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  • Re: "Skateboarders told route too sketchy" (12/23/13 Star)

    Dale Thomas|Jan 8, 2014

    The kids were long boarding, not skateboarding! They need a hill to ride down and now someone felt the need to tell the police. Were they really doing something that terrible? It is risky, but the alternative in the winter seems to be sitting in their room and playing video games. I remember riding dirt bikes at the Hills below East Heights until the complaints came, then it got shut down. We then rode in the mud when the river was down or when the lake was down, until that was shut down. So we rode in Barker Canyon until that was recently... Full story

  • Re: “Engineers present multimillion dollar sewer project to Coulee Dam”

    Dale Thomas|Jan 25, 2012

    It is too bad, that public funded projects are so expensive! Unfortunately, most projects like this are designed by large engineering firms whose pay is based on the cost of the project. Why would they have any incentive at all to save the customer money? They dont! Public funded projects are built bullet proof, with the most expensive and over-the-top designs, equipment and materials. The engineers don’t worry about how to save, it’s faster to go overboard with everything, which ensures it will work. They collect their money and everyone is... Full story