There will be another great BBQ at the Midwest Fut/Mat shows on May 14th at Purina Farms, and I hope you plan to attend - you'll have a great time - guaranteed. This year, however, we have a change in the BBQ'er. Ron Rutter, noted St. Louis GSD Club BBQ'er, passed away this past Monday at the age of 52 while working as an LPN, still helping others even at the moment of death. This past year, he rebuilt the St. Louis equipment trailer from the frame up, and redid all the tables and obedience equipment. When you come to a show in St. Louis, you can see the wonderful job he did for the club - the tables are hand-done and beautiful. He was always there to help other members by making dog pens for them, transporting their dogs to other states, and was normally on the clean up/set up crew for the shows, not to mention being the "main man" at the BBQ grill - he even BUILT the BBQ grill. Ron was a club member AND a friend, one who you could turn to and be CERTAIN to get the help you needed. If all clubs had members like Ron, there would be fewer problems in keeping clubs alive and there'd be alot more fun putting on dog shows. You missed out if you didn't know him. I hope you will think about what HE did for his club and seriously make an effort to give as much to YOUR club. We are all ONE in the breed that we love together, and we should share our talents and efforts to support each other. Hope to see you in St. Louis. Gail Rutter Member, GSDC of St. Louis, Inc. Member, GSDCA, Inc. ruttergsd@xxxxxxxxxxx ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================