LANA Awards

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><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>ASHLEY FIKE 2000</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>LYDIA REDDEN 1999 </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>AMANDA WRIGHT 1998 </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>****</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>ADULT FOLLOW ME AWARD</U></B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>NINA PEDERSON, KATE ROACH 2006</B></div> <div> <B>TAMMIE MUNSON 2005</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>DEBORAH SLOCUM & BANDIT 2004</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>BOB & JEANNIE VAUM 2003</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>DONNA MCMANN & LINDA AUGUSTIN 2002</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>DOLLY PETERS 2001</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>NANCY REDDEN 2000 </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>JIM AND SALLY OTTO 1999 </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>DICK DENNING 1998 </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>****</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>HUMMM DINGER AWARD</U></B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" ><B><U> </U></B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>LINDA HEUNE-SOLOMON 2006</B></div> <div> <B>NELSON LEONARD 2005</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>CRIS JENNINGS 2004</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>PAT MCCARTHY & JERRY SAMMON 2003</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>DICK & LINDA REICHLE 2002 </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>ROB AND SUSIE POLLARD 2001</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>JIM AND AMY LOGAN 2000 </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>DAN AND MARILYN MILTON 1999</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>BOBRA GOLDSMITH 1998</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>VIRGINIA AND DICK CHRISTENSEN 1997 </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>FRANCIE GRATH-PETO 1996 </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>****</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT </U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>PAUL AND SALLY TAYLOR 2006</B></div> <div> <B>No Award 2005</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>KAREN CONYNGHAM 2004</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>DAN & MARILYN MILTON 2003</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>KATHI MCKINNEY 2002</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>JACK AND DONNA MOORE 2001</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>LORA CRAWFORD 2000 </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>PAUL AND BETTY BARKMAN 1999 </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>MURRAY FOWLER 1998 </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFF80" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>LANA Awards</B></div> <div> <I><B>The awards listed below were created to honor our members, young members, and volunteers. Their many hours of labor and generous donations are greatly appreciated.</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>YOUTH FOLLOW ME AWARD</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800080" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> No Award this year</div> <bR> <div> <B>ADULT FOLLOW ME AWARD </B></div> <div> <B>Kathy Nichols</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>HUMDINGER AWARD </B></div> <div> <B>Wally and Maryanne Baker</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD</B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>Kay Sharpnack  2007</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="to_the_lana_board___membership_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>To the LANA Board & Membership</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>There is no way that I can adequately convey to you my surprise or feelings when Chris Jennings called to tell me that I had been chosen to be the recipient of the esteemed LANA Lifetime Achievement Award. Having been a LANA member since 1985, I know how very special this award is, and that it is not an annual award. </B></div> <div> <B>I very much regret being unable to attend LANA EXPO this year and be with you for the presentation. If you have not seen the Award, it is a beautifully inscribed glass plaque held between two decorative gold pillars and seated on a gold base. Good Lord willing, I would like to bring it with me to LANA EXPO in 2008 so that you all can see it and I can thank you personally. </B></div> <div> <B>I have watched LANA grow and mature over the years to be come one of the leading llama associations in America stressing education and advocating Youth, Camaraderie, Fun (and great camping cook-off food!) </B></div> <div> <B>LANA and her members have participated in the formation of the International Lama Registry (1985), ALSA (1986), and have also provided major, generous, funding for Camelid Medical Research and many other projects over the years. You can be very proud to be members of such a fine organization. </B></div> <div> <B>Last, know that I am still overwhelmed to have been chosen for the Lifetime Achievement Award. Thank you all for allowing me to stand with the other special folks who have given so much to the llama community. I feel greatly honored. </B></div> <div> <B>I am an incurable llamaholic, and will continue working for llamas and their owners as long as I possibly can. </B></div> <div> <B>God Bless, </B></div> <div> <B>Kay </B></div> <div> <B>Kay Patterson Sharpnack </B></div> <div> <B>Hinterland Ranch </B></div> <div> <B>Sisters, Oregon </B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Other awards given to one of our members</B></div> <div> <B>News Release Contact:</B></div> <div> <B>For Immediate Release Gayle M. Woodsum</B></div> <div> <B>August 1, 2007 or Later 307.399.3815</B></div> <div> <B>llamafestivals@aol.com</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <A NAME="2007"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>2007 Virginia Christensen National </B></div> <div> <B>Llama Welfare Award Presented</B></div> <div> <B>Gary Kaufman of Olympia, Washington has been chosen as the recipient of the 2007 Virginia Christensen National Llama Welfare Award. The honor, which includes a $500 cash gift, was created in the name of llama lover, advocate, breeder, judge and organizational leader Virginia Christensen of Nevada. It is designed to recognize and support individuals dedicated to the long term viability and overall welfare of llamas in the United States. </B></div> <div> <B>According to award organizers, Kaufman was selected as this years recipient in recognition of many years of hands-on, consistent llama rescue efforts. His passion for what is often difficult and heartbreaking work began in 1998, when he answered an ad for llamas that concerned him, and found two llamas living in horrid conditions. He bought the llamas, nursed them back to health, and began an ongoing dedication to both rescuing the neediest of llamas, as well as helping llama owners learn how to give good care to their animals in order to avoid the need for rescue placement.</B></div> <div> <B>Kaufman is also active in various local and state projects on behalf of promoting legislation and increasing enforcement of animal welfare laws. He volunteers at numerous llama events and the local 4-H. He was recently appointed chair for Lifeline, the rescue arm of the Llama Association of North America.</B></div> <div> <B>One of the largest rescue efforts Kaufman has been involved in was also one of the most painfully educational of his work so far, bringing into sharp relief the all too common inadequacies of law enforcement when it comes to animal welfare. </B></div> <div> <B>In 2003, at the center of a highly public divorce dispute in Chehalis, Washington, suffered a herd of llamas. Over several months, neighbors of the herd had made repeated reports of dying and dead llamas to the local sheriff and animal control authorities, all to no avail.</B></div> <div> <B>Kaufman was called by the desperate neighbors, pleading for help after they arrived home one day to find yet another llama (a cria) dead in the pasture. Kaufman immediately launched a letter-writing campaign, deluging local authorities with letters of complaint, copying them to the national animal rights organization, PETA. He spent many long hours making phone calls on behalf of the stricken animals. He did not let up until legal seizure of the 17 surviving llamas was finally conducted four months after concerned people began to complain.</B></div> <div> <B>At long last, Kaufman was free to find appropriate homes for the neglected herd. He transported six males to the Humane Farming Associations lifetime sanctuary in California, and took on three of the llamas himself for rehabilitation and rehoming. One still resides at the Kaufman family home. Kaufman, along with his wife and helpmate, Chloe, found local permanent homes for the remainder of the herd.</B></div> <div> <B>For llamas having been subjected to severe abuse, for those on the verge of death, for those being haphazardly dispersed or sent to slaughter for lack of interest, for those in simple need of a toenail trim and a haircut, Gary Kaufman has stepped up to be their champion.</B></div> <div> <B>Recipients of The Virginia Christensen National Llama Welfare Award are chosen through ongoing national research by the Award nominating committee. Donations to the award go directly toward the cash gift and commemorative engraving given to each recipient. Donations may be sent c/o Llama Festivals, P.O. Box 536, Laramie, WY 82073. For more information, contact coordinator Gayle Woodsum at llamafestivals@aol.com, or 307.399.3815. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>- Additional Insert Follows - </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Virginia Christensen National </B></div> <div> <B>Llama Welfare Award Criteria </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>To be awarded to an individual who has consistently, and over an extended period of time, promoted thoughtful care to llamas through public and private efforts in a variety of settings, including but not limited to demonstration of the following efforts:</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f066000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> participation in the education of llama owners and potential llama owners as to the attentive care and compassionate handling of llamas</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f066000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> leadership in volunteer and organizational settings that exhibit diversity of membership, philosophy and mission</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f066000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> promotion of llamas as companion animals with basic physical and psychological needs that surpass their value as a commodity</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f066000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> unflinching participation in public and private activities that support and implement the prevention and cessation of cruelty, neglect and desertion of llamas</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Thanks very much,</B></div> <div> <B>Gayle</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Gayle M. Woodsum</B></div> <div> <B>Event Coordinator</B></div> <div> <B>Llama Festivals</B></div> <div> <B>P.O. Box 536</B></div> <div> <B>Laramie, WY 82073</B></div> <div> <B>307.399.3815</B></div> <div> <B>LlamaFestivals@aol.com</B></div> <div> <B>www.janellamaevent.com </B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>