lynchings down there. outdoor recreation matters, this civil rights town received several swimming pools courtesy of the land and water conservation fund. anchorage, the largest city in the largest state received several playgrounds. barry goldwater, mr. conservative as he was known in the 1960's and 1970's, he took sometime, he left his senate seat to run for president in the 1964. that failed. however, he helped -- he personally helped fund the much to create to protect an open space mountaintop in the phoenix area, the conservation fund helped provide the other half of that money to preserve that spot. the land and water conservation fund. many congressmen wouldn't have approved of new national parks, new wildlife refuges if they would have increased the new federal budget, but this fund helped pay for a lot of these new park sites. a third reason for his success and this is where i'll finish up here is through, is by way of his pen and his voice. his writing and his speaking, ever since i discovered his writings 10 years ago when i was living in el paso, i've just been really inspired by everything he writes, he wrote. i'm serious when i say that his writings -- in a large sense, his writings expressed my mind even