Howllo Fellow Hound and Lily Basset Buck Lovers: I am thrilled and honored to open up the current mail we have received as of 7-31-07. All of Lily’s Basset Bucks will be divided equally on 6-15-08 (my 51st b-day) amongst the basset hound rescues that have signed up. These rescues must be approved, 501(c)(3) organizations that started because of basset hounds. All these organizations have to do is send me an e-mail to sign up. Easy Breezie! We all just want to help. I have an entire list of people that have sent money. They will be right below this Vlog. Thank you from the bottom of a basset’s belly. (and we all know how low that is!) Teehehehehehehehehe!

P.S. I am working on the Tally. I have to add all the folks from tonight. Check back real soon. I will will have the amounts and the tally. I am totally excited. More Later….soon, Cat, Chaps and Emma

Send Your Lily Basset Bucks to: Basset Hound Town Enterprises. P.O. Box 347, Ft. Thomas, KY 41075.

P.P.S………Here is the list of donators!

Marty Mays 6-15-07 10.00, five of which was donated in her name by Chaps and Emma for her 50th b-day
Ms. Maddie 6-15-07 2.00
Ms. Trista 6-15-07 2.00
Ms. Jackie 6-15-07 15.00
Tawny Tamura via paypal 6-16-07 20.00
Emma Rudert 6-17-07 5.00 in her Grandpa’s name
for Father’s Day. J.W. Rudert
Janie Coleman 6-17-07 50.00 BFF since kindergarden
Mary and Scully Kumor via paypal 6-17-07 20.00 MySpace friends. We love you
Kip and Gus Massett via pay pal 6-17-07 10.00 Awesome givers and best friends
William and Allie Coleman 6-17-07 2.00
Alice Kennelly Roberts 6-17-07 2.00
Kip and Gus Massett 6-18-07 5.00
Ken, Buster, and Lemon Drop 6-18-07 5.00
Kathy and Bud Leftin 6-18-07 20.00
Kip and Gus Massett 6-19-07 5.00
Lisa Riggs and Brandon Evans 6-20-07 25.00
Claudia Lundblad 6-20-07 1.00
Pam Heidorn – 6-20-07 1.00
Debbie Johnson – 6-21-07 1.00
Renee, Thomas and Calamity Jane Dembinski 6-21-07 50.00 –
Thomas decided he wanted a basset hound after visiting Westminster with his Mom,
smart kid!
Kip and Gus Massett – 6-22-07 10.00 (paypal) – totally slobberish friends hehehehehe
Kip and Gus Massett – 6-22-07 5.00 – Love the tatoo pic!
Mack and Melanie Browning – 3.00
Dianna Britting – 1.00
Mary and Scully Kumor – 6-26-07 10.00 (paypal) Triggering the tattoo donation! Love you guys!
Kip and Gus Massett – 6-26-07 10.00 (paypal) In honor of Emma’s award winning Daddy!
Kip and Gus Massett – 6-27-07 21.00 (paypal) Tattoo Challenge! Kip and Gus says thank youMary and Scully! We love you and Basset Hound Town Rocks!!! (Yipeeeeeeeee, from Cat)
Shelly, Doc & Dudley Gordon – 6-28-07 5.00 Doc & Dudley gave up their Dairy Queen money for “Lily’s Basset Bucks”. Ohhhhhh that is so sweet, dear ice cream hounds! We know how hard that was! Slurp, Lick!
Cindy Rudert, (my sister) – 6-29-07 25.00 Thanks sis
Kip and Gus Massett, 6-30-07 5.00 For all of the hounds at the rainbow bridge. Somewhere over the rainbow RIP
Mary Tipping – 7-3-07 5.00 Thanks also to Harley and Biggs Tipping!
Kip and Gus Masset – 7-5-07 5.00 So sweet and so welcome Guys!
Casey Masset – 7-5-07 1.00 We love you sweet girl! You can make a difference!
Chico Riggs – 7-5-07 1.00 Cha wha whas rule!
Brandon Evans – 7-5-07 5.00 Lawn cutting for Lily! Brandon, you are so wonderful.
Peg and Ed Evans – 7-5-07 9.00 Thank you Lisa’s Mom and Dad! We love Lisa in basset hound town!
Richard and Susan Welsh – 7-10-07 15.00 Wow! we love Abby and Ernie! Thanks
Kira Wobig (Kip Massett’s 5 mo. old grand daughter) – 7-14-07 8.00 Start them young! Thank’s sweet Kira!
Kip and Gus Massett – 7-14-07 5.00 Wonderful, my slobberish friends!
Cat Rudert – 7-15-07 1.00 I found it in the back seat of my car. hehehe!
Kip and Gus Massett – 7-21-07 3.00 Hey, that’s my lucky number! Thanks guys
Kip and Gus Massett – 7-23-07 5.50 (via paypal) In Memory of Roses Nance
Dona Kare-Kowalski – 7-24-07 5.00 (via paypal) Kip and Gus to match via special offer!
Kip and Gus Massett – 7-24-07 5.00 matching Dona Kare-Kowalski donation. Wonder fellows!
Vangie M. Yauch – 7-24-07 10.00 (via paypal) We played this at my son’s funeral because of the hopefulness of the song.
Kip and Gus Masset – 7-24-07 10.00 matching Vangi M. Yauch
Melynda, Lucien and Lily Majors 7-31-07 5.00 touching
Kip and Gus Massett 7-31-07 5.00 matching Melynda, Lucien and Lily Majors
Diane, Molly, Sam and Roxie 7-31-07 5.00 giving up Starbucks! I am very impressed. That is hard!
Kip and Gus Massett 7-31-07 3.00 Yipeeee!
Kip and Gus Massett 7-31-07 3.00 matching themselves
Pam Mattioda 7-31-07 5.00 You Rock. I just saw an Hop donation as well. Slurp
Kip and Gus Massett 7-31-07 5.00 matching Pam Mattioda
Charlene McCarty 7-31-07 25.00 This is Chaps’ Great Grandma. She is the Grandma of Colby Chaps. We love you very much.
Greg Groce 7-31-07 2.00 Sweet Dog Days of Summer. We love every buck!
Chaps and Emma 7-31-07 4.00
Tracie Hawk 7-31-07 .50 cents

THIS IS NOT A CURRENT TALLY. THESE ARE THE DONATIONS AS OF 7-31-07. IF YOU WANT TO SEE AN UP TO DATE TALLY GO TO THE SEARCH BOX AND TYPE IN LILY’S BASSET BUCK TALLY. THE LILY BUCKS ARE MOUNTING!

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Howllo Fellow Hound and air conditioning lovers: Chaps had a question this morning, on his Wisenheimer Wisdom Stage. It was, “who invented air-conditioning?” Well here is the answer. Willis Haviland Carrier.

In 1902, only one year after Willis Haviland Carrier graduated from Cornell University with a Masters in Engineering, the first air (temperature and humidity) conditioning was in operation, making one Brooklyn printing plant owner very happy. Fluctuations in heat and humidity in his plant had caused the dimensions of the printing paper to keep altering slightly, enough to ensure a misalignment of the colored inks. The new air conditioning machine created a stable environment and aligned four-color printing became possible. All thanks to the new employee at the Buffalo Forge Company, who started on a salary of only $10.00 per week.

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In 1928, Willis Haviland Carrier developed the first residential ‘Weathermaker’, an air conditioner for private home use. The Great Depression and then WW2 slowed the non-industrial use of air conditioning. After the war, consumer sales started to grow again. The rest is history, cool and comfortable history.

Willis Haviland Carrier did not invent the very first system to cool an interior structure, however, his system was the first truly successful and safe one that started the science of modern air conditioning.

Thank you Willis: You make the Dogs Days bearable! Slurp. More Later…Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Hound and Lily’s Basset Buck Lovers! Wow, it was a Basset Buck Bonanza today at the post office! I received 5 envelopes for Lily’s Basset Bucks. I also have one from a few days ago. Anyway, I am not going to open them yet. I am going to open them tomorrow night when I have time to make a Vlog and a splash!

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Also, if you are a 501(c)(3) basset hound rescue you can sign up to receive Lily’s Basset Bucks on 6-15-08, my 51st birthday. Amazingly, only 10 rescues have signed up! I bet the 10 that did are totally jazzed. Well, approved basset rescues only have 16 more days to sign up and then I am closing Lily’s benevolent offer.

Are you just hearing about Lily’s Basset Bucks? If so watch my Vlog and find out all of the details!

More Later…Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Hound and Sirius Lovers:

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The dog stars with the pup stars

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Your Mayor, Chaps Rudert,

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has officially announced that the Dog Days of Summer are here! They say every dog has it’s day, just like Lily, but this time of year, the dogs have more than just one single day. These are the dog days of summer — the end of July to mid August. This is because, Sirius, the Dog Star, rises and sets with the sun this time of year. Because Sirius is so bright, the ancients thought the Dog Star actually affected the weather this time of year….usually the hottest, stickiest, laziest days of summer. It’s the time of year when we all feel so dog-gone lazy from the heat, and wish we had our dog’s life! Tehehehehehehe, (Sirius-ly)

More Later…Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo fellow hound and Lily book lovers: I have a favor to ask you. Do you have a copy of:

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Lily, a Basset Hound’s Tail of Love

If so, would you be willing to comment on my book? I am getting ready to send out my national media packages. I will be sending out approximately 500 packages to different media outlets across the nation. Enclosed in these packages will be a copy of the book, a press release, a DVD of my TV interview, press clippings, a list of all basset hound rescues, a blurb about the Basset Hound Club of America, and your comments. I have received many comments and I will personally e-mail those who commented to ask for approval, but a few more can’t hurt!!! I have been saving up for this mailing and working like a dog, Tehehehehehe, to make this happen. I figured this would be a great way to get the list of basset hound rescues in front of alot of press folks. Everyone can count on me, if I get tapped to speak on behalf of Lily, I will speak on behalf of our breed with knowledge and joy. OK, they will probably just tap me if I bring the Mayor! (He only goes first class, I will be in steerage)! Thank you so much for any comments you have.

More Later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Hound and HOP lovers: The HOP bracelet fund-raiser was kicked off last night. Kip and Gus Massett purchased the bracelets for the HOP and will donate 100% of all sales to the HOP. I am throwing in a Lily paw in my hand card as well.

All of this for only 6.00 plus 50 cents to cover paypal fees if you choose to pay via this method.
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As of right now, we have sold 4 bracelets. Chaps’ graciously donated his time for his Super Modeling.
Male Models of his caliber do not get out of bed for under 10,000 dollars a day! 🙂

UPDATE: 8:01 PM KY TIME: 13 BRACELETS HAVE SOLD!

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Click the picture to see the bracelet on his paw.

To purchase your very own bracelet go to: HOP

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Be a part of a very smart club! More Later…Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Hound Lovers: Do you want to have a fun day? Me to! Slurp

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More later…………Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Hound and Blue Bonnet Lovers: I received these pictures from a dear friend of mine who lives in Texas. Her name is Audra and she has Chaps’ son, Colby Chaps. These pictures are of her daughter and her other girl basset named Abby. Audra’s Mom found Abby as a stray puppy. She was wondering in an industrial area. Look at her now in a field of blue bonnets. It just is so sweet.

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This was Colby Chaps’ blue bonnet picture last year…..

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Like the Mayor said, “Life is good” More Later…..Cat, Chaps and Emma

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How much fun is this pup?

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