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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Visionaries:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A candidate needs thick skin, so forgive me
if I betray a lack of it. Barrett Schroeder sent a letter to the
Daily News that contained fabrications. I will deal with two of
them:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>First - I did not miss the vote for the University
of Idaho appropriations when I missed four days in the waning days of the 2003
session. Further, I knew of issues on the agenda and they were well
covered.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Second - (I suppose professional attacks
are always troublesome) Barrett states that, when teaching math at Moscow
High School, I failed students who were absent a certain number of days "No
questions asked." I certainly had no such policy. Moscow High School
did have a policy at that time denying credit to students after something like
two weeks of unexcused absences. Even then, there was a hearing to give
the student and parents the opportunity to justify them.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shirley Ringo</FONT></DIV>
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