivan<br />
Sable Marten Jeremy Watmuff/Doug King Jeremy Watmuff/Doug King<br />
Silver Marten Lycos/Reynolds/Tompkins Lycos/Reynolds/Tompkins<br />
Smoke Pearl Marten Jeremy Watmuff/Doug King Jeremy Watmuff/Doug King<br />
*** AOV Group *** Lycos/Reynolds/Tompkins Shelby McAvoy<br />
Himalayan Lycos/Reynolds/Tompkins Shelby McAvoy<br />
Red Julie & Gary Stewart Laurie Limrite<br />
*** Broken Group *** Allyse & Breana Sullivan Bauer/Bauer/Burkhalter…<br />
Broken Allyse & Breana Sullivan Bauer/Bauer/Burkhalter…<br />
Colored Fur<br />
Allyse and Breana Sullivan<br />
White Fur<br />
Niles & DeAnn Boulier<br />
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GROUP 1<br />
OPEN<br />
BOV BEW<br />
BOSV BEW<br />
BOV Black<br />
BOSV Black<br />
BOV BLUE<br />
BOSV BLUE<br />
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Group 1<br />
OPEN<br />
BOV CHOCOLATE<br />
BOSV CHOCOLATE<br />
BOV LILAC<br />
BOSV LILAC<br />
BOV WHITE<br />
BOSV WHITE<br />
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Group 2<br />
OPEN<br />
BOV SABLE<br />
BOSV SABLE<br />
BOV SABLE POINT<br />
BOSV SABLE POINT<br />
BOV SEAL<br />
BOSV SEAL<br />
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Group 2<br />
OPEN<br />
BOV SMOKE PEARL<br />
BOSV SMOKE PEARL<br />
BOV TORTOISE<br />
BOSV TORTOISE<br />
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Group 3<br />
Open<br />
BOV CASTOR<br />
BOSV CASTOR<br />
BOV CHINCHILLA<br />
BOSV CHINCHILLA<br />
BOV LYNX<br />
BOSV LYNX<br />
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Group 3<br />
Open<br />
BOV OPAL<br />
BOV OPAL<br />
BOV AMBER<br />
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Group 4<br />
Open<br />
BOV Otter<br />
BOSV Otter<br />
BOV Sable Marten<br />
BOSV Sabble Marten<br />
BOV Silver Marten<br />
BOSV Silver Marten<br />
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BOV Smoke Pearl<br />
Group 5<br />
BOSV Smoke Pearl<br />
OPEN<br />
BOV Himilayan<br />
BOSV Himilayan<br />
BOV Red<br />
BOSV Red<br />
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Group 6<br />
OPEN<br />
Fur<br />
BOV Broken<br />
BOsV Broken<br />
OPEN<br />
Best Colored Fur<br />
Best White Fur<br />
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Youth Group 1<br />
BOV Black<br />
BOSV Black<br />
BOV Blue<br />
BOSV Blue<br />
BOV Chocolate<br />
BOSV Chocolate<br />
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BOV Lilac<br />
BOSV Lilac<br />
BOV White<br />
Youth Group 2<br />
BOV Smoke Pearl<br />
BOSV Smoke Pearl<br />
BOV Seal<br />
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BOV YTortoise
Group 3<br />
Youth<br />
BOV Castor<br />
BOSV Castor<br />
BOV Chinchilla<br />
BOSV Chinchilla<br />
BOV Opal<br />
BOV Lynx<br />
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Group 4<br />
Youth<br />
BOV Silverr Marten<br />
BOV Silver Marten<br />
BOV Smoke Pearl<br />
Group 5<br />
BOV Sable Marten<br />
BOV Himi<br />
BOV Himi<br />
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Group 5<br />
Youth<br />
BOV Red<br />
BOV Red<br />
Group 6<br />
Youth<br />
BOV Broken<br />
Fur<br />
BOV Broken<br />
Best Colored Fur<br />
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Best White Fur
Please Vote<br />
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Income Statement/Balance Sheet<br />
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NEW MEMBERS<br />
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