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<P><STRONG>I remember when the kids were little. . . they HATED it when I'd take them shopping in Lewiston. "But, Mom! Do we hafta go to LEWISTINK?"</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Ellen A. Roskovich</STRONG><BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>"J Ford" <privatejf32@hotmail.com></I><BR>To: <I>vision2020@moscow.com</I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: [Vision2020] (no subject)</I><BR>Date: <I>Sun, 24 Sep 2006 13:23:34 -0700</I><BR>>Got me on that one! And that one DOES pell paint!<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>J :]<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen@moscow.com><BR>>>To: "'Ellen Roskovich'" <gussie443@hotmail.com>, <BR>>><privatejf32@hotmail.com>, <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>>>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] (no subject)<BR>>>Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:25:02 -0700<BR>>><BR>>>Oh, I don't know.<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>How about a paper mill like the one in
Lewiston?<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>Tom Hansen<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of <BR>>>arriving<BR>>>safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid <BR>>>in<BR>>>sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body <BR>>>thoroughly used<BR>>>up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a ride!'"<BR>>><BR>>> _____<BR>>><BR>>>From: vision2020-bounces@moscow.com <BR>>>[mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<BR>>>On Behalf Of Ellen Roskovich<BR>>>Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 12:20 PM<BR>>>To: privatejf32@hotmail.com; vision2020@moscow.com<BR>>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] (no subject)<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>That is nasty. . . especially
if you're trying to grab a bite to <BR>>>eat. But<BR>>>cows are worse. The only thing that would be worse than 1500 cows, <BR>>>would be<BR>>>living next to a mushroom farm (gasp).<BR>>><BR>>>Ellen A. Roskovich<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> _____<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>From: "J Ford" <privatejf32@hotmail.com><BR>>>To: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] (no subject)<BR>>>Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:58:26 -0700<BR>>> >Cain't be any worse than the stench from the processing pond <BR>>>across<BR>>> >from the Mall, can it? I swear you can peel paint with that, uh <BR>>>-<BR>>> >em - crap!<BR>>> ><BR>>> ><BR>>> ><BR>>>
>J :]<BR>>> ><BR>>> ><BR>>> ><BR>>> ><BR>>> ><BR>>> >>From: "Ellen Roskovich" <gussie443@hotmail.com><BR>>> >>To: deco@moscow.com, vision2020@moscow.com<BR>>> >>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] (no subject)<BR>>> >>Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 10:56:23 -0700<BR>>> >><BR>>> >><BR>>> >><BR>>> >>And would you REALLY want to live downwind from 1500 cows?<BR>>> >><BR>>> >>Ellen A. Roskovich<BR>>> >><BR>>> >><BR>>> >><BR>>> >><BR>>> >><BR>>> >><BR>>> >>From: "Art Deco" <deco@moscow.com><BR>>> >>To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>>> >>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] (no
subject)<BR>>> >>Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 10:08:33 -0700<BR>>> >> >Dairies use a great deal of water.<BR>>> >> ><BR>>> >> >W.<BR>>> >> >----- Original Message -----<BR>>> >> >From: "J Ford" <privatejf32@hotmail.com><BR>>> >> >To: <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>>> >> >Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 5:22 PM<BR>>> >> >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] (no subject)<BR>>> >> ><BR>>> >> ><BR>>> >> > > Ok, but is there NO land anywhere in the area they could <BR>>>move<BR>>> >>to? I mean,<BR>>> >> > > as long as they are buying land anyway, why not here?<BR>>> >> > ><BR>>> >> > ><BR>>> >> > ><BR>>>
>> > > J :]<BR>>> >> > ><BR>>> >> > ><BR>>> >> > ><BR>>> >> > ><BR>>> >> > ><BR>>> >> > >>From: "Tom Hansen"<BR>>> >><thansen@moscow.com><BR>>> >> > >>To: "'J Ford'" <privatejf32@hotmail.com>, <BR>>><ttrail@moscow.com>,<BR>>> >> > >><vision2020@moscow.com><BR>>> >> > >>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] (no subject)<BR>>> >> > >>Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 16:28:41 -0700<BR>>> >> > >><BR>>> >> > >>My guess, J, is that the current facility (at the North <BR>>>Farm),<BR>>> >>which<BR>>> >> > >>maintains 200 milk cows, is too small to support 1,500 milk<BR>>>
>>cows, and that<BR>>> >> > >>there is insufficient space to expand the current facility.<BR>>> >> > >><BR>>> >> > >>Tom Hansen<BR>>> >> > >>Vandalville, Idaho<BR>>> >> > >><BR>>> >> > >>"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the <BR>>>intention<BR>>> >>of arriving<BR>>> >> > >>safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather <BR>>>to<BR>>> >>skid in<BR>>> >> > >>sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body<BR>>> >>thoroughly<BR>>> >> > >>used<BR>>> >> > >>up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a ride!'"<BR>>> >> > >><BR>>> >> >
>><BR>>> >> > >>-----Original Message-----<BR>>> >> > >>From: vision2020-bounces@moscow.com<BR>>> >>[mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<BR>>> >> > >>On Behalf Of J Ford<BR>>> >> > >>Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 4:15 PM<BR>>> >> > >>To: ttrail@moscow.com; vision2020@moscow.com<BR>>> >> > >>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] (no subject)<BR>>> >> > >><BR>>> >> > >>Why Magic Valley? Why not here, where they are already<BR>>> >>located? Why not<BR>>> >> > >>just update what is here?<BR>>> >> > >><BR>>> >> > >><BR>>> >> > >><BR>>> >> > >>J :]<BR>>> >>
> >><BR>>> >> > >><BR>>> >> > >><BR>>> >> > >><BR>>> >> > >><BR>>> >> > >> >From: Tom Trail <ttrail@moscow.com><BR>>> >> ><BR>>> >> >> >To: vision2020@mail-gw.fsr.net<BR>>> >> > >> >Subject: [Vision2020] (no subject)<BR>>> >> > >> >Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 15:10:32 -0700<BR>>> >> > >> ><BR>>> >> > >> >>Visionaires--this article may be of interest.<BR>>> >> > >> ><BR>>> >> > >> ><BR>>> >> > >> >Tom Trail<BR>>> >> > >> ><BR>>> >> > >> >><BR>>> >> > >> >>Ag News<BR>>> >> >
>> >><BR>>> >> > >> >>Dairy industry, others, pursue new MV research center<BR>>> >> > >> >><BR>>> >> > >> >>By Julie Pence, Ag Weekly correspondent<BR>>> >> > >> >><BR>>> >> > >> >> Mike Quesnell, president of the Idaho Dairy <BR>>>Association,<BR>>> >>confirmed<BR>>> >> > >>this<BR>>> >> > >> >>week that several entities, including his group, the<BR>>> >>University of<BR>>> >> > >> >>Idaho<BR>>> >> > >><BR>>> >> >>and the Idaho National Laboratory are pursuing a new <BR>>>livestock<BR>>> >>research<BR>>> >> > >> >>cener to be located somewhere
in Magic Valley.<BR>>> >> > >> >>By Julie Pence Ag Weekly correspondent<BR>>> >> > >> >><BR>>> >> > >> >><BR>>> >> > >> >>TWIN FALLS, Idaho n Magic Valley, known as the heart of<BR>>> >>Idaho dairy<BR>>> >> > >> >>country, could soon be the site for a state-of-the-art<BR>>> >>livestock<BR>>> >> > >>research<BR>>> >> > >> >>center.<BR>>> >> > >> >><BR>>> >> > >> >>Leaders in the dairy industry have confirmed that the<BR>>> >>University of<BR>>> >> > >>Idaho,<BR>>> >> > >><BR>>> >> > >> >>along with the Idaho Dairymen's Association, the Idaho<BR>>>
>>National<BR>>> >> > >>Laboratory<BR>>> >> > >><BR>>> >> > >> >>and other entities are pursuing a dairy facility to <BR>>>replace<BR>>> >>the<BR>>> >>classic<BR>>> >> > >> >>old-fashioned barn on the Moscow campus.<BR>>> >> > >> >><BR>>> >> > >> >>The new dairy center would accommodate about 1,500 milk<BR>>> >>cows and cost<BR>>> >> > >> >>about $30 million to develop over several years, said <BR>>>Rich<BR>>> >>Garber, who<BR>>> >> > >> >>represents the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences<BR>>> >>for the<BR>>> >> > >> >>University of Idaho. The facility in Moscow,
which<BR>>> >>accommodates only<BR>>> >> > >>about<BR>>> >> > >><BR>>> >> > >> >>200 cows, no longer serves the current livestock <BR>>>industry,<BR>>> >>said Mike<BR>>> >> > >> >>Quesnell, president of the dairy association.<BR>>> >> > >> >><BR>>> >> > >> >>These days, Idaho dairies have thousands of milk cows on<BR>>> >>each site, and<BR>>> >> > >> >>most dairies are located some 450 miles south of Moscow <BR>>>in<BR>>> >>a more<BR>>> >>arid<BR>>> >> > >> >>climate. This new paradigm in the livestock industry has<BR>>> >>presented new<BR>>> >> > >> >>challenges, and so
university and dairy officials began<BR>>> >>discussions a<BR>>> >> > >>few<BR>>> >> > >> >>years ago for a new research center, said Sen. Tom <BR>>>Gannon,<BR>>> >>R-Buhl, who<BR>>> >> > >>is<BR>>> >> > >> >>vice-chairman of the Idaho Senate Agricultural Affairs<BR>>> >>Committee.<BR>>> >> > >> >><BR>>> >> > >> >>"This will be the first research center of its kind,"<BR>>> >>Quesnell said.<BR>>> >> > >>"Its<BR>>> >> > >> >>mission is to study western style CAFOs."<BR>>> >> > >> >><BR>>> >> > >> >>The facility would employee about 30 workers and have <BR>>>six<BR>>> >>or
seven<BR>>> >> > >> >>scientists, he said.<BR>>> >> > >> >><BR>>> >> > >> >><BR>>> >> > >> >>Idaho's dairy industry, which<BR>>> >>is estimated to have generated $1.4<BR>>> >> > >>billion<BR>>> >> > >> >>last year, is fourth in the nation for the number of <BR>>>dairy<BR>>> >>cows, with<BR>>> >> > >> >>about 455,000 milkers. The Magic and Treasure valleys <BR>>>are<BR>>> >>hubs for the<BR>>> >> > >>new<BR>>> >> > >><BR>>> >> > >> >>style of dairies. Magic Valley has more than 315,000 <BR>>>dairy<BR>>> >>cows, and<BR>>> >> > >> >>the<BR>>>
>> > >> >>Treasure Valley has about 98,000.<BR>>> >> > >> >><BR>>> >> > >> >>California has by far the most dairy cows with 1.76 <BR>>>million<BR>>> >>dairy cows.<BR>>> >> > >> >>According to Garber, Idaho is poised for another major<BR>>> >>expansion n up<BR>>> >> > >> >>to<BR>>> >> > >> >>25 percent, and within the next few years will move into<BR>>> >>third place in<BR>>> >> > >> >>the nation.<BR>>> >> > >> >><BR>>> >> > >><BR>>> >> >>While cows numbers nationwide have declined by almost 1.1<BR>>> >>million head<BR>>> >> > >> >>n<BR>>> >> >
>> >>that's 11 percent - during the past 15 years, the number <BR>>>of<BR>>> >>cows in the<BR>>> >> > >> >>West has increased by 37 percent. Eastern U.S. cow <BR>>>numbers<BR>>> >>have been<BR>>> >> > >> >>declining, most likely as a result of specialized,<BR>>> >>high-producing dairy<BR>>> >> > >> >>farms replacing the smaller farms more traditional to <BR>>>the<BR>>> >>Eastern<BR>>> >> > >>dairying<BR>>> >> > >><BR>>> >> > >> >>region, while in 11 Western states numbers have<BR>>> >>progressively risen,<BR>>> >> > >> >>industry leaders say.<BR>>> >> > >> >><BR>>> >> > >>
>>Garber said having a center with a herd more than seven<BR>>> >>times larger<BR>>> >> > >>than<BR>>> >> > >> >>that currently at the University of Idaho will allow<BR>>> >>researchers<BR>>> >>to<BR>>> >> > >> >>establish "real world comparisons."<BR>>> >> > >> >><BR>>> >> > >> >>Quesnell explained: "We want to study the relationship <BR>>>and<BR>>> >>impact these<BR>>> >> > >> >>CAFOs have on irrigated cropland, and we also want to <BR>>>learn<BR>>> >>more about<BR>>> >> > >> >>their relationship to the soil, water and air, and most<BR>>> >>importantly,<BR>>> >> > >> >>the<BR>>>
>> > >> >>impact they have on the human populations around them.<BR>>> >> > >> >><BR>>> >> > >> >>"Obviously we are going to be studying the back end of a<BR>>> >>cow."<BR>>> >> > >> >><BR>>> >> > >> >>In addition, Quesnell said, the center will offer<BR>>> >>researchers<BR>>> >> > >> >>opportunities to study energy production. That explains <BR>>>why<BR>>> >>INL, which<BR>>> >> > >> >>specializes in energy projects, is interested in<BR>>> >>participating,<BR>>> >>he<BR>>> >> > >> >>said.<BR>>> >> > >> >><BR>>> >> > >> >>Those promoting the center are looking for
funding <BR>>>sources<BR>>> >>from the<BR>>> >> > >> >>university, the Idaho dairy industry and the state and<BR>>> >>federal<BR>>> >> > >>governments<BR>>> >> > >><BR>>> >> > >> >>Proponents plan to approach lawmakers during the 2007<BR>>> >>legislative<BR>>> >> > >>session<BR>>> >> > >> >>to discuss funding, Garber said.<BR>>> >> > >> >><BR>>> >> > >> >>At the same time, dairy leaders are discussing ideas <BR>>>with<BR>>> >>College of<BR>>> >> > >> >>Southern Idaho for more classes to train dairy workers. <BR>>>For<BR>>> >>example,<BR>>> >> > >>there<BR>>>
>> > >><BR>>> >> > >> >>is a need for more welding, electrical and<BR>>> >>facility-management<BR>>> >> > >> >>training,<BR>>> >> > >> >>Quesnell said.<BR>>> >> > >><BR>>> >> ><BR>>> >> > >> >--<BR>>> >> > >> >Dr. Tom Trail<BR>>> >> > >> >International Trails<BR>>> >> > >> >1375 Mt. View Rd.<BR>>> >> > >> >Moscow, Id. 83843<BR>>> >> > >> >Tel: (208) 882-6077<BR>>> >> > >> >Fax: (208) 882-0896<BR>>> >> > >> >e mail ttrail@moscow.com<BR>>> >> > >><BR>>> >> > >><BR>>> >> > >>
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