We lost a wonderful lady last night....yesterday Jaime Ross came into my 4th grade classroom to tell me of Linda's illness....my kids noticed I was visibly shaken after this conversation....today was a hard day to go to a show.....If there is a kinder more gentle person in this sport than Linda, I have not meet them yet...Art Sinclair handled my only champion twice when Basu had conflicts....Linda was there each time to help me double...each time Art took us to Winners dog...when he finished a few months later Linda sent my wife and I a card in the mail congratulating us on our championship...it touched me then and it still touches me now....I am very happy I got to meet Linda...Art's loss is our loss also....Ed Hill ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================