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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Seems to me it wasn't quite as simple as Mues paints
it. And how sad it's gone. It was a great event. One that the U
of I should have been doing whatever it could to keep. It was a benefit
both to the community and the University--the kind of educational endeavor that
should be encouraged.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sue H. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=gussie443@hotmail.com href="mailto:gussie443@hotmail.com">Ellen
Roskovich</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lfalen@turbonet.com
href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen</A> ; <A title=bjswan@moscow.com
href="mailto:bjswan@moscow.com">bjswan@moscow.com</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">'v2020'</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:18
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Life on Wheels,
Dead at the U-I</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><STRONG>Losing this yearly event is a terrible blow to the
business community. I always looked forward to seeing those RV's
roll down Sixth Street every July. Business picked up immediately and
they were a fun group to chat with. Really great crowd. I hope
Moscow can get them back.</STRONG><BR><STRONG></STRONG> <BR><STRONG>Ellen
A. Roskovich</STRONG><BR><BR><BR>> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:58:13
-0700<BR>> From: <A
href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A><BR>> To: <A
href="mailto:bjswan@moscow.com">bjswan@moscow.com</A>; <A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>> Subject:
Re: [Vision2020] Life on Wheels, Dead at the U-I<BR>> <BR>> Right on, B.
J.<BR>> Roger<BR>> -----Original message-----<BR>> From: "B. J.
Swanson" bjswan@moscow.com<BR>> Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:02:54
-0800<BR>> To: "'v2020'" vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> Subject:
[Vision2020] Life on Wheels, Dead at the U-I<BR>> <BR>> > How much
more negative publicity can the U-I and Lloyd Mues generate before<BR>>
> the U-I administration gets a clue. And we wonder why student
enrollment<BR>> > and everything else at the U-I is spiraling downward.
The last sentence<BR>> > says it all. <BR>> > <BR>> >
<BR>> > <BR>> > B. J. Swanson<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>>
> <BR>> > <BR>> > RV Life on Wheels Conference takes its
business elsewhere<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > Annual conference
will take place at Lewis-Clark State College instead of UI<BR>> >
<BR>> > <BR>> > By Hadley Rush, Daily News staff writer<BR>>
> <BR>> > Saturday, March 8, 2008 - Page Updated at 12:00:00
AM<BR>> > <BR>> > An event that has annually brought an estimated
400 people and $500,000 to<BR>> > Moscow for the past 13 years will take
place in Lewiston this summer.<BR>> > <BR>> > The RV Life on
Wheels Conference is scheduled for July 6-11 on the<BR>> > Lewis-Clark
State College campus. The event previously took place at the<BR>> >
University of Idaho, but organizers opted to seek a new location because
of<BR>> > a contractual discrepancy with the UI, according to a LCSC
news release.<BR>> > <BR>> > Moscow Chamber of Commerce Executive
Director Darrell Keim said local<BR>> > businesses looked to the event
for an economic boost during a slow time of<BR>> > the year.<BR>>
> <BR>> > "That is unfortunate," Keim said. "I know it's been a big"
economic boost.<BR>> > <BR>> > Lloyd Mues, UI vice president for
finance and administration, said the<BR>> > conference simply didn't
renew its contract with UI.<BR>> > <BR>> > "We would love to keep
Life on Wheels in the Moscow-Pullman area, and at the<BR>> > same time
we do have to follow certain protocols when it comes to contract<BR>> >
arrangements," he said. "As public stewards we can't allow an operation
to<BR>> > occur on UI property without a contract. This year we just
didn't have a<BR>> > contract."<BR>> > <BR>> > Mues said
there was no fallout between UI and Life on Wheels.<BR>> > <BR>> >
"There was no debate, there was no arguing over anything, it just
boiled<BR>> > down to we have to get it on paper and it didn't happen,"
he said. "We look<BR>> > forward to the potential of having them back
again next year, but we'll<BR>> > see."<BR>> > <BR>> >
Gaylord Maxwell, founder and director of the Life on Wheels
conferences,<BR>> > stated in a news release sent to the Daily News on
Friday that the event was<BR>> > founded at the UI as a joint venture
between himself and the university's<BR>> > now-defunct community
enrichment program in 1996.<BR>> > <BR>> > In addition to the UI,
four other college campuses around the United States<BR>> > host the
event each year.<BR>> > <BR>> > This year, the conference in
Lewiston will offer more than 100 seminars to<BR>> > RV travelers from
across the nation, many of which will be presented by<BR>> > authors of
RV books and magazines.<BR>> > <BR>> > Courses include RV cooking
ideas, how to work from the road while traveling,<BR>> > prime RV travel
locations, how to park an RV and how to properly repair and<BR>> >
maintain one.<BR>> > <BR>> > Maxwell stated that he's disheartened
the conference won't be in Moscow this<BR>> > year.<BR>> >
<BR>> > "Moscow has been my 'hometown' for many years ... the attendees
at our<BR>> > conferences have enjoyed the friendly reception merchants
have given them<BR>> > and they've appreciated the barbecue the chamber
of commerce provided every<BR>> > year," he stated. "And I and the staff
of Life on Wheels have enjoyed and<BR>> > appreciated the wonderful
assistance we have received from many of the UI<BR>> > staff. It is with
regret that we must leave."<BR>> > <BR>> > Keim said local grocery
stores, restaurants, hotels and even hardware stores<BR>> > will suffer
a loss now that the conference will be in Lewiston. Any time an<BR>> >
event as significant as Life on Wheels stops coming to a town there's
bound<BR>> > to be decreased economic activity, he added.<BR>> >
<BR>> > "Especially tourists (who) come with money to spend," Keim said.
"I don't<BR>> > know about you, but when I go on a vacation I bring
money (planning to)<BR>> > spend it there."<BR>> > <BR>> >
Keim said he hopes the event's relocation won't have a detrimental effect
on<BR>> > local businesses, although he said that's a likely
outcome.<BR>> > <BR>> > "It could have a fairly substantial
impact."<BR>> > <BR>> > LCSC President Dene Thomas said the campus
and Lewiston community are<BR>> > looking forward to the
conference.<BR>> > <BR>> > "I am very excited about the RV Life on
Wheels coming to Lewis-Clark State<BR>> > College," Thomas said. "We
will be able to highlight our wonderful college<BR>> > with its
beautiful campus."<BR>> > <BR>> > Thomas said Lewiston will
benefit greatly from the flood of vacationers who<BR>> > will be
traveling to the area.<BR>> > <BR>> > "The RV people will
substantially benefit the local economy with purchases<BR>> > of
everything from gas and food to souvenirs and memorabilia," she said.<BR>>
> <BR>> > Thomas said the confluence of the Snake and Clearwater
rivers make an ideal<BR>> > setting for travelers to "stop, rest, and
learn about the area."<BR>> > <BR>> > "I plan to greet each and
every one personally and welcome them to the<BR>> > valley," Thomas
said.<BR>> > <BR>> > --------------------------<BR>> >
<BR>> > Hadley Rush can be reached at (208) 882-5561, ext. 239, or by
e-mail at<BR>> > hrush@dnews.com.<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>>
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