[Vision2020] Sandpoint Fair cancels Tight-fittin' Jeans Contest

Douglas Stambler ccm_moscow@yahoo.com
Fri, 15 Aug 2003 15:01:44 -0700 (PDT)


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TOM: I THOUGHT THAT YOU REPRESENT THE WOMEN'S SIDE!!
 
after all, you're a woman in a man's body, who fornicates with his wife, right?
 
(you're shameless, tom, i told you to make peace with me...)
 
In Christ,
Douglas Stambler
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Thomas Hansen <tomh@uidaho.edu> wrote:
Let's make this a statewide thing. Maybe this can become a competitive
event at the Idaho State Fair, consisting of both male and female contest
winners from each region/county. 

Any thoughts from the female side of the aisle?

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Westberg [mailto:carlwestberg846@hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 2:46 PM
To: sslund@moscow.com; timlohr@yahoo.com; vision2020@moscow.com
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Sandpoint Fair cancels Tight-fittin' Jeans
Contest


Gee whiz, don't the folks in Sandpoint know that our own conservative 
congressman Butch Otter won a tight jeans contest in Boise a few years ago?







Carl Westberg Jr.


>From: "Saundra Lund" 
>To: "'Tim Lohrmann'" , 
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Sandpoint Fair cancels Tight-fittin' Jeans 
>Contest
>Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 14:22:18 -0700
>
>Hmmm . . . interesting, Tim -- thanks for passing it along.
>
>I find it interesting (or sad, disappointing, etc) that in Idaho, The
>Powers That Be (TPTB) seem inordinately prone to caving into the
>interests of outspoken *minorities* rather than supporting the
>legitimate majority interests of the community.
>
>Ah, well . . . in the case of Moscow, Tick Tock Goes the Election Clock:
>81 days & counting until 11/4 :-)
>
>
>Saundra Lund
>Moscow, Idaho
>
>The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to
>do nothing.
>Edmund Burke
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]
>On Behalf Of Tim Lohrmann
>Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 1:48 PM
>To: vision2020@moscow.com
>Subject: [Vision2020] Sandpoint Fair cancels Tight-fittin' Jeans Contest
>
>
>Visionaries,
> Wranglers/topless car washes/Idaho...hmmmmm...
> TL
>
>
>Fair Organizers Pull Tight Jeans Contest
>Complaints Lead to Cancellation
>
>By KEITH KINNAIRD
>News editor
>
> SANDPOINT -- Complaints are causing organizers to
>fold a tight-fitting jeans contest during the Bonner
>County Fair.
> The contest was set for 6 p.m. on Saturday on the
>north lawn of the fairgrounds. It would have been the
>first time the fair offered the event.
> "Some ladies in the community think that it's
>inappropriate," said fair Manager Rhonda Livingston,
>who declined to identify the source of the complaints.
> Livingston said the contest's critics worried it
>was exploitative and they did not like the idea of tax
>dollars supporting such an event. However, the contest
>was sponsored by jeans giant Wrangler, so it was not
>funded by taxpayers.
> "We aren't trying to exploit anything. This was a
>sponsored event," said Livingston.
> Wrangler, an international clothier, is a Bonner
>County Fair supporter. The company donated 50 stick
>horses for the children's rodeo.
> Some fair participants and others who work around
>horses and livestock customarily wear snug clothes as
>a matter of function rather than fashion.
>Close-fitting clothes are less apt to snag on the
>animals.
> Opponents of the tight-fitting jeans contest took
>their complaints to county commissioners, who deferred
>to the Bonner County Fair Board. Fair boards in Idaho
>are uniquely autonomous compared to other county
>boards.
> The board originally approved the contest, but
>decided to cancel it and avoid infusing fair
>atmosphere with controversy or negativity, said
>Livingston, who is also the board's secretary.
> "I don't want people coming to the fair with
>negative attitudes. I don't want people to be unhappy
>-- the fair is supposed to be fun," Livingston said
>
>
>
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<DIV><STRONG>TOM: I THOUGHT THAT YOU REPRESENT THE WOMEN'S SIDE!!</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><EM>after all, you're a woman in a man's body, who fornicates with his wife, right?</EM></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>(you're shameless, tom, i told you to make peace with me...)</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>In Christ,</DIV>
<DIV>Douglas Stambler</DIV>
<DIV>***************************************************<BR><BR><B><I>Thomas Hansen &lt;tomh@uidaho.edu&gt;</I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; WIDTH: 100%">Let's make this a statewide thing. Maybe this can become a competitive<BR>event at the Idaho State Fair, consisting of both male and female contest<BR>winners from each region/county. <BR><BR>Any thoughts from the female side of the aisle?<BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR>Moscow, Idaho<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Carl Westberg [mailto:carlwestberg846@hotmail.com]<BR>Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 2:46 PM<BR>To: sslund@moscow.com; timlohr@yahoo.com; vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Sandpoint Fair cancels Tight-fittin' Jeans<BR>Contest<BR><BR><BR>Gee whiz, don't the folks in Sandpoint know that our own conservative <BR>congressman Butch Otter won a tight jeans contest in Boise a few years ago?<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Carl Westberg Jr.<BR><BR><BR>&gt;From: "Saundra Lund" <SSLUND@MOSCOW.COM><BR>&gt;To: "'Tim Lohrmann'" <TIMLOHR@YAHOO.COM>,
 <VISION2020@MOSCOW.COM><BR>&gt;Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Sandpoint Fair cancels Tight-fittin' Jeans <BR>&gt;Contest<BR>&gt;Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 14:22:18 -0700<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;Hmmm . . . interesting, Tim -- thanks for passing it along.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;I find it interesting (or sad, disappointing, etc) that in Idaho, The<BR>&gt;Powers That Be (TPTB) seem inordinately prone to caving into the<BR>&gt;interests of outspoken *minorities* rather than supporting the<BR>&gt;legitimate majority interests of the community.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;Ah, well . . . in the case of Moscow, Tick Tock Goes the Election Clock:<BR>&gt;81 days &amp; counting until 11/4 :-)<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;Saundra Lund<BR>&gt;Moscow, Idaho<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to<BR>&gt;do nothing.<BR>&gt;Edmund Burke<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;-----Original Message-----<BR>&gt;From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]<BR>&gt;On Behalf Of Tim
 Lohrmann<BR>&gt;Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 1:48 PM<BR>&gt;To: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>&gt;Subject: [Vision2020] Sandpoint Fair cancels Tight-fittin' Jeans Contest<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;Visionaries,<BR>&gt; Wranglers/topless car washes/Idaho...hmmmmm...<BR>&gt; TL<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;Fair Organizers Pull Tight Jeans Contest<BR>&gt;Complaints Lead to Cancellation<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;By KEITH KINNAIRD<BR>&gt;News editor<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; SANDPOINT -- Complaints are causing organizers to<BR>&gt;fold a tight-fitting jeans contest during the Bonner<BR>&gt;County Fair.<BR>&gt; The contest was set for 6 p.m. on Saturday on the<BR>&gt;north lawn of the fairgrounds. It would have been the<BR>&gt;first time the fair offered the event.<BR>&gt; "Some ladies in the community think that it's<BR>&gt;inappropriate," said fair Manager Rhonda Livingston,<BR>&gt;who declined to identify the source of the complaints.<BR>&gt; Livingston said the contest's critics worried it<BR>&gt;was exploitat!
 ive and
 they did not like the idea of tax<BR>&gt;dollars supporting such an event. However, the contest<BR>&gt;was sponsored by jeans giant Wrangler, so it was not<BR>&gt;funded by taxpayers.<BR>&gt; "We aren't trying to exploit anything. This was a<BR>&gt;sponsored event," said Livingston.<BR>&gt; Wrangler, an international clothier, is a Bonner<BR>&gt;County Fair supporter. The company donated 50 stick<BR>&gt;horses for the children's rodeo.<BR>&gt; Some fair participants and others who work around<BR>&gt;horses and livestock customarily wear snug clothes as<BR>&gt;a matter of function rather than fashion.<BR>&gt;Close-fitting clothes are less apt to snag on the<BR>&gt;animals.<BR>&gt; Opponents of the tight-fitting jeans contest took<BR>&gt;their complaints to county commissioners, who deferred<BR>&gt;to the Bonner County Fair Board. Fair boards in Idaho<BR>&gt;are uniquely autonomous compared to other county<BR>&gt;boards.<BR>&gt; The board originally approved the contest,
 but<BR>&gt;decided to cancel it and avoid infusing fair<BR>&gt;atmosphere with controversy or negativity, said<BR>&gt;Livingston, who is also the board's secretary.<BR>&gt; "I don't want people coming to the fair with<BR>&gt;negative attitudes. I don't want people to be unhappy<BR>&gt;-- the fair is supposed to be fun," Livingston said<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;_____________________________________________________<BR>&gt; List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>&gt; serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<BR>&gt; http://www.fsr.net<BR>&gt; mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>&gt;ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ<BR><BR>_________________________________________________________________<BR>Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* <BR>http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail<BR><BR>_____________________________________________________<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the commun!
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