<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>In a community of 3000 basset people, there will be conflict. There will be differences of opinion. </DIV>
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<DIV>The DD has endured for a number of years in spite of the conflict, people leaving, and new people joining.</DIV>
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<DIV>I trust that there will continue to be a DD that expresses the diversity of those who post here. </DIV>
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<DIV>Bless each and every one of you.</DIV>
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<DIV>Janice, with Roland, Stella B, and Deohgee<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=System color=#4040ff>Janice Henry Colvin</FONT></DIV><BR>
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