[Vision2020] Noon whistle

[deb]

When we arrived in Moscow in 1986, the noon siren was going. I think I heard 
it as late as 1995. Not sure that's accurate, but it was kind of an icon and 
would be good to have back  on the  or 4 days per week we are in town around 
noon (we live WAY outside town, so I'm thinking the anti-dog-howl folks 
might not be as pleased)....I always enjoyed that "mini-break" with everyone 
in town pausing for the whistle....
Small towns are fabulous!
Debi R-S

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Coombs" <mushroom at moscow.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Noon whistle


>
>
> Carl Westberg wrote:
> With my powers of
>> observation, the noon whistle hasn't blown in Moscow since 1973, but I
>> just now got around to realizing it.
>>
>
> The whistle was a feature, one I liked, quite a bit
> later than 1973. Back before we had hot and cold
> running wolves all over the state, before we had a
> governor who would just about die to kill a wolf, I
> volunteered to help the feds figure out whether there
> already were wolves in central Idaho.
>
> We did this by going out at midnight and howling and
> listening for response and then driving a mile and
> repeating. The first night there were a bunch of us and
> it was jolly. The second night everyone but me had
> discovered better things to do.
>
> I can report that howling makes things even lonelier on
> the Magruder Corridor.
>
> What has this to do with the Moscow noon whistle?
> Before my starring role down south of Elk City I found
> I could practice a little while every day at noon. My
> howls just blended in with those of the neighborhood dogs.
>
> Don Coombs
>
> Down on the Magruder I got one possible response. Not
> quite a probable.
>
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