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Lenor
Lynas,
Secretary-Knoxville,Tn.
Lenor
Lynas,
from Knoxville, TN, is a retired Lady of Leisure,
happily owned by two AKK,
Charmn and Kyli,
who she refers to as her “dogettes.” Lenor retired
in 1992 after 30 years with the government in
Washington, DC. Before moving to Tennessee to work
for Lockheed Martin at Oak Ridge for a few years.
She finally decided to call it quits for good in
1999 and now enjoys her dogettes full-time as well
as traveling
with her husband, and her favorite other hobby,
sewing. She has made several doggie-themed quilts
for AKKAOA.
Lenor is no stranger to northern breeds, having
owned keeshonds for over 20 years. Shortly before
her last keeshond died in 2000 at age 13, Lenor read
about the wonderful AKK in Dog Fancy. Since
she had moved to a smaller house and could no longer
have the larger keeshond, she decided to seek out
the AKK, and later that year, her first AKK, Storm,
a toy black & white, came to live with her. Through
Storm, Lenor was introduced to AKKAOA, and the rest
is history! “Squeezably soft” Charmn, a gray &
white long-hair, literally dropped into her lap at
the 2001 AKK picnic in PA, but that is another story
that she’ll be happy to share with you if you just
ask her!
Sadly, Storm crossed Rainbow Bridge in 2003, but in
2004 Kyli joined the family.
Although never involved in breeding or showing dogs,
Lenor is a strong advocate of the AKK as a pet
owner, and she has become very active in AKKAOA. In
addition to being AKKAOA’s current Secretary, Lenor
is
chairman of the Fund Raising/Logo Usage Committee. She
was also a member of the now disbanded Logo
Committee that developed the AKKAOA logo, and was an
alternate member of the Nominating Committee in
2003. In addition, Lenor is the author of the
popular “Meet the Alaskan Klee Kai” pamphlet, which
she makes available to anyone who requests it for
their own use in publicizing the AKK.
According to Lenor, “There’s not a greater nor more
dedicated group of dog lovers than the people I’ve
met in AKKAOA. I’m proud to be associated with
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