[Vision2020] Nate Halvorson's Good Work - Thanks, Nate

[g. crabtree]

I would like to take a moment to reply to the Woolf/Huskey bad mouthing tag team. While I was not at my place of business on the fateful day Nate Halvorson and partner came in to see if we would be willing to sign their  petition, I have it on good authority that they stated their case plainly, comported themselves quite well and left an overall favorable impression. Over the last few years, in the course of my job, I have had the pleasure of meeting quite a few NSA students, Mr. Halvorson included and have always found them well spoken and extremely easy to get along with and while I'm not sure what constitutes "a blessing to our community" I do know that these students are not the blight you make them out to be, quite the opposite.

As to the petition being a "P. R. disaster" I suspect that the people with the irrational dislike for the NSA folks had their feelings confirmed. The rest of the community saw it for what it was, an unofficial, unscientific, measure of support from downtown businesses who do not find having a few additional customers roaming the streets a burden and don't develop a case of the vapors every time the subject comes up.

G. Crabtree
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  From: DonaldH675 at aol.com 
  To: terrencemorin at earthlink.net ; vision2020 at moscow.com ; cschlect at nsa.edu 
  Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 5:12 PM
  Subject: [Vision2020] Nate Halvorson's Good Work - Thanks, Nate


  Terry, Visionaries, and Chris:

  The petition is old news, Chris.  Although it was a P.R. disaster for NSA, the petition proved (unintentionally, I'm sure) helpful in other areas of interest.  "Truly the Lord moves in mysterious ways, His wonders to perform."  (If Dr. Schuler were still the music faculty at NSA he could introduce you to the hymns of William Cowper - but alas, and to the genuine loss of the college and the community, he left NSA.  (Didn't his departure have something to do with the price one pays for disagreeing with Executive-Board-Member-for-Life-And Probably-Even-After-Death, Doug Wilson?  It is small wonder that NSA employees and students trip over themselves to prove their loyalty.  Good heavens, the cost of academic and personal integrity - if it conflicts with Doug Wilson's vision - is mighty high at NSA.  

  I attended the city meeting that Chris mentioned in his email.  Mr. Williams was among several folks who complained about the tactics employed by the "blessing to our community," Nate Halvorson and other NSA students.  Whatever Nate's character or maturity level I'm not surprised (but saddened and disappointed) that Chris happily aligns himself with Nate.  Mr. Halvorson is quite a chip off the old Kirk block.  I suppose we can consider him an elder in training - he certainly seems to have the modus operandi down pat.

  Rose Huskey

  "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." Mahatma Gandhi


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