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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Nick Gier<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 01, 2007 9:16
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Ellen Roskovich<BR><B>Cc:</B> vision2020@moscow.com;
dgiese@uidaho.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Mardi Gras
RIP<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Greetings:<BR><BR>I just want to add a little more
nostalgia from past Moscow Mardi Gras. <BR><BR>What made the parade a
big successful was David Giese's art students making masks and floats out of
milk carton material. It was fantastic and I realize that David must
have exhausted himself organizing those students every year.<BR><BR>Thanks,
David, for inspiring those students as well as the great work that you
continuing to do extend the human imagination.<BR><BR>Nick Gier<BR><BR>At
09:09 AM 3/1/2007, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><B>I just realized that there's
probably quite a few newer folks in town that are shocked that I would
describe Mardi Gras as a "family event". <BR></B> <BR><B>But Moscow's
Mardi Gras of 20 years ago was just that.<BR></B> <BR><B>My youngest,
in gradeschool at the time, was Grand Marshal of the parade in 1988 or
89. There was a look-alike contest to determine the Grand Marshal and
Anthony won as PeeWee Herman (that was before PeeWee disgraced himself :
( of course!) His sister entered as TV's "Punky Brewster".
In all I think there were 6 chosen to ride in a white limo in the
parade. Gambino's had an entry with some of the waitstaff dressed up
as "dancing fishbowls" and Punky Brewster got to ride her black and white
scooter and hand out candy. We had to hurry back to Gams from the
parade because we were slammed for lunch. . . everybody in town was busy
because the people lined Main Street several people deep on both sides of
the Judges Stand. I don't remember if that was the same year there was
a TV crew from New Orleans or not.<BR></B> <BR><B>PeeWee and Punky
(with Dad as chaperone) attended a non alcohol venue later that
evening. PeeWee was quite overcome with the number of young ladies who
asked him to dance and have their picture taken
together.<BR></B> <BR><B>Now, isn't that a better memory than long
lines of drunks going to a wet t-shirt contests and isn't that kind of
activity going to bring business to the downtown?</B> <BR> <BR><B>Ellen
Roskovich<BR></B> <BR><BR>
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application of it to human affairs."<BR>--Ralph Waldo Emerson<BR><BR>"Abstract
truth has no value unless it incarnates in human beings who represent it, by
proving their readiness to die for it."<BR> --Mohandas
Gandhi<BR><BR>"Modern physics has taught us that the nature of any system
cannot be discovered by dividing it into its component parts and studying each
part by itself. . . .We must keep our attention fixed on the whole and on the
interconnection between the parts. The same is true of our intellectual life.
It is impossible to make a clear cut between science, religion, and art. The
whole is never equal simply to the sum of its various parts." --Ma</FONT><FONT
size=1>x Planck<BR><BR></FONT>Nicholas F. Gier<BR>Professor Emeritus,
Department of Philosophy, University of Idaho<BR>1037 Colt Rd., Moscow, ID
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