Hi All, Our September 18th All Championship Ferret Show is just around the corner. If you haven't already done so, your registrations must be received by Friday, September 10, 2004 for book registrations which means your ferrets entries will be in the show catalog. Though you can still register your ferrets at the door, they will not be in the show catalog. As some people have already stated to me, that they would love to attend but are too far away......we have some people driving out, up, down and over to the show. There is a possibility that your state maybe one that some of our members and/or Division Presidents maybe traveling through, so if you want to show your ferret but cannot drive or make it, we might be able to arrange transportation for your ferrets. The only reimbursement they ask is for gas to be paid. But we ask that the ferrets be vaccinated against distemper and rabies and adv tested for the protection of your ferrets as well as the transporter's ferrets. This is something others have done in the past and it worked out great. Now is this is something we wanted to offer to those who might not able to drive but want to show. Not everyone might feel comfortable leaving their kids but all of our members and/or Division Presidents are very trustworthly have transported other animals to different states on their routine travel out to PA every year for our show. But this is at least an option for people who don't live close to shows or cannot get time off from work or can't drive. Also as always our raffle is for everyone to participate. We have others who buy raffle tickets and don't attend the show because they can't. So what we do is we provide a list of items and pictures (if available) of the raffle items and they buy the tickets. We put their name and address on the back of the ticket and if they win, we mail out the prize upon receipt of a copy of their ticket, proving that they are the ticket holder. This has always worked well and I thought perhaps others might be interested in the same raffle option as well. If anyone is interested in either, please email me at [log in to unmask] But please no flames, we wanted to provide an option to out of staters and to those who expressed interest but couldn't make it to the show. Thank you for your time and patience. Sincerely, Dawn Smith, Vice President Legion of Superferrets [Posted in FML issue 4629]