to Jasper's mom:
beg and beg and beg! write and write and write! letters and e-mails. get your community in on it too. try to talk other people into it. or make up a short letter sort of as a petition and just get people to sign in and fax it to them. perhaps even a phone call would work. just make sure they know there is an interest down there for one.

the best of luck to you! (my world has really been changed since we got one!)