<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 6pt 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 26pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: rgb(84, 130, 53);">Treasured Friend<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 6pt 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Author unknown<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 6pt 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I lost a treasured friend today<br>The little dog who used to lay<br>Her gentle head upon my knee<br>And shared her silent thoughts with me.<br><br>She’ll come no longer to my call<br>Retrieve no more her favourite ball<br>A voice far greater than my own<br>Has called her to his golden throne.<br><br>Although my eyes are filled with tears<br>I thank him for the happy years<br>He let her spend down here with me<br>And for her love and loyalty.<br><br>When it is time for me to go<br>And join her there, this much I know<br>I shall not fear the transient dark<br>For she will greet me with a bark<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div><div>—————————————————</div><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>