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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Church and school activities, activities at
Hamilton-Lowe and the rec building on D street, the skate board park, the tennis
courts, the horseback riding activities at the fairgrounds, picnic
opportunities at East City Park, city soccer programs</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>And don't forget, kids really need time to do things on
their own...read, listen to music, work a jigsaw puzzle, play a video
game.</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>
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<A title=kjajmix1@msn.com href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com">keely emerinemix</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=keim153@gmail.com
href="mailto:keim153@gmail.com">keim153@gmail.com</A> ; <A
title=jennifer@inlandradio.com
href="mailto:jennifer@inlandradio.com">jennifer@inlandradio.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> ; <A
title=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:52
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Family-Friendly
Activities (was U of IProgram Cuts)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Ren Faire and Rendezvous, sand-volleyball courts and a dog
park!<BR><BR>Keely<BR><A
href="http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/">http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/</A><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:19:07 -0800<BR>> From: <A
href="mailto:keim153@gmail.com">keim153@gmail.com</A><BR>> To: <A
href="mailto:jennifer@inlandradio.com">jennifer@inlandradio.com</A><BR>>
CC: <A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>; <A
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</A><BR>>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Family-Friendly Activities (was U of I Program
Cuts)<BR>> <BR>> Donovan:<BR>> <BR>> Have you ever lived anywhere
outside of Moscow? Especially in a<BR>> similarly sized community? I have,
several different places in fact,<BR>> and I'm willing to bet you have not.
For the size town it is, Moscow<BR>> has an impressive list of things for
families to do. And, despite<BR>> your incessant carping, a decent range of
salaries, too. The key is<BR>> that you have to compare apples to
apples.<BR>> <BR>> Instead of listing what you think the town doesn't
have, maybe you<BR>> should try being positive for a change. Perhaps the
listserv will<BR>> help you come up with a list of things to do in town.
I'll start:<BR>> Great restaurants<BR>> Nice parks<BR>> Several art
galleries<BR>> What can you add, V2020?<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
> From: Donovan Arnold [mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com]<BR>> >
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 10:30 AM<BR>> > To: 'vision 2020';
Jennifer Ingalls<BR>> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Family-Friendly
Activities (was U of I Program<BR>> > Cuts)<BR>> ><BR>>
><BR>> ><BR>> > Jennifer,<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>>
><BR>> > I liked doing all those things too as a child in Moscow. But
lets face it,<BR>> > there is only so some many times you can visit the
McConnell Mansion before<BR>> > it no longer entertaining to a child.
And camping doesn't count because you<BR>> > have to leave Moscow to go
do it.<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > If you are an
outdoors type of person, there are lots of things to do in<BR>> > North
Idaho. But for many people that are not, it leaves something to be<BR>>
> desired.<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > One of the
biggest complaints I heard from students was that there was<BR>> >
nothing to do in Moscow, and why so many people supported the Student<BR>>
> Recreation Building, which is more like a glorified and over priced
Idaho<BR>> > Athletic Club with a climbing wall then a recreation center
for different<BR>> > kinds of recreational activities.<BR>>
><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > I do not think I have found a
mother at UI that thought Moscow's daycare was<BR>> > inexpensive. There
is a huge waiting list too.<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>>
> What few things there are to do in Moscow, also cost a lot of money,
which<BR>> > is hard to afford when you have no money, because there are
no jobs that pay<BR>> > above what you need to scrape by.<BR>>
><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > There is less to do in Moscow now
then was when my Mother was child in<BR>> > Moscow.<BR>> ><BR>>
><BR>> ><BR>> > We have no bowling alley. We have no roller
skating ring. We have no IMax<BR>> > Theater. We have fewer quality
restaurants. We have no high tech gaming<BR>> > center. We have no
science discovery park, we have no big museums. No race<BR>> > cars. No
theme parks, no big fancy hangouts, we don't even really have a<BR>> >
year round swimming pool,<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> >
The best thing Moscow has for entertainment is the Library. Which is a
great<BR>> > library, but hardly the place that comes to mind when we
want to think about<BR>> > entertainment.<BR>> ><BR>>
><BR>> ><BR>> > Yes, you can always THINK of something to do in
Moscow, but that is the<BR>> > problem, you really have to THINK, to
find something to do. Its Midnight in<BR>> > Moscow, besides the bars
and the Jack N the Crack drive-thru, what is open?<BR>> ><BR>>
><BR>> ><BR>> > Best Regards,<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>>
><BR>> > Donovan<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>>
><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > --- On Wed, 1/14/09,
Jennifer Ingalls <jennifer@inlandradio.com> wrote:<BR>> ><BR>>
> From: Jennifer Ingalls <jennifer@inlandradio.com><BR>> >
Subject: [Vision2020] Family-Friendly Activities (was U of I Program
Cuts)<BR>> > To: "'vision 2020'" <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>>
> Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 1:27 PM<BR>> ><BR>> > I
don't necessarily want to get into the argument about diversity in
Moscow<BR>> > or at UI, but I do take some issue with Donovan's
statement, "Not to mention<BR>> > the lack of affordable child care, or
family fun activities."<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > I
grew up in Moscow and though my family had more money than families
where<BR>> > a student is the primary financier of the household, we
were not at a loss<BR>> > for family-friendly free activities (unless we
were willfully bored). This<BR>> > is not to say that we can't do better
as a community at providing free<BR>> > and/or inexpensive activities,
but I think many of us forget those things<BR>> > that are available to
us. For example, I –regretfully—cannot remember the<BR>> > last time I
went to the McConnell Mansion or picked up a walking tour guide<BR>> >
of the towns history and hoofed it through Fort Russell (two activities
that<BR>> > occupied Spring and Summer days of my youth). The library
(which I remember<BR>> > as only being the old part of the building) was
cool in the Summer and warm<BR>> > in the Winter. Organizations like
Campfire, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and<BR>> > local churches provided the
three of us a lot of fun and educational<BR>> > activities (both our
family's church of choice and the churches or religious<BR>> >
organizations of friends). My mom used to take us to Good Sam to
distribute<BR>> > our wares after craft days at the house. We'd ride
bikes out to Robinson<BR>> > Lake Park , "fish" in Hordeman's pond, or
take advantage of all the<BR>> > demonstrations, concerts and
educational lectures the University offered.<BR>> > There were a lot of
things to do!<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > I'll grant
that I was a nerdy kid (still am). I, too, would love to see more<BR>> >
activities available after school that would appeal to "at risk" youth (I
AM<BR>> > doing something about that with my involvement in Latah County
Youth<BR>> > Advocacy Council), but I don't think can jump on board with
the whole<BR>> > "there's nothing to do here" claim.<BR>>
><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > Jennifer
L. Ingalls<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> >
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