<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><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><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Courtesy of today's (October 4, 2015) Lewiston Tribune.</div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------</div><div><h1 id="blox-asset-title" style="font-size: 30px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: 400; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 34px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span class="blox-headline entry-title" style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); line-height: 38px; font-family: TiresiasInfofontRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Former Moscow lawmaker gets Cecil D. Andrus award</span></h1><p style="outline: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; background-image: none; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">MOSCOW - Idaho citizens need Democratic state legislators and leadership for a return to properly funded education, living wages and improved treatment of mental illness, a former Moscow legislator told 200 Saturday evening.</span></p><div class="encrypted-content" style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: none !important;"><p style="outline: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; background-image: none; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Former seven-term Moscow Rep. Shirley Ringo said changing the heavily Republican Idaho Legislature is a tall challenge, but is possible in elections ahead.</span></p></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: none !important;"><p style="outline: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; background-image: none; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Accepting the Nez Perce County Democrats' fourth Cecil D. Andrus Statesmanship award, Ringo said she accepted when told no, she didn't "have to be nice from now on." Rather, she said, "I will stick with my values."</span></p></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: none !important;"><p style="outline: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; background-image: none; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Namesake four-term former Gov. Andrus said Ringo's unsuccessful 2014 congressional election against U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador was conducted with "style, with grace."</span></p></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: none !important;"><p style="outline: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; background-image: none; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Andrus said the past 10 years of Republican domination in the Idaho Legislature has harmed education "and that has to change." Democrats, he said, must campaign by caring about living wages, fair treatment of women and protection of our children.</span></p></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: none !important;"><p style="outline: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; background-image: none; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Three Nez Perce County Democrats were recognized at the banquet at the Clearwater River Casino. Honored were Kay Gaines, Volunteer of the Year; Colleen Mahoney, Lifetime Achievement; and Rising Star, Jesse Maldonaldo, a Lewiston City councilor.</span></p><p style="outline: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; background-image: none; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p><h4 style="outline: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Former Moscow lawmaker gets Cecil D. Andrus award</span></h4><p style="outline: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; background-image: none; float: none !important;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Shirley_Ringo/Shirley_Ringo_Tribune_100415.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Shirley_Ringo/Shirley_Ringo_Tribune_100415.jpg</a></p></div></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>Those were the days, my friend . . .</div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/soundbites/Shirley_Ringo.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/soundbites/Shirley_Ringo.mp3</a><br><br><div><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"</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> </div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>