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 Our featured member for District One is none other than former ARBA DIstrict One Director - Jan Coffelt.
Jan resides in Snohomish, Washington (approximately 3 miles east of Monroe) - the site of the Northwest Rabbit Breeders' shows. She and her husband recently moved to the area after living in Bothell, Washington for 40 years.
Their new home sits on 5 acres at the very top of Dutch Hill and overlooks Sky Valley (hence the new rabbitry name: Dutch Hill Rabbitry).
Jan raises Dutch, Mini Rex and Polish rabbits. Over the years she has raised nearly every breed.
Jan's family includes three grown children and five grandchildren. Her other interest is gardening, which she finds more time for since semi-retiring from her and her husband's Land Surveying business.
 Involved with rabbits since the age of nine, her parents had a large commercial herd of New Zealand rabbits, which were strictly business. It was not until she was married and had children that Jan joined the ARBA in 1970. In 1973 she became a registrar and in 1976 an ARBA judge. She has had the pleasure to judge in all parts of the U.S including Alaska and Hawaii and of course Canada. Jan remarks, "I love judging". In 1970, she was one of the founders of the Northwest Rabbit Breeders and began the Great Northwest Rabbit Breeders in 1984. Jan served District 1 as its Director for 14 years. She also served 6 years as the Show Rules Chair and six years as the Chair of the ARBA Liaison Committee.
When asked her future goals, Jan responded, "I am fortunate to have accomplished many goals I had set for my self in this hobby. However there are always new challenges. I plan to continue to help where I am needed on local, state and national levels. I am interested in attracting and supporting some of the National Specialty Shows to District 1. and am currently working towards this goal. One of the changes I would like to see made in the A.R.B.A is a regional school for judge applicants, like the one that has been held in Bloomington the last several years. I feel it would far better serve our membership."
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