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Ulin Andrews |
Anthony Stachowski |
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raised on a large livestock and grain farm in central Illinois. For
many years, he showed swine, beef, sheep and horses. He was an active
FFA and 4-H member.
He attended the University of Illinois, where he received a B. S. in Agricultural Education, Masters in Education and an Advanced Certificate in Education Administration. After college, he taught high school Agricultural Education for eight years at Oakland, Illinois. He then spent ten years as high school principal at the same school. His last nineteen years, before retirement in 2003, were spent teaching Agricultural Education at the high school level in Charleston, Illinois. During his tenure at Charleston High School, much emphasis was put on livestock evaluation with the FFA Chapter. Ulin coached seven state champion livestock judging teams and eight state champion horse judging teams. The 1997 livestock team was National Champion. Many of Ulin's students were on National Champion 4-H teams representing Illinois. Several former students helped their junior college and four-year college teams achieve national championships in livestock and horse judging. Ulin and his wife, Debbie, live at Oakland Illinois. They have raised and shown llamas since 1996 with much success in the show ring. Their farm name is Log Cabin Llamas. |
Anthony Stachowski,
DVM, has been judging livestock for over 30 years. A graduate of The
Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1978, Dr.
Stachowski owned and operated a 3-man equine and camelid practice. His
investment in alpacas over 20 years ago has grown into a full time
occupation of managing, breeding and marketing alpacas on his farm in
Mantua, Ohio.
As a pioneer in our industry, Anthony helped set the foundation for the alpaca registry, breed association and show format. It was his eye for quality fiber, type and conformation that selected some of the finest Peruvian genetics for import to this country. Anthony's international recognition has afforded him the opportunity to judge and evaluate alpacas and to instruct their owners throughout Australia, Canada, Europe and the United States. Most recently, Anthony has been elected to the AOBA Board of Directors, and is serving on the Fiber, Education and Marketing Committees. |
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Mary Reed |
Kathy Peterson |
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Reed has owned llamas since 1990 and alpacas since 1991. She has been active in the show association ALSA, serving as chair of the budget and finance committee and then as a Director for six years from 1993 through 1999. She served on the ALSA Judges’ committee from 2000 through 2002. Under Mary’s tenure as Treasurer of ALSA, the organization grew from a deficit net worth to assets exceeding $100,000, all without an increase in fees. Under her Presidency, the first Grand National was held, at least one year ahead of schedule due to the success of the ALSA Regional show network. Mary was instrumental in establishing the ALSA llama fiber competition and judging programs. Mary served as a level III Alpaca Judge and Judges’ Instructor, instructing/hosting four successful Alpaca Judging Clinics at Alpaca Jack’s Suri Alpacas and Stachowski Alpacas. Mary chaired the ALSA Alpaca committee from 1995 through 2002. She managed the ALSA Buckeye Regional Show from 2000 through 2002. Mary is recognized as one of the premier judges of Suri Alpacas in the United States, and she judged the Suri Division at the 2002 AOBA National Show. She has enjoyed judging llama futurity shows and the opportunity to lend her expertise and knowledge of camelid fiber to the llama industry. Mary divides her time between the Camelid industry and her “day job” as a financial executive in broadcasting. |
A native of Georgia, Kathy brings many talents and much commitment to the CLI organization. Kathy was employed by BellSouth Telecommunications for almost 30 years, where she held management positions in many different organizations, including president of an unregulated BellSouth startup company. Following her retirement from BellSouth in 1995, she and husband, Dale, spent the next eight years building a chain of retail pet stores. Following the sale of the pet stores in 2003, Kathy and Dale retired for the second time. She and Dale now have more time available to participate in the llama industry. They enjoy sharing their lives with their llamas, getting reacquainted with old friends and meeting new ones. Kathy’s affiliation with the llama industry, which began in 1986, has included being a director on various boards, including ALSA and the ILA. She served as an ALSA judge for several years at two different times. Both she and Dale became llama judges before purchasing their first llamas. They have owned llamas since 1990. Under the direction of renowned, senior CLI fiber judge/instructor, Mary Reed, and veteran alpaca breeder, senior CLI judge/instructor and importer, Dr. Anthony Stachowski, Kathy spent over two years honing her judging skills – particularly her fiber judging skills. She is a CLI fiber and conformation judge, who also enjoys teaching and helping others learn about fiber and conformation. As an extension of her enjoyment of camelids, Kathy is the editor of Cool Camelids magazine. Kathy graduated from The University of Alabama with degrees in Business and Marketing and from Birmingham Southern College with a Masters degree in Public and Private Management. She and Dale live in Birmingham, Alabama. |
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Dale Peterson |
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| One of the founding members of CLI, Dale is known for being passionate about any project he undertakes. His working years included many occupations, beginning with a stint in the Marine Corps. Following that, Dale obtained a BS in Sociology and a Masters degree in Psychology. In the decades that followed, Dale began and subsequently sold several successful startup businesses. Some of these included a jeans pre-washing company (first in Alabama), one of the largest commercial laundries in the South and telephone centers located on military bases across the country. While these business ventures were ongoing during the mid eighties, Dale and his wife, Kathy, became intrigued with llamas in the mid eighties. Instead of diving in head first with no practical knowledge, they decided to research the breed and to educate themselves before making any purchases. To this day Dale vividly recalls a conversation where a large, high profile breeder of the 1980s told him that a good llama was “one with four legs, a tail and two ears.” Believing a good llama was more than that, the Petersons visited dozens of farms, attended several ILA conferences and observed many sales around the country. They were among the first members of ALSA and had been llama judges for a couple of years before they purchased their first llamas in 1990. Several years of travel and fun followed as they attended llama events and grew their show winning herd to around 40. In 1995 the Petersons started a chain of retail pet stores and spent much of the next eight years building the business. They sold the business in 2003 and once again have more time to devote to llamas. In short order it became apparent to Dale that llama prices and the general appreciation of llamas had declined significantly and showed few signs of rebounding. In 2004, Dale and a few others started CLI in as a way to rekindle the fun and excitement about llamas and to put all exhibitors and llamas on equal footing in the show ring. Dale is a CLI conformation judge and enjoys educating llama owners through CLI shows and clinics. An Alabama native, Dale and Kathy live in Birmingham, Alabama. |
