It's All About the Dogs...

The vendors were happy, the visitors were happy, the dogs were happy, the dog rescues were happy. It seems the only person that wasn't happy was Niki Voudren from St. Francis of Assisi. I say person because I don't want the whole organization to get a bad reputation from one rude, tacky, and disrespectful person.

Let me rewind a little bit. About a month ago Sponsor Hounds, the company I work for, got a call from Niki from St. Francis. Niki worked her way past Stephanie by inquiring about Woofstock Dog Festival and Stephanie transferred the call to me. Niki then proceeded to ask about the event in a very pleasant tone sounding like the organization might like to participate in some way. It turns out the call was far from pleasant and that she had no other intention than to accuse us of stealing the idea of a dog festival from St. Francis. She also said we cared more about making money than helping dogs. I think she needs to examine her motives before she questions ours.

You may not be aware of this (I say this because Niki doesn't seem like she was aware) but there are dog festivals all over the country. St. Francis in little old Roanoke Virginia is hardly the first organization to hold an event to benefit animals, just like Walk For Life is far from the only walk to benefit a charity in the U.S.

After getting nasty with me on the phone I heard nothing more from Niki although Waynette in the office tried repeatedly to get in touch with her.

Fast forward to the event, which raised more than two grand for three animal rescues. Niki comes to the event and places fliers on all the cars for Dogtoberfest, then proceeds to talk to all the vendors, ask them what they paid for the booths, and tell them she'll give them a better deal on booths at Dogtoberfest. That's where the word tacky comes to mind.

Niki seems to think that St. Francis is the only dog related organization that deserves money. It seems like she's more focused on starting trouble than helping animals.

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St. Francis Wouldn't Approve

I can't wait to tell you all of the rude, disrespectful, and tacky things done by Niki Voudren, the Development Director for Saint Francis of Assisi, at and before Woofstock Dog Festival. We had the event over the weekend and apparently Niki feels like Dogtoberfest should be the only event benefiting dogs in the area.

Unfortunately I'm at work and I don't have much time now to write about this so I'll have to follow up tonight and tomorrow.

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Drummond v. Broyles

I got another letter in the mail from the woman's lawyer today. It reads...

Re: Teresa Drummond, et al. v. Elliot Broyles
Roanoke City General District Court
Return Date: August 31, 2007

Dear Mr. Broyles:

The purpose of this letter is to confirm that the above-referenced matter was continued until 9:00 a.m. on October 9, 2007 in the Roanoke City General District Court.

I thank you for your attention to this matter

Very truly yours,
Law Office of James P. Cargill, P.C.

Isn't there some way I can make this go away now since I wasn't the one who hit their car and I can prove it. Why continue to waste my time if you know I didn't do it?

If you're reading this, and you're a lawyer, please tell me how to take care of this situation.

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