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>Date: Sun, 01 Mar 1998 21:52:07 -0800
>From: "Virginia R. Hetrick" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Maybe the Salton Sea?
If they're going to do something in memory of Sonny, maybe they could
make the Salton Sea one of the Great Lakes! ;-)
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>Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 06:08:58 -0500
>From: Stephen Baig <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Great Lakes(?)
Perhaps we can have a NAFTA agreement that changes the name to the GOOD
Lakes. Then all those New England ponds could be included.
At 04:49 PM 02-03-98 EST, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Sue;
>
>I wholeheartedly agree. It bothers me that physical geography can be
>changed at the whim of some senator. Apparently Vermont is the only New
>England state that is not eligible for Sea Grant monies as it does not have
>either ocean or "Great Lake" coastline. Apparently the bill gives Lake
>Champlain "great lake" status solely for the Sea Grants.
>
>Russell Guy
>
>At 04:29 PM 3/2/98 EST, you wrote:
>>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>>If those of you in the U.S. were watching the TV
>>news this past weekend, you no doubt heard that the
>>U.S. is about to inaugurate an additiional Great Lake.
>>Senator Leahy of Vermont has attached a rider declaring
>>Lake Champlain to be one of the Great Lakes to a bill
>>that the President is supposed to sign today.
>>
>>The strategy behind this is that Vermont will now be
>>eligible for grant money because it is home to a 'Great
>>Lake'.
>>
>>Well, I'm sure Lake Champlain is pretty great, but
>>(in the view of this old Minnesotan) is isn't one of
>>the Great Lakes!
>>
>>(Hey, we've got a nifty ponding basin out here on the
>>University farm. Let me call my senator ...)
>>
>>Sue Haffner
>>Map Library, CSU Fresno
>>
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Stephen Baig
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Miami, FL
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>From: "Ken Rockwell" <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 11:40:21 MDT
>Subject: Re: Great Lakes(?)
I hereby nominate the Great Salt Lake as a Great Lake. After all, it
even has "Great Lake" right there in its name!
Ahh, politics! --- Ken Rockwell
University of Utah
("a pretty, great state")
> >----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> >If those of you in the U.S. were watching the TV
> >news this past weekend, you no doubt heard that the
> >U.S. is about to inaugurate an additiional Great Lake.
> >Senator Leahy of Vermont has attached a rider declaring
> >Lake Champlain to be one of the Great Lakes to a bill
> >that the President is supposed to sign today.
> >
> >The strategy behind this is that Vermont will now be
> >eligible for grant money because it is home to a 'Great
> >Lake'.
> >
> >Well, I'm sure Lake Champlain is pretty great, but
> >(in the view of this old Minnesotan) is isn't one of
> >the Great Lakes!
> >
> >(Hey, we've got a nifty ponding basin out here on the
> >University farm. Let me call my senator ...)
> >
> >Sue Haffner
> >Map Library, CSU Fresno
> >
>
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