<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div>Courtesy of the February 19th edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News . . .<div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Another successful group effort was the first Vandal Town Block Party held downtown as a way to welcome UI students and their parents to Moscow and show off the city's downtown area by offering live music and other attractions. [Moscow Mayor] Lambert, who originally proposed the event, said more than 1,000 people showed up. He publicly announced his idea during his State of the City address last year.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><div class="encrypted-content" style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 18px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">At that point, "I had a vision but no idea how to do it," he said, adding the city and chamber, specifically Jen Pfiffner and Gina Taruscio, helped put the event together.</span></p></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 18px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It was "a wonderful time," he said, adding he'd like to see it become an annual event."</span></p></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">----------</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">" . . . more than 1,000 people showed up." Huh?</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A great success, huh? </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Judge for yourselves, V-Peeps.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><img src="cid:5EB7BECF-D698-4D97-8993-679F3B92196C" alt="image1.jpeg" id="5EB7BECF-D698-4D97-8993-679F3B92196C"></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/vandaltownblockparty.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/vandaltownblockparty.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div>"Vandal Town Block Party"</div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/VandalTownBlockParty">http://www.MoscowCares.com/VandalTownBlockParty</a><br><br>Rumor has it that there just might be some UI banners on Moscow's Main Street next time.<br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>