The Cascade Ferret Network is going to have our annual Open House in conjunction with a moving sale to raise funds for CFN. The event is scheduled for June 18th & 19th from 12-4pm at the central facility, 3025 NE Hoyt, Portland, OR. Experienced ferret vets will be available to give health checks for a small donation and melatonin implants will be available for a fee (see our web page, www.cascadeferret.org, or call, 503-231-0887, for more information). There will be LOTS of used ferret supplies and equipment for sale and a raffle of donated items. We will also have a "Weasel Wheel of Fortune" where you can spin the wheel to win a prize to help the shelter ferrets. I also wanted to tell you about some current fund raising projects that benefit CFN ferret, but first I'd like to give you some background information about me. I'm the Network Coordinator for the Cascade Ferret Network. Before ferrets took over my life, I was an animal keeper at the zoo in Portland, a naturalist with a local parks department, and a volunteer with the local chapter of the Audubon Society. It has been a long time now, but I used to do illustrations of plants and wildlife for animal keeper, park district, and Audubon Society publications. At some point I decided to try selling my drawings by having them printed on stationary (cards and pads of writing paper) that was sold at the Audubon society's gift shop and at their annual Wild Arts Festival. I still have some of the stationary left and thought I could try selling it again, but on ebay, to help raise funds for the ferrets in the Cascade Ferret Network. None of the artwork depicts ferrets, but there is one drawing of a ferret relative, a portrait of a river otter that I'm very fond of, the model was one of the otters I worked with at the zoo. The other drawings currently listed are of Japanese (red-crowned) cranes, Canada geese, and an owl feather. Flying geese writing pad http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7158043236 Flying cranes writing pad http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7158044820 Courting cranes cards http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7158048728 Great horned owl feather writing pad http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7158055771 River otter cards http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7158057337 Another item currently listed to benefit CFN is the LAST REMAINING block print of Tony Petrarca's donated artwork depicting a pair of ferrets and the phrase "Ferrets for me...ferrets for life!" Ferrets for me....ferrets for life! block print http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4383292677 The last item is purely utilitarian Ferret front pack http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4383299356 Thanks to all the people that have bid on items in the past, I especially want to thank "Ferret MOM", Leizann Engelke with S.A.F.E. who was generous enough to make sure all of CFN's last round of ebay auctions had at least one bid and then she even said to keep some of the items she won or give them to someone local so we didn't have to pay for shipping it to her. Elayne Barclay Cascade Ferret Network Coordinator www.cascadeferret.org [Posted in FML issue 4884]