What’s new at ARBA

The board names new secretary/treasurer

Great news! Christiane Payton of Yamhill, Oregon has accepted the position of Secretary/Treasurer of ARBA. In this position Christiane will be responsible for ARBA’s bookkeeping, accepting new and renewal memberships, and will be the point person for the association’s website. Send all correspondence (except registrations and transfers) to:

New Registrar now accepting transfers and registrations

The Associated Sheep Registry (a division of the American Hampshire Sheep Association), headed by Karey Claghorn, is now ready to start processing ARBA registrations and transfers. Checks are still made payable to American Romney Breeders Association. Members may continue to use the hard copy or online registration and transfer documents as before but send them to the new address listed below.

Send your registrations and transfers to:
Associated Sheep Registries
15603 173rd Ave
Milo, IA 50166
Phone: 641-942-6402

ARBA webmaster selected

Wendy Lutge at WhirlDesign is ARBA’s new webmaster. WhirlDesign is the webmaster for the Wensleydale and Bluefaced Leicester Associations, as well as Super Sire Ltd. As before, if you have suggestions for the website or would like a link to the website, please contact the Secretary, Christiane Payton.

I appreciate all the support and patience the membership has shown during the past three months. Thank you also to the Board of Directors for their help and guidance in the transition.

HELP FUND the Morris Culver Memorial Scholarship

ARBA is proud and pleased to announce the first annual Morris Culver Memorial Scholarship.  Morris passed on January 11, 2007, but not before a lifetime of achievement and service that touched all who knew him.  Morris was a pioneer in the American Romney Breeders Association.  He registered the very first natural colored Romney in the United States in 1972. He was a twelve year president of ARBA and   very active in judging both sheep and wool.

When Morris was a youngster he was a member of 4-H and FFA, which led him to a lifetime devoted to education.  Along with his career in elementary education he also taught small flock management classes at a community college in Eugene, Oregon.  Morris studied the properties of wool along with genetics and wool quality.  He held workshops on spinning and dying wool, and how to select fine fleeces.  Educational displays were always a part of his sheep exhibit at county fairs, whether it was a selection of colored roving or a sheep half shorn to help the public see the amount of wool on an animal.

We urge all eligible ARBA juniors to take advantage of this opportunity.  The rules and application can be downloaded here (.pdf). While the deadline has now passed for this year (July 6), the Morris Culver Memorial Scholarship Fund needs the help of all active ARBA members to assist in honoring his memory.  Please send your donations to the ARBA office with a note specifying the purpose.  Thank you!

PLANNING ON DOING AI?

Before you begin, obtain the ARBA registration number on the ram you select! Also be sure to send in to the ARBA office the transfer to you of the breeding units. For further information and assistance read the information on the AI page and contact your ARBA secretary at secretary@americanromney.org