[Vision2020] Family-Friendly/expressions
Sunil Ramalingam
sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
Thu Jan 15 19:32:26 PST 2009
You people want to use expressions? You like cliches?
I'll see you and raise you John Prine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZACwVOJXpn0
Sunil
> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:34:06 -0800
> From: keim153 at gmail.com
> To: donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Family-Friendly Activities (was U of I Program Cuts)
>
> Forrest Gumps mom says "Stupid is as stupid does." My father in-law
> says "You can't enlighten the unconscious." My mom says "Penny wise
> and pound foolish." What do you know, there seems to be an old
> fashioned sounding saying for every need.
>
> Now can we get back to your regularly scheduled whining about the many
> inadequacies you see in our little "paradise on the Palouse?"
>
> 2009/1/15 Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>:
> > Jennifer,
> >
> > That is what my Grandmother use to say too!
> >
> > My Grandfather use to say, "Simple minds are easily entertained."
> >
> > So I think we can swing it either way.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Donovan
> >
> >
> > --- 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."
> >
> >
> >
> > 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)
> >
> >
> >
> > Jennifer,
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > There is less to do in Moscow now then was when my Mother was child in
> > Moscow .
> >
> >
> >
> > 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,
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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?
> >
> >
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> >
> >
> > Donovan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- 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 activities."
> >
> >
> >
> > 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 example, 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
> > occupied Spring and Summer days of my youth). The library (which I remember
> > as only being the old part of the building) was cool in the Summer and warm
> > in the Winter. Organizations like Campfire, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and
> > local churches provided the three of us a lot of fun 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, concerts and educational lectures the University offered.
> > There were a lot of things to do!
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Jennifer L. Ingalls
> >
> >
> >
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