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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>As anyone in rescue knows volunteers are the backbone of their existence. Droopy Basset Hound rescue has in just these last 2 weeks lost 2 volunteers to cancer. Pat Dill and Dave Hartwick. Both exceptional people who volunteered their time and talents to help homeless hounds in need. They will both be missed tremendously by all who knew them. As a memorial to them we are dedicating Slobberfest in their memory this year. Normally we use a hound that we have taken in that was in particularly rough shape but this year in light of our recent loss of two exceptional people who helped to rescue such animals we thought it fitting to honor them at Slobberfest. Please join us if you can on July 9<sup>th</sup> to raise funds for homeless hounds and to honor these 2 exceptional volunteers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Shirley Mueller<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Droopy Basset Hound Rescue of Western PA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>www.droopybassetrescue.com<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>