I am sure Cathy Crespo will give you her report soon, but I cannot wait to tell you what a WONDERFUL event it was thanks to so many club members.  I am writing from school. I am going to name the workers in Alphabetical order not to miss anyone. 

Gloria Alayon, always in charge of WaysNMeans. She brought her grandsons and  another school boy to work and earn community service hours. One of the kids, KEVIN, who is only in 8th grade made all the POSTER SIGNS for the event!! A very creative kid he is, we had the best posters ever. 

Jonathan Arambula, has not missed one Oktoberfest since he became a member. He has always volunteered to build the game arena and work on the cook out. I don't have to worry about the game arena, he comes to my house the day prior to the event and picks up the necessary equipment. 

CATHERINE CRESPO - OKTOBERFEST CHAIRMAN - this is the one I want to CLONE. She does... EVERYTHING... she is on TOP OF EVERYTHING.  So, if I write about what others did, remember, CATHY was involved.  Oktoberfest became a profitable event when Cathy took over 3 years ago.   

LYNNE DELGADO, together with Jane worked the Education and Rescue Table. They spent the whole day at the booth passing out brochures.  

ROSE DOAN, came very early and worked ALL DAY LONG the CHINESE AUCTION TABLE. Helped setting up the tent and the items and sold tickets all day.  She is now volunteering to run the obedience part of the event for next year. 

JANE DYAR, set up and worked the Education Table. She brought AKC, Club and Rescue information.  She helped running the games. 

PATRICIA FISHER & JOHN FISHER, came with her new boy to the conformation fun match and WON BEST IN MATCH.  Her husband John helped set up the games arena. 

JOYCE GARNER, has not missed an event since she became a club member. She and her dog won SECOND PLACE in the Best Costume competition THE BIG BAD WOLF AND LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD. 

VIRGINIA GILLIAN, what a great new member we have! With Cathy and Rose, she was there from beginning to end at the Chinese Auction booth. 

JACQUELINE HUMPRHIES, always PRESENT. She brought one of her old ladies with her and participated in the Rottweiler ONLY presentation. We brought all the club members and their Rottweiler into the game arena to show the public. 

BEATRIZ AND FERNANDO JIMENEZ.  Beatriz is always in charge of the Game Registration. Fernando is available to help set up tables, booth, game arena, etc. He was also our SHOW PHOTOGRAPHER as our "official" CPM photographer, JIM GARVIE, was not present...:-(

THOMAS KNOBEL, has always been one our CHEFS.  Tom has been cooking at Oktoberfest for at least 3 years!  We could not do it without him. 

PEDRO LANZA, who owns All About Paws, Inc. is in charge of running the AKC Canine Good Citizen Test.  CGC brings over $200 to the club every year. Pedro has been doing this for several years. 

SUE LARSEN, thank God Sue and Stuart are back in Florida during Oktoberfest. She always helps out and worked the game registration table with Beatriz. 

MEGEN POSEY, came with her young male and helped set up booths and participated in the Rottweiler ONLY event. 

LAURA PUTNAM - never, never misses this event. Together with husband Tom Knobel, they work the cook out. That IS their thing and I thank God for the work done. 

GEORGE AND YOLANDA RAMIREZ, George was working IN EVERYTHING he could get his hands on. He brought the tools to help set up banners, game arena, etc. Yoly was in charge of th MICROCHIP booth.  We made approx $200 in microchips thanks to the help of MUELLER ANIMAL CLINIC and SONIA!!!  Yoly was also IN EVERTHING she could get her hands on, and help with the GAMES. 

VINCE RODAS, the other half of Cathy Crespo, came with Cathy early, and left LAST.  Vince is really Cathy's RIGHT HAND!!! Without him I dont think she could get so much accomplished. Vince was involved in EVERYTHING and together with Tom and Laura managed to FEED the crowds. 

LUIS AND MAYRA RODRIGUEZ, new members, came from ORLANDO!!! They brought the little girl and their young Rott to the event and THEY HAD A BLAST.  Their presence and support is very much appreciated.  

MARLEN VALLE, the other half of Pedro Lanza, is the CGC Chairman. She is the one who sets up the testing and takes care of the registration. She is part of the workers working the CGC test.  Marlen has been CGC Chairman for YEARS and until I retire, she will continue to be!  hahahhaha 

NICK WARD, no matter what shift of work he has the day before, he is always the CASHIER at the cookout. He works the event all day long. Nick has not missed an Oktoberfest since he became a member. And, I was there sweating bullets. 

I want to say that for an event to be successful you need to have the people willing to work. Without our club members participation an event as big as Oktoberfest could not be done. I watched every single person doing "their" thing. Everyone knew exactly what needed to be done. I LOVE IT... and I am so proud to have such great people around me. Thank you to all. THANK YOU, CATHY. It was very well done and I am definitely looking for the address and phone number of the CLONING CLINIC. God bless you all, Grace AcostaGARotts@aol.com I hope I did not miss anyone.
 
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Pet Awareness
We had a lot of fun setting up for this event.  We had rain early and so

the ground was very wet.  But Grace, Yoly and Palena managed to get the tent up (mind you we needed the help of a very young boy and Katherine on the phone to help us.  All in all it was a fun event and a chance to show how great rotties are as pets and to show off some of our rescues.  Including Indy who was adopted by a nice couple from Pensacola.