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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>g –<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>“Poets” and/or “Authors”
has always been one of my failings.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>But then, the name of the author (or his
national origin) was not so much the purpose of my posting the poem as much as
it was the message it carried, was it?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>However, may I suggest something
non-fictional to add to your library: “Heart of a Soldier” by
James B. Stewart.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:navy'>Seeya round town, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>.<br>
<br>
Tom Hansen<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place><br>
<br>
"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college
students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."<br>
<br>
- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)</span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> g. crabtree
[mailto:jampot@adelphia.net] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, July 14, 2007
10:45 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Tom Hansen;
heirdoug@netscape.net; vision2020@moscow.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> privatejf32@hotmail.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] And The
Beat Goes On!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Not to put too fine a point on things but, Kipling was born
in <st1:City w:st="on">Bombay</st1:City> and was a citizen of the <st1:place
w:st="on">British Empire</st1:place>. Not one of "our great authors."
That said I do agree that much of his work was outstanding. If a young man has not
been given at a minimum <em><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>The
Jungle Book</span></font></i></em> and <em><i><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>Kim</span></font></i></em> to read by the time he's
twelve his education and recreation is not being properly overseen.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>----- Original Message ----- </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>From: "Tom Hansen" <</span></font><a
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>thansen@moscow.com</span></font></a><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>To: <</span></font><a href="mailto:heirdoug@netscape.net"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>heirdoug@netscape.net</span></font></a><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>>; <</span></font><a
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>vision2020@moscow.com</span></font></a><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Cc: <</span></font><a
href="mailto:privatejf32@hotmail.com"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>privatejf32@hotmail.com</span></font></a><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 6:38 AM</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] And The Beat Goes On!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>> "No-Clue" Farris (who never served a day in
uniform), in his immature<br>
> attempt at sarcasm, stated:<br>
> <br>
> "Speaking of 18 year olds and their boxing experience. I hope Kenyon
is <br>
> doing well from his exposure to the manly art of pugilism!"<br>
> <br>
> J's son Kenyon is currently in training at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Fort Benning</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Georgia</st1:country-region></st1:place>
(the Army's<br>
> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Infantry</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Training</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>).
Kenyon's sense of duty, honor, and commitment<br>
> forced him to volunteer, pretty much knowing where his first duty
assignment<br>
> is going to place him. Kenyon, though half Farris' age, has
exhibited and<br>
> continues to demonstrate ten times the maturity, responsibility, and<br>
> accountability associated with Farris.<br>
> <br>
> In my humble opinion Kenyon exemplifies what Farris so desperately lacks
and<br>
> what was illustrated by definition in a poem by one of our great authors:<br>
> <br>
> "If all men count with you, but none too much;<br>
> If you can fill the unforgiving minute<br>
> With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,<br>
> Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,<br>
> And - which is more - you'll be a man, my son!"<br>
> <br>
> May Kenyon return whole and wiser.<br>
> <br>
> Seeya round town, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>.<br>
> <br>
> Tom Hansen<br>
> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place><br>
> <br>
> "Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the
tranquil<br>
> and steady dedication of a lifetime." <br>
> <br>
> --Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
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