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Ren Faire and Rendezvous, sand-volleyball courts and a dog park!<br><br>Keely<br>http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/<br><br><br><br><br>> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:19:07 -0800<br>> From: keim153@gmail.com<br>> To: jennifer@inlandradio.com<br>> CC: vision2020@moscow.com; donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com<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. 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