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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thank you, Ellen.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I found it particularly interesting that the huge
Confederate battle flag was displayed as the backdrop for the band at the Christ
Church/NSA party on the... (drum roll, please)... Fourth of July.
Guess they couldn't find an American flag or even the old colonial "Betsy Ross"
flag with 13 stars, so they went with the Confederate flag?!! It
wasn't a "leadership seminar" featuring Robert E. Lee, it was a party on our
nation's birthday. Good grief.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Bruce Livingston</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=gussie443@hotmail.com href="mailto:gussie443@hotmail.com">Ellen
Roskovich</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pkraut@moscow.com
href="mailto:pkraut@moscow.com">pkraut@moscow.com</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 22, 2005 9:46
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Flag Display
Was Disturbing</DIV>
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<P><STRONG>Did someone say it was illegal? </STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Some people find the confederate flag offensive and in
bad taste. It is viewed as a symbol that represents ideas that have
about as much place in Moscow as does a swastika.</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Ellen Roskovich</STRONG></P>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>"Pat Kraut" <<A
href="mailto:pkraut@moscow.com">pkraut@moscow.com</A>></I><BR>To: <I>"vision2020"
<<A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>></I><BR>Subject: <I>Re:
[Vision2020] Flag Display Was Disturbing</I><BR>Date: <I>Tue, 22
Nov 2005 20:36:36 -0800</I><BR>>I did not realize it was illegal to
display the confederate flag.<BR>><BR>><BR>>----- Original Message
-----<BR>>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen@moscow.com><BR>>To: "'Tom
Hansen'" <thansen@moscow.com>; "'Moscow Vision
2020'"<BR>><vision2020@moscow.com><BR>>Sent: Tuesday, November
22, 2005 4:00 PM<BR>>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Flag Display Was
Disturbing<BR>><BR>><BR>>And another thing, Visionaires
-<BR>><BR>>It should also be noted that the Confederate flag has not
only been on<BR>>display at such events as detailed by members of the
Irish music band<BR>>Potatohead, it has also been proudly displayed
during a lecture presented by<BR>>Paul Kimmel at a Moscow Chamber of
Commerce Board of Directors Annual<BR>>Retreat conducted on August 5,
2004.<BR>><BR>>http://www.tomandrodna.com/notonthepalouse/Kimmell/Index.htm<BR>><BR>>Take
care,<BR>><BR>>Tom Hansen<BR>><BR>> "Life should NOT
be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving<BR>>safely in an
attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in<BR>>sideways,
chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body thoroughly used<BR>>up,
totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a
ride!'"<BR>><BR>>-----Original Message-----<BR>><BR>>From:
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<BR>>On Behalf Of Tom
Hansen<BR>>Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 3:53 PM<BR>>To: Moscow
Vision 2020<BR>>Subject: [Vision2020] Flag Display Was
Disturbing<BR>><BR>> >From today's (November 22, 2005)
Moscow-Pullman Daily News with a special<BR>>thanks to Paul Smith
(Palouse), Lisa O'Leary (Moscow), and John
Watkinson<BR>>(Moscow).<BR>><BR>>--------------------------------------------------<BR>><BR>>Flag
display was disturbing<BR>><BR>>We are members of a local traditional
Irish music band, Potatohead. Though<BR>>it was never entirely clear
whether we were hired by Christ Church or New<BR>>Saint Andrews College,
we performed for dances held by some combination of<BR>>these
organizations for several years in the late 1990s.<BR>>Twice we were
hired to provide music for Fourth of July picnic/dances held<BR>>in
public parks, and these events included people from Christ Church,
New<BR>>Saint Andrews College, and Logos School.<BR>><BR>>In every
respect, these events were precisely the sort of "social
event"<BR>>discussed by the recent letters to the editor by Nick Gier
(Opinion, Oct.<BR>>20) and Superintendent Tom Garfield of Logos School
(Opinion, Nov. 9). In<BR>>light of this debate, we felt that we must make
public our experience at the<BR>>Fourth of July picnic held in 2000 at
Ghormley Park in Moscow.<BR>><BR>>When we arrived at the park, the
stage on which we were to play had a huge<BR>>Confederate battle flag as
its backdrop. We insisted that the Confederate<BR>>flag be removed and
received passionate arguments why this flag belonged in<BR>>this event,
from both adults and students. It was not until we gave them
the<BR>>ultimatum they could have either their Confederate flag or live
music, but<BR>>not both, that they agreed to remove the Confederate flag
from the stage.<BR>><BR>>We resolved never to play for these
organizations again, nor have they asked<BR>>us. Contrary to Garfield's
assertion in his letter that the Confederate flag<BR>>is not displayed in
any social occasions by these organizations, this is at<BR>>least one
occasion when this disturbing symbol was prominently displayed
and<BR>>defended.<BR>><BR>>Paul Smith, Palouse<BR>><BR>>Lisa
O'Leary, Moscow<BR>><BR>>John Watkinson, Moscow.<BR>><BR>>Two
other people also signed this
letter.<BR>><BR>>-------------------------------------------------------------<BR>><BR>>Thanks
again, Paul, Lisa, and John.<BR>><BR>>Footnote: The
Confederate flag is obsolete and so is the philosophy
it<BR>>represents. Let's take it down and leave it on Doug
Wilson's keyboard where<BR>>it belongs, ok?<BR>><BR>>Take care,
Moscow.<BR>><BR>>Tom Hansen<BR>>Moscow, Idaho<BR>><BR>>"If
not us, who?<BR>>If not now, when?"<BR>><BR>>-
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