Newsletters

January 2012

Sun, 1 Jan 2012 19:33:49 -0500

January, News Letter
Hello Members
I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years.
Thanks to all the members that showed up for the Christmas party and club trial. It was great to see all the participation. It makes the effort worth it for those that planned these events to see members come out and enjoy it.
Big Thanks to Sharon and Kelly for handling the kitchen duties and for taking care of the Christmas party shopping. I think we take for granted all that Sharon does for the club so give Sharon a Thank You when you see her.
Thanks to Mike Clark for playing the Santa roll at the party and for those that brought deserts.
Club Trial results for all age
1) Zeus-Fishburn
2) Parsons- Toby
3) Paige- Fisher
Puppy Division
1) Dot- Dunigan
2) Klaus- Roderick
3) Ozzy- Conley
Current point leaders for all age division
1) Kaiser- Schuler 1980.5
2) Ivy- Alexander 1504
3) Luke- Thomas 1474
Current point leaders for puppy division
1) Klaus- Roderick 980
2) Gunner- Turner 873
3) Ozzy- Conley 704
FROM THE BOARD
The Board is bringing a proposal up at the next club meeting to amend Club Rules with a definition of the following:
Immediate Family for all rules is to include members, spouse and members and /or spouse’s children under the age of 21 years old
Member: is defined as the listed individual on the club rolls in good standing
Guest: Anyone not included in member’s immediate family as stated above will be considered guest.
UP COMING EVENTS:
NSTRA Trial Jan 21st & 22nd Chairman Jim Marks 317-313-1578
NSTRA Trial Feb. 4th & 5th Chairman Joe Dunigan 812-878-1652
Club Trial Feb. 12th Chairman’s Joe Schuhler 317-626-0452 Rick Alexander317-745-4252
Club Meeting January 10th

HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE AT THE NEXT CLUB MEETING JANUARY 10TH

October 2011

Mon, 3 Oct 2011 18:04:02 -0400

Thanks to all the members that helped and participated in the last club trial. Joe Schuler and Rick Alexander did a great job chairing the trial. There seems to be a renewed interest in the club trials. Hope to see everyone again at the next club trial on October 16th
Work Day better known as a Ron Greene day October 15th to prepare for the Dog of the Year Trial. We need your help
We are a couple of weeks away from the clubs biggest trial. October 22nd starts a 4 day triple field trial that is open to all NSTRA members and October 24th starts the Dog of The Year trial. Together there is 8 straight days of trialing. These trials will make a lot of money for the club which in return keeps are dues low but we need help. There will be a sign up sheet posted in the club to sign up. Please look at your schedules and find some time that you can help. We will need help in the kitchen and fields and anyone qualified to judge or field marshal
From Tom Burks The Sycamore Center outing was a great success again this year. We had 68 people from the center and lots of helpers from the CBDC and the CIBM (Central Indiana Bass Masters) and their families and friends. The fishing was great and everyone had a good lunch (we fed over 100 people) Please accept my appreciation for a job well done by the Bird Dog Club members. The treating of the lake, mowing/trimming of the area, set up of the tables/chairs, and helping with the less fortunate fish ect. I won’t mention any names for fear I would miss someone but you know who you are and a special thanks for a job well done. This event is second only to their Christmas party, they really have a good time.
Thanks Tom for organizing this event it’s a great thing for this group and it is good thing for our club to hold this type of outing.

July 2011

Sun, 3 Jul 2011 15:17:37 -0400

J HELLO,
June was a good month with 2 successful trials in the books. Thanks to all that helped make it happen.
I know it’s hard to believe but only a couple showed up for the work day. We need everyone to help maintain the club and grounds. We are going to post a to do list in the club house. Please try and do a little work when you have the time. Ron Greene can’t do everything.
Big Thanks to Mike Clark for doing a great job handling the kitchen duties at the last 2 trials
Big Thanks to Pat, Ron, JR and Eli for all the work in the fields.
SPECIAL THANKS to Ron Greene for all the work that you do. Ron has told me before to not thank him in the news letter, sorry Ron. Here are a few things he has done lately. Started painting C field shelter, roofed B field shelter with Kenny Parient’s help (Thanks Kenny), mowed C field, helped Pat plant milo, picked up work day supplies that no one showed up to use. That was all in the last month.
ATTENTION: Please keep ATVs off the newly planted strips and the strips that were planted last year
ATTENTION: Fish Fry at the August 9th club meeting
UPCOMING EVENTS:
1) NSTRA Trial 7/9/2011
2) NSTRA Trial 7/23-24/2011
3) Club Trial Awards at the July 12TH Club Meeting
HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE AT THE NEXT CLUB MEETING 7/12/2011
YOUR BOARD MEMBERS

June 2011

Thu, 2 Jun 2011 21:37:27 -0400

HELLO,
Big Thanks to Mike Clark and Bob Turner for chairing the last NSTRA trial and to the judges and Eli for bird planting and Sharon for handling the kitchen duties
I had the pleasure of judging and seeing some of the places birds were found as Butch Jenkins can attest to I have realized the Eli has an evil side. Butch had the pleasure of trying to flush a bird off the top of a big mound without falling down. After rutting around for 5 minutes up and down the mound Butch was able to get the bird.
Big Thanks to Pat Cassel and Ron Green for working in the fields.
ATTENTION: Please keep ATVs off the newly planted strips and the strips that were planted last year
Big Thanks to Rick Alexander for fixing the clubs tractor. Rick it was good to see you at the club. Hope to see you around more.
Summer Trials are starting this weekend. It’s hot but we have a good time these trials so get signed up for the next one. The summer trials are Open/Armature format.

UPCOMING EVENTS:
1) NSTRA 6/11/2011
2) NSTRA 6/25-26/2011 JR Coke 317-654-8402
3) Club Meeting 6/14/2011 Wayne Fishburn 317-509-0312
4) Club Trial Awards at the July 12TH Club Meeting

ATTENTION: WORK DAY is scheduled for Saturday 25th of June. We need to some weed eating, clean up in the club house and around the property, caulk windows in the back room, and finish the paneling in the back room. Get signed up for the trial that day and you can run your dog and do a little work around the club

HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE AT THE NEXT CLUB MEETING 6/14/2011
YOUR BOARD MEMBERS

April 2011

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 06:21:32 -0400

HELLO,
April is a busy month around the club. The Indiana Region Elimination Trial is April 16th and 17th. Indiana region has some of the best dogs in the country so the competition should be good.
The Champions Trial is April 27th-30th. This is a very important trial for the club and we can use all the help we can get. We still need kitchen and help with other things around the club during trial. Here is list of a few things and if you can make the club meeting Tuesday night 4-12-2011 at 6:30 we will discuss in more detail.
1. Filling water barrels
2. Desert donations pies, cakes, brownies, cookies
3. Taking out trash and general clean up
4. Kitchen help
GOOD LUCK to Roger Parient, Bob Turner, and Bev McAdams in the Champions Trial.
Wilber Shortridge has several shotguns and pistols for sale you can contact him at 317-291-8968 to get the details.
THANKS to the members that have worked on the downed trees around the club.
Congratulations to JR Coke for champion out both Lady and Mattie. Lady had one of the best runs of the trial last weekend to give her a first place and 1x champion
UPCOMING EVENTS
1. Club meeting 4/12/2011
2. NSTRA Trial rescheduled to 5/14-15/2011 call Mike Clark to sign up 317-791-8664
3. Club Trial 5/14/2011
4. NSTRA Trial June 11th This trial is a single Open/Amateur contact Wane Fishburn to sign up 317-509-0312
5. NSTRA Trial June 25th and 26th singe Open/Amateur contact JR Coke to sign up 317-654-8402
The Amateur Trial is a good place for you new members to get started trialing but there are only 8 openings per trial so get signed up soon if you want to get in.

Hope to see everyone at the next club meeting April 12th
YOUR BOARD MEMBERS

March 2011

Sat, 12 Mar 2011 10:05:03 -0500

HELLO

Congratulations to JR and Roger Parient for their impressive finishes at the Quail Invitational. Roger had 2 dogs make it to the final 8 and one to the final 4. Roger got very ill from the heat on the last day and was unable to handle jack on his last run. Having 2 dogs make it that far is impressive but also very hard on the body running back to back in that heat. JR made to the final 8 and if not for some bad luck with a tree would have made it to the final 4.
April is going to be a busy month for the club with 2 NSTRA Trials, Indiana Region Elimination trial, and 1 club trial. The Champions Trial at the end of April is very important to the club. We need to make sure the grounds are in order to insure there is no reason that NSTRA members will want to move the trial. The club had to fight to keep the trial a couple of years ago. The trial last 4 days and we are responsible for cooking breakfast and lunch, trash, filling water barrels at the end of the day and general clean up. Call Sharon if you can help in the kitchen 317-435-5791 and any time you can show up to lend a hand will be appreciated. It takes a lot of work from club members.
We are not going to schedule a work day before the champions trial due to the busy schedule in April but these things need to get done before the champions trial. Please give me a call if you can work on any of these things so I can give you the details. Wayne Fishburn 317-509-0312
1) Fence repairs.
A) South East corner of A field
B) Behind bird pen
C) Between A and B field
D) C field
2) Trees that fell into fields need cut up and removed in B and C fields
3) Steps and rail need fixed at B field shelter
4) Door needs fixed at C field shelter
5) Clean the club house a few days before trial
UPCOMING EVENTS:
CLUB TRIAL on March 19th this will be a double trial. Call Ryan Deckard to schedule 317-508-8071. The deadline for entering dogs in club trials is the Tuesday before trial. DOGS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO RUN IF NOT ENTERED BY TUESDAY BEFORE TRIAL.
CLUB TRIAL March 19th and April 2nd
NSTRA TRIAL April 9thand 10th Chairman Bob Turner 317-769-5437
INDIANA REGION ELEMINATION TRIAL April 16thand 17th Chairman Jr Coke 317-654-8402
CHAMPIONS TRIAL April 27th – 30th
CLUB MEETING April 12th

Hope to see everyone at the next club meeting April 12th
YOUR BOARD MEMBERS

January 2011

Fri, 7 Jan 2011 14:25:32 -0500

I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays.
The Club trial and Christmas party was a success. Thanks to Sharon and Kelly Vanarsdale for cooking the dinner and to the members that brought deserts it was great. Thanks for playing Santa Gary Wiggam you looked great in that Santa suit and Thanks to Sylvia Clark for helping Santa. Sylvia must be a good woman to put up with Mike every day.
I want to Thank Sharon for writing the news letter for me last month and everything else Sharon does for the club. Sharon ware’s many hats around the club and it is greatly appreciated.
Congratulations to Bev McAdams and Jazz for finally becoming a NSTRA Champion. It has been a long time coming. At the Glens Valley trial Bev and Jazz took two 1st placements and a third. Bev with her little pink umbrella in the snow handling Jazz was a site to see.
Joe Dunigan wanted to Thank everyone for the thoughts and prayers during his surgery and recovery. I here Joe is back to work that’s great news.
Big Thanks to Bob Turner for the donation for the back room. After all the work and money spent on construction the club still has close to 3,000 dollars left for the back room. Thank you again to all the members that helped and donated. That was a huge accomplishment. A lot was accomplished in 2010 and I think 2011 will be even better.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Club trial dates  1) 2/12/11  2) 3/19/11 3) 4/2/11
NSTRA trial dates 1) CBDC Jan 22-23 Chairman John Garver 317-539-6542  2) CBDC Feb 5-6 Chairman Ashley Dunigan 812-878-1652
Club Meeting 1/12/11

Please call Ryan Deckard to sign up for club trials (317-508-8071) Try to sign up ASAP at least a week before trial to give Ryan time to plan for trial.
Hope to see you all at the next club meeting 1/12/11

December 2010

Sat, 11 Dec 2010 11:42:30 -0500

Tis season for giving—and we would like to give A BIG THANK YOU to everyone that helped to make Dog of the Year a huge success. It takes a lot of work, and most of it is behind the scene. A lot of great club members worked many long hard hours to get things ready. Work days were just a few times that work and preparations were done.
Thank you to all who made the great pies and cakes and again Jim and Deanna Hasler gave us a “sugar high”, thanks guys.
Joe Schuhler had donated a gun cabinet that was raffled at Dog of the Year and Charlie Hostelier was the lucky winner, I understand it is being made from black cherry wood, sounds beautiful, thanks Joe.
A special thank you goes to Joe Dunigan and his daughter Ashley, they came out to the club every evening, hauled out supplies, stocked things and prepared the kitchen for the next day’s business.
Dog of the Year was a very profitable trial for our club, and with our good national trials, we are able to keep our dues reasonable.
If you haven’t been out to take a look at the back room come out, the view from the 2nd floor is really neat. We don’t want to forget Wayne Fishburn and Ron Greene they have been great assets in organizing the back room work, thanks guys.
As the fall trials have come to a close a big thank you goes out to our trial chairmen and everyone that rode those 4-wheelers all day and judged without you we couldn’t be successful.
Rick Alexlander has completed the winter maintenance on our tractor and also gave a generous donation to our Christmas Party, thanks Rick for all you do.
As your board we would like to invite each and every club member and your family to attend our Christmas Party on December 18th. Dinner will be served at 2PM, following the club trial. Dinner will be provided by the club, anyone wanting to bring a dessert would be appreciated. We are expecting a visit from Santa Clause around 3PM. Please contact Sharon Van Arsdale 317-435-5791 or slvanarsdale@aol.com no later than December 13th with information on children attending, age, gender and name. We sure don’t want Santa to miss anyone. Hope to see everyone, it should be a fun time.
Contact Ryan Deckard with reference to the club trial, also if we have enough kids interested, Ryan would like to have a kid’s trial on the 18th.
Our club has been decorated for Christmas, thanks to Ashley Dunigan and Kelly Van Arsdale, looks very festive.
Again this year we will be sponsoring a needy family from the Amo area. We will provide clothes, food and gifts for this family.
POINTS OF INTEREST:

CLUB MEETING DECEMBER 14, 2010 DINNER AT 6:30 MEETING AT 7:30PM
WAYNE FISHBURN AND KENNY PARIENT WILL BE COOKING
CLUB TRIAL DECEMBER 18, 2010
CHRISTMAS PARTY DECEMBER 18, 2010

Joe Dunigan will be having surgery on his hand on the 14th, please keep Joe in your thoughts and prayers.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL FROM YOUR BOARD.

November 2010

Fri, 5 Nov 2010 12:59:14 -0400

October was a busy month around the club. We had a club trial, 2 day NSTRA Trial, Top 16 trial, and the biggest trial of the year Dog of the Year Trial that started on a Monday with Practice and the trial from Wednesday to Saturday. All these trials were a success. Thanks to all the members that put forth the effort to make it happen. There are too many trials to list all the results we will give trial results at the next Club meeting November 9th
BIG THANKS to the members that have helped with Dog of the Year Trial it was a lot of work and a few members were there every day cooking cleaning etc.
There has been a tremendous amount of work done in the last couple of months and unfortunately it’s been done by a few members maybe 10%. I know some of the work is beyond what is normal work around the club and some members are not able to participate for numerous reasons and that’s ok but there should have been more members participating. We only had about 4 or 5 members show up the last work day. The club spent $200.00 on deserts. I don’t think it’s too much to ask for members to donate a pie, cookies or something. It is not right that a hand full of members take care of the club and club grounds, and trial prep so the other 100 plus members can come out and enjoy the club. Members are required to give 16 hours of service a year or you can elect the non participating membership that cost $250.00 instead of $150.00, so take your pick put in your 16 hours or send in the extra $100.00.
I want to thank JR’s 2 girls and Eli for the work they have done around the club. Eli has done a lot of mowing filling water barrels and JR’s girls did a great job painting the dog statues out front and they were a big help to me carrying arm loads of 2x4 up the stairs for me when I was installing the frame work upstairs to hold paneling. JR you should be proud you have some great kids. Also Thanks to Chase for helping Daddy Joe out with the electric in the back room. It is sad to think that these kids have done more work than 75% of our members.
Attention: December club trial date has been changed to Dec. 18th Glenns Valley Trial has been changed from Dec. 18th and 19th to Dec. 11th and 12th

UPCOMING EVENTS:
1) CLUB MEETING 11/09/10
2) CLUB TRIAL 12/18/10
3) PIKE COUNTY NSTRA TRIAL Nov. 13th & 14th
4) CBDC NSTRA TRIAL Nov. 20th & 21st
5) CBDC NSTRA TRIAL Dec. 4th & 5th
6) GLENNS VALLEY NSTRA TRIAL Dec. 11th & 12th
HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE AT THE NEXT CLUB MEETING Nov. 9th
YOUR BOARD MEMBERS

October 2010

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:59:05 -0400

OCTOBER, NEWS LETTER
HELLO,
Trial season is in high gear now and hunting season near its time to dust off those guns and get your dogs in shape. The first club trial is in the books. THANKS Ryan you did great job. Congratulations to the winners and to anyone that found more than one bird, scenting conditions were tough. Call Ryan Deckard to sign up for next club trial on October 16th 317-508-8071
Trial Results
1st
B. Parsons – Toby Puppy
N. Walters – Rocky All Age
2nd
B. Parsons – Molly Puppy
G. Wiggams - Busy All Age
3rd
R. Deckard – Stormy Puppy
B. Turner - Maggie All Age

The Dog of the Year trial starts October 27 through the 30th with practice starting on Monday the 25th. This is one of the biggest NTSRA trials of the year and is very important to the club. We need lots of help to make it a success. Call Sharon at 317-435-5791 or email slvanarsdale@aol.com for kitchen help Wednesday through Saturday. Water barrels need filled and trash everyday Monday through Friday. We also need deserts, pies, cakes etc.
THANKS to Ron Green and Pat Cassel for their work on the fields. Considering we have had no rain for 3 months the fields are in good shape. It will take another year or 2 before the new grasses that are planted to fill in and to get the fields in the condition Ron and Pat are looking for.
THANKS to the members that showed up for the last Club meeting. We had a great dinner and Tom Burks gave a good presentation on the history of the club and NSTRA. We collected $235.00 from dinner to go towards the Loft.
THANKS to Richard Brock for mowing. Don’t miss the next club trial October 16th
WORK DAY has been scheduled for Sunday October 17th to finish out the loft and in close C field shelter in preparation for Dog of the Year Trial. Please contact Wayne Fishburn if you plan on helping 317-509-0312.

ATTENTION: UFTA trial has been canceled

UPCOMING EVENTS:
CLUB MEETING October 12th
NSTRA Trial October 9th and 10th
Club Trial October 16th ( SATURDAY)
Top 16 Challenge October 16th
Work Day October 17th
Hope to see everyone and the club meeting October 12th
YOUR BOARD MEMBERS