<br><br>My granddaughter is enrolled in a program summer/after school program through the school district called Adventure Club.<a href="http://www.sd281.k12.id.us/adventure/">http://www.sd281.k12.id.us/adventure/</a> An adventure it truly is! Last summer the kindergarten through 7th grade students did everything from going to Zeppos bowling, fishing/picnic at Spring Valley, swimming at the city pool, Elk River Falls picnic and hike, the hatchery at Dworshak, and i must not forget Isabella's favorite place to visit... PCEI!!!! etc., etc. <br>
The following link is an example of August 2008 schedule. <a href="http://www.sd281.k12.id.us/adventure/calendar/monthly.pdf">http://www.sd281.k12.id.us/adventure/calendar/monthly.pdf</a><br><br>This fabulous program also offers tuition assistance, as well as winter & spring break coverage. <br>
<br>Allow me to share a few things from my memories as a teenager 40 years ago- Mountain View Road was a gravel road back then. Spring Valley was in the boonies, with an unpaved curving road. Robinson Lake Park was really a lake, and a very popular party spot with jr. high, and high school students, as the sheriff seldom went out on the rarely traveled gravel road. Four corners on Moscow Mountain and Pond Nine were also popular with some of the students.Thank goodness, the once remote party spots no longer exist. The university, school district and City of Moscow have done a remarkable job of providing activities for youth of all ages. All one needs to do, is call one of those organizations to find out what is offered. <br>
<br>Donovan, do you have children???<br><br>Janesta<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Donovan Arnold <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;" valign="top">
<div>Joe,</div>
<div> </div>
<div>I already listed a bunch of things. There are many more I suppose, but I would settle for just a few. Reading a book seems to be the most entertaining thing to do Moscow. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>Best Regards,</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Donovan<br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 1/15/09, Joseph Campbell <i><<a href="mailto:josephc@wsu.edu" target="_blank">josephc@wsu.edu</a>></i></b> wrote:<br></div>
<blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;">From: Joseph Campbell <<a href="mailto:josephc@wsu.edu" target="_blank">josephc@wsu.edu</a>><div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Family-Friendly Activities (was U of I Program Cuts)<br></div>To: "<a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com" target="_blank">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com" target="_blank">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a>><br>
Cc: "vision 2020" <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a>>, "Jennifer Ingalls" <<a href="mailto:jennifer@inlandradio.com" target="_blank">jennifer@inlandradio.com</a>><br>
Date: Thursday, January 15, 2009, 3:43 PM<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br>
<div>
<div>What do you want to do that you can't do here? </div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Give some examples. </div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Joe<br><br>Sent from my <span>iPhone</span></div>
<div><br>On Jan 15, 2009, at 3:10 PM, Donovan Arnold <<a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div>
<div></div>
<blockquote type="cite">
<div>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<div>Jennifer,</div>
<div> </div>
<div>That is what my Grandmother use to say too! </div>
<div> </div>
<div>My Grandfather use to say, "Simple minds are easily entertained."</div>
<div> </div>
<div>So I think we can swing it either way. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>Best Regards,</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Donovan</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 1/15/09, Jennifer Ingalls <i><<a href="mailto:jennifer@inlandradio.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jennifer@inlandradio.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br></div>
<blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;">From: Jennifer Ingalls <<a href="mailto:jennifer@inlandradio.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jennifer@inlandradio.com</a>><br>
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Family-Friendly Activities (was U of I Program Cuts)<br>To: <a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a>, "'vision 2020'" <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a>><br>
Date: Thursday, January 15, 2009, 10:53 AM<br><br>
<div>
<div>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">I'll reiterate what my parents said when I complained: "Only boring people can be bored."</span></font></p></div>
</div>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table></div></blockquote></div>
<p><font color="navy" face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: navy; font-family: Georgia;">Jennifer L. <span><span>Ingalls</span></span></span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color: navy;"></span></font>
</p><div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
<hr align="center" size="2" width="100%">
</span></font></div>
<p><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> Donovan Arnold [<a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a>] <br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 15, 2009 10:30 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 'vision 2020'; Jennifer Ingalls<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] Family-Friendly Activities (was U of I Program Cuts)</span></font>
</p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font>
</p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding: 0in;" valign="top">
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Jennifer,</span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I liked doing all those things too as a child in Moscow . But lets face it, there is only so some many times you can visit the McConnell Mansion before it no longer entertaining to a child. And camping doesn't count because you have to leave Moscow to go do it. </span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If you are an outdoors type of person, there are lots of things to do in North Idaho . But for many people that are not, it leaves something to be desired. </span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">One of the biggest complaints I heard from students was that there was nothing to do in Moscow , and why so many people supported the Student Recreation Building , which is more like a glorified and over priced Idaho Athletic Club with a climbing wall then a recreation center for different kinds of recreational activities. </span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I do not think I have found a mother at UI that thought Moscow 's daycare was inexpensive. There is a huge waiting list too. </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What few things there are to do in Moscow , also cost a lot of money, which is hard to afford when you have no money, because there are no jobs that pay above what you need to scrape by. </span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There is less to do in Moscow now then was when my Mother was child in Moscow . </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We have no bowling alley. We have no roller skating ring. We have no IMax Theater. We have fewer quality restaurants. We have no high tech gaming center. We have no science discovery park, we have no big museums. No race cars. No theme parks, no big fancy hangouts, we don't even really have a year round swimming pool, </span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The best thing Moscow has for entertainment is the Library. Which is a great library, but hardly the place that comes to mind when we want to think about entertainment. </span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Yes, you can always THINK of something to do in Moscow , but that is the problem, you really have to THINK, to find something to do. Its Midnight in Moscow , besides the bars and the Jack N the Crack drive-thru, what is open?</span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Best Regards,</span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Donovan</span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br><br>--- On <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wed, 1/14/09, Jennifer Ingalls <i><span style="font-style: italic;"><<a href="mailto:jennifer@inlandradio.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jennifer@inlandradio.com</a>></span></i></span></b> wrote:</span></font></p>
</div>
<blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color rgb(16, 16, 255); border-width: medium medium medium 1.5pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 4pt; margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 3.75pt;">
<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">From: Jennifer Ingalls <<a href="mailto:jennifer@inlandradio.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jennifer@inlandradio.com</a>><br>
Subject: [Vision2020] Family-Friendly Activities (was U of I Program Cuts)<br>To: "'vision 2020'" <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a>><br>
Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 1:27 PM</span></font>
</p><div>
<div>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">I don't necessarily want to get into the argument about diversity in Moscow or at UI, but I do take some issue with Donovan's statement, "N</span></font>ot to mention the lack of affordable child care, or family fun activities."</p>
</div></div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font>
</p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I grew up in Moscow and though my family had more money than families where a student is the primary financier of the household, we were not at a loss for family-friendly free activities (unless we were willfully bored). This is not to say that we can't do better as a community at providing free and/or inexpensive activities, but I think many of us forget those things that are available to us. For example, I –regretfully—cannot remember the last time I went to the McConnell Mansion or picked up a walking tour guide of the towns history and hoofed it through Fort Russell (two activities that occupied Spring and Summer days of my youth). The library (which I remember as only being the old part of the building) was cool in the Summer and warm in the Winter. Organizations like Campfire, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and local churches provided the three of us a lot of fun
and educational activities (both our family's church of choice and the churches or religious organizations of friends). My mom used to take us to Good Sam to distribute our wares after craft days at the house. We'd ride bikes out to Robinson Lake Park , "fish" in Hordeman's pond, or take advantage of all the demonstrations, concerts and educational lectures the University offered. There were a lot of things to do!</span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font>
</p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I'll grant that I was a nerdy kid (still am). I, too, would love to see more activities available after school that would appeal to "at risk" youth (I AM doing something about that with my involvement in Latah County Youth Advocacy Council), but I don't think can jump on board with the whole "there's nothing to do here" claim. </span></font>
</p><p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font>
</p><p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font>
</p><div>
<p><font color="navy" face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: navy; font-family: Georgia;">Jennifer L. Ingalls</span></font></p></div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">=======================================================</span></font></pre>
<pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> List services made available by First Step Internet, </span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. </span></font></pre>
<pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://www.fsr.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a> </span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a></span></font></pre>
<pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">=======================================================</span></font></pre></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p></div></div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>
<blockquote type="cite">
<div><span>=======================================================</span><br><span>List services made available by First Step Internet, </span><br><span>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. </span><br><span> <a href="http://www.fsr.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a> </span><br>
<span> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a></span><br><span>=======================================================</span></div>
</blockquote><br>
</div></div><br>=======================================================<br>
List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>
serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>
<a href="http://www.fsr.net" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a><br>
mailto:<a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>
=======================================================<br></blockquote></div><br>