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Due to the holiday the next club meeting will be July 11, 2011 at the Brookland Fire Station at Goobertown. From Jonesboro take Highway 49 towards Paragould. On the northside of Brookland at Goobertown take County Road 792 and go about 0.25 miles and the Fire Station is on the right. Start time is 7 pm, following the monthly meeting there will be a board of directors meeting.

Hey Everyone,

First, I want to thank those that attended our regional meeting this past Saturday. I think we made some very important strides in managing our duck problems. As a review, and for those that did not make it, here is a recap of what we covered and our plan of action.

1.) Marty Davis and Larry Wade did their homework as to what is going on with the AG&FC code as it applies to the health requirements for captive ducks. Marty and Jay Chesshir are going to follow-up with Luke Naylor (AG&FC, who by the way did not attend) and review what the code actually says and ask that we get a temporary extension on the health certificate from 60 days to 90 days. We feel if we get this extension it will get every club through a hunt test season. They will also seek to have that requirement waived based on newly discovered facts.

2.) It was decided that the clubs of Region 9 and Central Arkansas would form a Co-op to buy ducks from a single breeder. Individual clubs can choose not to participate if they wish. It is our hope that we can negotiate a better price, plus have only one health test administered for everyone’s ducks. We agreed we would each contribute a deposit, as-well-as split the cost of buying the testing kit for the ducks. We think that cost will be around $300 to test up to 60 ducks.

3.) Mark Miles has agreed to head up the co-op and is currently looking for a breeder who will agree to provide ducks for the entire group. The one thing we are still working out is the shipping. We may negotiate for delivery to one central location or decide each club is on their own as to the expense of delivery.

Everyone felt the meeting was very productive and I will try and keep all of you abreast of what is happening. Included is a list of everyone that is on my DUCK CO-OP LIST:

Mike DeMoss MaDemoss65@aol.com President 4 States

Chad Williams rawdawg63@earthlink.net President Pin Oak

Deb Wehner santafelabs@aol.com Secretary SW Missouri

Ed Barnes ebarnes50@comcast.net President East Arkansas

Frank Barton fbarton@bartonpowersports.com VIP East Arkansas

Jay Chesshir jchesshir@littlerockchamber.com Central Arkansas

Jim Featherston jfeatherston@allstate.com President Hurricane Lake

Jim Harris jimofrjb@live.com President South Arkansas

Justin Etter j.etter@suddenlink.net VIP L’Anguille

Marty Davis retrevr@yahoo.com Homework expert

Michael Walker rancher6151@yahoo.com President Ozark

Shannon Adcock adcock.shannon@yahoo.com VIP L’Anguille

Mark Miles mmiles@entergy.com Central Arkansas

Sandra Shingleur shings@cableone.net PR Rep Region 9

Stan Brown remington280@yahoo.com VIP Pin Oak/Hurricane

May I suggest each of you create a “Contact Group” and keep these individuals email addresses in it since we will be communicating regularly in the coming weeks.

Thanks again for everyone’s input. Got questions? Send me an email.

Larry Mc

Larry McMurry
Field Rep - Region 9
Hunting Retriever Club, Inc.
17510 Crystal Valley Rd.
Little Rock, AR 72210
501-580-1953

Arkansas would form a Co-op to buy ducks from a single breeder. Individual clubs can choose not to participate if they wish. It is our hope that we can negotiate a better price, plus have only one health test administered for everyone’s ducks. We agreed we would each contribute a deposit, as-well-as split the cost of buying the testing kit for the ducks. We think that cost will be around $300 to test up to 60 ducks.