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4 <br />It’s that time of year! Do you know where your skates are?Outdoor ice skating rinks in Arden Hills will be open from December 8 – February 16. (These dates are subject to change depend- <br />ing on weather conditions.) Rinks will be closed if the temperature is -20 degrees Fahrenheit and/or the wind chill is -20 degrees <br />Fahrenheit. <br />Skating opportunities are available at the following City parks: <br />• Cummings Park (pleasure rink only) <br />• Freeway Park <br />• Hazelnut Park <br />• Perry Park (hockey rink only) <br />Warming houses are available for use at these locations as well. Warming house hours for all locations are: <br />• Monday through Friday – 4:30 – 8:30 p.m. <br />• Saturday –10:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. <br />• Sunday – 1:00 – 7:00 p.m. <br />Vacation and holiday hours for the warming houses are: <br />• December 22, 23, 26, 29, 30 – 10:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. <br />• Christmas Eve – 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. <br />• Christmas Day – CLOSED <br />• New Year’s Eve – 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. <br />• New Year’s Day – 10:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. <br />• Martin Luther King Day (January 19) – 10:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. <br />• President’s Day (February 16) – 10:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. <br />Outdoor rinks are also available for rental. Charges for rink usage after normal hours are $28 per hour for both residents and non- <br />residents. During regular rink hours, rinks cannot be reserved, with the exception of youth hockey associations who may schedule <br />practice time for a maximum of two hours per week. All after-hours rentals must have an Arden Hills rink attendant on site. A damage <br />deposit is required for all rentals. Call Sara Grant at 651-792-7845 with questions or to reserve a rink. <br />This fall, the Business Insider <br />website studied approximately 300 <br />suburbs with populations between <br />5,000 and 100,000 that are located “within <br />40 kilometers of the <br />nearest metropolitan <br />area.” <br />From a variety of <br />data, Business Insid- <br />er developed a list of <br />the “50 best suburbs <br />in America.” Using <br />census and other data, they looked at aver- <br />age commuting times, median household <br />incomes, poverty and crime rates (using <br />FBI statistics), and public high school rat- <br />ings from GreatSchools.org. <br />We’re among the top 50 suburbs in America! <br />Wondering what those little blue <br />lights on traffic signals around <br />the County are for? They aim <br />to reduce crashes caused by people run- <br />ning red lights. <br />The blue lights provide confirmation to <br />law enforcement officers that the signal <br />has turned red. The lights are on the back <br />side of the signals, so officers can know <br />from additional angles that there has been <br />a violation. <br />Blue lights help catch red-light-runners <br />by Lois Rem <br />by Kristine Goodrich <br />They also considered household afford- <br />ability—the percentage of homeowners <br />paying less than 30 percent of monthly <br />income on housing. Several selected com- <br />munities are from Minnesota. <br />Arden Hills ranks highest at No. 26. It is <br />followed by Edina (30), Eden Prairie (39), <br />Plymouth (40), Shoreview (41), and Kas- <br />son (45). <br />Six County roads now have the blue <br />lights: Highway 96, County Road D, <br />Lexington Avenue, Silver Lake Road, <br />Larpenteur Avenue, and Cleveland <br />Avenue. <br />A total of 128 blue lights were <br />installed this fall at 49 Ramsey <br />County intersections. A federal <br />safety grant funded 90 percent <br />of the $133,000 cost, and the <br />County funded the remainder.