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The History of MISA
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MULTNOMAH IRISH SETTER ASSOCIATION, INC.
In the spring of 1967 several Irish Setter owners got their heads together
about the formation of a regional breed club. Rumblings of formation had
been present before, but no action had taken place. Dick and Sue Grant
undertook the job of writing other clubs and AKC to get ideas and information.
Many persons helped compile the first mailing list, and in April over one
hundred letters were sent out to prospective members. The first meeting
of those interested in forming an Irish Setter club for the area was held at
Columbia Park, Portland, Oregon on May 21, 1967. There were 29 adults,
about 35 children, and 11 dogs in attendance. At this meeting the group
decided to begin with a club serving the Northwest, with meetings to be held
in Oregon and Washington. By June 18, 1967, a new organization was
incorporated in the State of Oregon with the following officers and Board of
Directors: President Dick Grant; Vice President Mack Bucknell; Secretary
Susan Grant; Treasurer Jay Zirkle; Directors Faye Bucknell, Milt Daniel, Lee
Prescott, Gene River, and Ida Witt.
As originally proposed the club was formed to foster interest in and
promote the purebred Irish Setter and to encourage sportsmanlike competition
between Setter owners; as well as to educate the public and owners concerning
breed standards, training, breeding, care, exhibition, and field performance.
The majority of the membership are Irish Setter owners, though not all, and
the membership includes people from Oregon, Washington, and Idaho - people
from all walks of life. From the outset, we have endeavored to have
activities and programs that would reach most everyone: education about
the breed, its strengths and weaknesses; health problems; breeding; field
training; special events such as matches and fun trials; AKC sanctioned and
licensed shows, obedience trials, hunting tests and field trials; and pure
fellowship with persons united by a common interest in Irish Setters. To
foster such objectives, bi-monthly meetings and various activities are held
for members and their guests interested in learning more and doing more with
their Redheads. Also, a bi-monthly newsletter, IRISH TYPE-SETTER, keeps
members in touch with the doings of the club and breed.
In order for us to sponsor AKC events, we had to become recognized by the
American Kennel Club. It wasn't difficult to be recognized by our parent
club, the Irish Setter Club of America, but AKC was another problem.
After several years of much correspondence, holding tight in the Western
tradition, and bending a bit with diplomacy, the "war of the
attrition" was resolved in January 1971 as we changed our name to the
Multnomah Irish Setter Association, Inc., thus satisfying the AKC's principle
of being a local specialty club. Although our membership roster had
regional names on it for about two years thereafter, eventually our
"sister" club took shape and the Irish Setter Club of Seattle took
off on its own.
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