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President’s Notes

I have been way behind in posting my notes but wanted to catch everyone up on some things.  First, I wanted to welcome Ryan Craig as out new vice president and Robin Corzat as our new executive board member.  We will also be switching registry work to Associated Registry later this Fall due George’s retirement.  There will be more information on the switch over in the coming weeks and I believe the changeover will be accomplished with little if any problems.  I hope to see many of you at the upcoming National Show in Oklahoma City later this month.  Later this fall in November there should also be a lot of top natural colored sheep at the North American Livestock Show in Louisville. It also looks like there were very strong natural colored shows at all the State Fairs that have been concluded so far this year,   Congratulations to all the State Fair winners.  I do know sale prices for natural colored sheep have been exceedingly strong and our future looks bright.  For those starting fall lambing I hope you have a successful lamb crop.

John S. Merlau

President

President’s Notes: July-August 2019

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I just returned from our National Show held at the Black Sheep Gathering in Albany, Oregon and needless to say we had a lot of very excellent quality natural colored sheep in all divisions as well as some very exceptional fleeces in the fleece show. This was the first time I had been at the Black Sheep Gathering and I would urge anyone who has never been to this event to think about planning a trip to Oregon and attend. The normal dates of the last week in June will return starting next year as for the past two year the gathering had to be held the first week of July due to scheduling conflicts with the new location. The fairgrounds are exceptional and lodging is available with two fine hotels that adjoin the grounds as well as available camping areas on the grounds. Congratulations to all the winners in both the show and fleece show.

Everyone enjoyed the social events and we also held out annual membership meeting. Thanks goes to Ann and Nancy for handling the planning and awards for the National as well as Kate, her mother, Barbara and all the other folks for all their work and time with our display booth. This type of success would not be possible with the dedication and hard work of all these people. I also want to thank Amy Wolf and the entire Staff that volunteer their time to make this event happen and hosting our National Show.

Plans are under way for the 2020 National Show and more information will be coming as we are currently working the location.

The first NCWGA national sale concluded at the Midwest Stud Ram Sale where 33 heard of good natural colored sheep were entered. Tentatively we intend to again host a National Sale there next year as well and hopefully have even more consignors

As the Fair season is now in full swing I hope everyone is able to exhibit or attend the major shows in your area.

President’s Notes, June 2019

Most likely you may not receive this issue prior to the conclusion of the Midwest Stud Ram Sale and our first National Sale that is being held there. I am pleased that the numbers of natural colored sheep at this sale has substantially increased this year and know many fine animals will be offered for sale as a result of these consignments.  I want to thank all those breeders who supported this first sale and to increase the numbers at Sedalia.

The numbers at the Ohio sale were down this year, but there was plenty of quality available.  Complete sale results will no doubt appear elsewhere in this issue.  Again our Junior Association did a great fund raising job during the Ohio sale and there were several futurity nominated lambs there as well.  Also congratulations to those members and breeders who held quite successful on line sales.

The national show is coming up the weekend after July 4th at the Black Sheep gathering and I look forward to seeing many of our members at that show.  The Black Sheep gathering will be able to return to their usual late June dates again next year as unfortunately a conflict occurred in this year’s scheduling which required a later date for this year only.

At the recent board teleconference meeting we did confirm that if you register an animal and at the same time transfer the sheep to a purchaser you will not be charged except for the registration fee which will help everyone selling newly registered lambs save some fees.

Good Luck to everyone who will be exhibiting at the coming fairs.

Registrar and Membership

We have a lot going on this year, We have a new registrar, George & Lynn Morgan of GLM Registry will take over the registration service and maintaining the membership database.

NCWGA National Show

The 2018 NCWGA National Show will be hosted by the Maryland Sheep & Wool Show, NCWGA will be the featured breed and we will be celebrating NCWGA’s 40th anniversary, so please plan to attend even if you can’t bring sheep as the National Membership Meeting will be held at the same time.

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