<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><P><SPAN>Mark your calendars! The 13 annual TriState Basset Hound Rescue Boardwaddle will take place</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>this year in Ocean City NJ on the weekend of April 15th. The Olympics will be held on Friday April 15th starting at 1 PM, </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>followed </SPAN><SPAN>by the Pawction Friday evening at the Greate Bay Country Club starting at 7PM. Then</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>the DooDah parade and picnic will be on Saturday April 16th. Registration starts at 10 AM.</SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN>The Residence Inn has plenty of rooms available so book yours at your earliest convenience! </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>We have made several changes this year - the Pawction dinner has been reduced to $20 per</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>person- same great location, same great food! We have some really great Pawction items </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>already - I'll post a list later. An exciting new Pawction item this year only is a space for </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>your Basset's </SPAN><SPAN>photo on the new photo wrap we will be installing on our TriState merchandise trailer. </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>Literally </SPAN><SPAN>thousands of people would see your houndy's face as we travel to our events!!</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>Also, the picnic will be open to everyone - no need for those</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>pesky bracelets, and we will have some great art and craft and food vendors for your shopping </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>enjoyment. Of course the TriState store will be open with lots of great new items and we'll have some</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>great games and prizes. Meadowlark Lemon from the Harlem Globe Trotters will be participating in the </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>DooDah Parade this year, </SPAN><SPAN>and our own miracle hounds - Sunny and her son Moose will be Grand Marshalls.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>Lots more details to follow - look for your Boardwaddle packet in the mail this year the first week of</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>March. If this will be your first Boardwaddle, please email Bob Arnold at <A href="mailto:tristatebassets@comcast.net">tristatebassets@comcast.net</A></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>to get on the mailing list. Our updated website, <A href="http://www.tristatebassets.org/">www.tristatebassets.org</A> will soon have more details and you will</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>be able to register online and </SPAN><SPAN>pay via our Paypal link if you prefer.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>Any questions just email me. And tell all your Basset friends!!</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>See you at the 'Waddle!</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>Sue</SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN><A href="mailto:irescue2@comcast.net">irescue2@comcast.net</A><BR>856-678-1105<BR><BR>"there is nothing so rewarding as ending a life of suffering<BR>without ending a life"</P><BR></SPAN></div></body></html>