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Volume 34, Number 4
Sept., 2014
THE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER OF THE NEW YORK
STATE WILDLIFE REHABILITATION COUNCIL, INC.
NYSWRC Board Meetings are open to everyone. E-mail Kelly Martin, President NYSWRC Seminar 2014: Oct. 24-26 - Binghamton, NY
NYSWRC Board of Directors
Kelly Martin, President [email protected]
Barb Hollands,Vice Pres. [email protected]
Cheryl Hoople, Secretary [email protected]
Amy Freiman, Treasurer & Release [email protected]
Jean Alden, Membership [email protected]
Lainie Angel [email protected]
Barb Cole [email protected]
Maggie Ciarcia [email protected]
Virginia Frati [email protected]
Sue Heighling [email protected]
Beverly Jones [email protected]
Ellen Kalish [email protected]
Terri Murphy [email protected]
Veronica Serwacki [email protected]
Matt Zymanek [email protected] Advisory Board: Andrea Sammarco, Attorney at Law
George Kollias, DVM, PhD
Noha Abou-Madi, DVM, Msc.
Karen Moran, DVM Webmaster: Molly Gallagher [email protected]
www.NYSWRC.org
Back issues of Release are available in color online.
Article continues on page 2
Illustration by Gary Lawrence
The Raptors are Coming! Conference Update, by Kelly Martin, NYSWRC President The annual conference program is in its final stages, promising to bring you great topics presented by speakers sharing their skills and expertise with those of us interested in giving our wild patients the best care possible. NYSWRC works hard to provide something for everyone and this year is no exception. Topics that are the most useful to new rehabilitators are offered yearly and new ones are added to benefit the more experienced rehabilitator. The Animal Basic Care course is there for new or yet to be licensed rehabilitators while the Rabies Vector Species course is there for those wanting authority to handle bats, raccoons, and skunks. Fluid therapy is there every year to teach one of the most useful techniques we all need to know, and wound
Editor’s note: I welcome your articles, poems, information, questions and artwork. We are pleased to print articles from our members, but caution each reader that NYSWRC is not responsible for the accuracy of the content or information provided, and does not necessarily endorse the policies proposed. Submissions should be sent to: [email protected], or to NYSWRC, PO Box 62, Newcomb, NY 12852.
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Conference Update, continued management is there to prepare us for more skilled care. There are topics on birds, mammals, reptiles, natural history, and diseases and medical issues; something for everyone. Our speakers are from all over – NY, NJ, CT, ME, MD, MN, CO, DE… and are experienced rehabilitators, veterinarians, biologists, college professors… Once again, NYSWRC is proud to be able to offer continuing education credits for licensed veterinarians and technicians, so be sure to notify your cooperating vet clinic that this is available. If it is in your budget, offer to pay their registration as a thank you for helping you with wildlife. The veterinary session is scheduled for Sunday. We welcome a member of Tri-State Bird Research & Rescue’s oil spill response team who will be giving 3 lectures on handling oiled wildlife (note: one lecture is late Saturday afternoon with 2 on Sunday morn). If there is enough interest, NYSWRC is considering offering all day oil spill response workshops in the future. Also on the schedule this year is a falconry/raptor session presented by licensed falconers and members of the New York State Falconry Association. They will share their techniques for conditioning birds of prey which, if employed properly, is a useful tool for raptor rehabilitators and expands our ability to prepare these birds for release. Don’t forget Saturday evening’s events, our fund-raising raffle and silent auction, which is always fun, and has become known as the “Matt and Pat Show”. We welcome donations of items that are of interest to wildlife rehabilitators and it is a great opportunity to showcase your own organization. Don’t forget the date – October 24 – 26th; or the location – Holiday Inn Downtown, Binghamton, NY; and for further information go to our website www.nyswrc.org, or contact our conference chair, Amy Freiman at [email protected]. We will take late registrations up until the day of conference. In Support of Foster Parenting, by Kelly Martin If you are a licensed/permitted rehabilitator who uses foster parents for orphans please keep track of your success and failures. This is an arena where we need to document what works or does not work for each species we rehabilitate. There is clear evidence that most raptors can be used as foster parents for their own species, but there may be species differences and/or individual variations in a bird’s willingness to occupy space with orphans. Mammal fostering may be more difficult though some people use surrogate deer and foxes successfully. Realizing that this can be a subjective assessment, NYSWRC is interested in your experiences with this. For me personally, I have used an adult female gray fox as a foster ‘mom’. Last year she had one
orphan and this year she had 3 and her interactions vary – at first very excited and accepting but as they get bigger she gets cranky and food protective, though never aggressive. I also had a great and unexpected surrogacy occur. I had taken in a pigeon attacked by a dog. She appeared to be this year’s bird but essentially full grown. Two weeks after taking her in I got in a completely downy baby and began hand-feeding it but housed it with the other bird. The orphan was of course making baby pigeon sounds and immediately the adult bird went to the seed dish and then fed the baby. Easiest hand-rearing I have ever had to do, or not do as was the case! Another success was with an orphan raccoon (pre rabies restrictions, so I am dating myself here) when I was able to take a single orphan to a barn with a female with young. As soon as the mother heard the raccoon baby distress crying, she tentatively came out, picked the baby up by the scruff and took it into her den. Feel free to share your experiences with us and email any NYSWRC Board member; list available in Release, or on the website. Congratulations to the NYSWRC 2014 Veterinarian of the Year award recipient, Dr. Ellen Leonhardt. Dr. Leonhardt was nominated by NYSWRC members from Volunteers for Wildlife located on Long Island. Her compelling nomination letter will appear in our conference program and the next issue of Release. Her award will be presented during the NYSWRC Annual Meeting on Saturday evening at conference. Dr. Leonhardt has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Cornell University and a Doctor of Veterinary medicine Degree from Ross University. She is the Medical Director at Animal General of East Norwich, NY and was the Staff Veterinarian at the Nassau Animal Emergency Clinic in Westbury, NY. Dr. Leonhardt does all her wildlife work as a volunteer. She works with Volunteers for Wildlife, Wildlife in Need of Rescue and nature centers that use wildlife for teaching and display purposes. These include the Teddy Roosevelt Bird Sanctuary, Sweetbriar Nature Center and Tackapausha Museum and Preserve. Her primary goal in treating these animals is always to get them back out into nature with the ability to live a full life as nature intended for them. It is veterinarians, like Dr. Leonhardt, who make wildlife rehabilitation possible. We thank you for your service, commitment and love of wildlife. Congratulations!
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Rehabilitators from the Buffalo area recently surprised our longest continuous NYSWRC
member with a party to thank her for all her contributions to wildlife rehabilitation!
EVE FERTIG - a Pioneer in Wildlife Rehabilitation
Evelyn Glory Fertig has been helping wildlife for as long as she can remember, going back to her youth in NY City.
Eve met and married Norman Fertig, and throughout their marriage Norman worked in NYC while Eve raised their two children. She was very active in various civic and religious organizations, but caring for injured wildlife was always her passion and Eve was always bringing animals home for care.
When her husband, Norman, retired from his job, he asked Eve what she wanted to do, that now it was HER turn to shine. She told him she wanted to be a full time rehabber and move somewhere that had woods and water and was a beautiful spot for them to spend the rest of their lives.
They settled in Alden, New York, on a gorgeous piece of property. There Eve formed Enchanted Forest Wildlife Sanctuary and continued her journey taking care of all the sick, injured and orphaned animals that came her way. She had a keen interest in wild Mustangs and the American Wolf and worked for years to improve their status. She obtained her first wolf mixed Shepard, named REX in the early 1960s. Eve formed an immediate bond with him and knew she was destined to have a wolf companion. She introduced Rex to everyone she knew and talked about his wonderful heritage. When Rex died, Eve found another wolf mix Shepard and took Shana into her life until Shana’s death in July, 2014. Through all those years, Eve continued to educate people on both the plight of the wolf and benefits of the wolf.
Her husband Norman joined her in her rehab ventures and soon became licensed as well. Together they transformed their home into a triage center for all the animals that needed their help. She got local scout and civic groups to assist them in building cages and even enlisted their help in building a school house, where she would bring in groups of students of all ages to learn about the care of wild animals.
Their son, Lance moved back to the Buffalo area in the 80’s and he joined Eve in her care of wildlife, obtaining his rehab licenses. For years the three Fertigs pursued their goal of providing care to all those wild animals needing assistance. Eve continued to train students interested in becoming rehabbers, and until the untimely deaths of her beloved son Lance and her husband, Norman, they were a perfect team.
Eve continues to talk to students and anyone interested in wildlife. Her health is not as good as it used to be, her body is frail, but her mind is sharp and that twinkle is still in her eyes when she talks about her life, her family, her love of animals, her students, and her desire to get as many people “on board” with wildlife rehabilitation as she can.
An award was presented to Eve Fertig from all the local rehabbers in July this year, thanking Eve for all her work in rehab and for paving the road for all of us to become licensed wildlife rehabilitators. Without pioneers like Eve Fertig, who was a rehabber before anyone knew what rehabbing was all about, who knows where any of us would be? Thank you Eve for your dedication to Wildlife and for inspiring so many of us to get involved in this amazing volunteer profession that we call Wildlife Rehabiliation. You have touched the lives of so many animals and humans and are a true inspiration to us all.
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RVS Corner: Question submitted to Robert Rudd Q. I understand that the virus may by-pass the pre-exposure immunity through ocular exposure. That is certainly a huge concern. What about post exposure vaccination at this point? If someone did get saliva contaminated by the rabies virus in their eye, can they get the post exposure vaccinations and survive? You mention that vaccination is not a suit of armor... Does this include both pre-exposure and post exposure vaccinations? Has there ever been a case of someone who was exposed to rabies, received the post exposure vaccination series quickly and died anyways? Thanks for taking questions... I just want to be sure I have covered all angles. A. Ocular exposure to rabies virus is extremely dangerous……… There is no guarantees that post-exposure treatment would save you even if you did have pre-exposure vaccination. This is because the immune system does not interact with ocular tissue. When you are in a situation where saliva could get in your face you should always be wearing eye protection. I recommend a full face shield as this is the most comfortable (goggles fog up a lot). Now you do not need to get all paranoid and wear a face shield any time you are in the room with potentially rabid animals. You should be able to judge what activities put you at risk, such as using a pill gun or bottle feeding. There has never been a known case of properly (and timely) administered post exposure treatment failing. But, there has never been an example of a RVS rehabber getting saliva in their eyes from a rabid animal. Take no chances………….everything done is with a measure of caution and conservatism…………….rabies is invariably fatal. Rabies is a topic that never fails to grab the attention of every person who has ever had a pet, worked in the backyard or dealt in any way with wildlife. Perhaps it is the concern with “man’s best friend” becoming mad and attacking the owner or the mysterious flying mammal that gets into your house and is reported to inflict bites to a sleeping person without notice…………there is no shortage of stories that arouse attention. As rehabbers of mammals that may be inflicted with this zoonotic disease it is imperative that all become well acquainted with safe practices regarding rabies. If you are rehabbing mammals in New York State it is not if, but when you will have a run-in with rabies. One concern that has come to my attention is pre-exposure vaccination and the additional protection that is required for an exposures to rabies. If you have been in my lecture for rabies vector species candidates you will get an earful of concerns regarding exposures. I make a point of remarking that vaccination is not a suit of armor that will protect against all exposures. One particular exposure that may occur which every rehabber should be aware of is an ocular exposure. In the vast majority of cases rabies is transmitted through the bite of an infected
animal. In the case of bats the bite may not even bleed but virus present in the saliva can enter through the minute puncture. Pre-exposure vaccination is designed to assist in the protection against bite or other transdermal exposures (contamination of scratches with saliva). Another potential exposure to rabies is a mucus membrane exposure. This can occur when saliva or nervous tissue from a rabid animal comes in contact with mucus membranes of the body (nose, mouth, eyes). For the rehabber a splash or “spit” of saliva into the eyes, from a rabid animal, should be considered as a major concern. The eyes are considered to be an “immune privilege” site because of the presence of a strong blood-ocular barrier, the lack of lymphatic drainage and the lack of antigen-presenting cells. This sequestration from the immune system produce a portal for rabies virus that is not protected by the rabies vaccination you have received. For the virus, it is a short trip down the optic nerve to the brain. Thus it is mandatory that eye protection be worn whenever you are in a situation where saliva may find its way into your eyes. I recommend that full face shields be worn with activities such as the use of a pill gun and bottle feeding of raccoons, skunks or foxes or any other procedure you may encounter where potentially rabid animal saliva may come in contact with your face. Remember, rabies virus can be in the saliva of an animal that is not showing any symptom of a nervous system disorder. Virus can be in the saliva up to 7 - 10 days prior to recognizable systems of clinical rabies. Raccoon rabies is found throughout New York State. Rabies readily spreads from raccoons into other wild species of mammals. We routinely test the virus from other species of rabid animals and with few exceptions we find the raccoon variant of rabies virus in cats, groundhogs, red and grey foxes, skunks, deer, bovines, beavers, fishers and horses (list not complete). Although we have several documented cases of bat rabies found in terrestrial mammals this is a relatively rare event. The average incubation period for rabies is three weeks to three months. We have additionally seen rabies in juvenile animals (bottle feeding age). So, when you have baby animals brought to you, remember that the mother may have died of rabies and transmitted the virus to the young. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure………….oh wait, there is no cure for rabies, so prevention is everything with this inevitably fatal disease ! If you have additional questions concerning rabies you may contact the rabies laboratory at 518-485-6464 or visit our website at: www.wadsworth.org/rabies Robert J. Rudd Director, Rabies Laboratory Wadsworth Laboratories New York State Department of Health [email protected]
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Pam’s babies: How many is too many?
A friend of mine, who has a private lake on her property, has a goose/geese couple that has been nesting at her place every year and having their babies on her patio because it's safe from predators. This year, they had a record of 18 babies -- so far all have survived. From this experience, I think we can infer that it is OK to add matched size orphans to another brood so they can grow up as wild babies. The adults are good foster parents to them all!
BIRD MEDICINE: The Sacred Power of Bird Shamanism Evan T, Pritchard, 2013 Bear & Company, One Park St., Rochester, VT 05767 Book Review by Jo-Anne Rowley In Native American culture birds are considered allies. They are respected as messengers, teachers, guides, storytellers, healers, musicians and more. Bird Medicine is a collection of Native American stories, traditional and contemporary, exploring the deep spiritual relationship between humans and birds. The stories are both mythic and mundane; an owl appears at a kitchen window to notify a woman that her dear friend has died; crows drop a sprig of fragrant pine at the feet of a troubled man, inspiring him to go forward; a hummingbird hovers behind a woman’s shoulder as she delivers the eulogy at her father’s gravesite. The stories amaze and delight. The author asks that you “join him on the wild side and consider the possibility that we may still be able to communicate and exist as equals with our 2-legged relations.” Chapters on the birds of the four directions of the medicine wheel describe the history, lore and spiritual symbolism of the eagle in the north, hawk in the east, raven in the south and owl in the west. The final chapters discuss the current common hazards and threats that our feathered allies face, and how we may be of help. Bird Medicine is not a book about how we can take better care of our bird patients. There are no new formulas for nestlings, no shortcuts for wrapping a fractured wing. Bird Medicine is not about what we can do for birds. It is a book about what birds do for us. The author notes ‘this is not a study of birds, but of people who love birds”. That would be me, for one. I heartily recommend that this book be among your treasures. It opens a window to a clearer understanding of the intricately intertwined lives of birds and humans. Evan Pritchard lives in New York in the Hudson Valley and is the director of the Center for Algonquin Culture.
Meet Lauren Schulz Eddings, candidate for election to the NYSWRC Board of Directors Lauren graduated in 2006 with a Bachelor's Degree in Zoology from Connecticut College. She obtained her Master's Degree in General Education from Saint Lawrence University in Canton, NY in 2008. Lauren first became involved in the field of wildlife rehabilitation in the summer of 2004 as an Animal Care Volunteer under Sallie Ruppert at Volunteers for Wildlife (VFW). She enjoyed her summer experience so much that she returned the next summer for an intensive 450 hour internship. Lauren then came on staff as a Wildlife Educator for the summer where her primary responsibilities were the enrichment and training of the education animals and presenting wildlife education programs to the public. Lauren obtained her New York State Class I Wildlife Rehabilitation License in April of 2007. That summer, she worked as a Summer Teacher/Naturalist and Animal Caretaker for the New Canaan Nature Center in New Canaan, Connecticut. Following graduate school, Lauren was offered a position as the Education Coordinator at VFW. In addition to managing the care of the resident wildlife and performing education programs, she became very heavily involved in the care of the rehabilitation patients. Volunteers for Wildlife admits roughly 750-1,000 wild animals every year ranging from songbirds, waterfowl, raptors, small mammals and reptiles. In 2012, Lauren became the Wildlife Center Supervisor and now oversees all aspects of care for the wildlife patients and education animals. Lauren is the licensee for Volunteers for Wildlife's Federal Migratory Bird Rehab Permit and the State and Federal License to Collect and Possess. Lauren attended both the 2011 and 2013 NYSWRC Conferences and we will be attending again in 2014.
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A brief encounter with a Peregrine By: Joanne Dreeben The Big Apple is home to nesting pairs of peregrines. The numerous bridges that span the East, Harlem and Hudson rivers and the Long Island Sound afford ideal nesting spots for the peregrines along with a seemingly unlimited supply of food for the nestlings in the form of pigeons, starlings, house sparrows and assorted rodents that call NYC home. Their nests are monitored and studied by both the DEC and DEP in a state sponsored collaborated program. The birds are banded for identification by both the DEP and DEC. When I received a call from an NYPD precinct in the Bronx about a “falcon” I figured it was either a nestling pigeon or an American kestrel. As it happened, it was a fledgling peregrine probably on its first flight from the nest located on the Broadway Bridge in the Bronx. It is a busy urban neighborhood and the bird was being harassed by some local youths. A Good Samaritan called the local precinct and they came and picked up the bird. Having had a couple of peregrines in the past I knew to notify both the DEP and the DEC. Barbara Saunders, a DEC wildlife tech from Region 2 made arrangements with the Wild Bird Fund in Manhattan to pick up the bird which was the second one to fledge out of the nest that day and had ended up on the ground. While waiting for its ride to Manhattan, my hungry bird ate about 5 mice in the space of 4 hours. The falcon was flight tested at the WBF and will be banded and returned to the Broadway Bridge to begin the lessons that only its parents can teach it. I wish it God speed. To read more about these amazing birds go to: http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7059.html http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/news/falcon.shtml (Joanne Dreeben is a NYS & Federal Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator. Joanne has been rehabbing for 35 years and is also active in domestic ferret rescue. She specializes in small mammals, song birds and the occasional hawk and small owl. In her not so spare
time, Joanne is a docent with the Bronx Zoo. ) Joanne’s daughter
Liz picking up the
peregrine at police
headquarters
6/16/2014.
Married to the
‘Rehabber’ Mob
By:The Duckman (Actual name withheld to protect
the innocent)
Waste Management
Judging from the comments of people who bring injured and orphaned wildlife to my LWR spouse, the public has a glorified view of the Wildlife Rehabilitator’s work. “Oh, it must be soooo exciting working with those majestic birds of prey!” and “There’s a special place in heaven for someone who saves such adorable little bunnies and baby birds!!” There is some truth to such sentiments, but there is much more to the whole rehabilitation picture. Even LWRs themselves tend to chat up the good, while repressing the bad and the ugly. It’s like the parent with the bumper sticker announcing “My kid is on the Honor Roll” who neglects to report the time the kid broke the axle on the family car thinking it would be immune to potholes at high speed because “the car has shock absorbers, doesn’t it?!” Or the father who brags of his son’s game winning home runs while glossing over the time the lad oiled up his new $100 mitt and nuked it in the microwave for a “few minutes” to break it in. Admit it, the real nitty gritty of wildlife rehabilitation is part gritty … in large part gritty … ‘way more gritty than nitty. Yes, a significant by-product of wildlife rehabilitation is garbage, refuse, waste. As someone who is married to the rehabber mob, my main function in the LWR enterprise is waste management. Wildlife rehabilitation generates a lot of waste. Normally, two adults living a quiet life might be expected to produce a bag or two of kitchen waste a week, plus a few recyclables and some old newspapers. As a result of our small-scale, home-based wildlife rehabilitation activities, however, I completely stuff our 96-gallon trash collection bin twice a week for pick up, plus an additional 96-gallon bin for recyclable cans, bottles and bags that food and supplies come in. Often, I stow a few extra trash bags in our garbage corral and sneak them into our neighbors’ trash bins before dawn on collection days. There are many types of waste to manage – food scraps, recycled boxes used to transport animals to us, empty food and supply containers, etc. Much of the trash mass is cage bedding, mostly newspapers, now soiled with food and water droppings, generated both prior to and after passage through digestive and urinary tracts of the “patients.” Part of my waste management duties, ironically, is procuring a sufficient paper supply, aka pre-waste. I subscribe to two daily newspapers – a major national paper and a local one – both with multiple sections and plentiful inserts. I provide the paper delivery man with regular monthly and holiday “gratuities” and, as his way of showing thanks (I imagine) he provides, on a regular basis, extra copies of various tabloids, financial
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Married to the ‘Rehabber’ Mob, continued newspapers, and other publications. My neighbors, seeing the four or five plastic bags strewn across my driveway each morning, must surely think me extremely well informed. Little do they realize that all I know is what I can read before an opossum poops on my newspaper, which turns out to be a surprisingly narrow window of opportunity for enlightenment. Our personal collection efforts are supplemented by donations of papers gathered by friends from their neighbors throughout the town. We have, it seems, become something of a recycling center.
In some cases, rather than paper, we use pine shavings, hay or straw for bedding. This is particularly true for our rescued, non-releasable domestic ducks. [Note to readers: I’m not named “The Duckman” because I waddle.] Can you say “I would like six sacks of shredded straw, s’il vous plait, which I shall slip into the storage space of my spouse’s SUV” six times real fast? If you want to earn your merit badge in waste management, learn to handle wet, poopy, shredded straw.
All of this copious waste needs to get hauled to the curbside, which, in our case, is a fair distance – almost a quarter-mile round trip, uphill both ways. I carry something out to the trash bins and corral at least a couple of times a day and it is a rare occurrence when I can drive away in my car without a bag or two of trash along for the ride. On the plus side, I’ve been able to save on a gym membership. Who needs a treadmill or a set of free weights, when you can haul 30-gallon bags of poop and wet paper and straw on long walks through the woods?
There are other aspects of waste management that don’t involve trash bags. For example, my LWR is fond of maple branches as habitat enhancers for both our indoor and outdoor caging. This requires frequent forays into the woods, in ever wider arcs and with ever longer pruning tools. The lawn must be mowed with care not to disturb clover and dandelion patches that would be appropriate for bunnies, despite their being even more appropriate targets for my mower. In winter, parts of the lawn (the lawn!!!) have to be shoveled free of snow in order to create clear strolling paths for the ducks. Heaven forbid one of the ducks has a heart attack attempting to waddle through drumstick-high snow drifts!
Most people dispatch cardboard boxes into strips for bundling and recycling. The mob, on the other hand, makes me repurpose much of the cardboard that enters our house for re-use as hidey boxes, cage liners, or outdoor cage insulation in winter months. I had to sell a couple of bicycles and some old golf clubs just to create storage space in the garage for all this cardboard. The collection keeps growing, however, and I am thinking about downsizing one of the cars to accommodate it.
Finally, of course, there are times when a patient fails to “make it.” On these solemn occasions, the waste manager may be transformed into a grave digger, and memorial markers are strewn across my lawn.
A few years ago, a pair of renegade turkeys took up residence in our woods. They aggressively sought handouts from every house within sight, and the neighborhood children ran home from the school bus each day screaming in terror with the birds in hot pursuit. Once, a town policeman came to our house to answer an alarm – it involved a ferret chewing on a window alarm wire, don’t ask – and these turkeys wouldn’t let him get out of his squad car. We named these feathered thugs Tony Soprano and Paulie Walnuts. If you remember, the original Tony and Paulie were also in the waste management business, so you can see why they found our place simpatico. Or maybe their visit was part of the witness protection program. No matter. It’s all part of being married to the rehabber mob.
NYSWRC Board of Directors Annual Meeting and Elections: Lainie Angel will be retiring from the board this year, and we thank her for her excellent service to NYSWRC.
The following Directors have agreed to continue their role on the board of NYSWRC. They will be seeking re-election at the Annual Meeting: Barb Cole, Virginia Frati, Cheryl Hoople, Ellen Kalish. Seeking election for the first time we welcome Lauren Schulz Eddings. You can read about Lauren on page 5.
Nominations will also be accepted from the floor.
To serve on the NYSWRC Board of Directors, you must have been a current NYSWRC member for at least one year, be a resident of the state of NY, be at least 18 years old, and be willing to serve for a term of 3 years. No board member shall receive compensation for services as a director.
Voting will take place at the Annual Meeting at conference on Oct. 25, 2014. You must be a member to vote. Proxy voting is available upon request. Email your request to: [email protected]
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