Message from the President,

It is that time of the year again. Dues for 2012 are due by January 1, 2012. Please make your check for $25 made payable to AMLA and mail it to ILR. For your $25 you receive the following benefits:

• AMLA members pay $5 less per llama for registering immature, mature and foundation llamas than non-members pay.
• Free advertising in the AMLA newsletter. Send picture of a llama for sale or your business card to me and I will include in all future newsletters. Limited to one ad per newsletter.
• Receive copy of this Fabulous newsletter (joke from newsletter editor)
• Farm listing and contact information on the AMLA web site.

Don't forget, we now have a printable brochure on the home page of our web site for all to use.

Below is the ballot for the upcoming board vacancies. Please e-mail you vote to Phyllis Wilkerson (our secretary) no later than Dec. 30th 6 PM Central Time.

Have wonderful holiday season with friends and family.
Sincerely,
Pam Fink
AMLA President

2011 Ballot

1. Vice President - Merle Mann
2. Treasurer - Darlene Awarski
3. Registrar - Gladys Moritz

Featured Farm

Millstream Miniature Llamas
Owned & Operated by Lavinia and Alan Stevens

When did you first become interested in llamas?
We first became interested in llamas in 1993 after visiting an agriculture fair. We bought our first llama who lived with a few goats on our property. We eventually sold the goats and concentrated on llamas.

And then, when did you learn about & purchase your first miniature llamas?
I first read about miniature llamas in the Camelid Quarterly in 2007. There was an article written by Julie Sines on mini llamas which caught my attention. They sounded fascinating and so we started to do some research. We took a buying trip to Kentucky, Iowa and Minnesota and put together our herd of mini llamas, which we then imported into Canada.

How would you compare miniatures with other types of llamas?
Mini llamas have all the good attributes of regular llamas but because of their size they are less intimidating. They eat less, require less housing and pasture and of course are very cute.

How many llamas do you currently own?
We have 21 mini llamas, 3 Cria llamas (2 of which are boarded here), and one alpaca.

What things would you like to see happen in the future of miniatures to promote the breed?
AMLA should continue their good work to promote a sustainable industry.

Do you consider yourself a breeder?
Yes

Do you enjoy showing your llamas?
We do enjoy showing but unfortunately there are hardly any llama shows on the west coast.

I’ve heard you are a fiber artist.
Do you shear & process your own product?
I do all of my own shearing and send it off to the Gulf Island Spinning Mill to be processed.

What things do you do with the fiber/yarn/batts?
I have a variety of things done with my fibre. Most of it comes back as yarn. The rest is roving, felt and socks. The roving I have been dyeing and doing some needle felting. The felt I have made into insoles. All of these I take to our local market once a week to sell including bags of llama manure. So far we have done very well and it is great exposure for our farm and for miniature llamas.

What would you say to a prospective llama owner about miniature llamas?
We encourage all of our prospective buyers to visit as many llama farms as possible before buying so that they are comfortable with their llamas. I would say “Go for it”. It is a wonderful lifestyle!

Bridgeview Llamas Herd Dispersal

We have enjoyed the last twelve years of breeding and showing our llamas but now the time has come for us to have a lifestyle change due to health issues. So with a heavy heart, we offer our best and some real favorites. Please check our website for info on the llamas and updates. Discounts for multiple purchase or packages available. Let us know if you have any questions.

Email Mindy & Diana Jorpeland or give us a call at 641-482-3001 (home) or 641-751-1819 (cell).

Board Members
Pam Fink,President
Darlene Awarski,Vice President
Phyllis Wilkerson, Secretary
Pat Behrens, Treasurer
Sue Morgan, Registrar

Membership
AMLA membership dues must be sent to ILR. ILR is responsible for maintaining our membership list. Dues are $25 per farm and membership runs the calendar year.

Registration
Individual llama registrations must be sent to ILR. You will receive a combined ILR-AMLA registration paper for each mini llama you register or upgraded.

Fees for AMLA registration are:
Initial Registration: $10
Immature to Mature Status $6 Checks should be made payable to AMLA and sent to PO Box 8, Kalispell, Mt 59903. If you have any questions email ILRA at amla@lamaregistry.com

Annual Web site Ads
All breeder ads, both photos and copy, should be emailed to Pam Fink and the $50 fee should be made payable to ALMA and mailed to Pat Behrens, 1076 Harrods Creek Rd, Paris, Kentucky 40361

Newsletter Ad s
Business card farm ad's are free to all AMLA members. Please email a copy of your farm business card to Pam Fink. The number of ads used each month will depend on available space .

Lavinia & Alan Stevens
Millstream Miniature Llamas
355 Atkins Rd.
Victoria, BC V9B 3A1

Julie & Derek Sines
1132 W, Woodrow Rd.
Shelby, MI 49455
231-742-0931



Darlene & Ken Awarski
5265 Norris Run Rd.
Blacksburg, VA
540-808-8664



Joyce & Pete Barber
506 Jones Rd.
Mill Springs, NC 28756
828-625-4132



Sue & George Morgan
33693 Hibernia St.
Frontenac, MN 55026
651-380-2236



Tami & Merle Mann
2605 Luminary Lane
Oskaloosa, IA 52577
641-673-7740



Pam & Jerry Fink
65 Windy Valley Lane
Blue Ridge, GA 30513
706-258-2432

AMLA's Newsletter editor and Web Master is Pam Fink.
Comments on how to improve both are encouraged. Please feel free to send comments, suggestions corrections etc.
to Pam anytime.

Toby is a proven male. He has many Grand & Reserve Champion Trophy's and has great cria's all have fine or silky fleeces. Toby has cria's that place in Reserve Champion, 1st and 2nd place. Cria's like The Chief, Fantasy, and Dustie Rose. If you want to see some of his fiber or Fantas's fiber let Bill Fisher know & he will send you some. Asking $1,000.00 but will take $500.00 right now.

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