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Who was HPRC's first Indiana member? Who was the first HPRC specialty
winner? Who was awarded HPRC's first charter? Who worked hours to
draft the HPRC constitution and by-laws? Who has led HPRC from the start?
It's Pat Glenn!!! Our Very Special HPRC President!!!!!
Pat was originally from a little town called Pittsfield, in western
Illinois. She taught special education for several years, taking time
off to raise her and her husband Bryan's two boys. During this time
the Glenns moved around the midwest some with Bryan's job with the
Boy Scouts of America. They moved from Illinois to Indianapolis, and
there Pat got her first rabbit.
She never did go back to teaching--rabbits took over!
Pat's first rabbit 17 years ago was an "un-English looking"
"English" Angora. By the time the family moved from
Indianapolis to Greenbriar Drive, in Iowa, the rabbitry included the
English angora parents and 3 fuzzy babies! The rabbitry was named
"Briarpatch Bunnies" and the name is registered with the ARBA.
Bryan dropped his job and went back to school, getting a Chiropractic
degree. The Glenn's finally landed in northern Indiana, Mishawaka to
be exact--to our benefit!
Pat raised several breeds over the years, including Mini Rex, Holland
Lops, Fuzzy Lops, and Jersey Woolies. She got her French angoras
fairly soon after the English. French Angoras were her love for a
good many years. Pat has raised Polish for eleven years! Her very
first Polish lived to be 10 years and 7 months, and died in his
sleep. She still raises French Angora's on a smaller scale and
enjoies making handspun yarn out of the wool.
Pat has had several health issues over the years. She has had four
brain surgeries, ovarian cancer, knee surgery and two hand surgerys.
Still, with the help of the ("inexpensive"--right Bryan?)
bunny-therapists, and support from friends and family, Pat manages to
stay active and have several hobbies, outside of rabbits! She enjoies
computer games! Pat is multi-talented, that much is evident! She has
played the clarinet, flute, saxiphone, and oboe, and has worked in a
community theatre (where's that call, Hollywood???), and is a
small-scale writer! (Ok, Pat, you made a mistake in 'fessing-up...now
we've gotta read something!) Her favorite color is blue--be it Polish
or clothing, or pretty much anything! While she doesn't feel that
blue is her best Polish variety, she is always hoping for that killer
blue! In terms of music, Pat likes a wide variety, so long as it
isn't rap, jazz, or *cough*country western *cough*. Food is much the
same way...just don't put fish or onions on the menu! Science fiction
is Pat's favorite genre...resulting in some perhaps slighly unusual
bunny names!
Did you know that Pat is an ARBA Lisenced Registrar? She got her
license in 1994. Her motives were partially to prove that she could
make it, and partially because she wanted to keep a registered herd
and it would in the end save on registration fees.
Pat, you are a talented and very special person--thank you so much
for all you have done for the Heartland Polish Rabbit Club!!!!
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Note: I'd like to apologize to Brendan and Janice Moore and family,
for the mistake I made when typing thier breeder's profile a few
issues ago. I am sure that everybody but me noticed that whenever I
was trying to type 4H it came out as "NH" for some
inexplicable reason, as I don't have a habit of doing that. I'm sure
everyone was like wondering what on earth "NH" could be.
But you have my apologies for the mistake....even though I have no
idea how I managed that, every time!!! The Moores are involved in,
experienced in, and supportive of 4H...no matter how much I seem to
want them to do NH!
--Ellyn Eddy
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