In Canada we often return the ribbons to the club and they are reused, we don't have to date them here so you can do that, but in the U.S. they are dated so you can't really re-use them. Emilie C.Woodruff Windvane Kennels 5877 Gardi Road Kamloops,B.C. V1S 2A1 Canada http://www.geocities.com/windvanekennels ----- Original Message ----- From: <ORSuite@xxxxxxx> To: <edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 5:08 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Here is a link to the info for all the hosting clubs. In a message dated 1/16/2005 10:41:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > don't laugh...when Basu was the president of our club we were so poor he > wanted to replace blue ribbons with a piece of paper that said..."You > Won"...folks thats a true story.... *************************************************************** Ya know--I wouldn't laugh at that. At a CFA cat show, you get your ribbons and turn them back in so they can be re-used! We turned in 6 on a cat that won his Championship and PAID $10.00, showed proper registration, etc, so that his certificate could be mailed to the owner. And with these shows, you enter for the whole weekend. It is about $5.00 per judge. Whether you show to all these judges is another matter. It is approx $60.00 for a two day event. My last weekend was $66.00 plus grooming space rental and cage space rental. And WE complain of entries on our dogs! Of course we have other expenses, etc, with the dogs but this was in reference to the "paper" ribbons. Chris K "Do Right and Fear No One" --from the Stephanitz Family Crest ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2004. 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://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2004. 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://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================