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Official Publication Of The National Mini Rex Club 4 th Quarter October-November-December <strong>2023</strong>
Your Committees<br />
AD Manager<br />
Lynanne Crippen<br />
Advertiser’s Index<br />
October-November-December <strong>2023</strong><br />
Covers<br />
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Lowry & Kim Mini Rex Inside Back<br />
Bass Equipment……….Outside Back<br />
KT Bunny Barn…………..Page 10<br />
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Blast from Past Page 21<br />
Sweepstakes Clarification Page 26<br />
Rabbit Color Genetics<br />
Page40<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 />
the authors.<br />
President<br />
Jeremy Watmuff<br />
nmrrcpresident@gmail.com<br />
Vice-President<br />
Julie-Hanna Stewart<br />
luvbuns@twinbarnsrabbitry.com<br />
Secretary<br />
Bridget Forman<br />
nmrrcsecretary@gmail.com<br />
Treasurer<br />
Lee Bastyr<br />
nmrrctreasurer@gmail.com<br />
<strong>Newsletter</strong> 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 />
Laurie Limrite<br />
laurielimrite@gmail.com<br />
District Seven 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 />
Hello Mini Rex Family,<br />
The time is drawing near for the BIG celebration of<br />
the American Rabbit Breeders Association. 100<br />
YEARS!!<br />
Who knew that people were excited about rabbits<br />
since 1923!<br />
I would like to Thank Mark Charles for his past<br />
service for many years to the club.<br />
Scattered throughout the newsletter are blast from<br />
the past pictures of people past and present who<br />
have contributed to the club.<br />
Of course, our breed was not established until,<br />
1986. 63 Years later! There are so many breeds that<br />
have been added since the ARBA’s inception.<br />
Since this years’ convention was moved from the<br />
end of October to the first week of October it sure<br />
makes it hard to get the rabbits ready for the big<br />
show. There are lots of my rabbits that are<br />
molting. Groom, groom, groom and hope for the<br />
best!!<br />
I have included a picture of the first group of<br />
people that started the National Mini Rex Rabbit<br />
club and also, a picture of Mona Berryhill, our<br />
developer of the Mini Rex breed.<br />
I know I am excited about this years’ ARBA<br />
convention!<br />
Hope to see you there!!<br />
Chery<br />
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NMRRC Publication Quarter 4 October-November-December <strong>2023</strong><br />
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Jeremy Watmuff<br />
nmrrcpresident@gmail.com<br />
Greetings,<br />
Convention is just around the corner! By the time you<br />
read this some of us will be in our final preparations or<br />
even on our way to Louisville. While you are loading up,<br />
save some room for a raffle item for our scholarship<br />
raffle or an item for our banquet auction. Our banquet at<br />
Churchill Downs will be a phenomenal event! Make sure<br />
to dress your best in your Derby Day outfit! Don’t forget<br />
to get your Trio Raffle tickets as well. This is a great<br />
fundraiser for the club and tickets are on sale on the<br />
NMRRC website. You do not need to be present to win<br />
but are responsible for the transportation.<br />
Due to a busy schedule Mark Charles has recently<br />
stepped down from the position of District 6 Director. I<br />
would like to thank Mark for his dedication to the<br />
NMRRC Board. Mark has been a constant on the board<br />
for many years and his contributions to the board and<br />
club as a whole are appreciated.<br />
I would also like to welcome Laurie Limrite to the<br />
NMRRC Board as the District 6 Director. You will<br />
likely recognize Laurie’s name most recently as part of<br />
the web committee. Laurie has done a great job on the<br />
web committee always looking for ways to improve the<br />
clubs social media communication and web design.<br />
As you have read in the past couple of newsletters. The<br />
NMRRC has been in pursuit of a Vice President that<br />
would like to learn the policy and procedures of the club<br />
with an intention to later become President. Well the<br />
search continues, however, Julie Stewart has agreed to<br />
take on the role of Vice President while we continue our<br />
search. I am looking forward to working with Julie and<br />
the value she will bring the board.<br />
The club is moving forward with revisions for our<br />
upcoming guidebook edition. If you have any articles or<br />
information you would like to have added to the<br />
guidebook, please contact Lizz Beason<br />
MBRMiniRex@gmail.com. Please also reach out to Lizz<br />
if you are interested in being a part of this committee.<br />
We could use one or two more members that would be<br />
willing to proof read and gather new articles for<br />
publication in the guidebook.<br />
Lynanne Crippen will be heading up the guidebook<br />
advertisement. You can request your ad by email to<br />
lyncrippen@gmail.com Ad rates are as follows: Full<br />
Page $150 Half Page $80 and Quarter Page/Business<br />
Card is $50.<br />
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those<br />
who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t<br />
mind” - Bernard M Baruch<br />
Until Next Time,<br />
Jeremy<br />
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Julie Hanna-Stewart<br />
luvbuns@twinbarnsrabbitry.<br />
Greetings from your new Vice President of<br />
the National Mini Rex Club! I have been<br />
appointed by our president Jeremy<br />
Watmuff to fill a vacancy left by Mark<br />
Charles who needed to step away due to<br />
work obligations. Thanks to Mark for<br />
filling this role for many years and I know<br />
we will still see you and Sonya in the<br />
showroom and being a part of this club.<br />
A little about me. I have raised Mini Rex<br />
for 17 years starting with a tri purchased<br />
for my daughter in order to do 4H. I<br />
raised rabbits in my teens so was familiar<br />
with the hobby and adored it from those<br />
days of 4H and a little ARBA showing.<br />
Some short 4 years later after that first 4H<br />
mini rex, my daughter Allyson Stewart,<br />
won Youth BIS at the Minneapolis<br />
Convention in 2010 with a white mini rex.<br />
That occurrence is actually one of the<br />
highlights of my life and completely<br />
unexpected. So, here I am...still with mini<br />
rex (Allyson lives in Brooklyn, NYC) and<br />
ready to serve the club! I am the<br />
president of the Indiana State RBA and<br />
the president of the Indiana State Mini<br />
Rex club. I am also the NMRRC election<br />
chair if my name looks familiar for those<br />
who don't personally know me. I look<br />
forward to seeing everyone in Louisville.<br />
Julie Stewart<br />
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Bridget Forman<br />
Nmrrcsecretary@gmail.com<br />
Hello everyone,<br />
I hope everyone survived summer and the heat, here in<br />
Wisconsin the temperatures have started to taper a bit<br />
which is a welcome change. Now that we are nearing<br />
the middle of September those of you with children<br />
probably celebrated the start of school, I know I did!!<br />
The last few months have allowed me to get more<br />
comfortable in this position and with the new computer<br />
program that we implemented. I understand that there<br />
have been a few glitches with points and want to thank<br />
the members as Margaret and I are still getting the hang<br />
of all the features. Sanction requests have been coming<br />
in steadily, so support the clubs and give them a great<br />
turn out.<br />
At the time of writing this the 100 th annual ARBA<br />
Convention is right around the corner, and I for one am<br />
excited to see old and new faces and celebrate this<br />
milestone with the wonderful breeders in this hobby.<br />
Hopefully everyone plans on attending our general<br />
membership meeting Tuesday, October 10 th at 8:30 am<br />
in West Wing room W1 then back to the showroom for<br />
what looks like an amazing 24k auction. Some beautiful<br />
animals have been donated and are sure to be an asset to<br />
some breeding programs. Tuesday evening of course is<br />
our banquet, don’t forget to dress in your derby best!<br />
With Convention and fall shows starting, I am sure<br />
everyone has been busy grooming as it seems many of<br />
us are in the same boat and the fur is flying! If you<br />
haven’t, consider this your reminder to fill the spray<br />
bottle and start working coats. Here at home I have<br />
begun to go through inventory of travel dishes,<br />
grooming supplies, supplements, risers etc. in case I<br />
need to pre-order anything now.<br />
As always, for those who are willing to help at the<br />
Convention it would be much appreciated and if you<br />
aren’t attending or this magazine doesn’t reach you<br />
beforehand, please remember it takes a village to make<br />
shows successful. A little help goes a long way and<br />
keeps the show moving along.<br />
As always please reach out with any questions and safe<br />
travel to those attending shows this fall!<br />
Bridget<br />
The things we did to make money for the club back then.<br />
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Lee Bastyr<br />
Nmrrctreasurer@gmail.com<br />
Hi!<br />
Another summer has come and gone too quickly. Hope you all got a<br />
chance to enjoy yours. With this years convention earlier than normal I<br />
feel like I should have more time but don’t. Just a few weeks till the<br />
100 ARBA Convention celebration in Kentucky.<br />
The financial report for 3 Quarter of <strong>2023</strong> is included<br />
in this <strong>Newsletter</strong>. We have closed the Bank of America account that<br />
Doug King was using and opened a new one at Citizens State Bank for<br />
new secretary Bridget Forman to utilize for her deposits.<br />
Safe travels to all and looking forward to seeing you in Louisville!<br />
Lee<br />
Duane Schrader past D3 Board Director<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 />
Hello mini rex breeders. It’s already time for the 3rd<br />
quarter newsletter. At the time I am writing this<br />
convention is only 5 weeks away!<br />
Mini Rex clubs in the Pacific Northwest have been<br />
busy these past 3 months. The Pacific Crest Mini Rex<br />
Club put on specialties at the Rickreall show in July and<br />
the Hood River show in August. They will also be<br />
putting on one at the Redmond show in September. The<br />
Rex Rabbit Breeders Association Fanciers of the Great<br />
Northwest put on a double mini rex specialty at the<br />
Cluster Show in Monroe, Wa in July. There was a great<br />
turnout of mini rex breeders for all these shows and it<br />
was fun to get together. I was fortunate to win BOSB<br />
with a red sr buck along side Griffin Harrah with his<br />
BOB broken sr doe at the Hood River specialty show.<br />
That doesn’t happen much for me and now I have a<br />
pretty ribbon to hang in my barn!<br />
I’m sure everyone is busy getting their convention<br />
entries ready to go. Between the extreme heat, fires and<br />
smoke, and hurricanes in parts of the country this is a<br />
tough task. But as rabbit breeders we just keep on<br />
keepin’ on!! This will be my second convention as<br />
District 1 rep and I look forward to seeing all my friends<br />
and fellow breeders from the rest of the country.<br />
See you soon<br />
Diane<br />
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Armando Cabrerra<br />
mandojudg@aol.com<br />
Arizona - California - Hawaii - Mexico - Nevada -<br />
As I write my report, I can’t believe that ARBA<br />
Convention is just around the corner! I hope your<br />
entries are in and that you’re planning to attend our<br />
100th ARBA Convention in Louisville, KY. It’s one of<br />
the highlights of our hobby year and I’m looking<br />
forward to seeing our mini rex family and getting away<br />
from a very busy work schedule this Summer.<br />
Safe travel wishes to and from ARBA Convention and a<br />
successful convention full of winners!<br />
Armando Cabrera, Chairman<br />
NMRRC Standards Committee<br />
I haven’t heard much from our district this past quarter,<br />
so please excuse my short report. If district members<br />
would like to me to share any breed specific news here,<br />
please let me know.<br />
Armando Cabrera<br />
Standars Committee report<br />
Hello Fellow NMRRC Members-<br />
I am looking forward to this year’s ARBA Convention<br />
and especially excited for this year’s exhibition of the<br />
brindle mini rex.<br />
Aim case you weren’t aware, part of the Certificate of<br />
Development process is for new breeds and varieties to<br />
be exhibited at an ARBA convention. The purpose of a<br />
presentation is for members/exhibitors to have an<br />
opportunity see a proposed new breed and/or variety,<br />
ask questions about them, as presenters are<br />
available, and to understand and increase interest in<br />
them. This will help ensure support from club members<br />
when the breed/variety gets voted on.<br />
I hope everyone had a chance to see the exhibit at<br />
convention and please feel free to reach out to me if you<br />
have any questions about the proposed new variety<br />
process.<br />
Anne & Lou Lassen. First ARBA BIS with Miss Kitty<br />
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AllysE Sullivan<br />
allysesully24@gmail.com<br />
North Dakota - Nebraska - South Dakota - Minnesota - Iowa - Wisconsin<br />
Tuesday, 10/10/23 IMPORTANT NMRRC Membership Activities!<br />
Hi everyone!<br />
Do not miss these!<br />
I don’t know about you, but I am so excited for convention! It is<br />
going to be so nice to see everyone again and meet some of the<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
newer members of our club. For this article, I want to touch on<br />
expectations and the schedule at convention, as well as the 24K<br />
<br />
the 24K Auction.<br />
auction- the BEST part of convention, obviously!!!<br />
If you have not already purchased a catalog for convention, I<br />
<br />
and group winners.<br />
recommend doing so. There is a lot of important information on<br />
<br />
there, especially scheduling. I will share some high level information<br />
on convention below and what I like to do each day at convention.<br />
<br />
Churchill Downs!<br />
Thursday, 10/5/23 Check-In<br />
Wednesday, 10/11/23 CHECK OUT!<br />
<br />
get rabbits cooped.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Friday10/6/23 Check-In<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
less day before the big day!<br />
Saturday, 10/7/23 The day before the big day!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
check-in packet before 3pm on Saturday.<br />
<br />
were emailed prior, write their coop number in<br />
their right ear (all you need is the number). Use a<br />
sharpie for this. I usually do this as I coop my<br />
rabbits.<br />
<br />
to mark those on the check-in sheet, sign it, and hand it<br />
back in.<br />
<br />
you already did online.<br />
<br />
Sunday, 10/8/23 THE BIG DAY<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
by being a writer or runner. This helps the day go by much<br />
quicker and is a huge help to the club.<br />
Monday, 10/9/23 Explore Louisville<br />
<br />
explore Louisville!<br />
<br />
<br />
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24K Auction Details:<br />
The 24K Auction will take place on Tuesday, 10/10/23 at 12pm. It<br />
will be located near the Mini Rex coops from judging on Sunday.<br />
The viewing line will open at 11am after the General Membership<br />
meeting ends. Please only view the rabbits if you plan to bid- we do<br />
not want to over stress them. We currently have over 20 finalized<br />
donations from top breeders all over the United States. This is a<br />
great opportunity to buy an animal hands on from a breeder you<br />
have been wanting to purchase from! For more information about<br />
the donations and the 24K Auction, join our Facebook group: 24K<br />
Auction: The Elite of the NMRRC.<br />
The Committee is made up of Allyse Sullivan, Sara Compart, Cole<br />
Simons, Becky Forney, and Maple Ament. If you have any questions<br />
at convention, feel free to ask any of us. We plan to take pictures of<br />
each donation prior to the 24K auction. These pictures will be<br />
posted in the Facebook group. This year, we will have absentee bid<br />
forms available. If you cannot attend and have transport lined up,<br />
this is a great way to bid. For questions on this, reach out to Becky<br />
Forney.<br />
I cannot thank our donors enough for donating such incredible<br />
animals to the 24K auction! Donors will receive 50% of the sale<br />
price. The remaining amount will be donated to the NMRRC. These<br />
funds are used towards lowering banquet costs, our fabulous<br />
convention awards, and so much more! The highest bidder and the<br />
highest seller will each win one of the exciting 24K auction four-hole<br />
carriers. Let’s make this the best 24K Auction yet!<br />
See you at convention!!!!<br />
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Sandra Neal<br />
nealduck1@gmail.com<br />
Arkansas - Colorado - New Mexico - Oklahoma – Texas<br />
District 4 article<br />
Life is all about change, with that being said I will<br />
eventually be moving to Oklahoma, there is no set date on<br />
the move. I’m sure the biggest challenge will be moving<br />
the rabbits to their new homes. I will move to our new<br />
home as time allows.<br />
I am looking forward to convention to see old friends and<br />
meet new ones. I have a couple rabbits that are looking<br />
pretty good but time will tell if their coats come in or not.<br />
For any new people that are going to exhibit their animals I<br />
would suggest to make a list of things that you need to<br />
take with you such as zip ties, a small pair of cutters, risers<br />
for the cages, coop cups if u prefer to use your own, hay,<br />
feed, treats, cheerios for rabbits that refuse to eat and hay.<br />
Get carriers ready well in advance of the show, I use a little<br />
pdz on top of puppy pads for easy clean up.<br />
I hope all of you have good luck at the shows and I will see<br />
you down the road.<br />
Sandra Neal<br />
Look At You Mr. McBee so young<br />
This was a crew to be recdkoned with back in the day.<br />
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Amanda<br />
Marquardt<br />
ilminirex@gmail.com<br />
Kansas - Missouri - Illinois<br />
District 5 Director<br />
Even though it is still hot and humid as I write this, fall is<br />
fast approaching. I hope that everyone is getting excited<br />
and looking forward to the 100th ARBA Convention in<br />
Louisville Kentucky. The plans for this year’s NMRRC<br />
banquet will be just as exciting and special!<br />
As a 4-H leader, one of the ways that I support my<br />
members is by attending their livestock shows at our<br />
county fair. I currently have members who have poultry,<br />
rabbit, goat, sheep, and swine projects. One thing that I<br />
noticed at each show was that every judge commented<br />
and complimented on how well the junior exhibitors<br />
support each other and demonstrate excellent<br />
sportsmanship. No matter win or lose the junior<br />
exhibitions would congratulate each other and help each<br />
other inside and outside of the show ring. Adult<br />
exhibitors can learn from the junior exhibitors. Adults are<br />
supposed to lead by example for the youth, but sometimes<br />
the the youth can lead by example for the adults. Let’s<br />
lead by example and help each other out at the show in<br />
Louisville. Mini Rex are usually within the top 2 breeds<br />
with the most entries at convention. It takes a lot of<br />
people to help make the show run smooth and be<br />
successful. Ways to help are by running rabbits, running<br />
packets, writing for a judge, selling club apparel, selling<br />
raffle tickets, or working the booth. Everyone wants to<br />
be able to watch the judging and see how their animals<br />
place, but don’t rely on everyone else to do the work.<br />
Especially the exhibitors who have large (number)<br />
entries. Lead by example and help where and when you<br />
can. Don’t stand in the way and watch. I hope that this is<br />
a successful convention and that this club is known to<br />
have excellent sportsmanship.<br />
Amanda<br />
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Laurie Limrite<br />
nmrrcd6director@gmail.com<br />
Alabama - Georgia - Florida - Louisiana - Mississippi -<br />
Greetings from Tennessee and D6. I am your new D6<br />
Director. First, I’d like to thank Mark Charles for his<br />
past service as your D6 Director.<br />
I’d like to introduce myself. I’m Laurie Limrite, the<br />
mom/Grandma of FS Mini Rex. My daughters,<br />
grandchildren and I started raising mini rex in 2016<br />
when my oldest granddaughter was gifted a mini rex.<br />
We fell in love with the breed and here we are 7 ½ years<br />
later! It was supposed to be my grandkids 4-H project,<br />
their last names are Foutz and Stoffan, which is where<br />
the FS comes from. By the time I couldn’t resist any<br />
longer everyone knew us as FS Mini Rex, so there’s no<br />
changing now.<br />
In February of 2020 we all relocated from California to<br />
Tennessee, and we moved about 100 rabbits across the<br />
country. Although we love our D2 people, we are<br />
happy to be part of D6!<br />
It’s been hot here in the South and we are finally<br />
starting to get a break in the weather. As I write this<br />
hurricane Idalia is looming down on Florida and we pray<br />
all our members in Florida stay safe.<br />
I’m looking forward to seeing everyone in Louisville in a<br />
month to celebrate the 100th anniversary of ARBA!<br />
If you have pictures or show information you’d like to<br />
share please email them to me at<br />
laurielimrite@gmail.com. I’m happy to include them in<br />
future newsletters.<br />
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Michael Mageles<br />
michaelmageles@outlook.com<br />
New York - New Hampshire - Vermont - Massachusetts -<br />
Hello All,<br />
Hope everyone’s barns have stayed cool, juniors have shown<br />
promise, and brood animals are producing! Mom, Jac and I are<br />
excited with what has been good Mini Rex showings for our<br />
breed in the Northeast. The Northeast Mini Rex Club has been<br />
hard at work raising funds to hopefully bring a national show<br />
to our part of the country. It’s a small group, but a group with a<br />
lot of passion for the Mini Rex breed. Congrats to all of the<br />
conventions winners and the crew that put on a phenomenal<br />
show.<br />
Michael Mageles<br />
District 7<br />
Hall of Fame being Presented to Mona from Past President Joey Shults<br />
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Beth Bickel<br />
Bickelsbunnies@gmail.com<br />
Michigan - Indiana - Ohio - Kentucky - Canada<br />
Hello from district 8 like all of you have had a very busy<br />
summer!<br />
In a few short weeks we will getting together to spend<br />
time with our other family our rabbit family! Some we<br />
see often some we only see at convention or nationals<br />
if we are lucky enough to make it!<br />
We are looking forward to a great 100th ARBA<br />
convention in Louisville…<br />
Excited to be having our banquet at the world famous<br />
<br />
Ticket deadline is October 1st!! Get your reservations<br />
in now!!<br />
Banquet is Tuesday October 10 at 6pm happy hour,<br />
7pm dinner awards and live auction to follow! Thank<br />
you to everyone who brings items to auction!<br />
Reminder welcome get together with light food at the<br />
mini Rex booth Saturday evening time will be posted at<br />
the booth! Looking forward to seeing everyone!<br />
There will be a raffle table at the booth please think<br />
about donating or purchasing tickets! This goes to<br />
youth scholarship funds!<br />
I’m excited with the amazing trio in the raffle this year!<br />
Thank you to Dae and his partners in 3Qrabbitry, and to<br />
Allyse And Breanna Sullivan, and to Henley Ballinger<br />
for donating such amazing animals to the trio! Tickets<br />
are $5@ and can be purchased on the nmrrc website or<br />
at convention at the booth! Thanks and good luck<br />
everyone! Drawing will be held after the 24K auction<br />
and you do not have to be present to win , however<br />
you need a backup plan to get them home!<br />
Looking forward to seeing my other family soon! Safe<br />
travels see you all in the Ville!!<br />
Beth Bickel<br />
District 8<br />
Cotton<br />
The Rabbit That started it all for the Mini Rex Breed.<br />
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Piper Smith Debruler<br />
piperdebruler927@yahoo.<br />
Pennsylvania - West Virgina - Virginia - New Jersey -<br />
NO REPORT<br />
Mark & Sonya BOB Peoria Il.<br />
So Young<br />
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Hello from Texas!<br />
I hope that everyone had a fantastic summer! I’m sure I’m<br />
not the only one impatiently waiting for the cooler<br />
weather to finally get here. It’s been a tough summer<br />
season for many due to the severe weather and the recordbreaking<br />
temperatures across the country.<br />
Over the next few weeks, I’m sure we all will be crazy<br />
busy with pampering our entries for Convention, and the<br />
kiddos with putting the finishing touches on their Arts and<br />
Crafts submissions and studying for the ARBA Youth<br />
Contests. If what I’ve been hearing is correct, this is going<br />
to be one of the bigger Conventions they’ve had.<br />
This year at Convention we would like to be a bit more<br />
organized on the youth Mini Rex being brought to the<br />
table. We are going to put together designated “teams” of<br />
volunteers to help get youth rabbits and put them on the<br />
tables. We will have two judges, so I’d like to have two<br />
teams. If you’d like to help out, let me know.<br />
The Youth Committee is planning on having a great raffle<br />
table set up, with a few items that we will be doing a<br />
silent auction on at the table. We have some awesome<br />
donors so far but are still in need of items for the table. If<br />
you’d like to donate an item to the raffle table, just send<br />
me a message on Facebook or email.<br />
We won’t be doing any youth contests during this<br />
Convention. With the number of kiddos entered in the<br />
ARBA Youth Contests this year, I feel like they are going<br />
to be busy enough. Keep in mind though, that Nationals is<br />
fast approaching. Information regarding the 2024 Royalty<br />
Contests will be published in the next newsletter.<br />
I wish everyone the best of luck and can’t wait to see<br />
everyone in Louisville!<br />
Maple Kelley Youth group winner Way back then<br />
before kids<br />
Best,<br />
Lizz<br />
(MBRMiniRex@gmail.com)<br />
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Income Statement/Balance Sheet
Affiliated Specialty Clubs<br />
NEW MEMBERS
Blast from the Past<br />
SO MUCH FUN
Blast from the Past
Members Please take the time to read:<br />
Sweepstakes Clarification<br />
There has apparently been some confusion about how points are actully awarded. Below is from the Clubs Policies &<br />
Procedures and clearly states that Points are only awarded to individuals Not families or groups. Entries must always<br />
be entered the same way for individual points to count.<br />
Show entry.<br />
Be sure you are always entering your rabbits in the show the same way. Points are recorded under the name<br />
they are shown. For example, If Joe Smith and Jane Smith enter a show as a single<br />
exhibitor; they must both be members of the NMRRC for points to count. If a one<br />
show they enter as Joe & Jane Smith, the points are given to them Together But If at the next<br />
show the entry is only Joe alone, those points go only to Joe. Also, the exhibitor must be<br />
the owner of the animals entered. If a family is showing together the entry<br />
must be in their names. For example, John, Mary, Susie and Joey Smith<br />
not Smith Family or Smith Farm. The NMRRC only accepts individuals<br />
as members; therefore points are only awarded to<br />
individuals.<br />
Any individuals can show together as a partnership without completing a partnership form.Points are awarded again<br />
based on how they are actually entered. The partnership form is ONLY necessary if you would like to earn<br />
sweepstakes points and awards as a partnership.<br />
Exampe: Joe smith, Mary Smith, and John Jones want to form a partnership and have points<br />
awarded to the partnership (The Group) and are entered as The Group at shows not individual<br />
names, However the animals MUST be housed in One Location not 3 seperate locations. Also the<br />
Partnership form MUST be completed and sent to the NMRRC secretary with a $10.00 fee If the<br />
partners do not live in the same household.<br />
Disputing Points<br />
If you feel that you were not awarded points properly, it is the exhibitor’s responsibility to prove there was<br />
an error to the Points Keeper<br />
IF You are disputing points you must send a list of all shows attended and points awarded at each<br />
show to the points keeper with a written explanation of the discrepancy. It is important for the exhibitor to first<br />
reference the missing show reports listed on the NMRRC website. Shows have 30 days to return show<br />
reports to the points keeper and you must then allow processing time. If after you have checked the missing show<br />
report and feel your points are still incorrect. Follow the process listed above and send to the current points keeper<br />
listed in the NMRRC <strong>Newsletter</strong>.<br />
Exhibitors that send disputes without proper documentation will receive an email back from the points<br />
keeper stating “NOT Sufficient Information to proceed
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Open Castor
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Cheryl Parks Editor<br />
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