Top 25 Breed and All Breed Results as of May 7, 2011

We are so proud that Lamars still has 3 dogs owned or bred by us in the Top 25 results just posted.

In the Breed results Congratulations to G. Ch. Lamars Murano-S (Murray) owned by Lisa and Gayle Essex...bred by Gayle is number 13. G Ch. Lamars Dream Big (Gage) owned by Shawn Jones and bred by Gayle is number 19. Also want to add our congratulations to good friend Karen Terry on her Chuckie being number 11...G Ch. Ka-Lynns N Belles I'm Your Superman. Chuckie was a product of a breeding from a male and female we sold to his breeder Debbie Chambers for the express purpose of being crossed. So we kind of feel we had a hand in him being here.

In the All Breed results...again Congratulations to G. Ch. Lamars Dream Big #9. G. Ch. Lamars Riverdance-S (River) number 15. River was owned by us at the time he completed his titles and was sold to Thailand. He is now also a Thai Ch. River's parents came from Lamars and his breeder is Tammy Caswell. G. Ch. Lamars Murano-S is #22. Chuckie is number 8.

Lastly we'd like to congratulate another good friend Kathy Hulstein on her ranking of #14 in the All Breed and Breed with G Ch. Victory Mask of Zorro...(his sire is a Lamars dog we had purchased as a puppy from D. Herron and R. Don Carlos...his Grandma is a Ch Lamars Girl)

For your next winner come to us! Our puppies are raised in the house and happy healthy kids.

FLOODING UPDATE

Well, the news just keeps getting better and better NOT! My daughters in Montana said they have had 3 days of hard rain ... oh Goody! That has to come here. My sister in MT sent us photos of snow in the mountains in Wyoming 22 foot high drifts yet to melt. That has to come here.

The dam is releasing today 60 million gallons a minute as of today!!!!!!!! Now you see what volume of water we have coming to us...the dam is about 250 miles from us.

The Missouri is over flood stage in Iowa and only to get higher...right here we haven't gotten the major flooding yet because it hasn't reached us but is only about 40 miles away. Pray for us and our homes...

Flooding In Iowa

The good old U S Gvt. in its infinite wisdom has done another disservice to we the people. The horrible flooding down the Missouri River in the Midwest from SD, IA, MO and on down the Mississippi is man made...not Mother Nature.

Granted, the original cause was the huge snowfall in MT, WY, N and S Dakota that was 200% of normal. Follow that with a Spring that produced a year's rainfall in 3 weeks about the time that the snow started melting.

All would have went fine IF the States and the government (Army corps of Engineers) would have worked together and figured we better start releasing water from the dams on the Missouri to make room for this water all winter long. BUT each State thinks the next State down river will get more than they get so they all won't turn loose of any because they don't want to deprive their wetlands or recreational areas... So, the environmentalists are alot to blame also for this horrible fiasco and disaster of monumental proportions the likes we haven't seen yet.

No, no one had the foresight to do that so now the SD dam at Gavin's Point is overflowing and bursting at the seams...so they started releasing huge volumes of water and each day they are releasing more thousands of cubic feet until they reach 150,000 Cubic Feet Per Second today. At that point, the water will be here to Iowa probably mid week next week...We are predicted to get from 2-10 feet of water and some predictions say some places will get 20 feet.

Thousands are already evacuated with no where to go and scrambling to grab a rental or just camping out...meanwhile it is 102 degrees here in Iowa. There is already moderate flooding here but much worse coming...electric meters and boxes are pulled by the electric companies. Businesses are shut down with high piles of sand and sand bags around. Gas stations have pulled gas pumps. So not only are people left homeless but many have lost their jobs indefinitely and maybe permanently. Most don't have flood insurance...we all have to continue to pay our mortages until we see what happens which could take 2-6 months or longer according to gvt. predictions.

Oh ya, ... to add insult to injury...flood insurance is thru FEMA...a gvt program. So they knew they were going to release water and flood us weeks ago. They came out with an addendum or exclusion that says they won't pay for your damage if your flood insurance is taken out after water is released from a dam, or a breach in a levee or whatever...(no matter when your house actually floods.)

So...thousands of families in small and large communities alike are sorting thru and taking what they can find room to store somewhere for months...throwing away alot of stuff...etc.

The good I can see that is coming out of it is people are working together filling sand bags, helping one another load belongings, offering to help with lodging or taking animals etc. Before this happened we wouldn't be speaking to one another or know what was going on with our neighbors.