[Vision2020] Family-Friendly Activities (was U of I Program Cuts)

[Joseph Campbell]

What do you want to do that you can't do here?

Give some examples.

Joe

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On Jan 15, 2009, at 3:10 PM, Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com 
 > wrote:

> Jennifer,
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> That is what my Grandmother use to say too!
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> My Grandfather use to say, "Simple minds are easily entertained."
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> So I think we can swing it either way.
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> Best Regards,
>
> Donovan
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> --- On Thu, 1/15/09, Jennifer Ingalls <jennifer at inlandradio.com>  
> wrote:
> From: Jennifer Ingalls <jennifer at inlandradio.com>
> Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Family-Friendly Activities (was U of I  
> Program Cuts)
> To: donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com, "'vision 2020'" <vision2020 at moscow.com 
> >
> Date: Thursday, January 15, 2009, 10:53 AM
>
> I’ll reiterate what my parents said when I complained: “Only  
> boring people can be bored.”
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>
>
> Jennifer L. Ingalls
>
> From: Donovan Arnold [mailto:donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 10:30 AM
> To: 'vision 2020'; Jennifer Ingalls
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Family-Friendly Activities (was U of I  
> Program Cuts)
>
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> Jennifer,
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> I liked doing all those things too as a child in Moscow . But lets  
> face it, there is only so some many times you can visit the  
> McConnell Mansion before it no longer entertaining to a child. And  
> camping doesn't count because you have to leave  Moscow to go do it.
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> If you are an outdoors type of person, there are lots of things to  
> do in North Idaho . But for many people that are not, it leaves  
> something to be desired.
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> One of the biggest complaints I heard from students was that there  
> was nothing to do in Moscow , and why so many people supported the  
> Student Recreation Building , which is more like a glorified and  
> over priced Idaho Athletic Club with a climbing wall then a  
> recreation center for different kinds of recreational activities.
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> I do not think I have found a mother at UI that thought Moscow 's  
> daycare was inexpensive. There is a huge waiting list too.
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> What few things there are to do in Moscow , also cost a lot of  
> money, which is hard to afford when you have no money, because there  
> are no jobs that pay above what you need to scrape by.
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> There is less to do in Moscow now then was when my Mother was child  
> in Moscow .
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> We have no bowling alley. We have no roller skating ring. We have no  
> IMax Theater. We have fewer quality restaurants. We have no high  
> tech gaming center. We have no science discovery park, we have no  
> big museums. No race cars. No theme parks, no big fancy hangouts, we  
> don't even really have a year round swimming pool,
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>
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> The best thing Moscow has for entertainment is the Library. Which is  
> a great library, but hardly the place that comes to mind when we  
> want to think about entertainment.
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> Yes, you can always THINK of something to do in Moscow , but that is  
> the problem, you really have to THINK, to find something to do. Its  
> Midnight in Moscow , besides the bars and the Jack N the Crack drive- 
> thru, what is open?
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> Best Regards,
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>
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> Donovan
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> --- On Wed, 1/14/09, Jennifer Ingalls <jennifer at inlandradio.com>  
> wrote:
>
> From: Jennifer Ingalls <jennifer at inlandradio.com>
> Subject: [Vision2020] Family-Friendly Activities (was U of I Program  
> Cuts)
> To: "'vision 2020'" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 1:27 PM
>
> I don’t necessarily want to get into the argument about diversity in 
>  Moscow or at UI, but I do take some issue with Donovan’s statement, 
>  “Not to mention the lack of affordable child care, or family fun ac 
> tivities.”
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>
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> I grew up in Moscow and though my family had more money than  
> families where a student is the primary financier of the household,  
> we were not at a loss for family-friendly free activities (unless we  
> were willfully bored). This is not to say that we can’t do better as 
>  a community at providing free and/or inexpensive activities, but I  
> think many of us forget those things that are available to us. For e 
> xample, I –regretfully—cannot remember the last time I went to  
> the McConnell Mansion or picked up a walking tour guide of the towns 
>  history and hoofed it through Fort Russell (two activities that occ 
> upied Spring and Summer days of my youth). The library (which I reme 
> mber as only being the old part of the building) was cool in the Sum 
> mer and warm in the Winter. Organizations like Campfire, Boy Scouts, 
>  Girl Scouts and local churches provided the three of us a lot of fu 
> n and educational activities (both our family’s church of choice and 
>  the churches or religious organizations of friends). My mom used to 
>  take us to Good Sam to distribute our wares after craft days at the 
>  house. We’d ride bikes out to Robinson Lake Park , “fish” in  
> Hordeman’s pond, or take advantage of all the demonstrations, concer 
> ts and educational lectures the University offered. There were a lot 
>  of things to do!
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>
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> I’ll grant that I was a nerdy kid (still am). I, too, would love to  
> see more activities available after school that would appeal to “at  
> risk” youth (I AM doing something about that with my involvement in  
> Latah County Youth Advocacy Council), but I don’t think can jump on  
> board with the whole “there’s nothing to do here” claim.
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> Jennifer L. Ingalls
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