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<BR>BoardWaddle © 2009<BR>April 17-18, 2009 <BR> <BR> <BR>Grand
Marshall 2009 <BR>Pw. Xandy Bear Wilder <BR>My first annual duty is to declare
the Grand Marshall…..and I do so, now. It is <BR>my pleasure to announce that
the committee has had long, agonizing meetings and <BR>considered this very
carefully. (The slaves went to breakfast.) This is a <BR>serious obligation and
one not to be entered into lightly. The Grand Marshall <BR>waddles in the
pawprints of ten predecessors who have each fulfilled their year <BR>of service
and beyond. Her duties will commence with being invested as Grand <BR>Marshall
on April 17. 2009 in Ocean City, New Jersey, followed by leading the <BR>Bassets
in the Ocean City Doo Dah Pawrade on April 18, 2009. It is with great
<BR>pleasure and as much dignity as I can pretend to have that I proclaim the
Grand <BR>Marshall for BoardWaddle shall be Pw. Xandy Bear Wilder-Wilder!<BR>Pw.
Xandy Bear is the first Grand Marshall to not be a rescue houndie,
<BR>since…..well, since my breeder slaves earned me the title, back in 2001.
GM2B XB <BR>was born of ChdawGs , on July 13, 2002 to breederslaves that had
hopes for her <BR>to follow that path. A little overbite later, she and her
sisters were <BR>introduced to the blondeslave and her husband. The humans were
sad because their <BR>beloved basset, Xandy Two, had gone to the bridge. GM2B
Pw. Xandy Bear took on <BR>the arduous task of making them happy. What she did
not know was that there were <BR>hounds in the world that were unloved,
abandoned and abused. She learned this at <BR>BoardWaddle five……and resolved to
train her humans to do everything in their <BR>power to assist Tri-State Basset
Rescue to help the poor houndies.<BR>This included letting some of them into her
home. A month after her first <BR>BoardWaddle, a crazed foster who came to be
known as Huggie Bear invaded. <BR>(Hugmonster if you asked feyfey) Putting up
with the torment of being treated <BR>with great disrespect, GM2B allowed the
new arrival to stay……as it secured the <BR>involvement of the heslave on her
rescue mission. <BR>Thereafter, GM2B Pw. Xandy Bear Wilder was asked to
pawticipate in an arranged <BR>marriage to Mr. Blueberry Wilder. This was at the
request of the City of Ocean <BR>City which welcomes the BoardWaddle each
spring. The wedding took place in the <BR>main hall of Trump Marina Hotel and
Casino and the officiants were a judge and <BR>television pawsonality, Bob
Eubanks. The bride wore a wedding tiara and pearls. <BR>The groom was
resplendent in a tuxedo. Hundreds of guests were in attendance and <BR>a
reception followed, complete with cake, champagne, gifts and piped in Johnny
<BR>Mathis music. (You can’t make this stuff up!) Although the couple lived
<BR>separately, they shared a mutual purpose of helping homeless hounds that
<BR>cemented their love.<BR>At BoardWaddle 2004, the blondeslave fell in love
with a hound who had been <BR>dubbed Moosie by Tri-State. The slaves adopted him
at the Board Waddle picnic <BR>and brought him home to become the 3rd
Bear.<BR>GM2B’s life changed since she abandoned her hopes of being a ChdawG and
devoted <BR>her life to being a philanthropist and supporter of Rescue. Her
social life <BR>became increasingly more hectic with many events to attend each
year and the <BR>push to raise more pledges to help the homeless hounds. Life
has not always been <BR>easy, beloved Pwince Blueberry contracted a terrible
disease 3 years ago and <BR>went to the Bridge far too soon. The widowed GM2B
has added 2 more rescue hounds <BR>to her family, wee Gracie Allen the
vampire/serial killer the summer of 2005 and <BR>Clyde Kadiddlehopper in 2006.
Clyde, although from humble beginnings, also has a <BR>philanthropic streak
which is encouraged. The GM2B is generally pleased with her <BR>choice to rescue
the two sad humans and looks forward to many more years of <BR>supporting Rescue
and helping other hounds who aren't as fortunate as she.<BR>Please join me in
congratulating BoardWaddle Grand Marshall 2B Pwincess Xandy <BR>Bear
Wilder-Wilder. May she have a prosperous and successful year of service!
<BR>Cakie Jamboree’s Black Forest Cake, Basset Hostess, BoardWaddle GM
2001<BR>BoardWaddle with me and GM2B Pwincess Xandy Bear Wilder, Wilder to help
the <BR>hounds of Tri-State Basset Rescue, April 17-18, 2009, Ocean City,
NJ<BR> <BR>BoardWaddle 2009 © <BR>Ba</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>