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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Donovan,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>In order of your request:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Free; $24 for a fishing license ($145
non-resident); same as you pay (I was shocked (well okay not really given the
greed and corruption in the industry) to see retail gas in <st1:City w:st="on">Fairbanks</st1:City>
and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place> is
the same) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>On fish: the limit on chum salmon in the
Yukon River is 5000, the limit for personal use dip netting at Chitna on the
Copper River is 45 (2 kings), and the limit for Kings taken from the Chena and
Nenana Rivers (both flow through Fairbanks/ North Pole) is 2 kings/day - 5 in
the freezer with a limit on chum and sockeye at 5/day - 15 in the freezer.
Halibut is 2 fish/trip 10 in the freezer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Donovan Arnold
[mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, March 15, 2006
4:31 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Chris Storhok; 'Tom Hansen';
'Sunil Ramalingam'; vision2020@moscow.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Vision2020] Council
Far From Anti-Growth</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Chris,<br>
<br>
How much is ice, fish, and oil? <br>
<br>
_DJA<br>
<br>
<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Chris Storhok
<cstorhok@co.fairbanks.ak.us></span></i></b> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Tom,<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oranges</st1:place></st1:City> -
anywhere from $0.99/lb to $1.50; apples - $0.89 to $1.60; tomatoes<br>
(so damn high I won't buy them); bananas around $0.80; grapefruit (and this<br>
one will get you) average $2.90 each; <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Alaska</st1:place></st1:State>
potatoes are at $1.50/lb - no<br>
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State>
potatoes here); cabbage - $1/head; Cheese - $7.99 for a Tillamook baby<br>
loaf; chicken - $2.99/lb; hamburger - $3.50/lb; and the most important item<br>
Oreos $4.90/box.<br>
Chris <br>
<br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
From: vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<br>
On Behalf Of Tom Hansen<br>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 3:23 PM<br>
To: 'Sunil Ramalingam'; vision2020@moscow.com<br>
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Council Far From Anti-Growth<br>
<br>
Sunil -<br>
<br>
Beer is a staple.<br>
<br>
Chris: How about the cost of frivolous items like oranges, tomatoes,<br>
apples. You know? Fruits and veggies.<br>
<br>
Tom Hansen <br>
<st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State><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>
From: vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<br>
On Behalf Of Sunil Ramalingam<br>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 4:18 PM<br>
To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Council Far From Anti-Growth<br>
<br>
Chris,<br>
<br>
How much is beer up there? If I remember, it's about $2 more a six pack <br>
than in the Lower 48.<br>
<br>
Sunil<br>
<br>
<br>
>From: Chris Storhok <br>
<cstorhok @co.fairbanks.ak.us="">>To: "'keely emerinemix'" <kjajmix1 @msn.com="">,
deco@moscow.com, <br>
>vision2020@moscow.com<br>
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Council Far From Anti-Growth<br>
>Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:37:38 -0900<br>
><br>
>I find this discussion interesting as it cuts to the heart of my <br>
>profession.<br>
>Keeping the dollar in circulation within a community is one of the toughest<br>
>yet most critical aspects of economic development.<br>
>For example, when my family and I lived in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Latah</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
we purchased almost<br>
>all of our food items from <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>
with the exception of runs to Potlatch <br>
>for<br>
>items that we ran out of and needed immediately (baking soda, sugar,<br>
>charcoal, etc.) The Potlatch grocery store was just too expensive to make<br>
>monthly supply runs too (besides both my wife and I worked in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> and<br>
>would just pick our supplies up there). We shopped at the nursery in<br>
>Potlatch and the drug store in Potlatch, almost everything else was<br>
>purchased in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>.<br>
> However, when J.C. Penny's closed in the Palouse Mall we had to make<br>
>runs to either <st1:City w:st="on">Spokane</st1:City> or <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Coeur d' Alene</st1:place></st1:City> for clothes for my wife and<br>
>daughters since none of them wore Size 1 in the latest fashions that were<br>
>cool for college kids and we sure the heck were not going to pay Bon (now<br>
>Macy's) prices for clothes that wore out anyway. We never really shopped<br>
>in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lewiston</st1:place></st1:City>
or Clarkston since it was just as easy to travel to Coeur d'<br>
>Alene or <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Spokane</st1:place></st1:City>.<br>
> <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>
shopping was enjoyable and easy; most stores were well<br>
>stocked with their specialty items, and prices were competitive. I loved<br>
>the customer service we received from almost every store in town, and I <br>
>have<br>
>only fond memories now of that type of service....I even loved working with<br>
><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> car
dealers and auto repair shops.<br>
><br>
> No one has heard of customer service in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Fairbanks</st1:place></st1:City>, shopping here is<br>
>just plain hell, everything is at least 30% higher than <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>, finding a<br>
>sales clerk is impossible and forget competent workers as they all are<br>
>working within the tourist industry and getting paid better than at <br>
>Safeway,<br>
>Wal-Mart, etc.) My wife and I shop at the Safeway in North Pole (paying<br>
>even more than <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Fairbanks</st1:place></st1:City>)
because customer service actually exists and <br>
>their<br>
>meats/seafood guy stocks the store with cuts and seafood of such high<br>
>quality that I am more than willing to pay the higher prices. I love our<br>
>Friday seafood shipments, we get both king ($5/lb) and dungeonous crab<br>
>($3.5/lb) that is fresh and never frozen - I have never tasted crab this<br>
>good. (Alright, there is one nice advantage about living up here...the<br>
>seafood)<br>
><br>
>Chris Storhok<br>
><br>
><br>
<br>
<br>
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