Ray Jacobs and his wife Joanne have been pillars of the GSD community in the SF Bay Area for many, many years. Several years ago they sold their lovely home in Walnut Creek and moved to their dream home in beautiful Lake Tahoe. He was always emailing his friends photos of their house and the beautiful scenery as the seasons changed. Since the fire started, I have been trying to call them and email them with no luck so I was getting more and more concerned. Then today, I receive the message below from his son that they have lost everything in the Tahoe fire. This is just so sad....he had so many pieces of memorabilia from his duty with the Marines (was one of the initial flag raisers in WWII) plus tons of souvenirs from his many years in broadcasting. Ray was the backbone of the Diablo Valley German Shepherd Club for many, many years and also was the primary organizers of the Western Regional Council of German Shepherd Dog Clubs. Both clubs prospered under his leadership. I don't have much more information at this time, but thought his friends would like to know what was happening. I will be working with his Marine friends to see what we can do help. Kay Springer www.showboatgsd.com Home of Ch. Rohan's Reward TC, HT aka "Strider" << I'm the Son Of Ray Jacobs The Fire at Lake Tahoe has destroyed my parents home they are ok but had only minutes to get out with what they could and it wasn't much >> <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> See what's free at http://www.aol.com.</HTML> ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================