Welcome to the Southern Tier Chapter of NY NAVHDA. Our long established chapter is one of the most highly recognized in all of NAVHDA in regards to quality of training, testing and comradity of members.

Mark your calendars! Pull out your favorite recipes! Come with some
ideas of what we want to accomplish this up-coming training/testing
season!

The Snyder’s have again offered to host our annual Business Meeting & Dish-To-Pass Dinner on Saturday, March 3rd.

5:30 - Social
6:30 - Dinner w/ business meeting to follow.
BYOB

Also, please consider some nominations for officers (namely president & vice).

Just a reminder to everyone that the chapter has now updated it's calendar so you can update yours at home!  Note that our first training day will be March 25.

Highlights from this issue:

• Preparations for the upcoming fall test
• Memberships
• Birds
• Chapter Apparel
• Congrats to Tim Lewis!
• Training Tip
• Info: Exposure to Blue-green Algae

The Chapter tent is being repaired and cleaned and will be available for rent to chapter members in good standing for $100/ weekend.(Except the test dates May 17-18 and Sept 20-21). For non-members the tent is available for $150/weekend.  This is a real bargain for those of you planning receptions, graduation or family reunions this year. Please contact Scott for availability (607) 427-9502 or HiddenFenceNY@aol.com