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<DIV><FONT size=4>Donovan writes:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=3>"In Boise mortgages are only like $700 for a
three or four bedroom house. Jobs in Moscow pay less than 30K a year, our
county population is shrinking and native Moscow residents are being replaced by
Californians and others not from here because of the cost of living and lack of
job opportunities."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>If you want to be taken seriously please tell us the <FONT
color=#0000ff><STRONG>sources</STRONG> </FONT>of the above
information and expand the details: What percentage of 3 - 4 BR homes
in Boise can be had on a regular mortgage for $700.00/month? What is the
average cost of a 3 - 4 BR house in the Boise Metro area? What is the
average mortgage amount? What is the average monthly payment? What
is the average income in Moscow when students are not counted in the data?
How many Moscow natives were displaced by Californians beyond those that would
have left anyway? How are these numbers different for similar sized cities
in the west which are islands in rural agricultural or forest resource
areas?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Since the issue of water quality and quantity is important to
many on this list, please give the <STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff>sources</FONT></STRONG> for your information or resign yourself to
be regarded once and for all times as the area's largest but not
cleverest fabulist.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Donovan writes:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>"I don't think that conservation is the solution to our
problem. I think water levels are not decreasing because of our consumption
rate, but rather because of a shift in global weather patterns. Even if Moscow
residents left town all today, the water would still run out. Just look at
all the other aquifers around the world that are also declining."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Let's see. The aquifers are declining since they are not
being replenished as quickly worldwide and not because water is being pumped
from them. Hmmm. So pumping water from aquifers has
little or no effect on their levels? Please give some <FONT
color=#0000ff><STRONG>scientific sources</STRONG></FONT> for this amazing
statement including sources for data that purport to show that precipitation is
declining globally. Is it your contention that if we were to stop pumping
groundwater, the levels would still be falling at the same rate?
Perhaps a solution to your great knowledge would be a simple Googling on "global
aquifers" and a few minutes reading.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Since the aquifers are falling for whatever cause or
causes, it seems to me that is all the more reason to conserve.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>After you Google on "global aquifers," try Googling to
discover the problems with using surface water for urban use and what the
project urban use is over the next few years.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Without commenting on your Naylor Farms remarks in depth, it
should be asked that if Naylor Farms cannot even retain an effective
attorney who can correctly fill out a CUP application form or a competent,
believable geologist, is it reasonable to expect that they could even
begin to competently design, finance, and construct a large privately financed
public works project?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>There is no doubt that the cost to taxpayers for water and
many other natural resources will increase sharply over the next few
years. This reasons for this rise includes the rise in
population, dwindling resources, and a sharp rise in the long
term ecological debt we have now and continue to accumulate at an accelerating
pace.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>This community has lots of citizens that do not understand the
local or global water resource issue, do not want to understand it, have all
kinds of absurd, ill-defined plans to solve it, and do not want to pay for its
solution in any way -- financially or change in habits.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Old, and coming from a childhood in communities where most of
the citizens then faced major problems and worked together, more or
less, to try to solve them, I find the cultural shift to wide scale me-ism
a sign that worst times are to come.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I am glad that my life expectancy is short so that I won't
have to see the near term ecological catastrophes and the sufferings wrought by
them, and won't have to listen to the lame excuses of those that by their
abysmal ignorance, uninformed opinionating, and selfish me-centered inaction
helped bring them about.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><BR>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)<BR><A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></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=joekc@adelphia.net href="mailto:joekc@adelphia.net">Joe
Campbell</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 10, 2006 8:21 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Is Moscow Ready for Reservoir?</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Joe,<BR><BR>I can tell you this. Although I think it is always a
good idea to have a plan B and even a plan C and possibly a plan D, I am not
willing as a taxpayer to pay for a reservoir. I think it is just another big
expensive government project that people cannot afford. I mean good grief, it
costs $1000 to rent a 3 bedroom apartment in Moscow, people cannot afford it
anymore. In Boise mortgages are only like $700 for a three or four bedroom
house. Jobs in Moscow pay less than 30K a year, our county population is
shrinking and native Moscow residents are being replaced by Californians and
others not from here because of the cost of living and lack of job
opportunities. <BR><BR>If you want a reservoir, you have to pay for it through
private means, not taxes, which means you have to get a private company like
Naylor Farms to do it. If they can engineer a mining operation, they can
engineer digging a hole and filling it with water. <BR><BR>I don't think that
conservation is the solution to our problem. I think water levels are not
decreasing because of our consumption rate, but rather because of a shift in
global weather patterns. Even if Moscow residents left town all today, the water
would still run out. Just look at all the other aquifers around the world
that are also declining. <BR><BR>Second, I don't want to leave behind this
aquifer water for people. I think it is nasty, smelly, bad tasting water. We
have fresh water springs less than 50 miles from here, don't you think people of
the future, 200-300 years from now would rather be drinking that than the stale
water that corrodes our pipes and smells like sulfur if your water tank isn't
over 130 degrees? I know I would. <BR><BR>If we took two years to build one mile
of pipe, we would get to a fresh healthy water supply in less than 100 years, a
good 200 years before our supply ran out.<BR><BR>I think speculation and
research is a good thing, and so is coming up with a plan B for our water
situation. However, asking for money for a water reservoir with the limited
knowledge we have is going to get a big NO from Moscow property owners which
make up most the vote. <BR><BR>Thinking realistically, you aren't going to get a
reservoir anytime in the near future with tax dollars. Naylor Farms is more most
likely our best shot. <BR><BR>I suppose lots of people, and MCA are
going to spend lots of time pushing this idea, some will use scare tactics, but
it in the end, it isn't going to happen.
<BR><BR>Best,<BR><BR>_DJA<BR><BR><BR><B><I>Joe Campbell
<joekc@adelphia.net></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">Dear
Donovan,<BR><BR>Let me preface this by saying that I know very little about
water; I know more since last night -- thanks to our wonderful panel! -- but
that is still very little compared to other folks. Here are some brief
thoughts, though.<BR><BR>1/ The kind of area needed for a reservoir is one
thing; the kind of area needed for a mine is another. Why think that they
would coincide? Others can speak to this issue with more authority, but I
remain skeptical that a mine can be easily transformed into a
reservoir.<BR><BR>2/ What I especially liked about last night's meeting is
that we discussed an issue that was not "in our face." Yet it is an issue that
needs to be dealt with soon. The fact is that we use more water than is being
replaced. As long as the water supply is not endless, it will eventually end.
What to do?<BR><BR>A reservoir is one possible solution. Water conservation is
another one. But CAN we conserve enough water to solve the problem? Shouldn't
we also look at other solutions? We're just beginning this dialogue, I think.
(We're just beginning it as a COMMUNITY. It was clear last night that there
are quite a few folks who have been thinking about these issues for a
while.)<BR><BR>3/ One thing that came across last night is that we are in a
rather unique situation, water-wise. It is possible that there is a large --
though limited -- body of water that is currently available to Moscow. We need
to think about how we are going to use it and -- until we can provide a way of
increasing that amount -- we should plan to use it wisely.<BR><BR>Naylor farms
has plans to use a great deal of our current supply. Forgetting about the
other costs of their enterprise, it is questionable whether -- short of some
long term solution to our current water problem -- we should invest our water
capital to meet their ends.<BR><BR>4/ I wish Naylor farms would hold a public
forum similar to the one held last night. Which is just to say, I wish that
Naylor farms would give me the feeling that they gave a rat's -ss about how I
and others think about these issues.<BR><BR>I challenge Naylor farms to
approach this problem in a way that illustrates their concern for the overall
community. It is our water and the supply is limited. If Naylor farms wants to
use some of that supply, then they need to tell us how we might benefit from
their use. So far I have not seen the benefit. Nor have I seen any recognition
on their part that there is a genuine problem here. Currently, there is just a
limited supply of water. We might debate on the amount but that the supply is
limited is not an issue for debate.<BR><BR>Until we can figure out a way to
increase our current supply of water -- through a reservoir, conservation, or
some other means -- it seems irresponsible to allow Naylor farms access to it
for their own personal needs.<BR><BR>Note that these comments are reflective
of my own thoughts, and not those of any other organization with which I might
be affiliated (the members of which likely know more about these issues than I
do).<BR><BR>Best, Joe<BR><BR>---- Donovan Arnold <DONOVANJARNOLD2005
@yahoo.com="">wrote: <BR><BR>=============<BR>Joe and Bruce,<BR><BR>I would
love to attend your meeting, however, I cannot. You guys really need to check
with me before you schedule these meetings to make sure I am free, cause you
know, I work and go to school and right now I am also sick. ; )<BR><BR>But my
advice is that you work with Naylor Farms to meet both your goals. Maybe the
money raised from mining can be used to pay for the reservoir. Working with
people you have disagreements with rather than shutting them down all the time
might work better to meet some of your long term goals. <BR><BR>Is there any
reason why the water used by Naylor Farms cannot be used to fill the
reservoir? Is there any reason why the hole they dig cannot be the reservoir?
Is there any reason why the taxes and fines they pay the county to mine cannot
be used to pay for the project? I think a reservoir on top of a hill just a
mile or town out of town is a perfect place to have one. <BR><BR>Those are the
questions I would ask if I could attend this meeting.
<BR><BR>Best,<BR><BR>_DJA<BR><BR><BR>Joe Campbell <JOEKC
@adelphia.net="">wrote:Come to the meeting, Donovan! Note that the title of
the meeting is a question, not a statement. We're going to discuss the plusses
and minuses and try to help folks reach an informed decision on the
matter.<BR><BR>--<BR>Joe Campbell<BR><BR>---- Donovan Arnold wrote:
<BR><BR>=============<BR>Won't digging a reservoir cause health problems with
dust being less then 1.5 miles away from Moscow? And won't it use a lot of
water?<BR><BR>Why don't we just have Naylor Farms dig us a hole, take the clay
and dirt away, and use the water to fill the reservoir?<BR><BR>Curious minds
want to know. <BR><BR>Best,<BR><BR>_DJA<BR><BR>Bruce and Jean Livingston
wrote: Reminder: MCA meeting on whether Moscow should consider building a
water reservoir.<BR><BR>MCA General Public Meeting on Monday Oct. 9 at 1912
Building @ 7p.m.<BR>Water Solutions – Is Moscow Ready for a
Reservoir?<BR>Panelists: <BR>Jerry Fairley, Professor of Hydrogeology, U of
Idaho<BR>Dianne French, founder of Palouse Water Conservation Network<BR>Gary
Riedner, Moscow City Supervisor<BR>Steve Robischon, Exec. Mgr. of Palouse
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Donovan writes:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=3>"In Boise mortgages are only like $700 for a
three or four bedroom house. Jobs in Moscow pay less than 30K a year, our
county population is shrinking and native Moscow residents are being replaced by
Californians and others not from here because of the cost of living and lack of
job opportunities."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>If you want to be taken seriously please tell us the <FONT
color=#0000ff><STRONG>sources</STRONG> </FONT>of the above
information and expand the details: What percentage of 3 - 4 BR homes
in Boise can be had on a regular mortgage for $700.00/month? What is the
average cost of a 3 - 4 BR house in the Boise Metro area? What is the
average mortgage amount? What is the average monthly payment? What
is the average income in Moscow when students are not counted in the data?
How many Moscow natives were displaced by Californians beyond those that would
have left anyway? How are these numbers different for similar sized cities
in the west which are islands in rural ag or forest resource areas?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Since the issue of water quality and quantity is important to
many on this list, please give the <STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff>sources</FONT></STRONG> for your information or resign yourself to
be regarded once and for all times as the area's largest but not
cleverest fabulist.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Donovan writes:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>"I don't think that conservation is the solution to our
problem. I think water levels are not decreasing because of our consumption
rate, but rather because of a shift in global weather patterns. Even if Moscow
residents left town all today, the water would still run out. Just look at
all the other aquifers around the world that are also declining."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Let's see. The aquifers are declining since they are not
being replenished as quickly worldwide and not because water is being pumped
from them. Hmmm. So pumping water from aquifers has
little or no effect on their levels? Please give some <FONT
color=#0000ff><STRONG>scientific sources</STRONG></FONT> for this amazing
statement including sources for data that purport to show that precipitation is
declining globally. Is it your contention that if we were to stop pumping
groundwater, the levels would still be falling at the same rate?
Perhaps a solution to your great knowledge would be a simple Googling on "global
aquifers" and a few minutes reading.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Since the aquifers are falling for whatever cause or
causes, it seems to me that is all the more reason to conserve.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>After you Google on "global aquifers," try Googling to
discover the problems with using surface water for urban use and what the
project urban use is over the next few years.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Without commenting on your Naylor Farms remarks in depth, it
should be asked that if Naylor Farms cannot even retain an effective
attorney who could correctly fill out a CUP application form or a competent,
believable geologist, is it reasonable to expect that they could even
begin to competently design, finance, and construct a large privately financed
public works project?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>There is no doubt that the cost to taxpayers for water and
many other natural resources will increase sharply over the next few
years. This reasons for this rise includes the rise in
population, dwindling resources, and a sharp rise in the long
term ecological debt we have now and continue to accumulate at an accelerating
pace.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>The community has lots of citizens that do not understand the
local or global water resource issue, do not want to understand it, have all
kinds of absurd, ill-defined plans to solve it, and do not want to pay for its
solution.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Old, and coming from a childhood in communities where most of
the citizens then faced major problems and worked together, more or
less, try to solve them, I find the cultural shift to wide scale me-ism a
sign that worst times are to come.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I am glad that my life expectancy is short so that I won't
have to see the near term ecological catastrophes and the sufferings wrought by
them, and won't have to listen to the lame excuses of those that by their
abysmal ignorance, uninformed opinionating, and selfish inaction helped bring
them about.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><BR>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)<BR><A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></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=joekc@adelphia.net href="mailto:joekc@adelphia.net">Joe
Campbell</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 10, 2006 8:21 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Is Moscow Ready for Reservoir?</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Joe,<BR><BR>I can tell you this. Although I think it is always a
good idea to have a plan B and even a plan C and possibly a plan D, I am not
willing as a taxpayer to pay for a reservoir. I think it is just another big
expensive government project that people cannot afford. I mean good grief, it
costs $1000 to rent a 3 bedroom apartment in Moscow, people cannot afford it
anymore. In Boise mortgages are only like $700 for a three or four bedroom
house. Jobs in Moscow pay less than 30K a year, our county population is
shrinking and native Moscow residents are being replaced by Californians and
others not from here because of the cost of living and lack of job
opportunities. <BR><BR>If you want a reservoir, you have to pay for it through
private means, not taxes, which means you have to get a private company like
Naylor Farms to do it. If they can engineer a mining operation, they can
engineer digging a hole and filling it with water. <BR><BR>I don't think that
conservation is the solution to our problem. I think water levels are not
decreasing because of our consumption rate, but rather because of a shift in
global weather patterns. Even if Moscow residents left town all today, the water
would still run out. Just look at all the other aquifers around the world
that are also declining. <BR><BR>Second, I don't want to leave behind this
aquifer water for people. I think it is nasty, smelly, bad tasting water. We
have fresh water springs less than 50 miles from here, don't you think people of
the future, 200-300 years from now would rather be drinking that than the stale
water that corrodes our pipes and smells like sulfur if your water tank isn't
over 130 degrees? I know I would. <BR><BR>If we took two years to build one mile
of pipe, we would get to a fresh healthy water supply in less than 100 years, a
good 200 years before our supply ran out.<BR><BR>I think speculation and
research is a good thing, and so is coming up with a plan B for our water
situation. However, asking for money for a water reservoir with the limited
knowledge we have is going to get a big NO from Moscow property owners which
make up most the vote. <BR><BR>Thinking realistically, you aren't going to get a
reservoir anytime in the near future with tax dollars. Naylor Farms is more most
likely our best shot. <BR><BR>I suppose lots of people, and MCA are
going to spend lots of time pushing this idea, some will use scare tactics, but
it in the end, it isn't going to happen.
<BR><BR>Best,<BR><BR>_DJA<BR><BR><BR><B><I>Joe Campbell
<joekc@adelphia.net></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">Dear
Donovan,<BR><BR>Let me preface this by saying that I know very little about
water; I know more since last night -- thanks to our wonderful panel! -- but
that is still very little compared to other folks. Here are some brief
thoughts, though.<BR><BR>1/ The kind of area needed for a reservoir is one
thing; the kind of area needed for a mine is another. Why think that they
would coincide? Others can speak to this issue with more authority, but I
remain skeptical that a mine can be easily transformed into a
reservoir.<BR><BR>2/ What I especially liked about last night's meeting is
that we discussed an issue that was not "in our face." Yet it is an issue that
needs to be dealt with soon. The fact is that we use more water than is being
replaced. As long as the water supply is not endless, it will eventually end.
What to do?<BR><BR>A reservoir is one possible solution. Water conservation is
another one. But CAN we conserve enough water to solve the problem? Shouldn't
we also look at other solutions? We're just beginning this dialogue, I think.
(We're just beginning it as a COMMUNITY. It was clear last night that there
are quite a few folks who have been thinking about these issues for a
while.)<BR><BR>3/ One thing that came across last night is that we are in a
rather unique situation, water-wise. It is possible that there is a large --
though limited -- body of water that is currently available to Moscow. We need
to think about how we are going to use it and -- until we can provide a way of
increasing that amount -- we should plan to use it wisely.<BR><BR>Naylor farms
has plans to use a great deal of our current supply. Forgetting about the
other costs of their enterprise, it is questionable whether -- short of some
long term solution to our current water problem -- we should invest our water
capital to meet their ends.<BR><BR>4/ I wish Naylor farms would hold a public
forum similar to the one held last night. Which is just to say, I wish that
Naylor farms would give me the feeling that they gave a rat's -ss about how I
and others think about these issues.<BR><BR>I challenge Naylor farms to
approach this problem in a way that illustrates their concern for the overall
community. It is our water and the supply is limited. If Naylor farms wants to
use some of that supply, then they need to tell us how we might benefit from
their use. So far I have not seen the benefit. Nor have I seen any recognition
on their part that there is a genuine problem here. Currently, there is just a
limited supply of water. We might debate on the amount but that the supply is
limited is not an issue for debate.<BR><BR>Until we can figure out a way to
increase our current supply of water -- through a reservoir, conservation, or
some other means -- it seems irresponsible to allow Naylor farms access to it
for their own personal needs.<BR><BR>Note that these comments are reflective
of my own thoughts, and not those of any other organization with which I might
be affiliated (the members of which likely know more about these issues than I
do).<BR><BR>Best, Joe<BR><BR>---- Donovan Arnold <DONOVANJARNOLD2005
@yahoo.com="">wrote: <BR><BR>=============<BR>Joe and Bruce,<BR><BR>I would
love to attend your meeting, however, I cannot. You guys really need to check
with me before you schedule these meetings to make sure I am free, cause you
know, I work and go to school and right now I am also sick. ; )<BR><BR>But my
advice is that you work with Naylor Farms to meet both your goals. Maybe the
money raised from mining can be used to pay for the reservoir. Working with
people you have disagreements with rather than shutting them down all the time
might work better to meet some of your long term goals. <BR><BR>Is there any
reason why the water used by Naylor Farms cannot be used to fill the
reservoir? Is there any reason why the hole they dig cannot be the reservoir?
Is there any reason why the taxes and fines they pay the county to mine cannot
be used to pay for the project? I think a reservoir on top of a hill just a
mile or town out of town is a perfect place to have one. <BR><BR>Those are the
questions I would ask if I could attend this meeting.
<BR><BR>Best,<BR><BR>_DJA<BR><BR><BR>Joe Campbell <JOEKC
@adelphia.net="">wrote:Come to the meeting, Donovan! Note that the title of
the meeting is a question, not a statement. We're going to discuss the plusses
and minuses and try to help folks reach an informed decision on the
matter.<BR><BR>--<BR>Joe Campbell<BR><BR>---- Donovan Arnold wrote:
<BR><BR>=============<BR>Won't digging a reservoir cause health problems with
dust being less then 1.5 miles away from Moscow? And won't it use a lot of
water?<BR><BR>Why don't we just have Naylor Farms dig us a hole, take the clay
and dirt away, and use the water to fill the reservoir?<BR><BR>Curious minds
want to know. <BR><BR>Best,<BR><BR>_DJA<BR><BR>Bruce and Jean Livingston
wrote: Reminder: MCA meeting on whether Moscow should consider building a
water reservoir.<BR><BR>MCA General Public Meeting on Monday Oct. 9 at 1912
Building @ 7p.m.<BR>Water Solutions – Is Moscow Ready for a
Reservoir?<BR>Panelists: <BR>Jerry Fairley, Professor of Hydrogeology, U of
Idaho<BR>Dianne French, founder of Palouse Water Conservation Network<BR>Gary
Riedner, Moscow City Supervisor<BR>Steve Robischon, Exec. Mgr. of Palouse
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