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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129;background:white'>The 2017 Senior Basset calendar entry period has begun!</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'><br><span style='background:white'>If you have never seen a Senior Basset calendar, you are missing a beautiful piece of the Basset experience!</span><br><span style='background:white'>Here is the scoop:</span><br><span style='background:white'>A-The month pages on the calendar feature senior Bassets, over the age of 7yrs old.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'><br><span style='background:white'>B- To get your hound on a month, you must compete in the contest of raising votes for your hound/s.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129;background:white'><br><span class=textexposedshow>C- This is the LARGEST fundraiser for Senior Houndsabound, so votes are $1 per vote to get your hound into the top 12. The top 12 vote earners will be given a full page for a month of 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129;background:white'><br><span class=textexposedshow>D-You can get votes from anywhere you want, fund-raise with a raffle, sell stuff on EBay, ask people to support your hound, the sky is the limit on voting. Votes are tax deductible, and people can give as many votes as they want, as many times as they want. We have no federal laws prohibiting our voting rules here....there are none!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129;background:white'><br><span class=textexposedshow>E- Voting for all the contestants will start on August 29, 2016, ending at 9pm on Sept 28, 2016. The winners will be announced later that evening.</span><br><span class=textexposedshow>But first, let’s get some contestants! Email me a photo of your Basset, groups are fine, as are Bridge babies! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=textexposedshow><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=textexposedshow><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129;background:white'>Please only send pictures that are in focus! (Enlarge them up on your computer to check how well they are in focus.) <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129;background:white'><br><span class=textexposedshow>You can email directly to me at <a href="mailto:houndsabound@cfl.rr.com">houndsabound@cfl.rr.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=textexposedshow><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=textexposedshow><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129;background:white'>Hope everyone has a great Sunday!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=textexposedshow><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=textexposedshow><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129;background:white'>Wen and the Bounders<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=textexposedshow><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129;background:white'>houndsabound@cfl.rr.com</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>