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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=4>Ben Writes:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana>'More generally, I believe that the vast majority of
people who support this project do so primarily, if not exclusively, because it
would provide much-needed playfields for Moscow's youth. If we have a mantra, it
is "Build it to meet the needs of Moscow's kids," not "Build it so they will
come."'</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=4>There is more to it than just
kids. Ball fields and other wholesome recreational facilities
provide constructive, fun opportunities for parents to do things for
and with their kids, something sorely needed in these times. Of course,
lights, noise, etc. must be mitigated as much a possible by careful design as
Bruce Livingston indicated. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=4>Show me a neighborhood where the sounds of
children playing are not heard; I will call it a graveyard for freedom and
joy. It pains me to see the kind of selfishness that has been manifested
by a few people over this still to be finalized plan when these same people
could be working on improving the plan and offering suggestions for
mitigation.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR><FONT face=Verdana size=4>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)<BR></FONT><A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com"><FONT face=Verdana
size=4>deco@moscow.com</FONT></A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=4>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=4>From: "Ben Twigg" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:bentwigg@turbonet.com"><FONT face=Verdana
size=4>bentwigg@turbonet.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Verdana
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=4>To: <</FONT><A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><FONT face=Verdana
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=4>Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 1:19
PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=4>Subject: [Vision2020] Foot In Mouth
Disease</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana><BR><FONT size=4></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Verdana
size=4>> Mr. Reynolds, <BR>> <BR>> In my previous post I indicated that
I would be happy to respond to your<BR>> Kevin Costner analogy, if you
explained it further. I will address this,<BR>> then excuse myself from this
particular thread, since it has not been as<BR>> constructive as I had hoped.
<BR>> <BR>> As I suggested yesterday, I believe there would actually be
far less than 22<BR>> tournaments at the facility every year, and I would
support restricting the<BR>> number of tournaments at the facility.<BR>>
<BR>> The prospect of hosting more tournaments in Moscow is near the bottom
of my<BR>> list of reasons to support this project. Given my role in the
youth soccer<BR>> community, one might expect hosting additional tournaments
to be a goal of<BR>> mine. It isn't, primarily for the following reasons:
<BR>> <BR>> 1. I believe the physical demands of playing multiple soccer
games in one<BR>> day increase the risk of injury and are detrimental to
player development. <BR>> 2. I believe the market for outdoor youth soccer
tournaments in our area is<BR>> saturated.<BR>> <BR>> This is not to
say that I am completely, generally "anti-tournament," but I<BR>> currently
do not have any interest in hosting additional soccer tournaments<BR>> in
Moscow. <BR>> <BR>> More generally, I believe that the vast majority of
people who support this<BR>> project do so primarily, if not exclusively,
because it would provide<BR>> much-needed playfields for Moscow's youth. If
we have a mantra, it is "Build<BR>> it to meet the needs of Moscow's kids,"
not "Build it so they will come." <BR>> <BR>> Thank you for the
opportunity to discuss these issues. <BR>> <BR>> Ben Twigg<BR>>
<BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: Reynolds, James
[mailto:jreynold@vetmed.wsu.edu] <BR>> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005
7:33 AM<BR>> To: Ben Twigg<BR>> Cc: </FONT><A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><FONT face=Verdana
size=4>vision2020@moscow.com</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Verdana size=4>>
Subject: RE: Foot In Mouth Disease<BR>> <BR>> Mr. Twigg,<BR>> <BR>>
<BR>> <BR>> If you think going to workshops to plan how to blow taxpayers
money is<BR>> hard work then I would suggest you don't have much of a real
job. Many<BR>> of us would love the luxury of having such time to fritter
away,<BR>> especially when it involves spending other's money.<BR>>
<BR>> If your group really only wants more fields then why wasn't there
more<BR>> support for the new high-school and new grade-school which
would have<BR>> had ball fields associated? Putting it with the school
district also<BR>> supplies professional supervisors for the kids instead of
relying on the<BR>> unknown potential crackpot for a coach. <BR>> <BR>>
The location of the proposed complex is wrong, wrong, wrong for the<BR>>
advertised complex. How can any group of viable adults plan 300 cars to<BR>>
be congregating (and coming and going between games) in a spot that has<BR>>
a single access? Were any of you at the workshops awake? The distance<BR>>
away from the children is another obvious blunder in the site selection.<BR>>
How many children will have reasonable access to that site for their own<BR>>
recreational uses? Can you picture sending a child of say 11-12 years<BR>>
old to go play in the new complex?<BR>> <BR>> If you want to personalize
my comments fine but don't think for a minute<BR>> that I am ashamed of
anything I say.<BR>> <BR>> The Costner analogy has to do with the
predictions by the Director of<BR>> Recreation that the tournaments (22/year
he claimed) would be a great<BR>> boon to the local economy. Costner built
the field at great cost to his<BR>> farm and the only ones who showed up were
ghosts. That is exactly where<BR>> this will lead. No way is there such a
gathering of ballplayers in the<BR>> region who are dying to come here and
play ball. Pipe dream and silly.<BR>> <BR>> You are correct that I am one
of these co-authors of the letter. I stand<BR>> by that letter as well as a
similar letter I have written to the Council<BR>> and Mayor. The alternative
plan as proposed by the Calverts and designed<BR>> by Rowen is a good
compromise. I do not however trust the current local<BR>> government. Their
word does not hold. The 1912 building, the Alturas tax<BR>> giveaway, and the
incubator stand as monuments to their trustworthiness.<BR>> "No tax moneys
will be used for these projects".<BR>> <BR>> It is of great importance to
me that this complex is scaled down to the<BR>> size of the alternative plan
(giving two new ball fields for children).<BR>> If we do this right the 2.9
million dollars could put ball fields in a<BR>> few locations in town making
them much more useful to the kids than<BR>> jamming it all in one distant
location. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> James
Reynolds<BR>> 1424 Borah ave<BR>> Moscow ID<BR>> <BR>> -- <BR>>
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