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O F "While gathered around a cup of convivial L/ Christmas cheer a few weeks ago, I compli- mented the editor of this newsletter on the terrific job she was doing. But, I sagely observed, while the newsletter was doing a fine job of reporting news of interest to the village, it lacked editorial punch -- it had no Point of View. "You know, you're right", she quickly replied. "Why don't you write us a nice controversial editorial?" Good grief! I was trapped! There was no al- ternative but to agree to have a go at it. "After postponing the task as long as possible, deadline day arrived and the job had to be faced. It was then that the true horror of the situa- tion really dawned -- I had nothing to write about. While there are probably many controversial subjects to be discussed about our village, I am totally unaware of any of them. The only comfort to be found in the situation is that I suspect I've got lots of company among my fellow Ar- den Hills citizens. To be sure, there is a small cadre of involved cit- izens who labor in relative obscurity to keep our village running smooth- ly, and I'm sure they would welcome participation by more of us in their efforts. "What to do about it? As the old Chinese proverb goes, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." That single step can be at- tendance at at least one Village Council meeting during 1976. That's going to be my third New Year's resolution (the first two haven't changed for the past twenty years -- to quit smoking and to get my golf score un- der 100.) Council meetings should be less lonely affairs than the few I've attended have been. "The Council could help promote attendance by publishing in advance the. agenda for the meetings so we citizens would know when issues in which we are interested are going to be discussed. (Frankly, I'm not too in- terested in listening to a discussion on whether a quarter acre parcel of land in a remote corner of the village should be rezoned from Z-2 to Q-7, but I would like to know if any rezoning is being considered for my neighborhood.) "Communication is a two-way street. Both the Council and the Village res- idents should resolve to do a better job of it in 1976. See you at a Council meeting!" Cal Meury, 4011 Fairview Ave. North. Ed. Note: Thanks, Cal, for getting a good thing going. Let's hear from more of you out there - and Councilmen too? Write to Arden Association, 1822 Venus Ave., or call Janet Hollenhorst, 633-1822. Excerpt from a letter to Arden Hills Village Hall from Insurance Services office of Minn. relevant to change in our fire insurance classification: "A change from Class 7 to Class 6 in the state of Minnesota means some change to the large number of residential occupancies insured under Home- owners, Dwelling or Apartment contracts." -- It is suggested that resi- dents check with their insurance agencies to ascertain if this change in classification has an effect on individual fire insurance protection ra es,