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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=84 BGCOLOR="#660000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sugar River Llamas</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>    </B></FONT><B>  |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sugar River Llamas"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U>About Us </U></A><B>   </B> <B>News</B><B>  </B>  <A HREF="llamas_are_fun.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Llamas are Fun"><U>Virtual Pasture</U></A>    <A HREF="for_sale.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Llamas for Sale"><U>Llamas for Sale</U></A>   <A HREF="stud_services.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sugar River Llamas Stud Services"><U>Herdsires</U></A>.     <A HREF="sales_services.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sales and Services"><U>Sales and Services</U></A>     <A HREF="id83.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Upcoming Events"><U>Upcoming Events</U></A>     <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact  Us</U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#336699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="567b8af0.jpg" border=0 width="184" height="175" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Murali & Faile`</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="53693b20.jpg" border=0 width="147" height="178" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Novation & Escojo</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> SRLL Beautiful</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=396 BGCOLOR="#AAAAAA" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Februry 17 - 19, 2012 - Attending the Midwest Llama Conference, sponsored by LOM and ORGLE llama associations.  Fran is teaching Knitting with Beads on Friday evening. </div> <bR> <div> October 29, 2011 - Nolo Contendre comes home for the winter.  He'd been enjoying his summer with his other owner, Michele Strupp, Ol' Serenity Hll Llamas.  </div> <bR> <div> October, 2011 - Mona had a <A HREF="id79_srll_mandragoran.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Crias"><U>wonderful boy</U></A> and Nottsberri <A HREF="id79_srll_brownberri.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Crias"><U>a girl</U></A>.  4 girls to one boy in 2012.  We're happy.  No more shows til Celebration in April, 2012.  </div> <bR> <div> Sept. 17 - Ali purchased <A HREF="id92_keno.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Ladies 2"><U>Keno</U></A> and <A HREF="id79_duece.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Crias"><U>Duece</U></A>, consigned by Bob & Monte Houseman, Lla-Mirage Llamas.  Thank you, Bob & Monte!</div> <bR> <div> Sept 16 - 18 - After a quiet summer spent trying to keep cool, we return to the show ring, at LFA in Cedar Rapids, IA.  Taking only Maya and Mulberri.  Others are the wrong age for the Futurity competitions.  Will seem odd to have so few.  Fran will judge walking fleece.</div> <bR> <div> August - heat has finally broken.  Next big event will be Mona and Esoria delivering the first part of Sept.  Think females!</div> <bR> <div> July 18 - Teqa (Starr Alliance X Tierza)  was born.  Extremely lustrous and white.  When we look closer, she has spots, making her an appy?  Muscular, as is typical of many Starr cria's.June 17 - 19, 2011 - Taking 6 to the ILR Gathering:  Mandarb, Nolo Contendre, Maya, Escojo, Escabroso, and, of course, Elwood Blues.  Of those 6, five are bred and owned;  the 6th is a Sugar River Llamas herdsire.  Escojo and Escabroso with represent Esoria in Produce of Dam;  Mandarb and Nolo Contendre will represent Starr Aliance in Get of Sire.  This will be Mandarb's last show for Sugar River Llamas, before moving to Vermont in fall.</div> <bR> <div> June, 2011 - Mandarb has been sold to Margaret & Emma Fowler, Mystic Moon Llamas - going to Vermont.</div> <bR> <div> May 2, 2011 - Traveling to Webster City, IA for the Heartland Llama show.</div> <bR> <div> April, 2011 - Mudrin was sold to Sean Heart & Venesa Banaugh, Chip-n-Seal Llamas, Indiana.  Mudrin is continuing to do very well in the show ring.</div> <bR> <div> April 1- April 3, 2011- Participating in the Celebration events.  Starr Alliance is nominated as herdsire for the futurity, with Mandarb, Nolo Contendre, and Mudrin as his Get of Sire. And, Elwood Blues, of course, will be there.  Mulberri will be showing for the first time in the Friday shows.  This is always such a fun weekend.  </div> <bR> <div> February 11, 2011- Ali judged the Midwest Llama Conference Fleece show.</div> <bR> <div> September, 2010 - Time for one of the best events all year.  The <A HREF="http://www.thelfa.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thelfa.org"><U>LFA World Futurity</U></A> Championship, sale, ALSA Great Lakes Regional, and an ILR-SD show - all in one weekend.  Yeah!  Consigned are <A HREF="id100_notoriety.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sold"><U>Notoriety</U></A> and <A HREF="id100_constanza_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sold"><U>Constanza</U></A><A HREF="id100_constanza_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sold"><U>.</U></A>  Showing are Mandarb, <A HREF="id76_nolo_contendre__1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Junior Herdsires"><U>Nolo Contendre</U></A>, Elwood Blues, and <A HREF="id76_escabroso.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Junior Herdsires"><U>Escabroso</U></A>.</div> <bR> <div> August, 7 - 9, 2010 - ILR-SD Fleece Judging Clinic at the Brownderosa, Sparta, WI.  See the<A HREF="https://secure.lamaregistry.com/events.php?j=5" TARGET="_top" TITLE="https://secure.lamaregistry.com/events.p"><U> ILR-SD show website</U></A> for information.  Fran is the instructor.  Tasha is hoping to begin as a fleece judging apprentice.</div> <bR> <div> July, 2010 - Fran will judge the Ohio State Fair Llama Fleece Show.  Ali will judge the St. Croix County Fair.</div> <bR> <div> June, 2010 - Lama Market in Menominee, WI.  An ILR-SD show. Another trailer load full for showing.  And, another trailer load of Champions, coming home. </div> <bR> <div> May, 2010 - Lamapalooza in Faribald, MN. A dual ALSA and ILR-SD show.  We'll take a trailer load.  </div> <bR> <div> May, 2010 - Badgerland Sweepstakes in Jefferson, WI. We'll enter both the Futurity and the ALSA Shows.  In between, Fran will clerk the Fleece judging.</div> <bR> <div> April, 2010 - Escabroso and Mercurio enter the show ring for the first time at the Heartland Llama Show, Webster, IA.  Also going will be Taena and Constanza.  </div> <bR> <div> April, 2010 - We started the show year by loading up our babies and going to Celebration, in Oklahoma City, OK.  Always a big event - we start the show year with a bang.</div> <bR> <div> February, 2010 - Fran will be the main speaker at the Wisconsin Organization of Llama Enthusiasts (ORGLE) Rendezvous conference on Llama Fiber.  </div> <bR> <div> January, 2010 - Fran will be judging the Lamas of Minnesota Shorn Fleece show (ILR-SD) in Ottomwa, MN and speaking at the winter conference on how to market llama fleece.</div> <bR> <div> January 13, 2010 - Fran finally moved into the modern age and set up a page on <A HREF="<a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Sugar-River-Llamas/100000625155365" title="Sugar River Llamas" target="_TOP" style="font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: #3B5998; text-decoration: none;">Sugar River Llamas</a><span style="font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: #555555; text-decoration: none;"> | </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/facebook-widgets/" title="Make your own badge!" target="_TOP" style="font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: #3B5998; text-decoration: none;">Create Your Badge</a><br/><a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Sugar-River-Llamas/100000625155365" title="Sugar River Llamas" target="_TOP"><img src="http://badge.facebook.com/badge/100000625155365.407.2049675729.png" width="187" height="84" style="border: 0px;" /></a>http://" TARGET="_top" TITLE="<a href="ht"><U>Facebook.</U></A> </div> <bR> <div> October, 2009 - Nyura won Grand Champion Single Coat Shorn Fleece and then, Best of Show - Shorn Fleece, at the Varapai County Fair, Llama Show, Parks, AZ.  Nostradamus won Reserve Champion, right behind Nyura.  Fran entered two hand knit hats, which took first and second place, and then, Best of Show for Fleece Products.  A surprise. We were just trying to support the Fleece Show.</div> <bR> <div> September, 2009 - Chabela was purchased by Sherri and Will Tallmon and Sophera was purchased by Holly Russell, Redmond, OR. We are very thankful these two girls are going to good homes.  Thank you Sherri, Will, and Holly.  Taena placed second in Class 4, Traditional Females; <A HREF="id89_mephisto__.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mephisto"><U>Mephisto</U></A> placed third in Class S4 Suri Males; and Nostradamus placed in the top ten, Class 1, Traditional Males, and, Constanza placed 11th in a class of 25.  </div> <bR> <div> August, 2009 - A quiet time at the farm, caring for crias, mom's, and the herd. Births are expected, soon.</div> <bR> <div> July, 2009 - Fran taught the first ILR-SD Llama Fleece Judging clinic in Sparta, WI at the Brownderosa, with 5 people completing the judges program, one to be certified as a llama fleece judge and 4 entering the fleece judging program.  Fran also taught the largest llama fleece judging clinic ever held by a show association, at Hinterland, Sisters, OR. Eight people entered the llama fleece judging program, as a result of this clinic. </div> <bR> <div> July, 2009 - Elwood Blues and his dam, HCLA Karma were purchased from Wendell and Ileen Miller, Red Deer Canada. We expect him to add to the quality of our herd, by bringing in some new blood lines - but, first we are going to enjoy showing him. A silver gray, suri male, purchased in partnership with Tom and Barb Parsons. Check him out. </div> <bR> <div> July, 2009 - Fran judged Sauk County Fair, Pierce County Fair, and the Great Northern WI State Fair in Chippewa Falls. </div> <bR> <div> June, 2009 - Llama Market, Menomonee, WI:  An ILR-SD show. Fa`iz won Grand Champion Medium Wool Female - she now is a Halter Champion.  Arbolado won Grand Champion Nonbreeder. Nostradamus out for the first time, placed second in Juvenile Heavy Wool Male.  Sophera placed as Reserve Grand Champion Suri Female.</div> <bR> <div> May, 2009 - Kettle Moraine Klassic, Adell, WI: An ALSA show. Taena again placed Grand Champion Heavy Wool Female. We took Constanza out for the first time - she placed second in Juvenile Heavy Wool female.  Lots more crias! Check out the Cria Page, under Virtual Pasture</div> <bR> <div> May, 2009 - Lamapalooza, Fairibault, MN: An ILR-SD Show.  Ali judged the fleece show on Saturday. Sunday, Taena placed as Grand Champion Heavy Wool Female; Arbolado placed Grand Champion Nonbreeder.  Lots of crias! Check out the Cria Page, under Virtual Pasture</div> <bR> <div> .</div> <bR> <div> May, 2009 - Badgerland Sweepstakes, Jefferson, WI: Sugar River Llamas took the show by storm. Mephisto, Fa`iz, and Chabela won the LFA sponsored Futurity classes. In the ALSA show, Sophera placed as Reserve Grand Champion as Juvenile Suri Female. Fa`iz was Medium Wool Female Grand Champion. Taena was Grand Champion Heavy Wool Female, with Chabela as Reserve Grand Champion Heavy Wool Female. Yes, this was a good show.</div> <bR> <div> April, 2009 - Celebration Futurity, Oklahoma:  SRLL Chiquita won the Traditional/Silky Younger Female class. This is the 5th year in a row that Sugar River Llamas has brought home a World Futuirty Class Champion.  SRLL Fa`iz placed second in the older Traditional/Silky Female class.  With only two llamas entered by Sugar River Llamas, this was a great show!</div> </td> </tr></table></body>