A Note to All Readers:

Well, another year has come and gone for all of us here at the Paw Print. It has been our best year to date, and we've been around for quite a while. This would not have been possible without an extremely dedicated staff of writers, so I would like to thank you all for your hard work and PWing tendencies. We've had our skirmishes, arguments, parties, and sessions under the bleachers, but one thing definitely remained a constant with us this year: Our friendship.

However, it was not just the staff of Paw Print that kept this paper running all year. We just wrote the words. It was the readers who supported us and helped keep our spirits up when deadlines were looming who are the true heroes. After all, what is the point of trying our best every month to publish this paper if we have no readers? So thank you to all our readers this year. Your dedication and comments are so highly appreciated that it's hard to write the words.

Lastly, thank you to all the members in HOL who participated in our Prose and Cons section during this year. The creativity of the population of HOL is astounding, and we thank you for allowing us the chance to show that creativity in our monthly contests.

So, in closing, I would like to thank all of HOL for another fantastic year. We'll see you next September, and hopefully next year will be equal to, if not greater than this year has been for Paw Print.

Missa Matz
Editor and Publisher