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Arco is a great town facing huge challenges
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| Posted by: Jim Hansen |
6/18/2006 |
A few days ago, my family and I spent a day in Arco. It is a great town that has weathered some tough storms and has accomplished some impressive things. They deserve a lot better partnership from their federal government.
We had a great time recently in Arco. It is a town located where the desert and the mountains meet. My wife, two kids and I went bowling at the Lost River Bowl, the best bowling alley in town. It is also the only bowling alley in town, but it is a great place to play, especially when it is raining like it was that day. Since my wife and I both grew up in Idaho Falls, we know what the numbers on the rock outcrops just north of town stand for. Hint: if you are told by a friendly Arco resident that the numbers represent the high water mark for each year, you might want to get a second opinion. Of course, there is a submarine half-buried in the park by Highway 21. Perhaps it got caught when the water dropped suddenly?!
Luke and Dorrie Prange joined us in Arco and we had a great conversation with Dr. Fuzzy Stewart and his wife, Kriss ,at their home and clinic. Fuzzy came to Arco several years ago and loves his medical practice because he provides basic services for anyone who walks in. He does not care if you have insurance (which many cannot afford anyway). He takes only $10 for his services and does not mess with all the insurance company bureaucracy that comes with a typical visit to a health care provider. He is a breath of fresh air in the cloudy and expensive world of private health care red tape. He had some choice words to describe the pharmaceutical companies, but I better not repeat them here.
We also visited with folks at the Business Innovation Center (the BIC as it is referred to locally). It is a testament to the reality that most new jobs, especially in smaller communities, are created by small businesses. We shared experiences about how tough it is for those of us who have started small businesses to keep up with the rising costs of health insurance, as well as other costs like gas. The big benefits that Congress gives out mostly go to huge corporations, not the small businesses. How ironic that our federal funds help to incubate new businesses with grants for things like the BIC and then when we have feisty small businesses ready to take off, tax breaks and other subsidies to the megacorporations work to wipe out those very businesses.
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