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<DIV><FONT size=4>Donovan asks:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT color=#0000ff size=3>"Where can I get a
cat?"</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><BR> </DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Answer: <A
href="http://www.cat.com/cda/layout?m=39542&x=7">http://www.cat.com/cda/layout?m=39542&x=7</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>W.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan Arnold</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=carlwestberg846@hotmail.com
href="mailto:carlwestberg846@hotmail.com">Carl Westberg</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 07, 2006 12:22 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Hydroplanes and Cats (Was
Playfields)</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Carl is a genius! Of course, we can race cats on hydroplanes down
Paradise Creek. Brilliant! Where can I get a cat?<BR><BR>_DJA<BR><BR><B><I>Carl
Westberg <<A
href="mailto:carlwestberg846@hotmail.com">carlwestberg846@hotmail.com</A>></I></B>
wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">"an
Angelina Jolie week for Carl"....why just a week? How about a month?
<BR>February, it's a short month. Vis-a-vis recreational opportunities for
<BR>Moscow, has anyone contemplated hydroplane races on Paradise Creek? A
<BR>little noisy, and there'd be some darn tight turns, but think of the
<BR>possibilities. Or not. If that isn't a good idea, it's because I'm
<BR>suffering from sleep deprivation, due to my new, 1 year old cat that likes
<BR>to run the Indy 500 around my apartment at 2 in the morning.
<BR><BR><BR><BR>Carl Westberg Jr.<BR><BR><BR>>From: Chasuk <CHASUK
@gmail.com=""><BR>>To: "James Reynolds" <CHAPANDMAIZE
@hotmail.com=""><BR>>CC: vision2020@moscow.com,
shawnc@outtrack.com<BR>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Playfield<BR>>Date:
Fri, 7 Apr 2006 10:16:41 -0700<BR>><BR>>Not that I want to be a
curmudgeon, or be seen to be agreeing with<BR>>Donovan, but I do believe
that this playfield monomania has gotten way<BR>>out of it. First, because
lack of playfields isn't going to lead to<BR>>the collapse of Western
civilization. I know, some kids like 'em, and<BR>>some adults, and it does
prevent those people from getting chubbier.<BR>>However, I managed to make
it all the way through 45 years of life<BR>>without having the inclination
to stroll through a playfield even<BR>>once. Okay, a well-meaning Uncle did
take me to see the Cardinals<BR>>versus the Orioles at the Angel Stadium
when I was about 12, and it<BR>>was one of the best naps that I ever
had.<BR>><BR>>My kids, both healthy and athletic who love the gym, have
never<BR>>deliberately set foot on a playfield (unless they were visiting
the<BR>>swings and slides), nor has my wife, or the majority of my friends
or<BR>>family. And I come from a HUGE family, with loads of relatives.
I'm<BR>>the eldest of nine kids. My wife is the eldest of seven. I've seen
a<BR>>lot of fat people exiting and entering these
allegedly<BR>>health-inspiring playfields, clutching peanuts and hotdogs
and sodapop<BR>>in their fat-fingered hands.<BR>><BR>>Personally, if
the local government is going to spend money, I'd like<BR>>to see it spent
on stuff that I like. Such as what, you ask? How<BR>>about the
pedestrianization of the downtown, with a public trolley and<BR>>parking
garage, an expanded museum, an expanded library, free Wi-Fi<BR>>for the
entire town, a truly adequate covered swimming pool, a free<BR>>gymnasium
where I don't have to worry about the cold or the rain,<BR>>sponsorship of
a mega-games festival where participants compete at<BR>>everything from
Counter-Strike to Quake to Unreal Tournament to Chess<BR>>to Bridge to
Backgammon, free classes teaching the elderly how to<BR>>check their e-mail
and update their virus checker on their free Wi-Fi,<BR>>sponsorship of a
film festival to rival Sundance, encouragement of<BR>>musical forms brought
to Moscow that aren't jazz, a soup kitchen, an<BR>>Angelina Jolie week for
Carl, re-zoning and compensated relocation of<BR>>downtown businesses so
that retailers and banks/estate agents/etc. are<BR>>in geographically
separate areas, sponsorship of a week-long ethnic<BR>>food festival so that
I can finally get my fill of<BR>>Thai/Vietnamese/Indian/etc food without
having to travel to Seattle or<BR>>Spokane, dieticians and trainers in the
aforementioned gym, a really<BR>>good 4th of July bash that people come
from Spokane and Lewiston to<BR>>see, subsidized dental clinics so that I
could afford to go to the<BR>>dentist for the first time in ten years, free
lawn mowing and<BR>>snow-shovelling for our elderly residents, roads that
are plowed<BR>>within a reasonable amount of time, a subsidized STD/family
planning<BR>>clinic, etc., etc., etc.<BR>><BR>>Ask a random selection
of people whether the public coffers should<BR>>support playfields or their
own hobbies or interests, and I think a<BR>>lot of people will vote with
me.<BR>><BR>>_____________________________________________________<BR>>
List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>> serving the
communities of the Palouse since 1994.<BR>> http://www.fsr.net<BR>>
mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>>ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ<BR><BR><BR>_____________________________________________________<BR>List
services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of
the Palouse since 1994. <BR>http://www.fsr.net
<BR>mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ<BR></CHAPANDMAIZE></CHASUK></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Donovan asks:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT color=#0000ff size=3>"Where can I get a
cat?"</FONT><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Answer: <A
href="http://www.cat.com/cda/layout?m=39542&x=7">http://www.cat.com/cda/layout?m=39542&x=7</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>W.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan Arnold</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=carlwestberg846@hotmail.com
href="mailto:carlwestberg846@hotmail.com">Carl Westberg</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 07, 2006 12:22 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Hydroplanes and Cats (Was
Playfields)</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Carl is a genius! Of course, we can race cats on hydroplanes down
Paradise Creek. Brilliant! Where can I get a cat?<BR><BR>_DJA<BR><BR><B><I>Carl
Westberg <<A
href="mailto:carlwestberg846@hotmail.com">carlwestberg846@hotmail.com</A>></I></B>
wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">"an
Angelina Jolie week for Carl"....why just a week? How about a month?
<BR>February, it's a short month. Vis-a-vis recreational opportunities for
<BR>Moscow, has anyone contemplated hydroplane races on Paradise Creek? A
<BR>little noisy, and there'd be some darn tight turns, but think of the
<BR>possibilities. Or not. If that isn't a good idea, it's because I'm
<BR>suffering from sleep deprivation, due to my new, 1 year old cat that likes
<BR>to run the Indy 500 around my apartment at 2 in the morning.
<BR><BR><BR><BR>Carl Westberg Jr.<BR><BR><BR>>From: Chasuk <CHASUK
@gmail.com=""><BR>>To: "James Reynolds" <CHAPANDMAIZE
@hotmail.com=""><BR>>CC: vision2020@moscow.com,
shawnc@outtrack.com<BR>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Playfield<BR>>Date:
Fri, 7 Apr 2006 10:16:41 -0700<BR>><BR>>Not that I want to be a
curmudgeon, or be seen to be agreeing with<BR>>Donovan, but I do believe
that this playfield monomania has gotten way<BR>>out of it. First, because
lack of playfields isn't going to lead to<BR>>the collapse of Western
civilization. I know, some kids like 'em, and<BR>>some adults, and it does
prevent those people from getting chubbier.<BR>>However, I managed to make
it all the way through 45 years of life<BR>>without having the inclination
to stroll through a playfield even<BR>>once. Okay, a well-meaning Uncle did
take me to see the Cardinals<BR>>versus the Orioles at the Angel Stadium
when I was about 12, and it<BR>>was one of the best naps that I ever
had.<BR>><BR>>My kids, both healthy and athletic who love the gym, have
never<BR>>deliberately set foot on a playfield (unless they were visiting
the<BR>>swings and slides), nor has my wife, or the majority of my friends
or<BR>>family. And I come from a HUGE family, with loads of relatives.
I'm<BR>>the eldest of nine kids. My wife is the eldest of seven. I've seen
a<BR>>lot of fat people exiting and entering these
allegedly<BR>>health-inspiring playfields, clutching peanuts and hotdogs
and sodapop<BR>>in their fat-fingered hands.<BR>><BR>>Personally, if
the local government is going to spend money, I'd like<BR>>to see it spent
on stuff that I like. Such as what, you ask? How<BR>>about the
pedestrianization of the downtown, with a public trolley and<BR>>parking
garage, an expanded museum, an expanded library, free Wi-Fi<BR>>for the
entire town, a truly adequate covered swimming pool, a free<BR>>gymnasium
where I don't have to worry about the cold or the rain,<BR>>sponsorship of
a mega-games festival where participants compete at<BR>>everything from
Counter-Strike to Quake to Unreal Tournament to Chess<BR>>to Bridge to
Backgammon, free classes teaching the elderly how to<BR>>check their e-mail
and update their virus checker on their free Wi-Fi,<BR>>sponsorship of a
film festival to rival Sundance, encouragement of<BR>>musical forms brought
to Moscow that aren't jazz, a soup kitchen, an<BR>>Angelina Jolie week for
Carl, re-zoning and compensated relocation of<BR>>downtown businesses so
that retailers and banks/estate agents/etc. are<BR>>in geographically
separate areas, sponsorship of a week-long ethnic<BR>>food festival so that
I can finally get my fill of<BR>>Thai/Vietnamese/Indian/etc food without
having to travel to Seattle or<BR>>Spokane, dieticians and trainers in the
aforementioned gym, a really<BR>>good 4th of July bash that people come
from Spokane and Lewiston to<BR>>see, subsidized dental clinics so that I
could afford to go to the<BR>>dentist for the first time in ten years, free
lawn mowing and<BR>>snow-shovelling for our elderly residents, roads that
are plowed<BR>>within a reasonable amount of time, a subsidized STD/family
planning<BR>>clinic, etc., etc., etc.<BR>><BR>>Ask a random selection
of people whether the public coffers should<BR>>support playfields or their
own hobbies or interests, and I think a<BR>>lot of people will vote with
me.<BR>><BR>>_____________________________________________________<BR>>
List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>> serving the
communities of the Palouse since 1994.<BR>> http://www.fsr.net<BR>>
mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>>ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ<BR><BR><BR>_____________________________________________________<BR>List
services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of
the Palouse since 1994. <BR>http://www.fsr.net
<BR>mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ<BR></CHAPANDMAIZE></CHASUK></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Donovan asks:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT color=#0000ff size=3>"Where can I get a
cat?"</FONT><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Answer: <A
href="http://www.cat.com/cda/layout?m=39542&x=7">http://www.cat.com/cda/layout?m=39542&x=7</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>W.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan Arnold</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=carlwestberg846@hotmail.com
href="mailto:carlwestberg846@hotmail.com">Carl Westberg</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 07, 2006 12:22 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Hydroplanes and Cats (Was
Playfields)</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Carl is a genius! Of course, we can race cats on hydroplanes down
Paradise Creek. Brilliant! Where can I get a cat?<BR><BR>_DJA<BR><BR><B><I>Carl
Westberg <<A
href="mailto:carlwestberg846@hotmail.com">carlwestberg846@hotmail.com</A>></I></B>
wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">"an
Angelina Jolie week for Carl"....why just a week? How about a month?
<BR>February, it's a short month. Vis-a-vis recreational opportunities for
<BR>Moscow, has anyone contemplated hydroplane races on Paradise Creek? A
<BR>little noisy, and there'd be some darn tight turns, but think of the
<BR>possibilities. Or not. If that isn't a good idea, it's because I'm
<BR>suffering from sleep deprivation, due to my new, 1 year old cat that likes
<BR>to run the Indy 500 around my apartment at 2 in the morning.
<BR><BR><BR><BR>Carl Westberg Jr.<BR><BR><BR>>From: Chasuk <CHASUK
@gmail.com=""><BR>>To: "James Reynolds" <CHAPANDMAIZE
@hotmail.com=""><BR>>CC: vision2020@moscow.com,
shawnc@outtrack.com<BR>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Playfield<BR>>Date:
Fri, 7 Apr 2006 10:16:41 -0700<BR>><BR>>Not that I want to be a
curmudgeon, or be seen to be agreeing with<BR>>Donovan, but I do believe
that this playfield monomania has gotten way<BR>>out of it. First, because
lack of playfields isn't going to lead to<BR>>the collapse of Western
civilization. I know, some kids like 'em, and<BR>>some adults, and it does
prevent those people from getting chubbier.<BR>>However, I managed to make
it all the way through 45 years of life<BR>>without having the inclination
to stroll through a playfield even<BR>>once. Okay, a well-meaning Uncle did
take me to see the Cardinals<BR>>versus the Orioles at the Angel Stadium
when I was about 12, and it<BR>>was one of the best naps that I ever
had.<BR>><BR>>My kids, both healthy and athletic who love the gym, have
never<BR>>deliberately set foot on a playfield (unless they were visiting
the<BR>>swings and slides), nor has my wife, or the majority of my friends
or<BR>>family. And I come from a HUGE family, with loads of relatives.
I'm<BR>>the eldest of nine kids. My wife is the eldest of seven. I've seen
a<BR>>lot of fat people exiting and entering these
allegedly<BR>>health-inspiring playfields, clutching peanuts and hotdogs
and sodapop<BR>>in their fat-fingered hands.<BR>><BR>>Personally, if
the local government is going to spend money, I'd like<BR>>to see it spent
on stuff that I like. Such as what, you ask? How<BR>>about the
pedestrianization of the downtown, with a public trolley and<BR>>parking
garage, an expanded museum, an expanded library, free Wi-Fi<BR>>for the
entire town, a truly adequate covered swimming pool, a free<BR>>gymnasium
where I don't have to worry about the cold or the rain,<BR>>sponsorship of
a mega-games festival where participants compete at<BR>>everything from
Counter-Strike to Quake to Unreal Tournament to Chess<BR>>to Bridge to
Backgammon, free classes teaching the elderly how to<BR>>check their e-mail
and update their virus checker on their free Wi-Fi,<BR>>sponsorship of a
film festival to rival Sundance, encouragement of<BR>>musical forms brought
to Moscow that aren't jazz, a soup kitchen, an<BR>>Angelina Jolie week for
Carl, re-zoning and compensated relocation of<BR>>downtown businesses so
that retailers and banks/estate agents/etc. are<BR>>in geographically
separate areas, sponsorship of a week-long ethnic<BR>>food festival so that
I can finally get my fill of<BR>>Thai/Vietnamese/Indian/etc food without
having to travel to Seattle or<BR>>Spokane, dieticians and trainers in the
aforementioned gym, a really<BR>>good 4th of July bash that people come
from Spokane and Lewiston to<BR>>see, subsidized dental clinics so that I
could afford to go to the<BR>>dentist for the first time in ten years, free
lawn mowing and<BR>>snow-shovelling for our elderly residents, roads that
are plowed<BR>>within a reasonable amount of time, a subsidized STD/family
planning<BR>>clinic, etc., etc., etc.<BR>><BR>>Ask a random selection
of people whether the public coffers should<BR>>support playfields or their
own hobbies or interests, and I think a<BR>>lot of people will vote with
me.<BR>><BR>>_____________________________________________________<BR>>
List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>> serving the
communities of the Palouse since 1994.<BR>> http://www.fsr.net<BR>>
mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>>ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ<BR><BR><BR>_____________________________________________________<BR>List
services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of
the Palouse since 1994. <BR>http://www.fsr.net
<BR>mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ<BR></CHAPANDMAIZE></CHASUK></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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