Jim & I went to the Mid West Futurity, and first would like to say, THANKS so much to the St. Louis club for all of your hard work putting on a fantastic show weekend. We had a great time!!!..............We also went on the tour of the new facility and think that after the few questions are answered, regarding scheduling, flooring, seating, etc, think it would be a great venue for our national. As far as the rubber flooring goes, I don't see how it could be worse than the dirt in Springfield was. I did have a question about bleachers, etc, and because we were at the tail end of the tour it may have been answered and I missed it. IMO, we would need bleachers about twice as high as we had at Springfield. Maybe not all the way around the ring, but enough so more  people could see easily. As Jeff said, Purina Farms has wonderful "eye appeal".......We are in Jackson, MS, which is about 180 miles north of New Orleans. It was a 71/2 hour drive for us. Cyndi Flautt www.carettigsd.com   ----- Original Message ----- From: cudjoegsd@xxxxxxxxxxx To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 7:27:51 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Three questions? I think that this is a good way to start a new week. Question one :  Did anyone on the List go to the Mid-west Futurity? Question two:  Did you make a tour of the Purina Farms facility? Question three:  Do you think it is suitable for a GSDCA National Specialty? D.D. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010.  All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================