East Tennessee Meeting held March 6, 2010

EAST TN MEETING


by Shirley Price

(note from Diana, many apologies that this was not published in last months newsletter, no good excuse, I just totally missed putting it in.)

On March 6, we had our first East Tennessee TDA meeting of the year at Calhoun’s Restaurant in Knoxville. Thirteen members and guests attended: Patti Baker, Jeff Langston, Donna Langston, Deirdre Tarr, Dennis Vonderfecht, Sheila Anderson, Alice Munsey, Bill Poole, Diana Poole, L. J. Mix, Deb Mix, Shirley Price, and Dr. Jim Blackford.

We enjoyed hearing our guest speaker from the U.T. Large Animal Vet School, Dr. Jim Blackford, DVM, MS, DACVS. Dr. Blackford presented an informative slideshow of the U.T. Vet Hospital facility, services, and the veterinarians and students who work there. Dr. Blackford relayed that someone is always with your animal and under the care of a veterinarian. At the end of his presentation, he took questions from the group. If anyone has any questions, he gave his email jblackfo@utk.edu and phone (865) 974-5701.

After the presentation, Diana and Shirley welcomed everyone to the meeting. Then everyone introduced themselves and where they were from. Dennis Vonderfecht was introduced as the previous East Tennessee VP and was recognized for his contributions and donations to the club.

The meeting led to discussion of when and where to have the next get-together. Everyone agreed they would like to get together in the East Tennessee area and have a fun donkey day with learning sessions and possibly a cook-out. We would like to plan a place where folks could also bring their donkeys. A date and place will be announced.

Everyone had a good time and looked forward to the next time we could all get together.

LJ Mix & Jeff Langston won the door - prizes!

Dierdre Tarr, Dr. Blackford, Bill Poole

Shiela Andreason & Alice Munsey