[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> </DIV>
<DIV><EM>after all, you're a woman in a man's body, who fornicates with his wife, right?</EM></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>(you're shameless, tom, i told you to make peace with me...)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>In Christ,</DIV>
<DIV>Douglas Stambler</DIV>
<DIV>***************************************************<BR><BR><B><I>Thomas Hansen <tomh@uidaho.edu></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>>From: "Saundra Lund" <SSLUND@MOSCOW.COM><BR>>To: "'Tim Lohrmann'" <TIMLOHR@YAHOO.COM>,
<VISION2020@MOSCOW.COM><BR>>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Sandpoint Fair cancels Tight-fittin' Jeans <BR>>Contest<BR>>Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 14:22:18 -0700<BR>><BR>>Hmmm . . . interesting, Tim -- thanks for passing it along.<BR>><BR>>I find it interesting (or sad, disappointing, etc) that in Idaho, The<BR>>Powers That Be (TPTB) seem inordinately prone to caving into the<BR>>interests of outspoken *minorities* rather than supporting the<BR>>legitimate majority interests of the community.<BR>><BR>>Ah, well . . . in the case of Moscow, Tick Tock Goes the Election Clock:<BR>>81 days & counting until 11/4 :-)<BR>><BR>><BR>>Saundra Lund<BR>>Moscow, Idaho<BR>><BR>>The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to<BR>>do nothing.<BR>>Edmund Burke<BR>><BR>><BR>>-----Original Message-----<BR>>From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]<BR>>On Behalf Of Tim
Lohrmann<BR>>Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 1:48 PM<BR>>To: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>>Subject: [Vision2020] Sandpoint Fair cancels Tight-fittin' Jeans Contest<BR>><BR>><BR>>Visionaries,<BR>> Wranglers/topless car washes/Idaho...hmmmmm...<BR>> TL<BR>><BR>><BR>>Fair Organizers Pull Tight Jeans Contest<BR>>Complaints Lead to Cancellation<BR>><BR>>By KEITH KINNAIRD<BR>>News editor<BR>><BR>> SANDPOINT -- Complaints are causing organizers to<BR>>fold a tight-fitting jeans contest during the Bonner<BR>>County Fair.<BR>> The contest was set for 6 p.m. on Saturday on the<BR>>north lawn of the fairgrounds. It would have been the<BR>>first time the fair offered the event.<BR>> "Some ladies in the community think that it's<BR>>inappropriate," said fair Manager Rhonda Livingston,<BR>>who declined to identify the source of the complaints.<BR>> Livingston said the contest's critics worried it<BR>>was exploitat!
ive and
they did not like the idea of tax<BR>>dollars supporting such an event. However, the contest<BR>>was sponsored by jeans giant Wrangler, so it was not<BR>>funded by taxpayers.<BR>> "We aren't trying to exploit anything. This was a<BR>>sponsored event," said Livingston.<BR>> Wrangler, an international clothier, is a Bonner<BR>>County Fair supporter. The company donated 50 stick<BR>>horses for the children's rodeo.<BR>> Some fair participants and others who work around<BR>>horses and livestock customarily wear snug clothes as<BR>>a matter of function rather than fashion.<BR>>Close-fitting clothes are less apt to snag on the<BR>>animals.<BR>> Opponents of the tight-fitting jeans contest took<BR>>their complaints to county commissioners, who deferred<BR>>to the Bonner County Fair Board. Fair boards in Idaho<BR>>are uniquely autonomous compared to other county<BR>>boards.<BR>> The board originally approved the contest,
but<BR>>decided to cancel it and avoid infusing fair<BR>>atmosphere with controversy or negativity, said<BR>>Livingston, who is also the board's secretary.<BR>> "I don't want people coming to the fair with<BR>>negative attitudes. I don't want people to be unhappy<BR>>-- the fair is supposed to be fun," Livingston said<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>_____________________________________________________<BR>> List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<BR>> http://www.fsr.net<BR>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>>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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