<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8pt"><DIV><FONT size=1 face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">Remember to start voting on Jan. 10th. Any votes before the 10th are </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1 face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">not counted. </FONT><FONT size=1 face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">After researching it looks like our competition in Arkansas </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1 face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">will be: </FONT><FONT face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size=1>Wynne Friends of Animals. They have won the state prize </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size=1>since </FONT></FONT><FONT face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size=1>2008! Voting is as simple as putting Basset in the name box and </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size=1>AR in as the state. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size=1>Get your voting fingers ready and lets show Wynne Friends of Animals</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size=1>the power of the </FONT></FONT><FONT face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size=1>Drool Family! A $1000 bucks can go a ways in helping </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size=1>to treat and save </FONT></FONT><FONT size=1 face=Verdana>one or more of our beloved bassets in need. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=1 face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">As Chris says "Vote, Vote, Vote!"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=1 face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">Droolz,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1 face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">Karen and The Dog House Gang</FONT></DIV>
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