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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy'>Hi-<br>
<br>
I'll give a few things about the unionization of the Moscow police that are
advantages for the community, but I would like to begin with my fundamental reason
for supporting the Moscow police in their request to form a labor organization
- <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>I believe that all workers should have the
right to organize</span></b>. <br>
<br>
The benefits include lower turnover of police members. Police department in our
area that are unionized have a turnover rate of about 1%, those without unions,
like ours, have turnover rates around 15%. The savings in officer training
alone will save the city $100,000.<br>
<br>
No manager ever thinks that a union will be able to achieve anything that
couldn’t be achieved by just talking with management. The truth is that
talk is cheap and that virtually every aspect of work that makes work worthwhile
for the employee has been obtained by a union – wages, vacations, working
hours, insurance, retirement plans, etc. Even workers who are not now working
in a union job have these benefits. I know this might be a stretch, but it may
be that another benefit of the police unionizing would be improved working
conditions for others in the community.<br>
<br>
What are the negatives? Unions sometimes strike. In <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State>, organized police departments are
prohibited from striking. So when a union request or demand is presented to a
city council, the council can say “No” and the police continue to
work. So why would they organize? I think there are two benefits for the police
officers – <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>One</span></b>, once they
create a “labor organization’ (the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State> legal name for an organization the
collectively bargains – it need not be a union, it could be a person
hired to speak for them regarding working conditions) they speak with a single
voice to the city. (I need to add another parenthetical remark here – too
many of them, sorry. The <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>
police officers have submitted several petitions requesting permission to organize,
the latest was submitted a few weeks ago and 100% of the police officers signed
their name to that request.) <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Two</span></b>, if
there is a dispute between the police and the city over a request/demand, the
matter is turned over to binding arbitration. In <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State> this is a judge who listens to both
sides of the story and makes a decision. I don’t think the city should
fear such a process. Employees cannot expect large increases in benefit
packages because cities are only allowed 3% increases in revenues without a
vote of the community, so demands larger than 3% are difficult for employees to
justify. <br>
<br>
A few last little points, some personal and some just about <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State>. The issues that I hear most often
discussed concerning the police and other city employees are the merit pay
evaluation and the health insurance benefit. <br>
<br>
Merit pay is a pay for performance system. Every faculty member has a performance
evaluation each year and it is used to determine their pay for the subsequent
year. These systems are full of dangers and I would guess that most faculty members
don’t like them. I was a department chair at UI for 15 years and I evaluated
faculty for all those years. I believe the system works, but only if the
administrator in charge is able create an evaluation that is realistic, fair,
and comprehensive. If an administrator decided to count tickets issued or DUIs
convicted or convictions for rolling stops, then the evaluation ceases to be fair
or comprehensive. I support merit pay and pay for performance. <br>
<br>
Who among us is really happy with the health insurance plan we are on? I
suspect only the healthy. Every health insurance plan in this country is
expensive for both the employee and the employer and is less comprehensive than
any sick person would like. I would love to see a solution to this problem for
the <st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City> police, for all <st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>
city employees, for every person in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>.
It is a complex and difficult problem. Any union can’t solve this
problem, but perhaps by pointing out the failures with the current system, we might
come to a better solution – one that provides more coverage to more
people at a reduced cost by including more healthy people in the plan. I don’t
know how to solve this problem. I suspect it will take a national solution.<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><br>
<br>
Lastly, </span></b><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State>
is a right to work state. This means that no one can be forced to join a union.
In practice this means that if the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>
police decide to create a labor organization that many members might not join
the organization to save the monthly dues (estimates are that about 25% to 33%
might not join). The major advantage of this is that sometimes unions have
rules that make simple tasks harder – for example, union rules might make
it more difficult to reassign workers to specific shifts. But since we live in
a right to work state, we can move the non-union people around as needed.<br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>My Summary</span></b> – organizing is a
fundamental right of workers and the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. It is
not about the smiles on council members faces, it is about the rights and well-being
of members of the community.<br>
<br>
John Dickinson<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> City Council<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] On
Behalf Of g. crabtree<br>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 6:58 PM<br>
To: Tom Hansen; Moscow Vision 2020<br>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Stout Not Wrong n Union Support / Police
UnionStandNot a Conflict</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>Ray writes a fine letter as far as it goes. The
question I have yet to see <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>answered satisfactorily is how is a unionized police
force is good for the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>city and by extension the citizens? It's easy to see
that it will be good <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>for the union. More dues. It will be good for
politicians who support it. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>More contributions. It might be good for the police.
More wages and <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>benifits, perhaps. But good for the people of <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> as a whole? That
hasn't <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>been established by any stretch of the imagination. In
fact its not too hard <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>to envision several negative outcomes that will be
brought about by union <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>recognition not the least of which will be greatly
increased costs.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>gc<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>From: "Tom Hansen"
<thansen@moscow.com><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>To: "Moscow Vision 2020"
<vision2020@moscow.com><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 3:32 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>Subject: [Vision2020] Stout Not Wrong n Union Support
/ Police <st1:place w:st="on">Union</st1:place> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>StandNot a Conflict<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> >From today's (May 22, 2006) Moscow-Pullman
Daily News with a special <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> >thanks<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> to Ray von Wandruszka and Margaret Davis -<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> Stout not wrong in union support<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> Recently there has been a spate of letters to the
editor from people who<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> take issue with Moscow City Councilman Bob
Stout's support of a police<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> union. A recurring theme in these letters reads
something like this: ". I<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> thought city councilors were elected to represent
all residents, not just <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> a<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> small group of employees . " Well, the
writers either did not pay <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> attention<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> in civics class, or found the material too
challenging. Allow me to <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> explain<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> the matter (for clarity, I'll write very slowly
from here on): If Stout <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> were<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> to support, say, a children's playground, then he
would not do this solely<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> as a representative of the 100-odd kids and their
parents who use the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> facility, but because it is a good thing for the
city of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>
- a <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> feature<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> that makes it a better place to live.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> The same is true for the union issue: Bob Stout
does not support a police<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> union because he represents police personnel to
the exclusion of clueless<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> letter writers, but because he believes that such
a union would benefit <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> police force and thereby the city. You may agree,
or disagree, but please,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> spare us cockamamie arguments about
representation. A city councilor is <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> not<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> your personal mouthpiece - even if you labor
under the illusion of <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> speaking<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> for the people. Councilman Stout has a degree in
political science, and <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> has<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> this representative democracy thing down pat.
Clearly, the same cannot be<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> said about his critics.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> Ray von Wandruszka, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> Police union stand not a conflict<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> In his letter published in the Monday, May 15
Daily News, Jim Anderson <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> says<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> that Bob Stout ought to recuse himself from
voting on the issue of the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> police union.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Anderson</st1:place></st1:City>
maintains that because Stout has made his opinion known in the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> past, that his expressed opinion represents a
conflict of interest.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> If this were the case, then every political
platform would represent a<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> conflict of interest when the issue came to a
vote.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> People voted for Stout because of his stands on
the various issues. The<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> police, as every working group, ought to have
collective bargaining <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> rights.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>'s
police are willing to do a very difficult, dangerous, and <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> sometimes<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> thankless job. They ought to be valued and
supported by the community they<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> protect.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> Margaret Davis, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> Simply stated, constituents vote for candidates
for the same reason that<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> they join political organizations, they strongly
believe in the positions<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> expressed by the candidates and/or political
organizations.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> The same holds true concerning Councilman Aaron
Ament. People knew, and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> understood, where Aaron Ament stood on virtually
all issues when they <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> voted<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> him onto the Moscow City Council.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> Councilpersons Ament and/or Stout should not be
recused simply because <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> they<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> are loyal to comments they expressed while
campaigning.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> Seeya round town, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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