<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><P>When we first were talking about voting for 4 the Hounds, I asked Chris Bly, of Western Missouri Basset Rescue,</P>
<P>about this rescue, as she is in the same state. Chris empathically wanted the DD to vote for them. </P>
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<P>4 Hounds is not a large basset rescue, it is fairly small. But the woman who is the head of it has rescued for years and years </P>
<P>and in recent times has continued in spite of serious health issues. I think everyone agreed at the time it was deserving</P>
<P>of the DD vote. Sometimes this prize means a lot more to the smaller rescues who don't have a lot of support<BR>than to the large ones who have more support, better websites, more volunteers, etc. </P>
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<P>Marilyn Briggs</P></div></body></html>