As you know, Timberline Basset Hound club is

celebrating its 50th anniversary this year – that’s a very

long time for any organization to be in existence,

especially a dog club! We’ve been fortunate all these

years to have a club providing us with a place to share

our ideas and experiences with the Basset Hound, enjoy

shows and performance activities and welcome new

people into the Basset Hound family. Along with our

usual raffle, dinner and here are some exciting things

planned for the specialty this year – April 11 at Adams

County Fairgrounds. Timberline will have the entire Al

Lessar building to itself for all of Friday. Both shows ,

the BHCA Regionals and the Specialty, and the

luncheon will take place in that building. Susan is

preparing a slide presentation and you’ll see

photographs of people you haven’t seen for a long time.

The premium list for both shows is out. Helen

Hittesdorf is secretary so please get your entries in as

soon as possible. With the 2 all breed shows on

Saturday and Sunday, you’ll have an opportunity to

enter 4 shows. The specialty will include obedience

and rally, and all the special classes as always. Please

contact Carol if you have any questions at all –

bristleconebassets@yahoo.com

Remember to set aside items for the annual raffle. Cindy and the Horns are working the raffle and will appreciate any items you’d like to donate. Let them know what you have and make arrangements to deliver.

The TBHC annual meeting and election is taking place

next Sunday, March 16, 1 p.m. at Cindy Underhill’s

home, 4642 Hampshire St., Boulder, CO 80301. This is

located in Heatherwood Estates northeast of Boulder.

Please call Cindy at 303-530-2896 if you need

directions. Also if you do not plan on attending, please

let Cindy know by phone or email –

capunderhill@comcast.net . . If we don’t have a

quorum, we can always reschedule. Those who

volunteer to host these meetings do spend time

preparing snacks, drinks, etc. and the president spends

time putting an agenda together, so if you can’t come

please let us know.

The Nominatng Committee has presented the following

slate of officers and board members for the next year:

Mishka Kilgore President

Susan Steinway Vice-President

Betty Gene Pearce Treasurer

Carol Makowski Secretary

Sheila Giles Board member – 2016

Cindy Underhill Board member – 2016

Christina Cox and David Kingsmill remain on the board

through 2015

The nominating committee consisted of Cindy Underhill,

Susan Steinway, Betty Pearce and Mishka Kilgore as

alternate.

Please submit Judge nominations

for the 2015 Specialty by January

10, 2014. The names will be

published in the January

newsletter and voting will take

Upcoming Events

Annual Meeting March 16, 2014 Cindy Underhill’s home, Boulder, CO

Regional and Specialty April 11, 2014 Adams County Fairgrounds, Henderson, CO

April TBHC meeting TBD

Summer social TBD

September 21, 2014 TBHC Agility Trial Arapahoe Park, Golden CO

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LEGISLATIVE NEWS

DENVER -A bill already approved by the

Colorado Senate aims to encourage fire

departments and other paramedics to establish

policies for providing emergency care to

animals in the field.

Some Colorado fire districts have taken it upon

themselves to provide training and equipment to

save the lives of pets in emergency situations,

which can run afoul of the state's laws governing

veterinary care.

SB 39, which is scheduled to be heard for the

first time in a House committee Tuesday, would

allow EMS organizations to decide whether to

participate.

Organizations that do choose to participate

would need to provide training and spell out the

circumstances in which employees could

administer so-called "pre-veterinary emergency

care" in a written policy.

The bill has been amended to explicitly state that

EMS workers are not required to provide care to

dogs or cats or to provide care for those animals

before attending to a person.

CRUNCHY SUNFLOWER BISCUITS from the MSPCA, Boston, MA

2 cups whole wheat flour

1/2 cup soy flour

1 tsp salt

1/4 cup corn meal

2 eggs mixed with 1/4 cup milk

2 Tbsps butter or vegetable oil

1/4 cup unsulphered molasses

1/2 cup sunflower seeds

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix dry ingredients. Add melted butter (or oil), molasses and egg mixture (save

1 Tbsp egg mixture). Knead together (add milk if too dry), let sit for 1/2 hour. Roll to 1/2 inch and cut into

desired shapes with cookie cutter. Put on cookie sheet, "paint" on remaining egg mixture, and bake 30

minutes. Let cool and store in tightly sealed container.

TIMBERLINE HAS A CELEBRITY IN ITS MIDST! MEMBER KEN JANIEC

Kenneth Janiec brings his love of skiing, snowboarding, and computer knowledge to

his thrilling debut novel, "Dangerous Slopes" (published by AuthorHouse).

Newly divorced Michael Doyle is a computer consultant and ski instructor at Elks

Run, the newest resort situated in the breathtaking mountains of Colorado. The resort

is building the first ever 12-person gondola, but a terrible accident causes the gondola

to collapse. With his trusty basset hound by his side, Michael must uncover the truth

about the cause of the disaster and save the resort.

"When society chooses pride and greed over safety or honesty," Kenneth warns, "a

physical, financial, psychological loss will most likely be the result.”

An excerpt from “Dangerous Slopes”:

“He positioned himself in front of a map of the trail system, turned on a laser pointer, and said, ‘Gentlemen and

ladies, we had one or possibly two towers collapse on the Blue Sky. The towers may or may not be on the ground,

which means there may be two cars in the air or on the ground.’”

About the Author

Kenneth Janiec works for Oracle Corporation as a principal technical support engineer. He and his wife, Judi, live in

Colorado Springs with their two basset hounds, Zoë and Dexter, and Zeke, an American black-and-tan coonhound.

An avid skier and outdoor enthusiast, he was a former certified ski/snowboard instructor at Monarch Mountain and

Breckenridge Ski Resort in Colorado.

http://www.kennethjaniec.com.

Congratulations to Ken and best wishes in this new venture!

JR Jones had quite a scare and spent the night in the hospital last week after visiting the emergency room twice. He is fine now and back to work per Betty Gene. Glad the recovery was quick and uneventful.

Some sad news in the Basset Hound Community

Sheila Giles lost her father earlier this year. Know that we’re thinking about you and wishing you peace. Steve Calhoun, husband of Sharon Calhoun, By-U-Cals Basset Hounds, passed away last week. A sympathy card has been sent from our club. Bonnie Christian, long time Basset Hound breeder from Massachusetts passed away last week after a long battle with cancer. Bonnie and her husband drove all the way out to Colorado when we had our Nationals at Silver Creek in 1987. She and her husband were good breeders and very nice people.

Congratulations to Beverly and Hal Haddon on their new acquisition – a little red and white Basset Hound girl from All Ears Rescue! She’s adorable,named Soto (for Sonia Sotomayer). Now Thurgood (named after Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall) has a nice companion. Welcome to the Colorado Basset Hound Community, Soto!

TBHC TRACKING 2014 Timberline hosted a very successful tracking test last weekend, March 2 at Lory State Park north of Fort Collins. Thanks to Test Chairman, David Kingsmill, Test Secretary Patty Kingsmill, TBHC members Kermit and Maggie Witherbee, Judges Jane Jonas and Roy Fair, and a host of others who braved the frigid temperatures, snow, ice and wind to plot tracks on Saturday and expertly run the test on Sunday. It was 5 degrees out there when tracks were ready to run. All 4 TD entries qualified and we had one qualifying TDX which was a wonderful pass rate. Basset Hound Moon did not pass the TDX, missing one article after getting distracted with a cross track, but I was proud of him and those short legs in rough conditions did not hinder him at all.

TBHC TRACKING TEST QUALIFIERS MARCH 2,

LORY STATE PARK

TDX

Rush Lake’s Diggin That Dillon TD

(Labrador Retriever Dog)

Handler: Shelly Rehmeier

TD

CH Mistyridge Your Winnings Sir RE

(Rottweiler Dog)

Handler: Francis Keays

Indiana's Quest For Gold II

(Golden Retriever Dog)

Handler: Kirsten Bayne

CH Majestc Huckle Bears Point CD BN RE PT

MXP MJP CI RATN CGC

(Rottweiler Bitch)

Handler: Donna Dolezal Jordan

CH Mistyridge Your Winnings Sir RE

(Rottweiler Dog)

Handler: Francis Keays

A few snapshots of Moon (Ch Bristlecone’s Moonshadow) running TDX last weekend

On Saturday, the Basset Hound Club of America held a conference meeting via internet using a program

called “Join Me” – very simple to use and easy to access via computer. Maybe it’s time to think about

Timberline doing board meetings this way. The cost was minimal and no special equipment was required.

Something to think about. . . . . . . . . . .

WHAT A COINCIDENCE – FRED BASSET IS ALSO 50 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR!!

It's hard to believe that Britain's best-loved canine hero will be celebrating 50 years, but in an annual collection of the best of the Daily Mail's popular comic strip shows Fred is as young at heart as ever.